ALS

Class: Widgetable

.ALS. Widgetable

new Widgetable(className)

Base class for all classes that can have widgets.

Has property L.ALS.Widgetable#container which is container for the widgets. This container should be added to the page.

See L.ALS.Widgets docs for the example on working with Widgetables and Widgets.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
className string

Class name for the container

Extends

Members

<protected> constructorArguments :Array.<any>

Contains arguments passed to this constructor

Type:
  • Array.<any>
Inherited From:

container :HTMLDivElement

Container to add widgets to. This element must be added to the page.

Type:
  • HTMLDivElement

<protected> serializationIgnoreList :Array.<string>

Contains properties that won't be serialized. Append your properties at the constructor.

Type:
  • Array.<string>
Inherited From:

Methods

addWidget(widget)

Adds widget to this widgetable

Parameters:
Name Type Description
widget L.ALS.Widgets.BaseWidget

Widget to add
Returns:

This

Type
L.ALS.Widgetable

addWidgets(widgets)

Adds all widgets to this widgetable

Parameters:
Name Type Description
widgets L.ALS.Widgets.BaseWidget

Widgets to add
Returns:

This

Type
L.ALS.Widgetable

deserializeWidgets(serializedWidgets, seenObjects)

Deserializes widgets and adds them to this object. Removes all previously added widgets. Use this if you want to deserialize only widgets in your own Widgetable.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
serializedWidgets Object

Result of L.ALS.Widgetable#serializeWidgets
seenObjects Object

Already seen objects' ids. Intended only for internal use.

getObjectToSerializeTo(newObject, seenObjects)

Registers this object for serialization and deserialization. Returns an object to serialize custom properties to.

Call it first, if you implement your own algrorithm, and serialize to the returned object!

Parameters:
Name Type Description
newObject Object

Object to where you'll serialize
seenObjects Object

Already seen objects
Inherited From:
Returns:

Object to serialize to.

Type
Object

getWidgetById(id)

Finds widget by ID

Parameters:
Name Type Description
id string

ID of a control to find
Returns:

Widget with given ID.

Type
L.ALS.Widgets.BaseWidget

removeAllWidgets()

Removes all widgets from the container

Returns:

This

Type
L.ALS.Widgetable

removeWidget(id)

Removes widget from the container

Parameters:
Name Type Description
id string

ID of a widget to remove
Returns:

This

Type
L.ALS.Widgetable

serialize(seenObjects)

Serializes this object to JSON. If overridden, you MUST perform following operations before returning JSON:

let json = {} // Your JSON
... // Perform serialization
json.constructorArguments = this.serializeConstrutorArguments(); // Serialize constructor arguments
json.serializableClassName = this.serializableClassName; // Add class name to JSON
return json; // Finally return JSON
Parameters:
Name Type Description
seenObjects Object

Already seen objects
Inherited From:
Returns:

This serialized object

Type
Object

serializeConstructorArguments()

Serializes constructor arguments. If your constructor is not empty, result of this method MUST be added to json at L.ALS.Serializable#serialize as "_construtorArgs" property.

Deprecated in favor of L.ALS.Serializable#getObjectFromSerialized which uses this function under-the-hood.

Inherited From:
Deprecated:
  • Yes
Returns:

Serialized constructor arguments

Type
Array

serializeWidgets(seenObjects)

Serializes widgets.

If you're serializing L.ALS.Layer, you don't need to call this method, L.ALS.Layer#getObjectToSerializeTo already does that.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
seenObjects Object

Already seen objects' ids. Intended only for internal use.
Returns:

Object where keys are widget's ids and values are serialized widgets themselves

Type
Object

setConstructorArguments(args)

Sets constructor arguments for serialization

Parameters:
Name Type Description
args

Arguments to set
Inherited From: