Get ViewEntries in random order and loop them in XPage without Repeat

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JavaScript (Server)

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Matthias Nicklisch

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December 20, 2011 at 3:25 AM

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Copy this code into a dataContext of your XPage, so you have an iterator in background.
Now you can use everywhere iterator.next() to access the objects in the dataContext, every time the page is loaded in random order.

I used this for a small module in a sidebar, which contains some pictures of other community-members. Due to the structure of the module it wasn't possible to use a repeat-control, so I had to think of something else.

Further explanation on my blog (german): http://mnicklisch.wordpress.com/

var tempTreeMap:java.util.TreeMap = new java.util.TreeMap();
var tempColl:NotesViewEntryCollection = viewName.getAllEntries();
var tempEntry:NotesViewEntry = tempColl.getFirstEntry();
var tempCollection:java.util.Collection = null;
				
while (tempEntry != null) {
	tempTreeMap.put(@Unique(), tempEntry.getDocument());					
	tempEntry = tempColl.getNextEntry(tempEntry);
}
				
tempCollection = tempTreeMap.values();
return tempCollection.iterator();

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