controls.js

this is for appfuse1.8 source using strut 1.x, spring and hibernate.

  },
  
  mark_next: function() {
    if(this.index < this.entry_count-1) this.index++
      else this.index = 0;
  },
  
  get_entry: function(index) {
    return this.update.firstChild.childNodes[index];
  },
  
  get_current_entry: function() {
    return this.get_entry(this.index);
  },
  
  select_entry: function() {
    this.active = false;
    value = Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass(this.get_current_entry(), 'informal').unescapeHTML();
    this.updateElement(value);
    this.element.focus();
  },

  updateElement: function(value) {
    var last_token_pos = this.findLastToken();
    if (last_token_pos != -1) {
      var new_value = this.element.value.substr(0, last_token_pos + 1);
      var whitespace = this.element.value.substr(last_token_pos + 1).match(/^\s+/);
      if (whitespace)
        new_value += whitespace[0];
      this.element.value = new_value + value;
    } else {
      this.element.value = value;
    } 
  },
  
  updateChoices: function(choices) {
    if(!this.changed && this.has_focus) {
      this.update.innerHTML = choices;
      Element.cleanWhitespace(this.update);
      Element.cleanWhitespace(this.update.firstChild);

      if(this.update.firstChild && this.update.firstChild.childNodes) {
        this.entry_count = 
          this.update.firstChild.childNodes.length;
        for (var i = 0; i < this.entry_count; i++) {
          entry = this.get_entry(i);
          entry.autocompleteIndex = i;
          this.addObservers(entry);
        }
      } else { 
        this.entry_count = 0;
      }
      
      this.stopIndicator();
      
      this.index = 0;
      this.render();
    }
  },

  addObservers: function(element) {
    Event.observe(element, "mouseover", this.onHover.bindAsEventListener(this));
    Event.observe(element, "click", this.onClick.bindAsEventListener(this));
  },

  onObserverEvent: function() {
    this.changed = false;   
    if(this.getEntry().length>=this.options.min_chars) {
      this.startIndicator();
      this.getUpdatedChoices();
    } else {
      this.active = false;
      this.hide();
    }
  },

  getEntry: function() {
    var token_pos = this.findLastToken();
    if (token_pos != -1)
      var ret = this.element.value.substr(token_pos + 1).replace(/^\s+/,'').replace(/\s+$/,'');
    else
      var ret = this.element.value;
    
    return /\n/.test(ret) ? '' : ret;
  },

  findLastToken: function() {
    var last_token_pos = -1;

    for (var i=0; i<this.options.tokens.length; i++) {
      var this_token_pos = this.element.value.lastIndexOf(this.options.tokens[i]);
      if (this_token_pos > last_token_pos)
        last_token_pos = this_token_pos;
    }
    return last_token_pos;
  }
}

Ajax.Autocompleter = Class.create();
Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.Autocompleter.prototype, Autocompleter.Base.prototype), {
  initialize: function(element, update, url, options) {
	  this.base_initialize(element, update, options);
    this.options.asynchronous  = true;
    this.options.onComplete    = this.onComplete.bind(this)
    this.options.method        = 'post';
    this.options.defaultParams = this.options.parameters || null;
    this.url                   = url;
  },
  
  getUpdatedChoices: function() {
    entry = encodeURIComponent(this.element.name) + '=' + 
      encodeURIComponent(this.getEntry());
      
    this.options.parameters = this.options.callback ?
      this.options.callback(this.element, entry) : entry;
        
    if(this.options.defaultParams) 
      this.options.parameters += '&' + this.options.defaultParams;
    
    new Ajax.Request(this.url, this.options);
  },
  
  onComplete: function(request) {
    this.updateChoices(request.responseText);
  }

});

// The local array autocompleter. Used when you'd prefer to
// inject an array of autocompletion options into the page, rather
// than sending out Ajax queries, which can be quite slow sometimes.
//
// The constructor takes four parameters. The first two are, as usual,
// the id of the monitored textbox, and id of the autocompletion menu.
// The third is the array you want to autocomplete from, and the fourth
// is the options block.
//
// Extra local autocompletion options:
// - choices - How many autocompletion choices to offer
//
// - partial_search - If false, the autocompleter will match entered
//                    text only at the beginning of strings in the 
//                    autocomplete array. Defaults to true, which will
//                    match text at the beginning of any *word* in the
//                    strings in the autocomplete array. If you want to
//                    search anywhere in the string, additionally set
//                    the option full_search to true (default: off).
//
// - full_search - Search anywhere in autocomplete array strings.
//
// - partial_chars - How many characters to enter before triggering
//                   a partial match (unlike min_chars, which defines
//                   how many characters are required to do any match
//                   at all). Defaults to 2.
//
// - ignore_case - Whether to ignore case when autocompleting.
//                 Defaults to true.
//
// It's possible to pass in a custom function as the 'selector' 
// option, if you prefer to write your own autocompletion logic.
// In that case, the other options above will not apply unless
// you support them.

Autocompleter.Local = Class.create();
Autocompleter.Local.prototype = Object.extend(new Autocompleter.Base(), {
  initialize: function(element, update, array, options) {
    this.base_initialize(element, update, options);
    this.options.array = array;
  },

  getUpdatedChoices: function() {
    this.updateChoices(this.options.selector(this));
  },

  setOptions: function(options) {
    this.options = Object.extend({
      choices: 10,
      partial_search: true,
      partial_chars: 2,
      ignore_case: true,
      full_search: false,
      selector: function(instance) {
        var ret       = new Array(); // Beginning matches
        var partial   = new Array(); // Inside matches
        var entry     = instance.getEntry();
        var count     = 0;
        
        for (var i = 0; i < instance.options.array.length &&  
            ret.length < instance.options.choices ; i++) { 
          var elem = instance.options.array[i];
          var found_pos = instance.options.ignore_case ? 
            elem.toLowerCase().indexOf(entry.toLowerCase()) : 
            elem.indexOf(entry);

          while (found_pos != -1) {
            if (found_pos == 0 && elem.length != entry.length) { 
              ret.push("<li><strong>" + elem.substr(0, entry.length) + "</strong>" + 
                elem.substr(entry.length) + "</li>");
              break;
            } else if (entry.length >= instance.options.partial_chars && 
              instance.options.partial_search && found_pos != -1) {
              if (instance.options.full_search || /\s/.test(elem.substr(found_pos-1,1))) {
                partial.push("<li>" + elem.substr(0, found_pos) + "<strong>" +
                  elem.substr(found_pos, entry.length) + "</strong>" + elem.substr(
                  found_pos + entry.length) + "</li>");
                break;
              }
            }

            found_pos = instance.options.ignore_case ? 
              elem.toLowerCase().indexOf(entry.toLowerCase(), found_pos + 1) : 
              elem.indexOf(entry, found_pos + 1);

          }
        }
        if (partial.length)
          ret = ret.concat(partial.slice(0, instance.options.choices - ret.length))
        return "<ul>" + ret.join('') + "</ul>";
      }
    }, options || {});
  }
});