Integrate WebViewer into a Mendix Web Module

This sample provides a Mendix backend module that facilitates server side operations that work with WebViewer

WebViewer provides a slick out-of-the-box responsive UI that enables you to view, annotate and manipulate PDFs and other document types inside any web project.

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GetFileId.java

GetFileId.java

// This file was generated by Mendix Studio Pro.
//
// WARNING: Only the following code will be retained when actions are regenerated:
// - the import list
// - the code between BEGIN USER CODE and END USER CODE
// - the code between BEGIN EXTRA CODE and END EXTRA CODE
// Other code you write will be lost the next time you deploy the project.
// Special characters, e.g., é, ö, à, etc. are supported in comments.

package webviewer.actions;

import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IContext;
import com.mendix.webui.CustomJavaAction;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixObject;

public class GetFileId extends CustomJavaAction<java.lang.String>
{
	/** @deprecated use inputFile.getMendixObject() instead. */
	@java.lang.Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
	private final IMendixObject __inputFile;
	private final webviewer.proxies.File inputFile;

	public GetFileId(
		IContext context,
		IMendixObject _inputFile
	)
	{
		super(context);
		this.__inputFile = _inputFile;
		this.inputFile = _inputFile == null ? null : webviewer.proxies.File.initialize(getContext(), _inputFile);
	}

	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.String executeAction() throws Exception
	{
		// BEGIN USER CODE
		return "" + this.inputFile.getMendixObject().getId().toLong();
		// END USER CODE
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this action
	 * @return a string representation of this action
	 */
	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.String toString()
	{
		return "GetFileId";
	}

	// BEGIN EXTRA CODE
	// END EXTRA CODE
}

SaveDocument.java

SaveDocument.java

// This file was generated by Mendix Studio Pro.
//
// WARNING: Only the following code will be retained when actions are regenerated:
// - the import list
// - the code between BEGIN USER CODE and END USER CODE
// - the code between BEGIN EXTRA CODE and END EXTRA CODE
// Other code you write will be lost the next time you deploy the project.
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package webviewer.actions;

import java.io.InputStream;
import com.mendix.core.Core;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IContext;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixIdentifier;
import com.mendix.webui.CustomJavaAction;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixObject;

public class SaveDocument extends CustomJavaAction<java.lang.String>
{
	/** @deprecated use fileData.getMendixObject() instead. */
	@java.lang.Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
	private final IMendixObject __fileData;
	private final webviewer.proxies.File fileData;

	public SaveDocument(
		IContext context,
		IMendixObject _fileData
	)
	{
		super(context);
		this.__fileData = _fileData;
		this.fileData = _fileData == null ? null : webviewer.proxies.File.initialize(getContext(), _fileData);
	}

	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.String executeAction() throws Exception
	{
		// BEGIN USER CODE
		// Get the file data we got from the request to write into the original object
		InputStream stream = Core.getFileDocumentContent(getContext(), this.fileData.getMendixObject());
		Core.storeFileDocumentContent(getContext(), __fileData, stream);
		// Create the new file object
		this.fileData.commit();

		// With the file ID we got from the request, create an identifier object
		IMendixIdentifier id = this.fileData.getMendixObject().getId();

		return String.valueOf(id.toLong());
		// END USER CODE
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this action
	 * @return a string representation of this action
	 */
	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.String toString()
	{
		return "SaveDocument";
	}

	// BEGIN EXTRA CODE
	// END EXTRA CODE
}

UpdateDocument.java

UpdateDocument.java

// This file was generated by Mendix Studio Pro.
//
// WARNING: Only the following code will be retained when actions are regenerated:
// - the import list
// - the code between BEGIN USER CODE and END USER CODE
// - the code between BEGIN EXTRA CODE and END EXTRA CODE
// Other code you write will be lost the next time you deploy the project.
// Special characters, e.g., é, ö, à, etc. are supported in comments.

package webviewer.actions;

import java.io.InputStream;
import com.mendix.core.Core;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IContext;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixIdentifier;
import com.mendix.webui.CustomJavaAction;
import webviewer.proxies.File;
import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixObject;

public class UpdateDocument extends CustomJavaAction<java.lang.Void>
{
	private final java.lang.String fileId;
	/** @deprecated use Parameter.getMendixObject() instead. */
	@java.lang.Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
	private final IMendixObject __Parameter;
	private final webviewer.proxies.File Parameter;

	public UpdateDocument(
		IContext context,
		java.lang.String _fileId,
		IMendixObject _parameter
	)
	{
		super(context);
		this.fileId = _fileId;
		this.__Parameter = _parameter;
		this.Parameter = _parameter == null ? null : webviewer.proxies.File.initialize(getContext(), _parameter);
	}

	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.Void executeAction() throws Exception
	{
		// BEGIN USER CODE
		// With the file ID we got from the request, create an identifier object
		IMendixIdentifier id = Core.createMendixIdentifier(fileId);
		// Load the original object from the context
		File origFile = File.load(getContext(), id);
		// Get the file data we got from the request to write into the original object
		InputStream stream = Core.getFileDocumentContent(getContext(), this.Parameter.getMendixObject());
		origFile.setContents(getContext(), stream, this.Parameter.getSize());
		origFile.commit();
		// Delete the new file object created when we sent the update request
		this.Parameter.delete();
		this.Parameter.commit();

		return null;
		// END USER CODE
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of this action
	 * @return a string representation of this action
	 */
	@java.lang.Override
	public java.lang.String toString()
	{
		return "UpdateDocument";
	}

	// BEGIN EXTRA CODE
	// END EXTRA CODE
}

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