Implementing Service Methods

Generating the Back-End

Step 3 of 3

When you use Service Builder, you implement the services in the service module. Because your application’s projects are components, you can reference your service layer from your web module.

You’ll implement services for guestbooks and entries in the guestbook-service module’s GuestbookLocalServiceImpl and GuestbookEntryLocalServiceImpl, respectively.

Follow these steps to implement services for guestbooks in GuestbookLocalServiceImpl:

  1. In the com.liferay.docs.guestbook.service.impl package, open GuestbookLocalServiceImpl. Then add this addGuestbook method:

    public Guestbook addGuestbook(long userId, String name,
    		ServiceContext serviceContext) throws PortalException {
    
    	long groupId = serviceContext.getScopeGroupId();
    
    	User user = userLocalService.getUserById(userId);
    
    	Date now = new Date();
    
    	validate(name);
    
    	long guestbookId = counterLocalService.increment();
    
    	Guestbook guestbook = guestbookPersistence.create(guestbookId);
    
    	guestbook.setUuid(serviceContext.getUuid());
    	guestbook.setUserId(userId);
    	guestbook.setGroupId(groupId);
    	guestbook.setCompanyId(user.getCompanyId());
    	guestbook.setUserName(user.getFullName());
    	guestbook.setCreateDate(serviceContext.getCreateDate(now));
    	guestbook.setModifiedDate(serviceContext.getModifiedDate(now));
    	guestbook.setName(name);
    	guestbook.setExpandoBridgeAttributes(serviceContext);
    
    	guestbookPersistence.update(guestbook);
    
    	return guestbook;
    }
    

    This method adds a guestbook to the database. It retrieves metadata from the environment (such as the current user’s ID, the group ID, etc.), along with data passed from the user. It validates this data and uses it to construct a Guestbook object. The method then persists this object to the database and returns the object. You implement the business logic here because Service Builder already generated the model and all the code that maps that model to the database.

  2. Add the methods for getting Guestbook objects:

    public List<Guestbook> getGuestbooks(long groupId) {
    
    	return guestbookPersistence.findByGroupId(groupId);
    }
    
    public List<Guestbook> getGuestbooks(long groupId, int start, int end,
    		OrderByComparator<Guestbook> obc) {
    
    	return guestbookPersistence.findByGroupId(groupId, start, end, obc);
    }
    
    public List<Guestbook> getGuestbooks(long groupId, int start, int end) {
    
    	return guestbookPersistence.findByGroupId(groupId, start, end);
    }
    
    public int getGuestbooksCount(long groupId) {
    
    	return guestbookPersistence.countByGroupId(groupId);
    }
    

    These call the finders you generated with Service Builder. The first method retrieves a list of guestbooks from the Site specified by groupId. The next two methods get paginated lists, optionally in a particular order. The final method gives you the total number of guestbooks for a given Site.

  3. Finally, add the guestbook validator method:

    protected void validate(String name) throws PortalException {
    	if (Validator.isNull(name)) {
    		throw new GuestbookNameException();
    	}
    }
    

    This method uses Liferay DXP’s Validator to make sure the user entered text for the guestbook name.

  4. Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+O to organize imports and select the following classes when prompted:

    • java.util.List
    • java.util.Date
    • com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.Validator

Now you’re ready to implement services for entries in GuestbookEntryLocalServiceImpl.

  1. In the com.liferay.docs.guestbook.service.impl package, open GuestbookEntryLocalServiceImpl. Add this addEntry method:

    public GuestbookEntry addGuestbookEntry(long userId, long guestbookId, String name,
    		String email, String message, ServiceContext serviceContext)
    	throws PortalException {
    
    	long groupId = serviceContext.getScopeGroupId();
    
    	User user = userLocalService.getUserById(userId);
    
    	Date now = new Date();
    
    	validate(name, email, message);
    
    	long entryId = counterLocalService.increment();
    
    	GuestbookEntry entry = guestbookEntryPersistence.create(entryId);
    
    	entry.setUuid(serviceContext.getUuid());
    	entry.setUserId(userId);
    	entry.setGroupId(groupId);
    	entry.setCompanyId(user.getCompanyId());
    	entry.setUserName(user.getFullName());
    	entry.setCreateDate(serviceContext.getCreateDate(now));
    	entry.setModifiedDate(serviceContext.getModifiedDate(now));
    	entry.setExpandoBridgeAttributes(serviceContext);
    	entry.setGuestbookId(guestbookId);
    	entry.setName(name);
    	entry.setEmail(email);
    	entry.setMessage(message);
    
    	guestbookEntryPersistence.update(entry);
    
    	// Calls to other Liferay frameworks go here
    
    	return entry;
    }
    

    Like the addGuestbook method, addGuestbookEntry takes data from the current context along with data the user entered, validates it, and creates a model object. That object is then persisted to the database and returned.

  2. Add this updateGuestbookEntry method:

    public GuestbookEntry updateGuestbookEntry(long userId, long guestbookId,
    		long entryId, String name, String email, String message,
    		ServiceContext serviceContext)
    	throws PortalException, SystemException {
    
    	Date now = new Date();
    
    	validate(name, email, message);
    
    	GuestbookEntry entry =
    		guestbookEntryPersistence.findByPrimaryKey(entryId);
    
    	User user = userLocalService.getUserById(userId);
    
    	entry.setUserId(userId);
    	entry.setUserName(user.getFullName());
    	entry.setModifiedDate(serviceContext.getModifiedDate(now));
    	entry.setName(name);
    	entry.setEmail(email);
    	entry.setMessage(message);
    	entry.setExpandoBridgeAttributes(serviceContext);
    
    	guestbookEntryPersistence.update(entry);
    
    	// Integrate with Liferay frameworks here.
    
    	return entry;
    }
    

    This method first retrieves the entry and updates its data to reflect what the user submitted, including its date modified.

  3. Add two deleteGuestbookEntry methods:

    public GuestbookEntry deleteGuestbookEntry(GuestbookEntry entry)
    	throws PortalException {
    
    	guestbookEntryPersistence.remove(entry);
    
    	return entry;
    }
    
    public GuestbookEntry deleteGuestbookEntry(long entryId) throws PortalException {
    
    	GuestbookEntry entry =
    		guestbookEntryPersistence.findByPrimaryKey(entryId);
    
    	return deleteGuestbookEntry(entry);
    }
    

    These methods delete entries using the entryId or the object. If you supply the entryId, the object is retrieved and passed to the method that deletes the object.

  4. Add the methods for getting GuestbookEntry objects:

    public List<GuestbookEntry> getGuestbookEntries(long groupId, long guestbookId) {
    	return guestbookEntryPersistence.findByG_G(groupId, guestbookId);
    }
    
    public List<GuestbookEntry> getGuestbookEntries(long groupId, long guestbookId,
    		int start, int end) throws SystemException {
    
    	return guestbookEntryPersistence.findByG_G(groupId, guestbookId, start,
    			end);
    }
    
    public List<GuestbookEntry> getGuestbookEntries(long groupId, long guestbookId,
    		int start, int end, OrderByComparator<GuestbookEntry> obc) {
    
    	return guestbookEntryPersistence.findByG_G(groupId, guestbookId, start,
    			end, obc);
    }
    
    public GuestbookEntry getGuestbookEntry(long entryId) throws PortalException {
    	return guestbookEntryPersistence.findByPrimaryKey(entryId);
    }
    
    public int getGuestbookEntriesCount(long groupId, long guestbookId) {
    	return guestbookEntryPersistence.countByG_G(groupId, guestbookId);
    }
    

    These methods, like the getters in GuestbookLocalServiceImpl, call the finders you generated with Service Builder. These getGuestbookEntries* methods, however, retrieve entries from a specified Guestbook and Site. The first method gets a list of entries. The next method gets a paginated list. The third method sorts the paginated list, and the last method gets the total number of entries as an integer.

  5. Add the validate method:

    protected void validate(String name, String email, String entry)
    	throws PortalException {
    
    	if (Validator.isNull(name)) {
    		throw new GuestbookEntryNameException();
    	}
    
    	if (!Validator.isEmailAddress(email)) {
    		throw new GuestbookEntryEmailException();
    	}
    
    	if (Validator.isNull(entry)) {
    		throw new GuestbookEntryMessageException();
    	}
    }
    

    This method makes sure the user entered relevant data when creating an entry.

  6. Press [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+O to organize imports and select the following classes when prompted:

    • java.util.List
    • java.util.Date
    • com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.Validator

Nice work! These local service methods implement the services that are referenced in the portlet class.

Updating Generated Classes

Now that you’ve implemented the service methods, you must make them available to the rest of your application. To do this, run buildService again:

  1. In Gradle Tasksguestbook-servicebuild, right-click buildService and select Run Gradle Tasks. In the utility classes, Service Builder populates calls to your newly created service methods.

  2. In the Project Explorer, right-click the guestbook-service module and select Refresh. Repeat this step for the guestbook-api module. This ensures that the changes made by Service Builder show up in Liferay Dev Studio DXP.

  3. In the Project Explorer, right-click the guestbook-service module and select GradleRefresh Gradle Project. Repeat this step for the guestbook-api module. This ensures that your modules’ Gradle dependencies are up to date.

Excellent! Your new back-end has been generated. Now it’s time to create a web application that uses it.

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