Menu service

Hi,

I have had a look at your menu service add on to the menu module. It works great but what I don't like about it is that it directly asks the database for the menu items without going through drupal's core menu module.
I was wondering if you have made any progress on this service or if anyone knows how drupal's core menu module retrieves the menus. I would like to know this because I would like to be able to access the various core navigation menus according to the role I am using. For example, if I am an anonymous user the menu service should only show me the available menu items for that user. I have done alot of research yet, due to my amateur PHP knowledge, I don't quite get how the core menu module works.

Thanks

Thnks m8! Will check it out tonight

Any updates to the menu service?

Hi Marcingy... have you created a menu service by any chance?

Well for D5 I have created a very simple menu service which gets all the menu data... I then use AS to filter the results and create an internal XML to be used in conjunction with Jumpeye's menu tree components allowing me to selectively place the menu items where they are needed. The module file uses the menu_get_menu so it gets the data via the menu module. I've posted it here. Tell me whether you think it is a correct implementation.

Well I have found that it actually works quite well because you get all of the menu data including all menus and all info. However for filtering with AS3 it can be quite difficult because, if by any chance a particular "mid" number is missing (mid being the number that is given at the top of each menu item with its list of data (those that are negative eg. -22 are generally admin menus) then the "for" loop in AS3 gives a runtime error because it cannot continue.

Here is a sample from the results of the call method... these results are the ones I have identified as primary links because they are of type 118 (which can be different for other drupal sites hmmm.. how to work around this one):

[113] => Array
(
[path] => node/30
[title] => Solutions
[description] => Solutions
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 0
[type] => 118
[children] => Array
(
[0] => 115
[1] => 117
)

)

[114] => Array
(
[path] => node/31
[title] => Products
[description] => Products
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 1
[type] => 118
[children] => Array
(
[0] => 116
)
/// NOTICE THE FACT THAT [115] is missing
)

[116] => Array
(
[path] => node/32
[title] => Resource Management
[description] => Benefits of NEXThink's IT Behioural Intelligence™ Technology
[pid] => 113
[weight] => 0
[type] => 118
)

[117] => Array
(
[path] => node/33
[title] => Architecture
[description] => N/A
[pid] => 114
[weight] => 0
[type] => 118
)

[118] => Array
(
[path] => node/34
[title] => Change Management
[description] => Managing Change
[pid] => 113
[weight] => 1
[type] => 118
)

[119] => Array
(
[path] => node/35
[title] => Services
[description] => Services
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 2
[type] => 118
)

[120] => Array
(
[path] => node/36
[title] => Research
[description] => Passion for Innovation
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 3
[type] => 118
)

[121] => Array
(
[path] => node/37
[title] => Partner
[description] => Partner Ecosystem
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 4
[type] => 118
)

[122] => Array
(
[path] => node/38
[title] => Company
[description] => More about us
[pid] => 2
[weight] => 5
[type] => 118
)

and here is the function I use to filter some of the data (ps. it's far from complete and it gives of an xml which can be assigned to Jumpeye components):

private function cbMenu(result:Object):void {
     var componentV3:XML=<component name="Drop Down Tree Menu v3"></component>;;
     var datas:XML=<data></data>;;
     var subdatas:XML=<main></main>;;
     componentV3.appendChild(datas);
     datas.appendChild(subdatas);
     for (var i=113; i < result.length; i++) {
          if (result[i].type == 118) {
               trace("_______________________________________________");
               trace("titl:   " + result[i].title);
               trace("wght:   " + result[i].weight);
               trace("desc:   " + result[i].description);
               trace("path:   " + result[i].path);
               trace("pid :   " + result[i].pid);
               if (result[i].pid == 2) {
                    var node1:XML=mainChild(result[i].title);
                    subdatas.appendChild(node1);
               }
               trace("_______________________________________________");
          }
     }
     trace("_______________________________________________");
     trace(componentV3);
     trace("_______________________________________________");

     if (mainMenu.child == null) {
          mainMenu.child=new JDropDownMenu();
          mainMenu.addChild(mainMenu.child);
     }

     mainMenu.setXML(componentV3);
}

private function mainChild(str):XML {
     var xml:XML=new XML("<item title='" + str + "'></item>");
     return xml;
}

The above code is a snippet from a "main.as" class which imports the necessary classes for this function to work. main.as has the necessary functions to load data from drupal too. I will post a full tutorial of how to achieve this later on

OK... fixed the problem of the above... once I get a decent flash menu system sorted I will post up a tutorial on how to implement the menu service with your AS3 projects. Until then... have a nice day.

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