How do I create multiple types of child nodes in ADF Faces Tree Component

Question

Hi,
I am trying to construct a tree using ADF Faces. The tree I am trying to develop should look something like:
- Departments
+ Dept 10
+ Dept 20
+ Dept 30
+ Dept 40
- Employees
+ SCOTT
+ALLEN
+ BLAKE
The nodes shown at the top level should serve as labels, indicating the various types of nodes available.
I have created the top level RootLabelsViewObj, with a SQL clause:
select rn, node_label
from (
select 1 rn
, 'Employees' node_label
from dual
union all
select 2 rn
, 'Departments' node_label
from dual
union all
select 3 rn
, 'Bonusplans' node_label
from dual
I have created ViewLinks between the RootLabelsViewObj and the DeptView and EmpView respectively (created on top of DEPT and EMP table in SCOTT schema), based on the LABEL attribute in the RootLabelsViewObj and with ViewLink SQL specified like:
:Bind_NodeLabel = 'Departments' for the link with DeptView and :Bind_NodeLabel = 'Employees' for the link with EmpView.
In the ADF BC Application Module Tester, I get exactly what I want.
However, when I create a JSF JSPX page and drag the RootLabelsViewObj from the Data Control Panel to the page as ADF Tree, I run into a little issue: it seems like I cannot create a second Branch Accessor rule for the RootLabelsViewObj1: I have created a first Branch Accessor Rule referring to DeptView and now try to create a second one for EmpView, to allow Employees to be displayed under the root label "Employees" - but I cannot.
The PageDefinition looks like:
<tree id="RootLabelsViewObj1" IterBinding="RootLabelsViewObj1Iterator">
<AttrNames>
<Item Value="Rn"/>
<Item Value="NodeLabel"/>
</AttrNames>
<nodeDefinition DefName="model.RootLabelsViewObj"
id="RootLabelsViewObjNode">
<AttrNames>
<Item Value="NodeLabel"/>
</AttrNames>
<Accessors>
<Item Value="DeptView"/>
</Accessors>
</nodeDefinition>
<nodeDefinition DefName="model.EmpView" id="EmpViewNode">
<AttrNames>
<Item Value="Ename"/>
</AttrNames>
</nodeDefinition>
<nodeDefinition DefName="model.DeptView" id="DeptViewNode">
<AttrNames>
<Item Value="Deptno"/>
</AttrNames>
</nodeDefinition>
</tree>
Does anyone know:
- whether it is possible (intended) to have more than one branch accessor per node (i.e. more than one type of child under a node in the tree)
- if so, how this can be achieved?
Right now it looks like I am limited to each node in the tree having only one type of child node.
Please tell me I am wrong.
best regards,
Lucas

Answer 1

Give this a shot mate
event.getNativeEventTarget();That will allow you to access the DOM object directly
Id can be retrieved via
event.getNativeEventTarget().id;