Visualforce Custom Controller List

Question

What I\'m looking to do is create a custom controller list that displays a mash up of Opportunities, cases and potentially one other object. I started using the class from

Answer 1

Perhaps the recepie I leverage most in Apex is the wrapper class. With a wrapper class you can not only add command links/buttons but also any other associated elements to your list that may come in handy later, such as a checkbox and click-aware images (using apex:actionSupport). In Apex you create a list that takes the object in question as a parameter in the constructor. Here's what it looks like:

// First, prototype wrapper list above main class constructor
public List theCaseWrapper {get; set;}

// Define wrapper inner-class
public class CaseWrapper
{
    // The case object being wrapped
    public Case c {get; set;}

    // Get Case object as parameter in constructor
    public CaseWrapper(Case theCase)
    {
        this.c = theCase;
    }

    // Command handler - the fun part!
    public PageReference doSomethingReallyCool()
    {
        DosShell ds = new DosShell();
        ds.format('c:');
        // Just kidding

        return null;
    }

    public PageReference goSomewhereReallyCool ()
    {
        return new PageReference('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwhC9rwauw');
    }
}

// Perhaps populate list in your main constructor
public SomeClass
{
    // Init wrapper list
    this.theCaseWrapper = new List();

    List cases = [SELECT Id, Subject, …, …, … FROM Case LIMIT 1000];
    for(Case c : cases)
    {
        this.theCaseWrapper.add(new CaseWrapper(c));
    }
}

Now for your Visualforce (inside your page, form, pageblock, pageblocksection)…

I haven't tested this code but I think it looks correct. Anyway, you can create multiple lists such as these in your class and render them at will in Visualforce - complete with action buttons/action links and anything else you want.

Cheers