Compiled JavaFX Script Now Speaks JSON

As I explained in the XML and JSON Processing post, compiled JavaFX Script has an XML abstraction. It now has a JSON abstraction as well.  I'm sure that there will be tweaks and enhancements to both, but today's example demonstrates how to parse JSON documents.  Here's a screenshot of the application:

Go ahead and compile the program, type in an artist, and see the table get populated with the albums from that artist.  As discussed and demonstrated in the Freebase Browser post, the freebase.com server communicates via JSON.  Today's example parses JSON streams from that server as well, sending it the artist name that you enter, and displaying the album titles in a table.  Note that the freebase.com server uses a couple of different ID schemes, so I'll give you a few artists to try:

• u2
• the_beatles
• james_taylor
• the_rolling_stones
• the_who
• norah_jones

Here's the code for the example.  Note: I used a "->" in this example to denote continuing a string on the next line.  When you cut and paste this code into your IDE or text editor, please remove the "->" characters and bring the next line beside that one.  This long line contains the query sent to freebase.com 

/*
 *  AlbumsJSON.fx - A compiled JavaFX program that demonstrates
 *                  using JSON.
 *
 *  Developed 2008 by James L. Weaver (jim.weaver at lat-inc.com)
 *  to serve as a JavaFX Script example.
 */

import javafx.ui.*;
import javafx.json.*;
import java.lang.Exception;
import java.lang.System;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URI;
import java.io.InputStream;

class Model {
  attribute albums:String[];
  private attribute freebaseURL = "http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?queries=";
  private attribute jsonObj:JSONObject;

  function findAlbums(artist:String):Void {

    var query = 
      "\{\"albums\":\{\"query\":\{\"type\":\"/music/artist\", -->
        \"id\":\"/topic/en/{artist}\",\"album\":[]}}}";
    var uri = new URI("http","www.freebase.com", "/api/service/mqlread", 
                      "queries={query}", null);
    var url = uri.toURL();

    var p = new Parser();
    jsonObj = p.parse(url.openStream());

    try {
      albums = 
      for (albumz in jsonObj.pairs where albumz.name == "albums",
            result in (albumz.value as JSONObject).pairs where result.name == "result",
              album in (result.value as JSONObject).pairs where album.name == "album",
                alb in (album.value as Array).array ) {
          alb.toString();
      }
    }
    catch (e:Exception) {
      MessageDialog {
        title: "Try Again"
        message: "{artist} is not a valid ID for freebase.com"
        visible: true
      }
    }
  }
}

Frame {
  var model = Model {}
  width: 480
  height: 500
  title: "JSON Example"
  background: Color.WHITE
  content: 
    BorderPanel {
      center:
        FlowPanel {
          content: [
            Table {
              columns: [
                TableColumn {
                  text: "Album Name"
                }
              ]
              cells: bind for (album in model.albums)
                TableCell {
                  font:
                    Font {
                      size: 16
                    }
                  text: bind "{album}"
                  selected: false
                }
            }
          ]
        }
      bottom:
        FlowPanel {
          var artistTF:TextField
      font:
        Font {
          style: FontStyle.BOLD
          size: 16
        }
          content: [
            SimpleLabel {
              text: "Artist:"
            },
            artistTF = TextField {
              columns: 20
            },
            Button {
              text: "Find Albums"
              defaultButton: true
              action:
                function():Void {
                  model.findAlbums(artistTF.value.toLowerCase())
                }
            }
          ]
        }
    } 
  visible: true
  onClose:
    function():Void {
      System.exit(0);
    }
}

Here is the JSON stream returned from freebase.com when you request norah_jones:

{
  "code" : "/api/status/ok",
  "result" : [
    {
      "album" : [
        "First Sessions",
        "Come Away With Me (Limited Edition)",
        "Come Away With Me",
        "Feels Like Home",
        "Feels Like Home (disc 1)",
        "Come Away With Me (bonus disc)",
        "Feels Like Home (bonus disc)",
        "Hamburg 2002 (WDR)",
        "Live In New Orleans",
        "Live in Virginia Beach, Va 7-13-02",
        "Special Norah Jones",
        "Sunrise",
        "Turn Me On",
        "Don't Know Why",
        "Feels Like Home (Deluxe Edition: Disc 1)",
        "Not Too Late",
        "Stay With Me",
        "First Sessions",
        "Not Too Late",
        "New York City"
      ],
      "id" : "/topic/en/norah_jones",
      "type" : "/music/artist"
    }
  ]
}

Parsing in this manner is just one of the features of the JavaFX Script JSON abstraction.  Other features include building a JSON document using object literal syntax, and SAX-like processing of the JSON stream.

JavaFX Script Boot Camp Registration Now Open!

I will be offering a 2.5 day JavaFX Script day "boot camp" on Wednesday, April 9 through Friday, April 11, 2008 (ending at noon) in Indianapolis, Indiana.  By the way, I'm scouting out the next location, so if you have suggestions for where I should offer a future BootCamp please let me know!

Regards,
Jim Weaver
JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications
Immediate eBook (PDF) download available at the book's Apress site

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