AEM 61 - Classic UI Nested Composite Multifield Panel

Goal

Create a Classic UI Nested Composite Multifield Panel. The logic for nested composite multifield and composite multifield is same; this post just has a copy of composite multifield code with additional dialog configuration required for nested multifield

For Touch UI Nested Composite Multifield, check this post

Demo | Package Install


Nested Composite Multifield



Values Stored in CRX as JSON





Dialog




Dialog as XML

#27 specifies the xtype multi-field-panel, for parent composite multifield, #60 the child composite multifield

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jcr:root xmlns:cq="http://www.day.com/jcr/cq/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"
    jcr:primaryType="cq:Dialog"
    title="Multi Field"
    xtype="dialog">
<items
        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
        xtype="tabpanel">
<items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
<tab1
                jcr:primaryType="cq:Panel"
                title="Add">
<items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
<map
                        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                        hideLabel="false"
                        name="./map"
                        title="Map"
                        xtype="multifield">
<fieldConfig
                            jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                            border="true"
                            hideLabel="true"
                            layout="form"
                            padding="10px"
                            width="1000"
                            xtype="multi-field-panel">
<items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
<product-year-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="year"
                                    fieldLabel="Year"
                                    width="60"
                                    xtype="textfield"/>
<product-price-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="price"
                                    fieldLabel="Price"
                                    width="60"
                                    xtype="textfield"/>
<product-version-value
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="version"
                                    fieldLabel="Path to Version"
                                    xtype="pathfield"/>
<product-region-multifield
                                    jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                    dName="region"
                                    fieldLabel="Region"
                                    hideLabel="false"
                                    title="Add Regions"
                                    xtype="multifield">
<fieldConfig
                                        jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                        border="true"
                                        hideLabel="true"
                                        layout="form"
                                        padding="10px"
                                        width="1000"
                                        xtype="multi-field-panel">
<items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
<product-country
                                                jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                                dName="country"
                                                fieldLabel="Country"
                                                width="60"
                                                xtype="textfield"/>
<product-state
                                                jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                                                dName="state"
                                                fieldLabel="State"
                                                width="60"
                                                xtype="textfield"/>
</items>
</fieldConfig>
</product-region-multifield>
</items>
</fieldConfig>
</map>
</items>
</tab1>
</items>
</items>
</jcr:root>

Solution

1) Login to CRXDE Lite, create folder (nt:folder) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel

2) Create clientlib (type cq:ClientLibraryFolder) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib and set a property categories of String type to cq.widgets

3) Create file ( type nt:file ) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib/js.txt, add the following

                         multi-field.js

4) Create file ( type nt:file ) /apps/classic-ui-nested-multi-field-panel/clientlib/multi-field.js, add the following code

CQ.Ext.ns("ExperienceAEM");

ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel = CQ.Ext.extend(CQ.Ext.Panel, {
    panelValue: '',

    constructor: function(config){
        config = config || {};
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.constructor.call(this, config);
    },

    initComponent: function () {
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.initComponent.call(this);

        this.panelValue = new CQ.Ext.form.Hidden({
            name: this.name
        });

        this.add(this.panelValue);

        var dialog = this.findParentByType('dialog');

        dialog.on('beforesubmit', function(){
            var value = this.getValue();

            if(value){
                this.panelValue.setValue(value);
            }
        },this);

    },

    afterRender : function(){
        ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel.superclass.afterRender.call(this);

        this.items.each(function(){
            if(!this.contentBasedOptionsURL
                    || this.contentBasedOptionsURL.indexOf(CQ.form.Selection.PATH_PLACEHOLDER) < 0){
                return;
            }

            this.processPath(this.findParentByType('dialog').path);
        })
    },

    getValue: function () {
        var pData = {};

        this.items.each(function(i){
            if(i.xtype == "label" || i.xtype == "hidden" || !i.hasOwnProperty("dName")){
                return;
            }

            pData[i.dName] = i.getValue();
        });

        return $.isEmptyObject(pData) ? "" : JSON.stringify(pData);
    },

    setValue: function (value) {
        this.panelValue.setValue(value);

        var pData = JSON.parse(value);

        this.items.each(function(i){
            if(i.xtype == "label" || i.xtype == "hidden" || !i.hasOwnProperty("dName")){
                return;
            }

            i.setValue(pData[i.dName]);
        });
    },

    validate: function(){
        return true;
    },

    getName: function(){
        return this.name;
    }
});

CQ.Ext.reg("multi-field-panel", ExperienceAEM.MultiFieldPanel);