* WIP ViewController.loadFromMCIMapAndConfig()

core/mci_view_factory.js

@@ -122,4 +122,3 @@ MCIViewFactory.prototype.createFromMCI = function(mci) {
 
 	return view;
 };
-

core/menu_util.js

@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ function getFormConfig(menuConfig, mciMap, cb) {
 		function filtered(form) {
 			if(form.length > 0) {
 				assert(1 === form.length);
-				cb(form[0]);
+				cb(null, form[0]);
 			} else {
-				cb(null);
+				cb(new Error('No matching form configuration found'));
 			}
 		}
 	);

core/view_controller.js

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ var events			= require('events');
 var util			= require('util');
 var assert			= require('assert');
 var MCIViewFactory	= require('./mci_view_factory.js').MCIViewFactory;
+var menuUtil		= require('./menu_util.js');
+
+var async			= require('async');
 
 exports.ViewController		= ViewController;
 
@@ -200,3 +203,67 @@ ViewController.prototype.loadFromMCIMap = function(mciMap) {
 	});
 };
 
+ViewController.prototype.loadFromMCIMapAndConfig = function(mciMap, menuConfig, cb) {
+	var factory = new MCIViewFactory(this.client);
+	var self	= this;
+
+	async.waterfall(
+		[
+			function getFormConfig(callback) {
+				menuUtil.getFormConfig(menuConfig, mciMap, function onFormConfig(err, formConfig) {
+					if(err) {
+						//	:TODO: Log about missing form config -- this is not fatal, however
+					}
+					callback(null, formConfig);
+				});
+			},
+			function createViewsFromMCIMap(formConfig, callback) {
+				async.each(Object.keys(mciMap), function onMciEntry(name, eachCb) {
+					var mci		= mciMap[name];
+					var view	= factory.createFromMCI(mci);
+
+					if(view) {
+						view.on('action', self.onViewAction);
+						self.addView(view);
+						view.redraw();	//	:TODO: This can result in double redraw() if we set focus on this item after
+					}
+					eachCb(null);
+				},
+				function eachMciComplete(err) {
+					self.setViewOrder();
+
+					callback(err, formConfig);					
+				});
+			},
+			function applyFormConfig(formConfig, callback) {
+				async.each(Object.keys(formConfig.mci), function onMciConf(mci, eachCb) {
+					var viewId	= parseInt(mci[2]);	//	:TODO: what about auto-generated ID's? Do they simply not apply to menu configs?
+					var mciConf = formConfig.mci[mci];
+
+					//	:TODO: Break all of this up ... and/or better way of doing it
+					if(mciConf.items) {
+						self.getView(viewId).setItems(mciConf.items);
+					}
+
+					if(mciConf.submit) {
+						self.getView(viewId).submit = true;	//	:TODO: should really be actual value
+					}
+
+					if(mciConf.focus) {
+						self.switchFocus(viewId);
+					}
+
+					eachCb(null);
+				},
+				function eachMciConfComplete(err) {
+					callback(err);
+				});
+			}
+		],
+		function complete(err) {
+			if(cb) {
+				cb(err);
+			}
+		}
+	);
+};

mods/menu.json

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 		"form"		: [
 			{
 				"mciReq"	: [ "VM1" ],
+				"mci" : {
 					"VM1" : {
 						"submit"	: true,
 						"focus"		: true,
 						"items" 	: [ "Login", "Apply", "Log Off" ]
 					}
 				}
+			}
 		]		
 		//"module"	: "matrix"
 	},

mods/standard_menu.js

@@ -36,16 +36,35 @@ StandardMenuModule.prototype.mciReady = function(mciMap) {
 
 	var self = this;
 
-	menuUtil.getFormConfig(self.menuConfig, mciMap, function onFormConfig(formConfig) {
+	var vc = self.addViewController(new ViewController(self.client));
+	vc.loadFromMCIMapAndConfig(mciMap, self.menuConfig, function onViewReady(err) {
+		if(err) {
+			console.log(err);
+		} else {
+	//		vc.switchFocus(1);
+		}
+	});
+	
+
+/*
+	menuUtil.getFormConfig(self.menuConfig, mciMap, function onFormConfig(err, formConfig) {
 		console.log(formConfig);
 		var vc = self.addViewController(new ViewController(self.client));
 		vc.loadFromMCIMap(mciMap);
 		vc.setViewOrder();
 
-		vc.getView(1).setItems(['Login', 'New User', 'Goodbye!']);
+		Object.keys(formConfig.mci).forEach(function onFormMci(mci) {
+			var viewId = parseInt(mci[2]);
+			if(formConfig.mci[mci].items && formConfig.mci[mci].items.length > 0) {
+				vc.getView(viewId).setItems(formConfig.mci[mci].items);
+			}
+		});
+
+		//vc.getView(1).setItems(['Login', 'New User', 'Goodbye!']);
 		vc.getView(1).submit = true;
 		vc.switchFocus(1);
 	});
+*/
 
 	/*
 	{