XForms/Bind to ranges

Motivation

Your output can be created from calculations from many inputs. The rules behind these calculations (sometimes called business rules) should be stored in the model, not the view.

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This program has two inputs and one output. The output is calculated by multiplying the two inputs together. As you move the range controls the output should be updated.

Sample Program

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"   
  xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms" 
  xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events" 
  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <head>
      <title>Example of binding to inputs and output ids</title>
      <xf:model id="model">
         <xf:instance id="input">
            <Data xmlns="">
               <InputValueOne>3</InputValueOne>
               <InputValueTwo>3</InputValueTwo>
            </Data>
         </xf:instance>
         <!-- make the inputs data types be integers -->
         <xf:bind id="input-one-bind" nodeset="/Data/InputValueOne" type="xs:integer"/>
         <xf:bind id="input-two-bind" nodeset="/Data/InputValueTwo" type="xs:integer"/>
         <!-- second instance bound to outputs -->
         <xf:instance id="output">
            <DataOut xmlns="">
               <OutputValue>9</OutputValue>
            </DataOut>
         </xf:instance>
         <!-- Make the output be an integer that is the product of the inputs -->
         <xf:bind id="output-bind" nodeset="instance('output')/OutputValue" calculate="instance('input')/InputValueOne * instance('input')/InputValueTwo" type="xs:integer"/>
      </xf:model>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>
         <xf:range bind="input-one-bind" start="1" end="5" step="1" incremental="true">
            <xf:label>Input: </xf:label>
         </xf:range>
         <br/>
         <xf:range bind="input-two-bind" start="1" end="5" step="1" incremental="true">
            <xf:label>Input: </xf:label>
         </xf:range>
     <br/>
        <xf:output bind="input-one-bind"/> * <xf:output bind="input-two-bind"/> =
         <xf:output bind="output-bind"/>
      </p>
   </body>
</html>

Discussion

Note that the output is just inputs and outputs. The calculation that multiplies the two inputs together is done in the output bind statement.

<xf:bind id="output-bind" 
   nodeset="instance('output')/OutputValue"
   calculate="instance('input')/InputValueOne *
              instance('input')/InputValueTwo"
   type="xs:integer"/>

References

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