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How Siebel Objects are Mapped to IDs in Web Templates

The .SWT template files do not include references to specific controls in the repository. Instead, they specify a layout and style, with placeholder tags. The following is an example of a Siebel tag that places a Web Page Item in a Web Page. Other Siebel tags place other items in a Web page, such as view bars, applets, or controls.

<swe:Control id="1" property="FormattedHtml"/>

To process this tag and generate the final HTML the Siebel Web Engine does the following:

1. Examines the compiled .srf file for the properties of the Web Page Item in the current Web Page that has an Item Identifier equal to 1. This is the mapping between the template file object and repository object.
2. Renders the Formatted HTML representation of this repository object in place of the abstract placeholder in the template file.

Figure 130 shows how the mappings between controls and IDs work for displaying an image as a link to add a new contact. The example illustrates the general point, but note that in your actual implementation, the HREF probably will not look exactly like this. If you create the right controls and template mappings, Siebel Web Engine will construct a URL in the HREF that will execute the method NewRecord in the correct context.

Figure 130.  Mappings Between Controls and IDs