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  • Plugin Properties Options are in JSON format.
  • Plugin Properties Options is an array of Properties Page object
  • A Properties Page object has 2 mandatory attributes called "title" and "properties". It also has 2 optional attributes called "validators" and "buttons".

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[
    {
        title : 'Page Title',
        properties : [
            {
                name : 'Property Name',
                label : 'Property Label',
                description : 'Property Description', //optional, default is NULL
                type : 'Property Type',
                value : 'Property Value', //optional, default is null
                required : 'Mandatory or Not', //optional, 'true' booleanor value'false', default is 'false'
                //… more attributes …
            }, //… more fields …
        ],
        validators : [  //optional
            //… properties custom validators …
        ],
        buttons : [  //optional
            //… custom properties page buttons …
        ]
    }, //… more properties page …
]

Sample Look and Feel

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Field Types

Check Box

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  • type : '

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  • CheckBox'
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Code Editor

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  • type : 'CodeEditor'
  • mode : Optional, used for specified highlight mode. Default to 'text', available values are 'text', 'java', 'html', 'javascript', 'css', 'json', 'sql' and 'xml'.
  • Refer to Dependency Field Attributes for extra attributes to do show/hide this field based on other field value.
  • Refer to Retrieve Properties Value in Plugin - Single Value Field on how to use the value of this field type in the plugin code.

Combine Grid

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  • Combine Grid is used to migrate 2 or more single value property fields from old version plugin (etc Text Field & Select Box) to multi values field in Grid View.
  • Combine Grid does not support 'value' attribute.
  • type : 'GridCombine'
  • columns : A JSON array of 'column' JSON objects which has 2 mandatory 'key' & 'label' attributes and 2 optional 'required' & 'options' attribute. 
    • key : Identifier of this column. This value need to be same with the field 'name' that need to migrate from single value field to multiple value field.
    • label : Label of the column header
    • options : Optional, an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes. A column with 'options' attribute will display the input field as select box.
    • required : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. A grid cell with the 'required' attribute of 'row' and 'column' set to 'true' value is a mandatory field.
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    columns : [
        {key : 'key', label : 'Columns'}, 
        {key : 'value', label : 'Value', required: 'true'},
        {key : 'label', label : 'Label', required: 'true'},
        {key : 'width', label : 'Width', options:[
            {value : '10%', label : '10%'},
            {value : '20%', label : '20%'},
            {value : '30%', label : '20%'},
            {value : '40%', label : '20%'}
        ]}
    ]
  • Refer to Dependency Field Attributes for extra attributes to do show/hide this field based on other field value.
  • Refer to Retrieve Properties Value in Plugin - Combine Grid Field on how to use the value of this field type in the plugin code.

Element Select Box

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  • type : 'ElementSelect'
  • url : A URL which will return Properties Options JSON object of the selected element. Built-in URL is "[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/property/json[APP_PATH]/getPropertyOptions" which will return the Properties Options JSON object of a plugin.
  • keep_value_on_change : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. Used to decide whether to keep the configuration of the properties options of previous selected element when a new element is selected.
  • Refer to Option Field Attributes for extra attributes.
  • Refer to Dependency Field Attributes for extra attributes to do show/hide this field based on other field value.
  • Usually used for select a plugin and configure the properties of the selected plugin.
  • Refer to Retrieve Properties Value in Plugin - ElementSelectBox on how to use the value of this field type in the plugin code.

Fixed Row Grid

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  • type : 'GridFixedRow'
  • columns : A JSON array of 'column' JSON objects which has 2 mandatory 'key' & 'label' attributes and 2 optional 'required' & 'options' attribute. 
    • key : Identifier of this column.
    • label : Label of the column header
    • options : Optional, an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes. A column with 'options' attribute will display the input field as select box.
    • required : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. A grid cell with the 'required' attribute of 'row' and 'column' set to 'true' value is a mandatory field.
  • rows : A JSON array of 'row' JSON Object with 'label' attribute and an optional 'required' attribute. A grid cell with the 'required' attribute of 'row' and 'column' set to 'true' value is a mandatory field.
    • label : Label of a row. Used to populate in the first column or every row.
    • required : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. A grid cell with the 'required' attribute of 'row' and 'column' set to 'true' value is a mandatory field.
  • value : A JSON array of grid row values in JSON Object format with all the 'key' attribute of 'column' object used as attribute.  
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columns : [
    {key : 'key', label : 'Columns'}, // first column will used to populate row label
    {key : 'value', label : 'Value', required: 'true'},
    {key : 'label', label : 'Label', required: 'true'},
    {key : 'width', label : 'Width', options:[
        {value : '10%', label : '10%'},
        {value : '20%', label : '20%'},
        {value : '30%', label : '20%'},
        {value : '40%', label : '20%'}
    ]}
],
rows : [
    {label : 'Username', required: 'true'},
    {label : 'Status'},
    {label : 'Message'},
    {label : 'Date'}
],
value : [
    {label : 'Username'},
    {label : 'Status'},
    {label : 'Message', width : '20%'},
    {label : 'Date', value : 'dateCreated'}
]

Grid

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  • type : 'Grid'
  • columns : A JSON array of 'column' JSON objects which has 2 mandatory 'key' & 'label' attributes and 2 optional 'required' & 'options' attribute. 
    • key : Identifier of this column.
    • label : Label of the column header
    • options : Optional, an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes. A column with 'options' attribute will display the input field as select box.
    • required : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. A grid cell with the 'required' attribute of 'row' and 'column' set to 'true' value is a mandatory field.
  • value : A JSON array of grid row values in JSON Object format with all the 'key' attribute of 'column' object used as attribute.  

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    columns : [
        {key : 'value', label : 'Value', required: 'true'},
        {key : 'label', label : 'Label', required: 'true'},
        {key : 'width', label : 'Width', options:[
            {value : '10%', label : '10%'},
            {value : '20%', label : '20%'},
            {value : '30%', label : '20%'},
            {value : '40%', label : '20%'}
        ]}
    ],
    value : [
        {label : 'Username', value : 'username'},
        {label : 'Status', value : 'status'},
        {label : 'Message', value : 'message', width : '20%'},
        {label : 'Date', value : 'dateCreated'}
    ]
  • Refer to Dependency Field Attributes for extra attributes to do show/hide this field based on other field value.
  • Refer to Retrieve Properties Value in Plugin - Grid Field on how to use the value of this field type in the plugin code.

Header

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  • type : 'Header'
  • Header does not support 'value' and 'required' attributes.
  • Refer to Dependency Field Attributes for extra attributes to do show/hide this field based on other field value.
  • This field type is used for separate the fields into different groups. It is not use for capture data. 

Hidden Field

HTML Editor

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Label

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Multi Select Box

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Password Field

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Radio Button

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Readonly Text Field

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Select Box

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Text Area

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Text Field

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Regular Express (Regex) Validation Attributes

  • The following attributes are designed for Password Field, Text Area and Text Field
  • regex_validation : Optional, regular express in string format. 
  • validation_message : Optional, error message to display when validation failure. 
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{
    regex_validation : '^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$',
    validation_message : 'Invalid ID!!'
}

Dependency Field Attributes

  • The following attributes are available for all field types.
  • These attributes are used to show/hide a field based on the value of another field.
  • The value of a field hidden by these attributes will be ignore during save.
  • control_field : Optional, 'name' of another field used to control the show/hide of current field.
  • control_value : Optional, value or regular expression (regex) in string format. This value need to match the value of the controlling field in order to make the field visible.
  • control_use_regex : Optional, 'true' or 'false'. Default to 'false'. Set to 'true' to use regular expression (regex) in matching the value.
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{
    control_field: 'chartType',
    control_value: 'bar|xy|area|bubble|line|candlestick|ohlc',
    control_use_regex: 'true',
}

Options Field Attributes

  • The following attributes are designed for options fields like Check Box, Element Select Box, Multi Select Box, Radio Button and Select Box.
  • You can choose to use one of the following attributes "options", "options_ajax", "options_callback" or "options_script" to populate the options for the field.
  • options : Optional, an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes.
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options : [
    {value: 'value1', label : 'Value 1'},
    {value: 'value2', label : 'Value 2'},
    {value: 'value3', label : 'Value 3'}
]
  • options_ajax : Optional, a

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  • URL which will

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  • return an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes.

 

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options_ajax : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app[APP_PATH]/datalist/options'

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  • options_ajax_on_change : Optional, name of a property field. Used together with 'options_ajax' attribute. The field

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  • name and its value will passed as HTTP request parameter to the URL.
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options_ajax_on_change : 'type'
options_ajax : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/app[APP_PATH]/plugin/org.joget.plugin.enterprise.SamplePlugin/service?action=getJson'
  • options_callback : Optional, a javascript function name. All attributes in the field will passed as a single JSON object parameter to this function. The function should return an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes.
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options_callback: 'DatalistBuilder.getColumnOptions'
  • options_script : Optional, a string of javascript which will return an array of JSON object with 'value' and 'label' attributes.
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options_script: 'var tempArray = [{\'label\':\'\',\'value\':\'\'}]; 
for(ee in DatalistBuilder.availableColumns){ var temp = {
\'label\' : UI.escapeHTML(DatalistBuilder.availableColumns[ee].label),
\'value\' : DatalistBuilder.availableColumns[ee].id}; 
tempArray.push(temp);}tempArray;'

Built-in JSON API for 'options_ajax' 

  • [CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app/[APP_PATH]/forms/options
    Return all available forms of current app.
  • [CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app/[APP_PATH]/datalist/options
    Return all available datalists of current app.
  • [CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app/[APP_PATH]/userview/options
    Return all available userviews of current app.
  • [CONTEXT_PATH]/web/property/json/getElements?classname={plugin interface/abstract class name, optional}
    Return all available plugins based on the classname filter.

Built-in Javascript Function for 'options_callback'

  • DatalistBuilder.getColumnOptions(properties)
    Can be used by plugins related to Datalist Builder. It return all available columns based on binder configuration.

Validator Types

  • Page validator is execute during change page.
  • All fields data in the same page will pass to the validator for validation.

AJAX

  • Call to a URL for validation.
  • type : 'AJAX'
  • url : An URL return a JSON Object with status (success or fail) & message (JSONArray of String) attribute
  • default_error_message : Optional. A string of error message.

Page Button

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  • Page button can be added on the bottom of each page to provide extra feature. Such as send an test email to test the email configuration or make a test connection to database.
  • Page button will collect the required fields data from the page and popup dialog and call an AJAX URL. 
  • name : Identifier of this button.
  • label : Label of the button.
  • ajax_url : A URL to execute the button action. The URL should return a JSON Object with message (String) attribute.
  • fields : An array of fields name in the same page that will be used by this button. 
  • addition_fields :  An array of Property Field JSON object that will be shown in a popup dialog to collect extra data.
  • Example:

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    buttons : [{
        name : 'testmail',    
        label : 'Send Test Email',
        ajax_url : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/app[APP_PATH]/plugin/org.joget.apps.app.lib.EmailTool/service?action=testmail',
        fields : ['host', 'port', 'security', 'username', 'password'],
        addition_fields : [
            {
                name : 'from',
                label : 'From',
                type : 'textfield',
                required : 'True'
            },
            {
                name : 'toSpecific',
                label : 'To',
                type : 'textfield',
                required : 'True'
            }
        ]
    }]

options_callback

options_script

Validator Types

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[CONTEXT_PATH]

  • This variable will be replaced by Context Path of current URL.
  • Usually used in property attribute value which is URL
  • Example : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/property/json/getElements?classname=org.joget.apps.form.model.FormValidator'
  • Resulted URL : '/jw/web/property/json/getElements?classname=org.joget.apps.form.model.FormValidator'

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  • This variable will be replaced by Current App Id and App Version of current URL.
  • Usually used in property attribute value which is URL
  • Example : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app[APP_PATH]/datalist/options'
  • Resulted URL : '/jw/web/json/console/app/crm/3/datalist/options'

Retrieve Properties Value in Plugin

 

  • All the plugin must extends the "org.joget.plugin.base.ExtDefaultPlugin" abstract class. We can use the "Object getProperty(String)" and "String getPropertyString(String)" method to retrieve the configured properties.

Single Value Field

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String value = getPropertyString("property_name");

Multi Values Field

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String[] values = getPropertyString("property_name").split(";");

Combine Grid Field

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String[] col1_values = getPropertyString("col1_name").split(";");
String[] col2_values = getPropertyString("col2_name").split(";");

Grid Field

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Object columns = getProperty("property_name");
if (columns != null) {
    for (Object colObj : (Object[]) columns) {
        Map col = (Map) colObj;
        String col1_value = (String) opt.get("col1_key");
        String col2_value = (String) opt.get("col2_key");
    }
}

Element Select Box

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import org.joget.plugin.base.PluginManager;
import org.joget.apps.app.service.AppUtil;
import org.joget.plugin.base.ExtDefaultPlugin;
 
Object element = getProperty("property_name");
if (element != null && element instanceof Map) {
    Map elementMap = (Map) element;
    String className = (String) elementMap.get("className");
    Map<String, Object> properties = (Map<String, Object>) elementMap.get("properties");
 
    //convert it to plugin
    PluginManager pm = (PluginManager) AppUtil.getApplicationContext().getBean("pluginManager");
    ExtDefaultPlugin plugin = (ExtDefaultPlugin) pm.getPlugin(className);
    if (plugin != null) {
        plugin.setProperties(properties);
    }
}

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