Get URL, code link properties of iview

Question

Hello SDN,
I have few iviews in a folder. I have a program which iterates through all the objects in folder and if the object is an URL iview, i want to open it in a new window using "window.open(Url)" Two questions i have,
to check if the object is an URL iview, I am using this code
String path = "<path of the object>";
IPcdContext targetobject =      (IPcdContext) initialContext.lookup(path);
Object attr4 = iattrs.get("CodeLink").get().toString();
and i want to compare it with the "com.sap.portal.httpconnectivity.urliviews.runtime"
but i get attr4 as "null".
although i know that it is a URL iview, how do i get the actual URL in the URL iview. what property should i access and how?
could someone please help?
thank You

Answer 1

Hi,
Hello SDN,
I have few iviews in a folder. I have a program which iterates through all the objects in folder and if the object is an URL iview, i want to open it in a new window using "window.open(Url)" Two questions i have,
to check if the object is an URL iview, I am using this code
String path = "<path of the object>";
IPcdContext targetobject = (IPcdContext) initialContext.lookup(path);
Object attr4 = iattrs.get("CodeLink").get().toString();
and i want to compare it with the "com.sap.portal.httpconnectivity.urliviews.runtime"
but i get attr4 as "null".
Try the following code instead: (also have a look at the doc here: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/EN/44/6aaf92f5a23672e10000000a114a6b/content.htm)
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,IPcdContext.PCD_INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
env.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, request.getUser());
env.put(Constants.REQUESTED_ASPECT, PcmConstants.ASPECT_SEMANTICS);
String attr = "";
InitialContext iCtx = null;
try
     String iViewID = "pcd:portal_content/...../...";
     iCtx = new InitialContext(env);
     IiView myIView =(IiView)iCtx.lookup(iViewID);
     attr = myIView.getAttribute("CodeLink");               
} catch(Exception Ex) {
     Ex.printStackTrace();
response.write("Value of Parameter CodeLink is " + attr");
Replace the value of the String Variable iViewID with the complete PCD Path of your iView. You will need to perform a JNDI Lookup on the ID. If you have a naming convention it should be possible to generate the IDs dynamically in your Code. Otherwise just provide a list of all IDs and iterate through the list to provide the appropriate ID.
although i know that it is a URL iview, how do i get the actual URL in the URL iview. what property should i access and how?
could someone please help?
Mmmh, good question. You can try to access it the way I described above. I've never tried for a URL iView.
Try URL as name of the property or maybe LaunchURL or SourceURL. If both do not work you can try to get a list of all Paramerters (I think there should be a method for this). You could print all parameters and its values so you can find out the name of the URL Property.
Hope this helps (Points are appreciated if helpful )
Cheers