A Sample Spring Webflow File

The Sample Webflow File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<flow xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow
http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow/spring-webflow-1.0.xsd">

 <var name="sampleEventCreateForm"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventCreateForm" />
 <var name="sampleEventEditForm"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventEditForm" />
 <var name="sampleEventAdminForm"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventAdminForm" />
 <var name="sampleEventViewForm"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventViewForm" />

 <start-state idref="menuAction" />

 <view-state id="menuAction"
  view="/sampleevent/sampleEventMenu.xhtml">
  <transition on="createSampleEvent" to="createSampleEvent">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="initializeData" />
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="setEventType" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="editSampleEvent" to="editSelectSampleEvent">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="initializeData" />
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="setEventType" />
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="searchSampleEvent" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="viewSampleEvent" to="viewSampleEvent">
   <action bean="sampleEventViewFormAction"
    method="setEventType" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="adminSampleEvent" to="adminSampleEvent">
   <action bean="sampleEventAdminFormAction"
    method="setEventType" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <!-- create event -->
 <view-state id="createSampleEvent"
  view="/sampleevent/createSampleEvent.xhtml">
  <transition on="createSampleEvent" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="createSampleEvent" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="createSearchItems"
  view="/sampleevent/createSearchItems.xhtml">
  <transition on="search" to="createSearchResults">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction" method="search" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="addManufacturers" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="addManufacturers" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="removeManufacturers" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="removeManufacturers" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="addItemModelAlias" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="addItemModelAlias" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="removeItemModelAlias" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="removeItemModelAlias" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="createSearchResults"
  view="/sampleevent/createSearchResults.xhtml">
  <transition on="backToSearch" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="resetForReturnedSearch" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="reviewSelections" to="createReviewSelections">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="reviewSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="createReviewSelections"
  view="/sampleevent/createReviewSelections.xhtml">
  <transition on="modifySelections" to="createSearchResults" />
  <transition on="saveSelections" to="createSuccess">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="saveSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="createSuccess"
  view="/sampleevent/createSuccess.xhtml">
  <transition on="addMoreItems" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
    method="resetForReturnedSearch" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <!-- edit event -->
 <view-state id="editSelectSampleEvent"
  view="/sampleevent/editSelectSampleEvent.xhtml">
  <transition on="submitSelectedSampleEvent"
   to="displayOperationOptions">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="setSelectedSampleEvent" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="displayOperationOptions"
  view="/sampleevent/editOperationOptions.xhtml">
  <transition on="editSavedItems" to="displaySavedItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="searchSavedItems" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="addOtherItems" to="editAddOtherItems">
  </transition>
  <transition on="backToEditSampleEventSearchResults"
   to="editSelectSampleEvent">
  </transition>

 </view-state>

 <!-- add new items -->
 <view-state id="editAddOtherItems"
  view="/sampleevent/editAddOtherItems.xhtml">
  <transition on="search" to="editOtherItemsResults">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="searchOtherItems" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="addManufacturers" to="editAddOtherItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="addManufacturers" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="removeManufacturers" to="editAddOtherItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="removeManufacturers" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="addItemModelAlias" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="addItemModelAlias" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="removeItemModelAlias" to="createSearchItems">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="removeItemModelAlias" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="editOtherItemsResults"
  view="/sampleevent/editOtherItemsResults.xhtml">
  <transition on="reviewSelections"
   to="editReviewOtherItemSelections">

  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="editReviewOtherItemSelections"
  view="/sampleevent/editReviewOtherItemSelections.xhtml">
  <transition on="modifySelections" to="editOtherItemsResults" />
  <transition on="saveSelections" to="editSuccessSaveOthers">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="saveOtherSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="editSuccessSaveOthers"
  view="/sampleevent/editSuccessSaveOthers.xhtml">
  <transition on="backToOperationOptions"
   to="displayOperationOptions" />
 </view-state>

 <!-- remove saved items -->
 <view-state id="displaySavedItems"
  view="/sampleevent/editDisplaySavedItems.xhtml">
  <transition on="reviewDeSelections" to="reviewDeSelections">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="reviewDeSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="reviewDeSelections"
  view="/sampleevent/editReviewDeSelections.xhtml">
  <transition on="modifySelections" to="displaySavedItems" />
  <transition on="saveDeSelections"
   to="editSuccessDeSelections">
   <action bean="sampleEventEditFormAction"
    method="saveDeSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="editSuccessDeSelections"
  view="/sampleevent/editSuccessDeSelections.xhtml">
  <transition on="backToOperationOptions"
   to="displayOperationOptions" />
 </view-state>


 <!-- Cancel/close/Reactive Item Event -->
 <view-state id="adminSampleEvent"
  view="/sampleevent/adminChooseType.xhtml">
  <transition on="submitAdminSelection" to="adminSearchResults">
   <action bean="sampleEventAdminFormAction"
    method="searchSampleEvents" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="adminSearchResults"
  view="/sampleevent/adminSearchResults.xhtml">
  <transition on="reviewSelections" to="adminReviewSelections">

  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="adminReviewSelections"
  view="/sampleevent/adminReviewSelections.xhtml">
  <render-actions>
   <action bean="sampleEventAdminFormAction"
    method="reviewUpdates" />
  </render-actions>
  <transition on="modifySelections" to="adminSearchResults" />
  <transition on="saveSelections" to="adminSuccess">
   <action bean="sampleEventAdminFormAction"
    method="saveSelections" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="adminSuccess"
  view="/sampleevent/adminSuccess.xhtml">
 </view-state>

 <!-- View Completed Events -->
 <view-state id="viewSampleEvent"
  view="/sampleevent/viewSearchCriteria.xhtml">
  <transition on="searchSampleEvents"
   to="viewDecideShowSearchResults">
   <action bean="sampleEventViewFormAction"
    method="searchSampleEvents" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <decision-state id="viewDecideShowSearchResults">
  <if
   test="${flowScope.sampleEventViewForm.numberOfSampleEvents == 1}"
   then="viewInfoForSingleSampleEvent"
   else="viewSampleEventSearchResults" />
 </decision-state>

 <!-- when searching returns only one event -->
 <view-state id="viewInfoForSingleSampleEvent"
  view="/sampleevent/viewInfoForSampleEventID.xhtml">
  <transition on="searchItems" to="viewItemsForSampleEventID">
   <action bean="sampleEventViewFormAction"
    method="searchItemsForSelectedSampleEventId" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="backToMenuAction" to="menuAction" />
 </view-state>

 <!-- when user clicks on the ID of event which is a link -->
 <view-state id="viewInfoForSampleEventLinkID"
  view="/sampleevent/viewInfoForSampleEventID.xhtml">
  <transition on="searchItems" to="viewItemsForSampleEventID">
   <action bean="sampleEventViewFormAction"
    method="searchItemsForSelectedSampleEventId" />
  </transition>
  <transition on="backToMenuAction" to="menuAction" />
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="viewItemsForSampleEventID"
  view="/sampleevent/viewItemsForSampleEventID.xhtml">
  <transition on="backToMenuAction" to="menuAction" />
 </view-state>

 <view-state id="viewSampleEventSearchResults"
  view="/sampleevent/viewSampleEventSearchResults.xhtml">
  <transition on="viewInfoForSampleEventLinkID"
   to="viewInfoForSampleEventLinkID">
   <action bean="sampleEventViewFormAction"
    method="searchSampleEventForLinkID" />
  </transition>
 </view-state>

 <end-state id="restart" view="flowRedirect:sampleEvent-flow">
 </end-state>

 <global-transitions>
  <transition on="cancel" to="restart" />
 </global-transitions>

 <import resource="sampleEvent-beans.xml" />

</flow>

The Sample Bean File

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
 <bean id="sampleEventCreateFormAction"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventCreateFormAction"
  init-method="init">
  <property name="formObjectClass"
   value="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventCreateForm" />
  <property name="formObjectName" value="sampleEventCreateForm" />
  <property name="formObjectScope" value="FLOW" />
  <property name="propertyEditorRegistrar">
   <bean
    class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.web.jsf.CommonPropertyEditorRegistrar" />
  </property>
  <property name="sampleEventBo">
   <ref bean="sampleEventBo" />
  </property>
 </bean>

 <bean id="sampleEventEditFormAction"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventEditFormAction"
  init-method="init">
  <property name="formObjectClass"
   value="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventEditForm" />
  <property name="formObjectName" value="sampleEventEditForm" />
  <property name="formObjectScope" value="FLOW" />
  <property name="propertyEditorRegistrar">
   <bean
    class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.web.jsf.CommonPropertyEditorRegistrar" />
  </property>
  <property name="sampleEventBo">
   <ref bean="sampleEventBo" />
  </property>
 </bean>

 <bean id="sampleEventAdminFormAction"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventAdminFormAction"
  init-method="init">
  <property name="formObjectClass"
   value="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventAdminForm" />
  <property name="formObjectName" value="sampleEventAdminForm" />
  <property name="formObjectScope" value="FLOW" />
  <property name="propertyEditorRegistrar">
   <bean
    class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.web.jsf.CommonPropertyEditorRegistrar" />
  </property>
  <property name="sampleEventBo">
   <ref bean="sampleEventBo" />
  </property>
 </bean>

 <bean id="sampleEventViewFormAction"
  class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventViewFormAction"
  init-method="init">
  <property name="formObjectClass"
   value="com.mycompany.myapp.server.webflow.sampleevent.SampleEventViewForm" />
  <property name="formObjectName" value="sampleEventViewForm" />
  <property name="formObjectScope" value="FLOW" />
  <property name="propertyEditorRegistrar">
   <bean
    class="com.mycompany.myapp.server.web.jsf.CommonPropertyEditorRegistrar" />
  </property>
  <property name="sampleEventBo">
   <ref bean="sampleEventBo" />
  </property>
 </bean>

</beans>