Is there a possibility where I can create a Lightning Component without writing a Custom APEX Controller?
For example in Visualforce page we could use a StandardController and implement a standard functionality without writing a single line of APEX code.
If that's not possible for now, is this something being considered? For example I can see something similar with
force:recordView
force:recordEdit
but its no where close to the StandardController feature set.
You only get "one bite at the cherry" with the Standard Controller. But If you can afford to put the markup in the entry point page, this may be worth noting:
Fields can only be queried automatically via a StandardController on an apex:page. Even though apex:include is unavilable in apex:component, you can cheat by moving your component body to a page, then doing a poor-man's include (parameterized PageReference.getContent) from the component controller.
Then, communicate the Campaign Id into your component so it can be requeried. Here's an example:
Campaign Name is queried from the PageCampaign Status is queried from the Component
CustomCampaign.page
<apex:page standardController="Campaign">
<apex:sectionHeader title="{!Campaign.Name}" />
<c:importCampaign campaignId="{!Id}" />
</apex:page>
ImportCampaign.component
<apex:component controller="ImportCampaignController">
<apex:attribute name="campaignId" type="Id" description="Id" assignTo="{!IdParam}" />
<apex:outputText escape="false" value="{!Include}" />
</apex:component>
ImportCampaignController.cls
public class ImportCampaignController {
public Id IdParam {get; set;}
public String getInclude() {
System.PageReference pageReference = Page.ImportCampaignBody;
pageReference.getParameters().put('id', this.IdParam);
return pageReference.getContent().toString();
}
}
ImportCampaignBody.page
<apex:page standardController="Campaign">
<apex:sectionHeader title="Status: {!Campaign.Status}" />
</apex:page>
(special thanks to Andrew Fawcett for sanity checking and analyzing this and multiple other approaches)
It seems like there was a JavaScript added in the sidebar that I was unaware of:
App Setup > Customize > Home > Home Page Components > Company Message
This was most likely interfering with Salesforce.com core JS libraries.
I'm a little bit surprised to learn that we can include JS on every pages this way. Adding JavaScript libraries this way seems to me like a big workaround. This possibility could probably lead to something worst than UI issues.
Best Answer
This does not exist as of the current state of the beta of Lightning Component Framework in the Spring 15 release.
Of course, we cannot guarantee a feature will exist before it goes GA, but this functionality is high on the priority list for features when Lightning Components goes GA.