Developer's Guide

From Documentation

Contents 1 Preface 1.1 About the ZK Development Guide 1.2 Intended Audience 2 Part A. Introduction 2.1 What's ZK? 2.2 Getting Started 2.3 Environment Setup 2.4 Online Resources 3 Part B. Fundamental ZK 3.1 Basic Concepts 3.1.1 Architecture Overview 3.1.2 Markup Language or Pure Java 3.1.3 UI Components 3.1.4 Page and Desktop 3.1.5 UI Component Forest 3.1.6 Events of UI Components 3.2 The ZK User Interface Markup Language 3.2.1 Overview 3.2.2 XML Format 3.2.3 Script Language (zscript) 3.2.4 Implicit Objects 3.2.5 Expression Language (EL) 3.2.6 ZK Processing Instructions 3.2.7 ZK Attributes 3.2.8 ZK Elements 3.2.9 Component Sets and XML Namespaces 4 Part C. ZUL Component 4.1 Form and Inputs 4.2 Layout and Windows 4.3 Grids, Trees and Listbox 4.4 Toolbar and Menus 4.5 Multimedia and Utilities 4.6 Chart and Report 4.7 Wrapped gmaps, fckeditor 4.8 Miscellaneous 4.9 Supported Events 5 Part D. ZK in Depth 5.1 Data Binding 5.2 Macro Component 5.3 zscript, Java, EL 5.4 Component Path and Accesibility 5.5 Most used api for Implicit Objects and Static Classes 5.6 Inter Page, App Communication 5.7 Event Listening & Processing 5.8 Style Customization 5.9 Live Data, Paging, setModel and Implement your own renderer 5.10 Unit Test 5.11 How to initial the Page 6 Part E. Advanced ZK 6.1 Internationalization 6.2 Performance Tip 6.3 Security Tip 6.4 Cluster 6.5 MVC in ZK 6.6 Browser Management 6.7 Client Side Actions 6.8 zscript Other Than Java 6.9 Long Operations 6.10 Annotations 7 Part F. Integrate with Backend Frameworks 7.1 Database Connectivity(JDBC) 7.2 Hibernate 7.3 Spring 7.4 Seam 7.5 A ZK-Hibernate-Spring Example 7.6 Others 8 Part G. Migrate/Integrate Other UI frameworks 8.1 Overview 8.2 Work with HTML Tags 8.3 ZUML with the XHTML Component Set 8.4 Integrate with JSF, JSP and Others 8.5 SWING -- Richlet 9 Part H. ZK in Other Environments 9.1 Portal Integration 9.2 ZK Mobile 9.3 XML Output 10 Appendix 10.1 Development Methodology 10.2 Component Life cycle 10.3 Beyond ZK 10.4 Contributor's Guide

Preface

About the ZK Development Guide

Intended Audience

Part A. Introduction

What's ZK?

Getting Started

Environment Setup

Online Resources

Part B. Fundamental ZK

Basic Concepts

Architecture Overview

Markup Language or Pure Java

UI Components

Page and Desktop

UI Component Forest

Events of UI Components

The ZK User Interface Markup Language

Overview

XML Format

Script Language (zscript)

Implicit Objects

Expression Language (EL)

ZK Processing Instructions

ZK Attributes

ZK Elements

Component Sets and XML Namespaces

Part C. ZUL Component

Form and Inputs

Layout and Windows

Grids, Trees and Listbox

Toolbar and Menus

Multimedia and Utilities

Chart and Report

Wrapped gmaps, fckeditor

Miscellaneous

Supported Events

Part D. ZK in Depth

Data Binding

Macro Component

zscript, Java, EL

Component Path and Accesibility

Most used api for Implicit Objects and Static Classes

Inter Page, App Communication

Event Listening & Processing

Style Customization

Live Data, Paging, setModel and Implement your own renderer

Unit Test

How to initial the Page

Part E. Advanced ZK

Internationalization

Performance Tip

Security Tip

Cluster

MVC in ZK

Browser Management

Client Side Actions

zscript Other Than Java

Long Operations

Annotations

Part F. Integrate with Backend Frameworks

Database Connectivity(JDBC)

Hibernate

Spring

Seam

A ZK-Hibernate-Spring Example

Others

Part G. Migrate/Integrate Other UI frameworks

Overview

Work with HTML Tags

ZUML with the XHTML Component Set

Integrate with JSF, JSP and Others

SWING -- Richlet

Part H. ZK in Other Environments

Portal Integration

ZK Mobile

XML Output

Appendix

Development Methodology

Component Life cycle

Beyond ZK

Contributor's Guide