Revision as of 10:37, 29 December 2017

Author
Robert Wenzel, Engineer, Potix Corporation

Date
January XX, 2018

Version
ZK 8.5

Introduction

What we want

Our goal is to avoid multiple users from editing the same resource simultaneously we need the following functionalities.

lock / unlock a resource
e.g. obtain and release exclusive access to edit a specific objects properties
observe a resource for owner changes (LockEvents)
it should be possible to observe the same resource with multiple concurrent users
react to LockEvents and update the UI
immediately indicate availability/ownership/unavailability of a resource to each observing user

First we need a way to indicate our intention that we want to edit a resource and obtain a lock and vice versa return the lock (unlock) when we are done editing. This is only useful if other users are aware of that condition so they don't attempt concurrent editing (and potentially losing data or producing inconsistent merged results) - means we need to observe the current lock status and finally react in the UI. e.g. by changing labels, styles, disabling/hiding/removing/adding appropriate controls.

Simple example

Before going into details here a small example illustrating what we are trying to achieve.

Here 2 users in 2 separate browsers are seeing (observing) the same resource with the initial information that it's currently not locked by anyone. As soon as User-1 locks the resource it becomes editable for him. At the same the lock button disappears for the User-2 - replaced by a message showing the lock status and owner. When unlocking the resource it becomes available for both users again. Then User-2 repeats the cycle. As simple as that.

How does it work

The related zul file and view model shouldn't contain too many surprises - Which is the intention of this article -> to show a simple way to achieve that.

public class SimpleLockableViewModel {
	private static final AtomicInteger userCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
	private final String username = "User-" + userCounter.incrementAndGet();

	private final UiLockTracker<SimpleResource> lockTracker = new UiLockTracker<>(10, 5);
	private static SimpleResource sharedResource = new SimpleResource("the Resource Value");

	@Init
	public void init(@ContextParam(ContextType.DESKTOP) Desktop desktop) {
		desktop.enableServerPush(true);
		lockTracker.observe(new MvvmLockable<SimpleResource>(getUsername(), sharedResource) {
			@Override
			public void onLockEvent(LockEvent event) {
				super.onLockEvent(event);
				BindUtils.postNotifyChange(null, null, sharedResource, "value");
			}
		});
	}

	@Command
	public void lock() { lockTracker.lock(); }

	@Command
	public void unlock() { lockTracker.unlock(); }

	public UiLockable<SimpleResource> getLockable() { return lockTracker.getLockable(); }

	public String getUsername() { return username; }
}

Summary

Example Sources

The code examples are available on github in the zk-template-examples repository

zul files: https://github.com/zkoss-demo/zk-template-examples/tree/master/src/main/webapp/locker

java classes: https://github.com/zkoss-demo/zk-template-examples/tree/master/src/main/java/zk/example/template/locker

Running the Example

Clone the repo

   git clone git@github.com:zkoss-demo/zk-template-examples.git

The example war file can be built using the gradle-wrapper (on windows simply omit the prefix './'):

   ./gradlew war

Execute using gretty:

   ./gradlew appRun

Execute using jetty-runner (faster startup):

   ./gradlew startJettyRunner

Then access the example http://localhost:8080/zk-template-examples/locker/

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