JsonReader, metaData: undefined root property on create action

[callipigia]

I'm trying to set up a store which holds a JsonReader defined dinamically using the metaData property of the JSON data, the store is:

var gecalPdlFiltroStore = new Ext.data.Store({
    id: 'gecalPdlFiltroStore',
    url: '/adon.pl',
    baseParams: {act: 'GECAL', Mode: 'PdlFiltro'},
    autoLoad: false,
    autoSave: true,
    reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader(),    
    writer: new Ext.data.JsonWriter({
        encode: true,
        writeAllFields: false
    }),
    listeners: {
        load: function(me, records, options) {        
        },
        exception: function(writer, type, action, options, response, arg) {
            var data = response;
            if (type== "response") {
                data = Ext.util.JSON.decode(response.responseText);
            }
            Ext.Msg.alert(translate('Attention'), data.msg, function() { this.reload(); }, this);
        },
        write: function(me, action, result, res, rs) {
            if (!result[me.reader.successProperty]){
                Ext.Msg.alert(translate('Attention'), result[me.reader.messageProperty], function() { this.reload(); }, me);
            }
        }
    }
});

the server response, on each calls, includes the metaData definition as of:

{"msg":"","success":true,"metaData":{"messageProperty":"msg","totalProperty":"totalCounts","fields":[{"name":"ID","type":"int"},"DESCRIZIONE","ANNO_RIF_INIZIO","ANNO_RIF_FINE","PREDEFINITO","AREE","UFFICI","ID_UTENTE"],"idProperty":"ID","successProperty":"success","root":"root"},"root":[{"ID":"33","ANNO_RIF_INIZIO":"2010","DESCRIZIONE":"ppppp","AREE":"1,2","PREDEFINITO":"N","TIMESTAMP":"2010-07-30 17:12:07","UFFICI":"1,4,5","ID_UTENTE":"1","ANNO_RIF_FINE":null}],"totalCounts":1}

that's just an example to figure out what the reader gets for its metaData definition.

Anyhow, it's all good as far as it deals with "read" calls. As it goes for a "create" there's and "undefined" parameter, sent to the server. That parameter holds up the data that should be held by "root", which of course is missing at all.

The record creation is defined as:

                var recordClass = Ext.data.Record.create(gecalPdlFiltroStore.reader.meta.fields);
                gecalPdlFiltroStore.add(new recordClass({
                    ANNO_RIF_INIZIO: anno_rif_inizio,
                    ANNO_RIF_FINE: anno_rif_fine,
                    DESCRIZIONE: descrizione,
                    PREDEFINITO: predefinito,
                    AREE: aree,
                    UFFICI: uffici                
                }));

and server call goes with the following parameter

undefined: {"ANNO_RIF_INIZIO":2010,"ANNO_RIF_FINE":2020,"DESCRIZIONE":"prova","PREDEFINITO":"N","AREE":"1,2","UFFICI":"2,3,4","id":"ext-record-193"}

which, instead, should be

root: {"ANNO_RIF_INIZIO":2010,"ANNO_RIF_FINE":2020,"DESCRIZIONE":"prova","PREDEFINITO":"N","AREE":"1,2","UFFICI":"2,3,4","id":"ext-record-193"}

One more thing....I can't use gecalPdlFiltroStore.reader.fields nor gecalPdlFiltroStore.fields in record creation as it throws errors, so I guess I'm not handling record creation correctly?!

any help willl be very welcome

[callipigia]

just to mention I changed the way a new record is created:

                var record = new gecalPdlFiltroStore.recordType({
                    ANNO_RIF_INIZIO: anno_rif_inizio,
                    ANNO_RIF_FINE: anno_rif_fine,
                    DESCRIZIONE: descrizione,
                    PREDEFINITO: predefinito,
                    AREE: aree,
                    UFFICI: uffici                
                });
                gecalPdlFiltroStore.add(record);

Now i think the record creation is correctly written.
However the error is still there....perhaps it's a bug?

[Condor]

1. You should create your reader with an empty fields array:

reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader({fields: []}),

2. Can you check what gecalPdlFiltroStore.writer.meta.root is in the beforewrite event?

[callipigia]

1. I put in the correct reader definition:
reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader({fields: []})

but still it doesn't work

2. the gecalPdlFiltroStore.writer.meta.root property in beforewrite event (store) is undefined

regards

[Condor]

Which Ext version are you using (I just noticed that this was broken in Ext 3.0)?

[callipigia]

I use extjs 3.0; can't use the latest version because of a 3rd party component which does not work under 3.1 or later versions;(

anyhow, if there's not a work around I'll just skip the meta definition supplied at server side

regards

[Condor]

In Ext 3.0 Ext.data.Store.onMetaChange forgets to copy the meta from reader to writer.

(compare the Ext.data.Store.onMetaChange code of Ext 3.0 with Ext 3.3)

[jafeth]

Hi,

I have such a json served by php application. How to set JsonReader to work? I see my json file doesnt have "total" and "results"... Is it possible or should I rewrite my json application?
I tried to use this reader gave by Condor: reader: new Ext.data.JsonReader({fields: []}),

but it doesnt help.

{"1": {id: "1"title: "Licencja"myfto_righttype_id: "2"date_start: "2010-12-23"date_end: "2011-12-16"notify: "10"enabled: "1"description: ""created_on: "0000-00-00 00:00:00"created_by: "0"modified_on: "2010-12-15 17:32:27"modified_by: "62"locked_on: "0000-00-00 00:00:00"locked_by: "0"type_title: "Licencja"user_name: ""}"3": {id: "3"title: "Badania Tomka"myfto_righttype_id: "3"date_start: "2012-12-20"date_end: "0000-00-00"notify: "0"enabled: "1"description: "Przypomnienie o badaniach."created_on: "2010-12-15 15:08:47"created_by: "62"modified_on: "2010-12-31 12:00:00"modified_by: "62"locked_on: "0000-00-00 00:00:00"locked_by: "0"type_title: "Badania"user_name: "Administrator"}} 

Hmmm editor removed commas from my json example, but in fact it has.

[Condor]

You have an object instead of an array as root. You will need a custom root function for that:

var reader = new Ext.data.JsonReader({
    root: function(v){
        var root = [];
        for (var p in v) {
            if (v.hasOwnProperty(p)) {
                root.push(v[p]);
            }
        }
        return root;
    },
    fields: [
        {name: 'id', type: 'int'},
        {name: 'title', type: 'string'},
        {name: 'myfto_righttype_id', type: 'int'},
        {name: 'date_start', type: 'date', dateFormat: 'Y-n-j'},
        {name: 'date_end', type: 'date', dateFormat: 'Y-n-j'},
        {name: 'notify', type: 'bool'},
        {name: 'enabled', type: 'bool'},
        {name: 'description', type: 'string'},
        {name: 'created_on', type: 'date', dateFormat: 'Y-n-j G:i:s'},
        {name: 'created_by', type: 'int'},
        {name: 'modified_on', type: 'date', dateFormat: 'Y-n-j G:i:s'},
        {name: 'modified_by', type: 'int'},
        {name: 'locked_on', type: 'date', dateFormat: 'Y-n-j G:i:s'},
        {name: 'locked_by', type: 'int'},
        {name: 'type_title', type: 'string'},
        {name: 'user_name', type: 'string'},
    ]
});

[jafeth]

Condor thank You very much, it helps me