Examples

Trivial example

public class CellListExample implements EntryPoint {

  /**
   * The list of data to display.
   */
  private static final List<String> DAYS = Arrays.asList("Sunday", "Monday",
      "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a cell to render each value.
    TextCell textCell = new TextCell();

    // Create a CellList that uses the cell.
    CellList<String> cellList = new CellList<String>(textCell);
    cellList.setKeyboardSelectionPolicy(KeyboardSelectionPolicy.ENABLED);

    // Add a selection model to handle user selection.
    final SingleSelectionModel<String> selectionModel = new SingleSelectionModel<String>();
    cellList.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);
    selectionModel.addSelectionChangeHandler(new SelectionChangeEvent.Handler() {
      public void onSelectionChange(SelectionChangeEvent event) {
        String selected = selectionModel.getSelectedObject();
        if (selected != null) {
          Window.alert("You selected: " + selected);
        }
      }
    });

    // Set the total row count. This isn't strictly necessary, but it affects
    // paging calculations, so its good habit to keep the row count up to date.
    cellList.setRowCount(DAYS.size(), true);

    // Push the data into the widget.
    cellList.setRowData(0, DAYS);

    // Add it to the root panel.
    RootPanel.get().add(cellList);
  }
}

Handling user input with ValueUpdater

public class CellListValueUpdaterExample implements EntryPoint {

  /**
   * The list of data to display.
   */
  private static final List<String> DAYS = Arrays.asList("Sunday", "Monday",
      "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a cell that will interact with a value updater.
    TextInputCell inputCell = new TextInputCell();

    // Create a CellList that uses the cell.
    CellList<String> cellList = new CellList<String>(inputCell);

    // Create a value updater that will be called when the value in a cell
    // changes.
    ValueUpdater<String> valueUpdater = new ValueUpdater<String>() {
      public void update(String newValue) {
        Window.alert("You typed: " + newValue);
      }
    };

    // Add the value updater to the cellList.
    cellList.setValueUpdater(valueUpdater);

    // Set the total row count. This isn't strictly necessary, but it affects
    // paging calculations, so its good habit to keep the row count up to date.
    cellList.setRowCount(DAYS.size(), true);

    // Push the data into the widget.
    cellList.setRowData(0, DAYS);

    // Add it to the root panel.
    RootPanel.get().add(cellList);
  }
}

Pushing data with List Data Provider (backed by List)

public class ListDataProviderExample implements EntryPoint {

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a CellList.
    CellList<String> cellList = new CellList<String>(new TextCell());

    // Create a list data provider.
    final ListDataProvider<String> dataProvider = new ListDataProvider<String>();

    // Add the cellList to the dataProvider.
    dataProvider.addDataDisplay(cellList);

    // Create a form to add values to the data provider.
    final TextBox valueBox = new TextBox();
    valueBox.setText("Enter new value");
    Button addButton = new Button("Add value", new ClickHandler() {
      public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
        // Get the value from the text box.
        String newValue = valueBox.getText();

        // Get the underlying list from data dataProvider.
        List<String> list = dataProvider.getList();

        // Add the value to the list. The dataProvider will update the cellList.
        list.add(newValue);
      }
    });

    // Add the widgets to the root panel.
    VerticalPanel vPanel = new VerticalPanel();
    vPanel.add(valueBox);
    vPanel.add(addButton);
    vPanel.add(cellList);
    RootPanel.get().add(vPanel);
  }
}

Pushing data asynchronously with Async Data Provider

public class AsyncDataProviderExample implements EntryPoint {

  /**
   * A custom {@link AsyncDataProvider}.
   */
  private static class MyDataProvider extends AsyncDataProvider<String> {
    /**
     * {@link #onRangeChanged(HasData)} is called when the table requests a new
     * range of data. You can push data back to the displays using
     * {@link #updateRowData(int, List)}.
     */
    @Override
    protected void onRangeChanged(HasData<String> display) {
      // Get the new range.
      final Range range = display.getVisibleRange();

      /*
       * Query the data asynchronously. If you are using a database, you can
       * make an RPC call here. We'll use a Timer to simulate a delay.
       */
      new Timer() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
          // We are creating fake data. Normally, the data will come from a
          // server.
          int start = range.getStart();
          int length = range.getLength();
          List<String> newData = new ArrayList<String>();
          for (int i = start; i < start + length; i++) {
            newData.add("Item " + i);
          }

          // Push the data to the displays. AsyncDataProvider will only update
          // displays that are within range of the data.
          updateRowData(start, newData);
        }
      }.schedule(3000);
    }
  }

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a CellList.
    CellList<String> cellList = new CellList<String>(new TextCell());

    // Create a data provider.
    MyDataProvider dataProvider = new MyDataProvider();

    // Add the cellList to the dataProvider.
    dataProvider.addDataDisplay(cellList);

    // Create paging controls.
    SimplePager pager = new SimplePager();
    pager.setDisplay(cellList);

    // Add the widgets to the root panel.
    VerticalPanel vPanel = new VerticalPanel();
    vPanel.add(pager);
    vPanel.add(cellList);
    RootPanel.get().add(vPanel);
  }
}

Writing a custom data provider

public class RangeChangeHandlerExample implements EntryPoint {

  @Override
  public void onModuleLoad() {
    // Create a CellList.
    final CellList<String> cellList = new CellList<String>(new TextCell());

    // Add a range change handler.
    cellList.addRangeChangeHandler(new RangeChangeEvent.Handler() {
      @Override
      public void onRangeChange(RangeChangeEvent event) {
        Range range = event.getNewRange();
        int start = range.getStart();
        int length = range.getLength();

        // Create the data to push into the view. At this point, you could send
        // an asynchronous RPC request to a server.
        List<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (int i = start; i < start + length; i++) {
          data.add("Item " + i);
        }

        // Push the data into the list.
        cellList.setRowData(start, data);
      }
    });

    // Force the cellList to fire an initial range change event.
    cellList.setVisibleRangeAndClearData(new Range(0, 25), true);

    // Create paging controls.
    SimplePager pager = new SimplePager();
    pager.setDisplay(cellList);

    // Add the widgets to the root panel.
    VerticalPanel vPanel = new VerticalPanel();
    vPanel.add(pager);
    vPanel.add(cellList);
    RootPanel.get().add(vPanel);
  }
}

Using a key provider to track objects as they change

public class KeyProviderExample implements EntryPoint {

  /**
   * A simple data type that represents a contact.
   */
  private static class Contact {
    private static int nextId = 0;

    private final int id;
    private String name;

    public Contact(String name) {
      nextId++;
      this.id = nextId;
      this.name = name;
    }
  }

  /**
   * A custom {@link Cell} used to render a {@link Contact}.
   */
  private static class ContactCell extends AbstractCell<Contact> {
    @Override
    public void render(Context context, Contact value, SafeHtmlBuilder sb) {
      if (value != null) {
        sb.appendEscaped(value.name);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * The list of data to display.
   */
  private static final List<Contact> CONTACTS = Arrays.asList(new Contact(
      "John"), new Contact("Joe"), new Contact("Michael"),
      new Contact("Sarah"), new Contact("George"));

  public void onModuleLoad() {
    /*
     * Define a key provider for a Contact. We use the unique ID as the key,
     * which allows to maintain selection even if the name changes.
     */
    ProvidesKey<Contact> keyProvider = new ProvidesKey<Contact>() {
      public Object getKey(Contact item) {
        // Always do a null check.
        return (item == null) ? null : item.id;
      }
    };

    // Create a CellList using the keyProvider.
    CellList<Contact> cellList = new CellList<Contact>(new ContactCell(),
        keyProvider);

    // Push data into the CellList.
    cellList.setRowCount(CONTACTS.size(), true);
    cellList.setRowData(0, CONTACTS);

    // Add a selection model using the same keyProvider.
    SelectionModel<Contact> selectionModel = new SingleSelectionModel<Contact>(
        keyProvider);
    cellList.setSelectionModel(selectionModel);

    /*
     * Select a contact. The selectionModel will select based on the ID because
     * we used a keyProvider.
     */
    Contact sarah = CONTACTS.get(3);
    selectionModel.setSelected(sarah, true);

    // Modify the name of the contact.
    sarah.name = "Sara";

    /*
     * Redraw the CellList. Sarah/Sara will still be selected because we
     * identify her by ID. If we did not use a keyProvider, Sara would not be
     * selected.
     */
    cellList.redraw();

    // Add the widgets to the root panel.
    RootPanel.get().add(cellList);
  }
}