xulInterface application

The built-in xulInterface application allows the user to use a declarative GUI, using the XUL language. Scripts triggered by the UI can be coded in Groovy, Python, or Javascript.

Overview

A XUL script is an XML file containing:

• The declaration of the UI using XUL controls
• The declaration of the XUL scripts used to interact with the controls. As for HTML files, these scripts can refer to external script files, or be embedded in the XUL file

See xulInterface dependencies for the specific dependencies of the xulInterface module.

Properties

The UA Application has one mandatory and several optional properties.

Mandatory property

• xul: the path of the XUL file

Optional properties

• validate: true if the XUL file schema must be validated
• subscribeJS: true if all XUL Javascript scripts must be subscribed to the services notifications (default is false)

Note that:

• Only Groovy and Python scripts will be notified by the services notifications
• If there is only one XUL Javascript script, it will be notified
• If subscribeJS is set to true, Javascript scripts will also be notified

XUL controls

See XUL controls overview