howto escape from <iterate list in simple-method

[Pierre Smits]

Hi all,

I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first entry
given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
iteration after having found the entry?

I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
interation in a simple-method?

Regards,

Pierre

[prasath]

Hi Pierre,

I tried it before I could not find any <break> or <continue> in miniland
iterator.

But we can use <return/> statement to come out of the simple method.

thanks
prasath rajan
9442369696

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> entry
> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
> iteration after having found the entry?
>
> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> interation in a simple-method?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre
>

[Pierre Smits]

Thanks for the quick reply.

But wouldn't the <return /> end the entire simple method? In stead of just
the section of code that has the iteration?

Regards,

Pierre

2011/6/22 prasanth r <[hidden email]>

> Hi Pierre,
>
> I tried it before I could not find any <break> or <continue> in miniland
> iterator.
>
> But we can use <return/> statement to come out of the simple method.
>
> thanks
> prasath rajan
> 9442369696
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> > entry
> > given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from
> the
> > iteration after having found the entry?
> >
> > I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
> I
> > can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> > interation in a simple-method?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pierre
> >
>

[hans_bakker]

Hi Pierre,

I assume you generated the list from the database?
why not use <entity-condition with the condition you want to search on?

regards,
Hans

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:04 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first entry
> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
> iteration after having found the entry?
>
> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> interation in a simple-method?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre

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[prasath]

Hi all,
In this case we can use <entity-one> , which will bring only on record.

thanks
prasath rajan


On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Hans Bakker
<[hidden email]>wrote:

> Hi Pierre,
>
> I assume you generated the list from the database?
> why not use <entity-condition with the condition you want to search on?
>
> regards,
> Hans
>
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:04 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> entry
> > given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from
> the
> > iteration after having found the entry?
> >
> > I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
> I
> > can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> > interation in a simple-method?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pierre
>
> --
> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz
> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates.
>
>

[Adrian Crum-3]

A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If
anyone is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.

-Adrian

On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first entry
> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
> iteration after having found the entry?
>
> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> interation in a simple-method?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre
>

[prasath]

update if you get anything
prasath rajan

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Adrian Crum <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If anyone
> is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
>> entry
>> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
>> iteration after having found the entry?
>>
>> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
>> I
>> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
>> interation in a simple-method?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>

[Ashish Vijaywargiya]

+1 - Thanks Adrian.

--
Ashish

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Adrian Crum <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If anyone
> is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
>> entry
>> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
>> iteration after having found the entry?
>>
>> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
>> I
>> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
>> interation in a simple-method?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>

[Scott Gray-2]

Use a while loop and change the condition to false once you're done, you'll have to manually iterate though.  Or you could do as suggested and use the return tag, just move the loop out to a separate inline simple-method so that the return only effects the loop.

Regards
Scott

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On 22/06/2011, at 9:04 PM, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first entry
> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
> iteration after having found the entry?
>
> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> interation in a simple-method?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Hans,

Let me elaborate on the problem I have.

For a customer I have to expand the processing of project time entries so
that they can do bulk processing of multiple time entries on multiple
projects.

In current setup of processing all is done with screen <screen name
="projectBilling"> in ProjectScreens.xml and forms <form
name="hoursNotYetBilled"> and <form name="AddProjectTimeToNewInvoice">, but
before the forms are rendered groovy code <script
location="component://projectmgr/webapp/projectmgr/WEB-INF/actions/ProjectBilling.groovy"/>
is executed for the individual project, setting the invoice object and
parameters like partyIdFrom, partyId and invoicdeId.

In the bulkprocessing this must also occur, but the groovy code for the
individual project has the break to excape from the iteration of the
entryItems after the frist invoice with status "INVOICE_IN_PROCESS" has been
found.

So I need to recreate that groovy process in the simple method as well. Or
am I mistaken and chasing the wrong ball?

Regards,

Pierre

2011/6/22 Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>

> Hi Pierre,
>
> I assume you generated the list from the database?
> why not use <entity-condition with the condition you want to search on?
>
> regards,
> Hans
>
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:04 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> entry
> > given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from
> the
> > iteration after having found the entry?
> >
> > I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
> I
> > can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> > interation in a simple-method?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pierre
>
> --
> Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz
> Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak
> Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates.
>
>

[hans_bakker]

Hi Pierre, long time no talk!

It looks like you want iterate a number of screen sections?
did you look at the <iterate-section within a <widget ?

If you want to create invoices for a number of projects at the same time
then i would get these projects in a list and then process every project
normally...

let me know how i can help you further....

Regards,
Hans

On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 12:36 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> Let me elaborate on the problem I have.
>
> For a customer I have to expand the processing of project time entries so
> that they can do bulk processing of multiple time entries on multiple
> projects.
>
> In current setup of processing all is done with screen <screen name
> ="projectBilling"> in ProjectScreens.xml and forms <form
> name="hoursNotYetBilled"> and <form name="AddProjectTimeToNewInvoice">, but
> before the forms are rendered groovy code <script
> location="component://projectmgr/webapp/projectmgr/WEB-INF/actions/ProjectBilling.groovy"/>
> is executed for the individual project, setting the invoice object and
> parameters like partyIdFrom, partyId and invoicdeId.
>
> In the bulkprocessing this must also occur, but the groovy code for the
> individual project has the break to excape from the iteration of the
> entryItems after the frist invoice with status "INVOICE_IN_PROCESS" has been
> found.
>
> So I need to recreate that groovy process in the simple method as well. Or
> am I mistaken and chasing the wrong ball?
>
> Regards,
>
> Pierre
>
> 2011/6/22 Hans Bakker <[hidden email]>
>
> > Hi Pierre,
> >
> > I assume you generated the list from the database?
> > why not use <entity-condition with the condition you want to search on?
> >
> > regards,
> > Hans
> >
> > On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:04 +0200, Pierre Smits wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> > entry
> > > given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from
> > the
> > > iteration after having found the entry?
> > >
> > > I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
> > I
> > > can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> > > interation in a simple-method?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Pierre
> >
> > --
> > Ofbiz on twitter: http://twitter.com/apache_ofbiz
> > Myself on twitter: http://twitter.com/hansbak
> > Antwebsystems.com: Quality services for competitive rates.
> >
> >

--
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[Pierre Smits]

+1

Thanks Adrian

2011/6/22 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>

> A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If anyone
> is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.
>
> -Adrian
>
>
> On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
>> entry
>> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
>> iteration after having found the entry?
>>
>> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry
>> I
>> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
>> interation in a simple-method?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>

[prasath]

hi Pierre,

not able to understand what is the solution.
what is +1.

prasath rajan


On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Pierre Smits <[hidden email]>wrote:

> +1
>
> Thanks Adrian
>
> 2011/6/22 Adrian Crum <[hidden email]>
>
> > A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If anyone
> > is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.
> >
> > -Adrian
> >
> >
> > On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first
> >> entry
> >> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from
> the
> >> iteration after having found the entry?
> >>
> >> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the
> entry
> >> I
> >> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
> >> interation in a simple-method?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Pierre
> >>
> >>
>

[Erwan de FERRIERES]

Le 22/06/2011 13:12, prasanth r a écrit :
> hi Pierre,
>
> not able to understand what is the solution.
> what is +1.
>
Hi,

here is for the +1  : http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
> prasath rajan
>
>


--
Erwan de FERRIERES
www.nereide.biz

[Adrian Crum-3]

Prasanth,

Also keep in mind that this is an open source project, so everyone can
contribute. If you think of an improvement, create a Jira issue for it
and we will try to get it included in the project.

-Adrian

On 6/22/2011 1:44 PM, Erwan de FERRIERES wrote:

> Le 22/06/2011 13:12, prasanth r a écrit :
>> hi Pierre,
>>
>> not able to understand what is the solution.
>> what is +1.
>>
> Hi,
>
> here is for the +1  : http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
>> prasath rajan
>>
>>
>
>

[Scott Gray-2]

The implementation would not be trivial, the simple method structure wouldn't easily support this type of control flow.  Plus it would be difficult to get the xsd right, allowing the operation to appear only within the iterable operations but possibly deeply nested.

Regards
Scott

On 22/06/2011, at 10:12 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

> A <break/> element would be a useful addition to mini-language. If anyone is interested in creating it, I will take a look at it.
>
> -Adrian
>
> On 6/22/2011 10:04 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am stumped... I need to iterate through a list to find the the first entry
>> given a set of parameters in a simple-method, but how do I escape from the
>> iteration after having found the entry?
>>
>> I know that in groovy I can do a while loop and if I have found the entry I
>> can issue a 'break; and close the iteration. But how do I do this in the
>> interation in a simple-method?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pierre
>>