Parsing Connector as Json

#1

Hi,

I am pretty new to dhtmlx and the java connector and I have been following the initialization tutorial https://docs.dhtmlx.com/connector__java__init.html

However when I try to do gantt.load(“BasicConnector.java”), it seems to try to parse it as json. I have included my code below:

<div id="gantt_here"
		style='width: 100%; height: 650px; position: relative;'></div>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		function createBox(sizes, class_name) {
			var box = document.createElement('div');
			box.style.cssText = [ "height:" + sizes.height + "px",
					"line-height:" + sizes.height + "px",
					"width:" + sizes.width + "px", "top:" + sizes.top + 'px',
					"left:" + sizes.left + "px", "position:absolute" ]
					.join(";");
			box.className = class_name;
			return box;
		}

		gantt.templates.grid_row_class = gantt.templates.task_class = function(
				start, end, task) {
			var css = [];
			if (gantt.hasChild(task.id)) {
				css.push("task-parent");
			}
			if (!task.$open && gantt.hasChild(task.id)) {
				css.push("task-collapsed");
			}

			return css.join(" ");
		};

		gantt.config.fit_tasks = true;
		
		gantt.init("gantt_here");

 		gantt.load("BasicConnector.java");

And this is the connector:

public class BasicConnector extends ConnectorServlet {
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        // obtain DB connection
        Connection conn = null;
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gantt", "test", "test");
        }
        catch (Throwable e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        // Initializes connector
        GridConnector gantt = new GridConnector(conn, DBType.MySQL);

        // configures the used table and fields
        gantt.render_table("gantt_tasks", "id", "start_date,duration,text,progress,parent");
    }
}

Thank you!

#2

Hi,
i think you’re using Grid connector for gantt, which is not supposed to work (as a rule there is a connector for each component),
Please try using JSONGanttConnector instead
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=32995
github.com/DHTMLX/connector-java

#3

Hi,

Thank you, I changed it to JSONGanttConnector and now I am getting a nullpointer exception. The request is reaching the database and the problem seems to be from the render method. Any tips?


public class BasicConnector extends ConnectorServlet {
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        // obtain DB connection
        Connection conn = null;
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gantt", "test", "test");
        }
        catch (Throwable e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        JSONGanttConnector gantt = new JSONGanttConnector(conn);
        System.out.println(gantt);
        System.out.println(conn);
        gantt.render_table("gantt_tasks", "id", "start_date,duration,text,progress,parent");
    }
}

I also tried using the dataprocessor but it doesn’t fix it.


<div id="gantt_here"
		style='width: 100%; height: 650px; position: relative;'></div>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		function createBox(sizes, class_name) {
			var box = document.createElement('div');
			box.style.cssText = [ "height:" + sizes.height + "px",
					"line-height:" + sizes.height + "px",
					"width:" + sizes.width + "px", "top:" + sizes.top + 'px',
					"left:" + sizes.left + "px", "position:absolute" ]
					.join(";");
			box.className = class_name;
			return box;
		}

		gantt.templates.grid_row_class = gantt.templates.task_class = function(
				start, end, task) {
			var css = [];
			if (gantt.hasChild(task.id)) {
				css.push("task-parent");
			}
			if (!task.$open && gantt.hasChild(task.id)) {
				css.push("task-collapsed");
			}

			return css.join(" ");
		};

		gantt.config.fit_tasks = true;
		
		gantt.init("gantt_here");

		gantt.load('/abakus/data.do');

		dp = new gantt.dataProcessor('/abakus/data.do');
		dp.init(gantt);


SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet dhtmlx threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at calendar.dhtmlx.connector2.JSONGanttConnector.render(JSONGanttConnector.java:190)
	at calendar.dhtmlx.connector2.BaseConnector.render_table(BaseConnector.java:330)
	at calendar.dhtmlx.connector2.BaseConnector.render_table(BaseConnector.java:295)
	at calendar.BasicConnector.configure(BasicConnector.java:41)
	at calendar.dhtmlx.connector.ConnectorServlet.doGet(ConnectorServlet.java:36)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:723)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
#4

Hi,

I fixed the nullpointer. I was referencing some wrong files. The data is returned from the server but for some strange reason is in the wrong order. Start_date is given the value of text and so on. And duration is not even returned at all. What could be causing this?

#5

Please be sure that you are using correct order of field names in the render command

 gantt.render_table("gantt_tasks", "id", "start_date,duration,text,progress,parent");

The must go in next order:

  • start_date
  • duration or end_date
  • text
  • any other custom parameters