Data binding in Angular Inplace editor component

27 Apr 20247 minutes to read

The Essential JS 2 components load the data either from local data sources or remote data services using the dataSource property and it supports the data type of an array or DataManager. Also supports different kind of data services such as OData, OData V4, Web API, and data formats such as XML, JSON, JSONP with the help of DataManager adaptors.

Local Data Binding

To bind local data to the Essential JS 2 components, you can assign a JavaScript array of object or string to the dataSource property. The local data source can also be provided as an instance of the DataManager.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { InPlaceEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inplace-editor'



import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
imports: [
         InPlaceEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
    <div id='container'>
        <span class="content-title"> Select customer name: </span>
        <ejs-inplaceeditor id="element" mode="Inline" type="DropDownList" value="Maria Anders" [model]="model"></ejs-inplaceeditor>
    </div>
    `
})

export class AppComponent {
  public gameList: Object[] = [
    { Id: '1', Name: 'Maria Anders' },
    { Id: '2', Name: 'Ana Trujillo' },
    { Id: '3', Name: 'Antonio Moreno' },
    { Id: '4', Name: 'Thomas Hardy' },
    { Id: '5', Name: 'Chiristina Berglund' },
    { Id: '6', Name: 'Hanna Moos' }
   ];
  public fields: object = { text: 'Name' };
  public model: object = { dataSource: this.gameList, fields: this.fields, placeholder: 'Select a customer'};
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Remote Data Binding

To bind remote data to the Essential JS 2 component, assign service data as an instance of DataManager to the dataSource property. To interact with remote data source, provide the endpoint URL.

OData V4

The OData V4 is an improved version of OData protocols, and the DataManager can also retrieve and consume OData V4 services. To fetch data from the server by using DataManager with the adaptor property configure as ODataV4Adaptor.

In the following sample, In-place Editor renders a DropDownList component and its dataSource property configured for fetching a data from the server by using ODataV4Adaptor with DataManager.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { InPlaceEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inplace-editor'



import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { DataManager, ODataV4Adaptor, Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

@Component({
imports: [
         InPlaceEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
    <div id='container'>
            <span class="content-title"> Select customer name: </span>
            <ejs-inplaceeditor id="element" mode="Inline" type="DropDownList" value="Maria Anders" [model]="model"></ejs-inplaceeditor>
    </div>
    `
})

export class AppComponent {
    public fields: object = { text: 'ContactName', value: 'CustomerID' };
    public dataSource: DataManager = new DataManager({
            url: 'https://services.odata.org/V4/Northwind/Northwind.svc/',
            adaptor: new ODataV4Adaptor,
            crossDomain: true
        });
    public query: Query = new Query().from('Customers').select(['ContactName', 'CustomerID']).take(6);
    public model: object = { dataSource: this.dataSource, placeholder: 'Select a customer', query: this.query, fields: this.fields };
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));

Web API

Data can fetch from the server by using DataManager with the adaptor property configure as WebApiAdaptor.

In the following sample, In-place Editor render a DropDownList component and its dataSource property configured for fetching a data from the server by using WebApiAdaptor with DataManager.

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { InPlaceEditorAllModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inplace-editor'



import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { InPlaceEditorComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inplace-editor';
import { DataManager, WebApiAdaptor, Query } from '@syncfusion/ej2-data';

@Component({
imports: [
         InPlaceEditorAllModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
    <div id='container'>
        <span class="content-title"> Select customer name: </span>
        <ejs-inplaceeditor id="element" mode="Inline" type="DropDownList" value="Maria Anders" [model]="model"></ejs-inplaceeditor>
    </div>
    `
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    public fields: object = { text: 'ContactName', value: 'CustomerID' };
    public model?: object;
    ngOnInit(): void {
        new DataManager({
            url: 'https://js.syncfusion.com/demos/ejServices/Wcf/Northwind.svc/Customers/',
            adaptor: new WebApiAdaptor
        }).executeQuery(new Query().take(8)).then((e: any) => {
        this.model = { dataSource: e.result.d,  placeholder: 'Select a customer', fields: this.fields };
        });
    }
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));