From Nexaweb Data perspective:

From Nexaweb perspective:

• Drag a file from the Package Explorer view into a UI file or a XAL component

• Right click the Data Sources node in the Data view and select New > Data Source

• Right click on component visible in the Visual Editor view and select New > Data Source

• Select Tools > Data Source

• Drag a file from the Navigator view into a UI file or an XAL component

• Right click on component visible in the Visual Editor view and select New > Data Source

• Select Tools > Data Source

Figure 114: Data Source Selection Dialog

Select type of source data: Click to select the appropriate type of datasource to add:
- Document Data Source for XML file or URL;
- Object Data Source for a JSP, Java or other class
file.

Data Source ID: Specify a unique ID for this data source.

Figure 115: Data Selection Dialog

Select data location: To specify the source data file, click on one of the data source type options:

Client Side

Keep Source Empty: Leaves source undefined so data is not initially loaded. You must specify source later using either setSource or loadSourceFromServer APIs (see AbstractDataSource).

Server Side

Remote URI/REST Request: Connects data source to a remote URL. For example, an RSS feed.

XML file: Specifies a server-side XML file to use as the data source.

Select File: Optionally, if you specified documentDataSource as the type for this data source: click Choose File to create a new XML file to use any server-side file type as the data source.
A Choose a file dialog appears.

JavaServerPage (JSP): Specifies a JSP file on the server to use as the data source.

Project Servlet: Specifies a servlet, a Java EE server-side handler for web requests, as the data source.

Data Service Connection

Service Request: Specifies SOA data from a web service or database to use as a datasource. This creates a Nexaweb dataservice serviceRequest.

To select an existing file:

To create a new file:

Click Next.

A File Selection dialog appears:

Click Add New and then click Next.

DocumentName: Registers the source document retrieved from the source in the DocumentRegistry. Click in the value field beside and specify the document name.

OnDataChanged: Specify a call to an event handler (MCO, Macro and so forth) for when this event notification fires. Click in the value field and then click to launch the Manage Events wizard.

OnDataRequestCompleted: Specify a call to an event handler (MCO, Macro and so forth) for when this event notification fires. Click in the value field and then click to launch the Manage Events wizard.

OnDataRequestFailed Specify a call to an event handler (MCO, Macro and so forth) for when this event notification fires. Click in the value field and then click to launch the Manage Events wizard.

RefreshOnAttributeChange: Specifies whether to refresh the datasource when attribute change events fire on any element in the source file. Click in the value field and then click the arrow in this field to select true or false.

RefreshOnStructureChange: Specifies whether to refresh the datasource when structure change events fire on any element in the source file. Click in the value field and then click the arrow in this field to select true or false.