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Selecting buttons in a RadioButtonGroup [message #1841384]

Thu, 13 May 2021 19:39

Eclipse User

Hi there everyone,

I have an RadioButtonGroup based on the GenderCodeType in the one day tutorial.

I am trying to select buttons in the group based on the values in an EntityDo field.

This is the code I'm using

    if (employee.gender().get().equals(TEXTS.get("Male"))) {
      getGenderGroup().getButtonFor(MaleCode.ID).setSelected(true);
    } else if (employee.gender().get().equals(TEXTS.get("Female"))) {
      getGenderGroup().getButtonFor(FemaleCode.ID).setSelected(true);
    } else if (employee.gender().get().equals(TEXTS.get("X"))) {
      getGenderGroup().getButtonFor(XCode.ID).setSelected(true);
    }

However, I keep getting a java.lang.NullPointerException: null on each of the lines where I try to setSelected(true).

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,

JD

Re: Selecting buttons in a RadioButtonGroup [message #1841403 is a reply to message #1841384]

Fri, 14 May 2021 09:42

Eclipse User

This should work. I recommend setting a break point and inspecting the data. You can also step into the getButtonFor() method to see which buttons are available and what their "radio value" is. If you have multiple classes of the same name in your workspace (e.g. two different GenderCodeTypes), ensure that you use the correct imports.

Two additional remarks:

Radio button groups are value fields, so you might be able so simplify your code to something like this: getGenderGroup().setValue(extractGenderCode(employee)).
I don't now exactly how your application is structured, but in general "enum" values should always be stored as technical ID and not as a display text. TEXTS.get() might return different values for users with different languages, so your "if" statements would fail if a record stored by user with language A is opened by another user with language B. That's exactly why RadioButtons (and SmartFields) always provide the key as their value, not the display text.

Regards,
Beat

Re: Selecting buttons in a RadioButtonGroup [message #1841419 is a reply to message #1841403]

Sat, 15 May 2021 05:03

Eclipse User

@Beat

Thanks a lot for your reply.

My GenderCodeType.java, a simple modification of the one in the one day tutorial, looks like this:

public class GenderCodeType extends AbstractCodeType<String, String> {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  public static final String ID = "Gender";

  @Override
  public String getId() {
    return ID;
  }

  @Order(1000)
  public static class MaleCode extends AbstractCode<String> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    public static final String ID = "M";

    @Override
    protected String getConfiguredText() {
      return TEXTS.get("Male");
    }

    @Override
    public String getId() {
      return ID;
    }
  }

  @Order(2000)
  public static class FemaleCode extends AbstractCode<String> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    public static final String ID = "F";

    @Override
    protected String getConfiguredText() {
      return TEXTS.get("Female");
    }

    @Override
    public String getId() {
      return ID;
    }
  }

  @Order(3000)
  public static class XCode extends AbstractCode<String> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    public static final String ID = "X";

    @Override
    protected String getConfiguredText() {
      return TEXTS.get("X");
    }

    @Override
    public String getId() {
      return ID;
    }
  }
}

Thanks for your suggestions on TEXTS.get(). But my code should work with the GenderCodeType.java above, I believe.

Cheers,

JD

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