smartgwt listgrid RestDataSource not populating - spring

Question

Im new using this front end framework application...
I recently started to work with smartgwt and i'm bulding a new application with a Spring MVC integration.
I'm using a ListGrid with a RestDataSource (Consume the Rest service with mvc:annotation-driven for plain JSON)
I can see that the servaice gets consuming properly perhaps my grid is never shown with the data in it.
Can someone help me here ?
Here's my ListGrid class
public class ListGrid extends com.smartgwt.client.widgets.grid.ListGrid {
private final SpringJSONDataSource springJSONDataSource;
public ListGrid(List<DataSourceField> fields) {
this(new PatientDataSource(fields));
}
public ListGrid(SpringJSONDataSource springJSONDataSource) {
this.springJSONDataSource = springJSONDataSource;
init();
}
private void init() {
setAutoFetchData(true);
setAlternateRecordStyles(true);
setEmptyCellValue("???");
setDataPageSize(50);
setDataSource(springJSONDataSource);
}
}
Now there's the DataSource implmentation
public abstract class SpringJSONDataSource extends RestDataSource {
protected final HTTPMethod httpMethod;
public SpringJSONDataSource(List<DataSourceField> fields) {
this(fields, HTTPMethod.POST);
}
public SpringJSONDataSource(List<DataSourceField> fields, HTTPMethod httpMethod) {
this.httpMethod = httpMethod;
setDataFormat(DSDataFormat.JSON);
addDataSourceFields(fields);
setOperationBindings(getFetch());
addURLs();
}
private void addURLs() {
if(getUpdateDataURL() != null)
setUpdateDataURL(getUpdateDataURL());
if(getRemoveDataURL() != null)
setRemoveDataURL(getRemoveDataURL());
if(getAddDataURL() != null)
setAddDataURL(getAddDataURL());
if(getFetchDataURL() != null)
setFetchDataURL(getFetchDataURL());
}
private void addDataSourceFields(List<DataSourceField> fields) {
for (DataSourceField dataSourceField : fields) {
addField(dataSourceField);
}
}
protected abstract OperationBinding getFetch();
protected abstract OperationBinding getRemove();
protected abstract OperationBinding getAdd();
protected abstract OperationBinding getUpdate();
public abstract String getUpdateDataURL();
public abstract String getRemoveDataURL();
public abstract String getAddDataURL();
public abstract String getFetchDataURL();
}
The class PatientDataSource that extends SpringJSONDataSource
public class PatientDataSource extends SpringJSONDataSource {
public PatientDataSource(List<DataSourceField> fields) {
super(fields);
setPrettyPrintJSON(true);
}
#Override
protected OperationBinding getFetch() {
OperationBinding fetch = new OperationBinding();
fetch.setOperationType(DSOperationType.FETCH);
fetch.setDataProtocol(DSProtocol.POSTMESSAGE);
DSRequest fetchProps = new DSRequest();
fetchProps.setHttpMethod(httpMethod.toString());
fetch.setRequestProperties(fetchProps);
return fetch;
}
#Override
public String getFetchDataURL() {
return "/spring/fetchPatients";
}
#Override
protected OperationBinding getRemove() {
return null;
}
#Override
public String getRemoveDataURL() {
return null;
}
#Override
protected OperationBinding getAdd() {
return null;
}
#Override
public String getAddDataURL() {
return null;
}
#Override
protected OperationBinding getUpdate() {
return null;
}
#Override
public String getUpdateDataURL() {
return null;
}
}
My spring controller PatientControler
#Controller
public class PatienController {
Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PatienController.class);
#Autowired
private PatientServices patientServices;
#RequestMapping(value = "/patientTest", method = RequestMethod.GET)
#ResponseBody
public Object getTest()
{
return patientServices.getAllPatients();
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/fetchPatients", method = RequestMethod.POST)
#ResponseBody
public Object getAllPatients()
{
return patientServices.getAllPatients();
}
}
PatientServiceImpl
public class PatientServicesImpl implements PatientServices {
public List<Patient> getAllPatients() {
List<Patient> patients = new ArrayList<Patient>();
Patient patient;
for(int i = 0 ; i < 500 ; i++){
patient = new Patient();
patient.setDateOfBirth(new Date());
patient.setFirstName("Joe");
patient.setMiddleName("Moe");
patient.setLastName("Blow");
patient.setLastConsultation(new Date());
patient.setSex(Sex.M);
patients.add(patient);
}
return patients;
}
}
*Im Really stuck right now i've been looking for all type of answers .... but so far nothing worked when i tried to override the transformResponse from my RestDataSource impentation the parameter "data" as an OBJECT, returns me an array [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object] *

Answer 1

The Data which is transferred from the RestDataSource has a specific format which is described in the JavaDoc of the RestDataSource
Your server must understand the request and send back a valid response.
At the moment your example doesn't seem to honour the contract.
To debug the traffic send to and from your server you can use the SmartClient-Console. You can open it by a browser bookmark like this:
javascript:isc.showConsole()
Of cause you need to deploy this console by adding the following module to your gwt.xml
<inherits name="com.smartclient.tools.SmartClientTools"/>
Now go to the RPC Tab and check Track-RPCs