javaspring-bootvaadin8nested-properties

Vaadin8 grid nested property error


I'm trying to create a grid with a nested property. But I can not find a way to show nested property field in grid column.

    private Component buildGrid() {

        branchGrid = new Grid<>(Branch.class);
        branchGrid.setItems(DummyData.allBranches);
        branchGrid.setSelectionMode(Grid.SelectionMode.SINGLE);
        branchGrid.setSizeFull();
        branchGrid.getEditor().setEnabled(false);

        branchGrid.addComponentColumn((ValueProvider<Branch, Component>) branch -> {
            Button btnEdit = new Button(VaadinIcons.EDIT);
            btnEdit.addStyleName(MaterialTheme.BUTTON_CUSTOM + " " + MaterialTheme.BUTTON_BORDER);
            btnEdit.setDescription("Click for edit!");
            return btnEdit;
        }).setId("edit");

        branchGrid.setColumnOrder("edit", "branchId", "branchName", "email", "phone", "location", "owner", "active");

        return branchGrid;
    }


public class Branch {

    private String branchId; //yymmddHHmmSSS
    private String branchName;
    private String email;
    private String phone;
    private String location;
    private User owner;
    private boolean active;
}

public class User {

    private long userId;
    private String username;
    private String password;
    private String email; 
}

I want to just show user.username in grid. But in this code, show all user object stack reference or else.

like this: com.meyrasoft.checkupbox.model.User@12703bc


Solution

  • There is a simple way for this solution. If we define Grid <\Branch/> branchGrid, we should to use addColumn() definition like below.

    private Component buildGrid() {
    
            Grid<Branch> branchGrid = new Grid<>();
            branchGrid.setItems(DummyData.allBranches);
            branchGrid.setSelectionMode(Grid.SelectionMode.SINGLE);
            branchGrid.setSizeFull();
            branchGrid.getEditor().setEnabled(false);
    
            branchGrid.addComponentColumn((ValueProvider<Branch, Component>) branch -> {
                Button btnEdit = new Button(VaadinIcons.EDIT);
                btnEdit.addStyleName(MaterialTheme.BUTTON_CUSTOM + " " + MaterialTheme.BUTTON_BORDER);
                btnEdit.setDescription("Click for edit!");
                return btnEdit;
            }).setId("edit");
    
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.getBranchId()).setCaption("Branch Id");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.getBranchName()).setCaption("Branch Name");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.getEmail()).setCaption("E-Mail");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.getPhone()).setCaption("Phone");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.getLocation()).setCaption("Location");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> String.valueOf(b.getOwner().getUsername())).setCaption("Owner");
            branchGrid.addColumn(b -> b.isActive()).setCaption("Active Status");
    
            return branchGrid;
        }