Touch UI Select Datasource Question

[marissaw9851252]

I need to populate a select widget(/libs/granite/ui/components/foundation/form/select) in the AEM 6 Touch UI with objects returned from a call to a java helper class. I believe I need to use a datasource to accomplish this.  I need to pass a SlingScriptHelper and some of the inherited properties for the current page to my helper class. Is it possible to get these objects in the datasource jsp?

[smacdonald2008]

We have a community article for this use case. See:

https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/creating-granite-datasource.html

Hope this gets you up and running. 

[marissaw9851252]

Thanks for the reply, but I was hoping to get a little more guidance.  I had already reviewed that example.

I need to pass a SlingScriptHelper and some of the inherited properties for the current page to my helper class. Is it possible to get these objects in the datasource jsp?

[smacdonald2008 · Accepted solution]

Look at this older community thread:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1063317

It talks about how to get a SlingScriptHelper using a Request object. You should be able to get this object in the script where a DataSource object is created. We only have the above article that shows how to use a DataSource object when working with Touch Ui components..