Jim and John

MessageBoard/src/edu/gac/mcs270/messageboard/client/MessageBoard.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package edu.gac.mcs270.messageboard.client;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import edu.gac.mcs270.messageboard.shared.Message;
 import edu.gac.mcs270.messageboard.shared.MessageStore;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public void onModuleLoad() {
 		final TextBox textField = new TextBox();
 		entryPanel.add(textLabel);
 		entryPanel.add(textField);
-
+		
 		final Button postButton = new Button("Post");
 		entryPanel.add(postButton);
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public void onClick(ClickEvent event) {
 				messageStore.storeMessage(
 						new Message(
 								authorField.getText(),
-								textField.getText()),
+								textField.getText(), new Date()),
 						new AsyncCallback<Void>(){
 							@Override
 							public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
@@ -130,12 +131,13 @@ public void onSuccess(List<Message> result) {
 						updatingLabel.setVisible(false);
 						int position = 0;
 						for(Message m : result){
-							Label heading = new Label(m.getAuthor());
+							Label heading = new Label(m.getAuthor() + " - " + m.getDate().toString());
 							heading.addStyleName("messageHeading");
 							messagesPanel.insert(heading, position++);
 							Label body = new Label(m.getText());
 							body.addStyleName("messageBody");
 							messagesPanel.insert(body, position++);
+
 						}
 						if(!result.isEmpty()){
 							nextID = result.get(0).getId() + 1;

MessageBoard/src/edu/gac/mcs270/messageboard/server/MessageStoreImpl.java

@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ public List<Message> getMessages(Long minimumID) {
 		PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager();
 		Query query = pm.newQuery(Message.class);
 		query.declareParameters("Long minimumID");
+		//limit to new messages
 		query.setFilter("id >= minimumID");
 		query.setOrdering("id descending");
 		if(minimumID == 1){
+			//keeps initial updates fast
 			query.setRange(0, MessageStore.INITIAL_LIMIT);
 		}
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

MessageBoard/src/edu/gac/mcs270/messageboard/shared/Message.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package edu.gac.mcs270.messageboard.shared;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.jdo.annotations.IdGeneratorStrategy;
 import javax.jdo.annotations.IdentityType;
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ public class Message implements Serializable{
 
 	@Persistent
 	private String text;
+
+	@Persistent
+	private Date date = new Date();
 
 	@PrimaryKey
 	@Persistent(valueStrategy=IdGeneratorStrategy.IDENTITY)
@@ -30,9 +34,10 @@ public class Message implements Serializable{
 	 * @param author the name of the Message's author
 	 * @param text the body of the Message
 	 */
-	public Message(String author, String text) {
+	public Message(String author, String text, Date date) {
 		this.author = author;
 		this.text = text;
+		this.date = date;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -48,6 +53,13 @@ public String getAuthor() {
 	public String getText() {
 		return text;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the date of this Message
+	 */
+	public Date getDate() {
+		return date;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the id of this Message

MessageBoard/war/WEB-INF/appengine-generated/datastore-indexes-auto.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<!-- Indices written at Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:02:37 UTC -->
+<!-- Indices written at Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:51:56 UTC -->
 
 <datastore-indexes>
 
-    <!-- Used 6 times in query history -->
+    <!-- Used 104 times in query history -->
     <datastore-index kind="Message" ancestor="false" source="auto">
         <property name="__key__" direction="desc"/>
     </datastore-index>