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Attribute Class

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Defined in: attribute/js/Attribute.js:19
Module: attribute-base
Parent Module: attribute

Attribute provides configurable attribute support along with attribute change events. It is designed to be augmented on to a host class, and provides the host with the ability to configure attributes to store and retrieve state, along with attribute change events.

For example, attributes added to the host can be configured:

  • As read only.
  • As write once.
  • With a setter function, which can be used to manipulate values passed to Attribute's set method, before they are stored.
  • With a getter function, which can be used to manipulate stored values, before they are returned by Attribute's get method.
  • With a validator function, to validate values before they are stored.

See the addAttr method, for the complete set of configuration options available for attributes.

NOTE: Most implementations will be better off extending the Base class, instead of augmenting Attribute directly. Base augments Attribute and will handle the initial configuration of attributes for derived classes, accounting for values passed into the constructor.

Methods

_addAttrs

(
  • cfgs
  • values
  • lazy
)
private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:854

Implementation behind the public addAttrs method.

This method is invoked directly by get if it encounters a scenario in which an attribute's valueFn attempts to obtain the value an attribute in the same group of attributes, which has not yet been added (on demand initialization).

Parameters:

  • cfgs Object

    An object with attribute name/configuration pairs.

  • values Object

    An object with attribute name/value pairs, defining the initial values to apply. Values defined in the cfgs argument will be over-written by values in this argument unless defined as read only.

  • lazy Boolean

    Whether or not to delay the intialization of these attributes until the first call to get/set. Individual attributes can over-ride this behavior by defining a lazyAdd configuration property in their configuration. See addAttr.

_addLazyAttr

(
  • name
  • [lazyCfg]
)
private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:360

Finishes initializing an attribute which has been lazily added.

Parameters:

  • name Object

    The name of the attribute

  • [lazyCfg] Object optional

    Optional config hash for the attribute. This is added for performance along the critical path, where the calling method has already obtained lazy config from state.

_addOutOfOrder

(
  • name
  • cfg
)
private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:527

Utility method used by get/set to add attributes encountered out of order when calling addAttrs().

For example, if:

this.addAttrs({
     foo: {
         setter: function() {
            // make sure this bar is available when foo is added
            this.get("bar");
         }
     },
     bar: {
         value: ...
     }
});

Parameters:

  • name String

    attribute name

  • cfg Object

    attribute configuration

_defAttrChangeFn

(
  • e
  • eventFastPath
)
private

Inherited from AttributeObservable: attribute/js/AttributeObservable.js:185

Default function for attribute change events.

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade

    The event object for attribute change events.

  • eventFastPath Boolean

    Whether or not we're using this as a fast path in the case of no listeners or not

_fireAttrChange

(
  • attrName
  • subAttrName
  • currVal
  • newVal
  • opts
  • [cfg]
)
private

Inherited from AttributeObservable: attribute/js/AttributeObservable.js:120

Utility method to help setup the event payload and fire the attribute change event.

Parameters:

  • attrName String

    The name of the attribute

  • subAttrName String

    The full path of the property being changed, if this is a sub-attribute value being change. Otherwise null.

  • currVal Any

    The current value of the attribute

  • newVal Any

    The new value of the attribute

  • opts Object

    Any additional event data to mix into the attribute change event's event facade.

  • [cfg] Object optional

    The attribute config stored in State, if already available.

_getAttr

(
  • name
)
Any protected chainable

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:564

Provides the common implementation for the public get method, allowing Attribute hosts to over-ride either method.

See get for argument details.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute.

Returns:

Any:

The value of the attribute.

_getAttrCfg

(
  • name
)
Object protected

Inherited from AttributeExtras: attribute/js/AttributeExtras.js:125

Returns an object with the configuration properties (and value) for the given attribute. If attrName is not provided, returns the configuration properties for all attributes.

Parameters:

  • name String

    Optional. The attribute name. If not provided, the method will return the configuration for all attributes.

Returns:

Object:

The configuration properties for the given attribute, or all attributes.

_getAttrInitVal

(
  • attr
  • cfg
  • initValues
)
Any private

Inherited from AttributeCore but overwritten in attribute/js/ComplexAttribute.js:31

Returns the initial value of the given attribute from either the default configuration provided, or the over-ridden value if it exists in the set of initValues provided and the attribute is not read-only.

Parameters:

  • attr String

    The name of the attribute

  • cfg Object

    The attribute configuration object

  • initValues Object

    The object with simple and complex attribute name/value pairs returned from _normAttrVals

Returns:

Any:

The initial value of the attribute.

_getAttrs

(
  • attrs
)
Object protected

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:792

Implementation behind the public getAttrs method, to get multiple attribute values.

Parameters:

  • attrs String[] | Boolean

    Optional. An array of attribute names. If omitted, all attribute values are returned. If set to true, all attributes modified from their initial values are returned.

Returns:

Object:

An object with attribute name/value pairs.

_getFullType

(
  • type
)
String private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:564

Returns the fully qualified type, given a short type string. That is, returns "foo:bar" when given "bar" if "foo" is the configured prefix.

NOTE: This method, unlike _getType, does no checking of the value passed in, and is designed to be used with the low level _publish() method, for critical path implementations which need to fast-track publish for performance reasons.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The short type to prefix

Returns:

String:

The prefixed type, if a prefix is set, otherwise the type passed in

_getStateVal

(
  • name
  • [cfg]
)
Any private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:618

Gets the stored value for the attribute, from either the internal state object, or the state proxy if it exits

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute

  • [cfg] Object optional

    Optional config hash for the attribute. This is added for performance along the critical path, where the calling method has already obtained the config from state.

Returns:

Any:

The stored value of the attribute

_getType

() private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:36

If the instance has a prefix attribute and the event type is not prefixed, the instance prefix is applied to the supplied type.

_hasPotentialSubscribers

(
  • fullType
)
Boolean private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-facade.js:643

Parameters:

  • fullType String

    The fully prefixed type name

Returns:

Boolean:

Whether the event has potential subscribers or not

_initAttrHost

(
  • attrs
  • values
  • lazy
)
private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:140

Constructor logic for attributes. Initializes the host state, and sets up the inital attributes passed to the constructor.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    The attributes to add during construction (passed through to addAttrs). These can also be defined on the constructor being augmented with Attribute by defining the ATTRS property on the constructor.

  • values Object

    The initial attribute values to apply (passed through to addAttrs). These are not merged/cloned. The caller is responsible for isolating user provided values if required.

  • lazy Boolean

    Whether or not to add attributes lazily (passed through to addAttrs).

_initAttrs

(
  • attrs
  • values
  • lazy
)
protected

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:1029

Utility method to set up initial attributes defined during construction, either through the constructor.ATTRS property, or explicitly passed in.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    The attributes to add during construction (passed through to addAttrs). These can also be defined on the constructor being augmented with Attribute by defining the ATTRS property on the constructor.

  • values Object

    The initial attribute values to apply (passed through to addAttrs). These are not merged/cloned. The caller is responsible for isolating user provided values if required.

  • lazy Boolean

    Whether or not to add attributes lazily (passed through to addAttrs).

_isLazyAttr

(
  • name
)
Boolean private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:347

Checks whether or not the attribute is one which has been added lazily and still requires initialization.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute

Returns:

Boolean:

true if it's a lazily added attribute, false otherwise.

_monitor

(
  • what
  • eventType
  • o
)
private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:636

This is the entry point for the event monitoring system. You can monitor 'attach', 'detach', 'fire', and 'publish'. When configured, these events generate an event. click -> click_attach, click_detach, click_publish -- these can be subscribed to like other events to monitor the event system. Inividual published events can have monitoring turned on or off (publish can't be turned off before it it published) by setting the events 'monitor' config.

Parameters:

  • what String

    'attach', 'detach', 'fire', or 'publish'

  • eventType String | CustomEvent

    The prefixed name of the event being monitored, or the CustomEvent object.

  • o Object

    Information about the event interaction, such as fire() args, subscription category, publish config

_normAttrVals

(
  • valueHash
)
Object private

Inherited from AttributeCore but overwritten in attribute/js/ComplexAttribute.js:15

Utility method to split out simple attribute name/value pairs ("x") from complex attribute name/value pairs ("x.y.z"), so that complex attributes can be keyed by the top level attribute name.

Parameters:

  • valueHash Object

    An object with attribute name/value pairs

Returns:

Object:

An object literal with 2 properties - "simple" and "complex", containing simple and complex attribute values respectively keyed by the top level attribute name, or null, if valueHash is falsey.

_parseType

() private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:52

Returns an array with the detach key (if provided), and the prefixed event name from _getType Y.on('detachcategory| menu:click', fn)

_protectAttrs

(
  • attrs
)
Object deprecated protected

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:901

Deprecated: Use `AttributeCore.protectAttrs()` or `Attribute.protectAttrs()` which are the same static utility method.

Utility method to protect an attribute configuration hash, by merging the entire object and the individual attr config objects.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    A hash of attribute to configuration object pairs.

Returns:

Object:

A protected version of the attrs argument.

_publish

(
  • fullType
  • etOpts
  • ceOpts
)
CustomEvent private

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:588

The low level event publish implementation. It expects all the massaging to have been done outside of this method. e.g. the type to fullType conversion. It's designed to be a fast path publish, which can be used by critical code paths to improve performance.

Parameters:

  • fullType String

    The prefixed type of the event to publish.

  • etOpts Object

    The EventTarget specific configuration to mix into the published event.

  • ceOpts Object

    The publish specific configuration to mix into the published event.

Returns:

CustomEvent:

The published event. If called without etOpts or ceOpts, this will be the default CustomEvent instance, and can be configured independently.

_set

(
  • name
  • val
  • [opts]
)
Object protected chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:405

Allows setting of readOnly/writeOnce attributes. See set for argument details.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute.

  • val Any

    The value to set the attribute to.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

_setAttr

(
  • name
  • value
  • [opts]
  • force
)
Object protected chainable

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:421

Provides the common implementation for the public set and protected _set methods.

See set for argument details.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute.

  • value Any

    The value to set the attribute to.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.

  • force Boolean

    If true, allows the caller to set values for readOnly or writeOnce attributes which have already been set.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

_setAttrs

(
  • attrs
  • [opts]
)
Object protected chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:760

Implementation behind the public setAttrs method, to set multiple attribute values.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    An object with attributes name/value pairs.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

_setAttrVal

(
  • attrName
  • subAttrName
  • prevVal
  • newVal
  • [opts]
  • [attrCfg]
)
Boolean private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:658

Updates the stored value of the attribute in the privately held State object, if validation and setter passes.

Parameters:

  • attrName String

    The attribute name.

  • subAttrName String

    The sub-attribute name, if setting a sub-attribute property ("x.y.z").

  • prevVal Any

    The currently stored value of the attribute.

  • newVal Any

    The value which is going to be stored.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.

  • [attrCfg] Object optional

    Optional config hash for the attribute. This is added for performance along the critical path, where the calling method has already obtained the config from state.

Returns:

Boolean:

true if the new attribute value was stored, false if not.

_setStateVal

(
  • name
  • value
)
private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:640

Sets the stored value for the attribute, in either the internal state object, or the state proxy if it exits

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute

  • value Any

    The value of the attribute

addAttr

(
  • name
  • config
  • lazy
)
Object chainable

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:157

Adds an attribute with the provided configuration to the host object.

The config argument object supports the following properties:

value <Any>
The initial value to set on the attribute
valueFn <Function | String>

A function, which will return the initial value to set on the attribute. This is useful for cases where the attribute configuration is defined statically, but needs to reference the host instance ("this") to obtain an initial value. If both the value and valueFn properties are defined, the value returned by the valueFn has precedence over the value property, unless it returns undefined, in which case the value property is used.

valueFn can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used to retrieve the value.

readOnly <boolean>
Whether or not the attribute is read only. Attributes having readOnly set to true cannot be modified by invoking the set method.
writeOnce <boolean> or <string>
Whether or not the attribute is "write once". Attributes having writeOnce set to true, can only have their values set once, be it through the default configuration, constructor configuration arguments, or by invoking set.

The writeOnce attribute can also be set to the string "initOnly", in which case the attribute can only be set during initialization (when used with Base, this means it can only be set during construction)

setter <Function | String>

The setter function used to massage or normalize the value passed to the set method for the attribute. The value returned by the setter will be the final stored value. Returning Attribute.INVALID_VALUE, from the setter will prevent the value from being stored.

setter can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the setter function.

getter <Function | String>

The getter function used to massage or normalize the value returned by the get method for the attribute. The value returned by the getter function is the value which will be returned to the user when they invoke get.

getter can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the getter function.

validator <Function | String>

The validator function invoked prior to setting the stored value. Returning false from the validator function will prevent the value from being stored.

validator can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the validator function.

lazyAdd <boolean>
Whether or not to delay initialization of the attribute until the first call to get/set it. This flag can be used to over-ride lazy initialization on a per attribute basis, when adding multiple attributes through the addAttrs method.

The setter, getter and validator are invoked with the value and name passed in as the first and second arguments, and with the context ("this") set to the host object.

Configuration properties outside of the list mentioned above are considered private properties used internally by attribute, and are not intended for public use.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute.

  • config Object

    An object with attribute configuration property/value pairs, specifying the configuration for the attribute.

    NOTE: The configuration object is modified when adding an attribute, so if you need to protect the original values, you will need to merge the object.

  • lazy Boolean

    (optional) Whether or not to add this attribute lazily (on the first call to get/set).

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

addAttrs

(
  • cfgs
  • values
  • lazy
)
Object chainable

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:823

Configures a group of attributes, and sets initial values.

NOTE: This method does not isolate the configuration object by merging/cloning. The caller is responsible for merging/cloning the configuration object if required.

Parameters:

  • cfgs Object

    An object with attribute name/configuration pairs.

  • values Object

    An object with attribute name/value pairs, defining the initial values to apply. Values defined in the cfgs argument will be over-written by values in this argument unless defined as read only.

  • lazy Boolean

    Whether or not to delay the intialization of these attributes until the first call to get/set. Individual attributes can over-ride this behavior by defining a lazyAdd configuration property in their configuration. See addAttr.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

addTarget

(
  • o
)
chainable

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-facade.js:496

Registers another EventTarget as a bubble target. Bubble order is determined by the order registered. Multiple targets can be specified.

Events can only bubble if emitFacade is true.

Included in the event-custom-complex submodule.

Parameters:

after

(
  • type
  • fn
  • [context]
  • [arg*]
)
EventHandle

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:812

Subscribe to a custom event hosted by this object. The supplied callback will execute after any listeners add via the subscribe method, and after the default function, if configured for the event, has executed.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The name of the event

  • fn Function

    The callback to execute in response to the event

  • [context] Object optional

    Override this object in callback

  • [arg*] Any optional

    0..n additional arguments to supply to the subscriber

Returns:

EventHandle:

A subscription handle capable of detaching the subscription

attrAdded

(
  • name
)
Boolean

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:319

Checks if the given attribute has been added to the host

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute to check.

Returns:

Boolean:

true if an attribute with the given name has been added, false if it hasn't. This method will return true for lazily added attributes.

before

()

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:849

Executes the callback before a DOM event, custom event or method. If the first argument is a function, it is assumed the target is a method. For DOM and custom events, this is an alias for Y.on.

For DOM and custom events: type, callback, context, 0-n arguments

For methods: callback, object (method host), methodName, context, 0-n arguments

Returns:

detach handle

bubble

(
  • evt
)
Boolean

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-facade.js:554

Propagate an event. Requires the event-custom-complex module.

Parameters:

Returns:

Boolean:

the aggregated return value from Event.Custom.fire

detach

(
  • type
  • fn
  • context
)
EventTarget

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:356

Detach one or more listeners the from the specified event

Parameters:

  • type String | Object

    Either the handle to the subscriber or the type of event. If the type is not specified, it will attempt to remove the listener from all hosted events.

  • fn Function

    The subscribed function to unsubscribe, if not supplied, all subscribers will be removed.

  • context Object

    The custom object passed to subscribe. This is optional, but if supplied will be used to disambiguate multiple listeners that are the same (e.g., you subscribe many object using a function that lives on the prototype)

Returns:

EventTarget:

the host

detachAll

(
  • type
)

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:479

Removes all listeners from the specified event. If the event type is not specified, all listeners from all hosted custom events will be removed.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The type, or name of the event

fire

(
  • type
  • arguments
)
Boolean

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:673

Fire a custom event by name. The callback functions will be executed from the context specified when the event was created, and with the following parameters.

The first argument is the event type, and any additional arguments are passed to the listeners as parameters. If the first of these is an object literal, and the event is configured to emit an event facade, that object is mixed into the event facade and the facade is provided in place of the original object.

If the custom event object hasn't been created, then the event hasn't been published and it has no subscribers. For performance sake, we immediate exit in this case. This means the event won't bubble, so if the intention is that a bubble target be notified, the event must be published on this object first.

Parameters:

  • type String | Object

    The type of the event, or an object that contains a 'type' property.

  • arguments Object*

    an arbitrary set of parameters to pass to the handler. If the first of these is an object literal and the event is configured to emit an event facade, the event facade will replace that parameter after the properties the object literal contains are copied to the event facade.

Returns:

Boolean:

True if the whole lifecycle of the event went through, false if at any point the event propagation was halted.

get

(
  • name
)
Any

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:331

Returns the current value of the attribute. If the attribute has been configured with a 'getter' function, this method will delegate to the 'getter' to obtain the value of the attribute.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute. If the value of the attribute is an Object, dot notation can be used to obtain the value of a property of the object (e.g. get("x.y.z"))

Returns:

Any:

The value of the attribute

getAttrs

(
  • attrs
)
Object

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:780

Gets multiple attribute values.

Parameters:

  • attrs String[] | Boolean

    Optional. An array of attribute names. If omitted, all attribute values are returned. If set to true, all attributes modified from their initial values are returned.

Returns:

Object:

An object with attribute name/value pairs.

getEvent

(
  • type
  • prefixed
)
CustomEvent

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:793

Returns the custom event of the provided type has been created, a falsy value otherwise

Parameters:

  • type String

    the type, or name of the event

  • prefixed String

    if true, the type is prefixed already

Returns:

CustomEvent:

the custom event or null

getTargets

()

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-facade.js:523

Returns an array of bubble targets for this object.

Returns:

EventTarget[]

modifyAttr

(
  • name
  • config
)

Inherited from AttributeExtras: attribute/js/AttributeExtras.js:40

Updates the configuration of an attribute which has already been added.

The properties which can be modified through this interface are limited to the following subset of attributes, which can be safely modified after a value has already been set on the attribute:

readOnly;
writeOnce;
broadcast; and
getter.

Note: New attributes cannot be added using this interface. New attributes must be added using addAttr, or an appropriate manner for a class which utilises Attributes (e.g. the ATTRS property in Base).

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute whose configuration is to be updated.

  • config Object

    An object with configuration property/value pairs, specifying the configuration properties to modify.

on

(
  • type
  • fn
  • [context]
  • [arg*]
)
EventHandle

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:188

Subscribe a callback function to a custom event fired by this object or from an object that bubbles its events to this object.

 this.on("change", this._onChange, this);

Callback functions for events published with emitFacade = true will receive an EventFacade as the first argument (typically named "e"). These callbacks can then call e.preventDefault() to disable the behavior published to that event's defaultFn. See the EventFacade API for all available properties and methods. Subscribers to non-emitFacade events will receive the arguments passed to fire() after the event name.

To subscribe to multiple events at once, pass an object as the first argument, where the key:value pairs correspond to the eventName:callback.

 this.on({
     "attrChange" : this._onAttrChange,
     "change"     : this._onChange
 });

You can also pass an array of event names as the first argument to subscribe to all listed events with the same callback.

 this.on([ "change", "attrChange" ], this._onChange);

Returning false from a callback is supported as an alternative to calling e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation();. However, it is recommended to use the event methods whenever possible.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The name of the event

  • fn Function

    The callback to execute in response to the event

  • [context] Object optional

    Override this object in callback

  • [arg*] Any optional

    0..n additional arguments to supply to the subscriber

Returns:

EventHandle:

A subscription handle capable of detaching that subscription

once

(
  • type
  • fn
  • [context]
  • [arg*]
)
EventHandle

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:124

Listen to a custom event hosted by this object one time. This is the equivalent to on except the listener is immediatelly detached when it is executed.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The name of the event

  • fn Function

    The callback to execute in response to the event

  • [context] Object optional

    Override this object in callback

  • [arg*] Any optional

    0..n additional arguments to supply to the subscriber

Returns:

EventHandle:

A subscription handle capable of detaching the subscription

onceAfter

(
  • type
  • fn
  • [context]
  • [arg*]
)
EventHandle

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:146

Listen to a custom event hosted by this object one time. This is the equivalent to after except the listener is immediatelly detached when it is executed.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The name of the event

  • fn Function

    The callback to execute in response to the event

  • [context] Object optional

    Override this object in callback

  • [arg*] Any optional

    0..n additional arguments to supply to the subscriber

Returns:

EventHandle:

A subscription handle capable of detaching that subscription

parseType

(
  • type
  • [pre]
)
Array

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:168

Available since 3.3.0

Takes the type parameter passed to 'on' and parses out the various pieces that could be included in the type. If the event type is passed without a prefix, it will be expanded to include the prefix one is supplied or the event target is configured with a default prefix.

Parameters:

  • type String

    the type

  • [pre] String optional

    The prefix. Defaults to this._yuievt.config.prefix

Returns:

Array:

an array containing:

  • the detach category, if supplied,
  • the prefixed event type,
  • whether or not this is an after listener,
  • the supplied event type

protectAttrs

(
  • attrs
)
Object static

Defined in attribute/js/Attribute.js:94

Utility method to protect an attribute configuration hash, by merging the entire object and the individual attr config objects.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    A hash of attribute to configuration object pairs.

Returns:

Object:

A protected version of the attrs argument.

publish

(
  • type
  • opts
)
CustomEvent

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:503

Creates a new custom event of the specified type. If a custom event by that name already exists, it will not be re-created. In either case the custom event is returned.

Parameters:

  • type String

    the type, or name of the event

  • opts Object

    optional config params. Valid properties are:

    • [broadcast=false] Boolean optional

      whether or not the YUI instance and YUI global are notified when the event is fired.

    • [bubbles=true] Boolean optional

      Whether or not this event bubbles. Events can only bubble if emitFacade is true.

    • [context=this] Object optional

      the default execution context for the listeners.

    • [defaultFn] Function optional

      the default function to execute when this event fires if preventDefault was not called.

    • [emitFacade=false] Boolean optional

      whether or not this event emits a facade.

    • [prefix] String optional

      the prefix for this targets events, e.g., 'menu' in 'menu:click'.

    • [fireOnce=false] Boolean optional

      if an event is configured to fire once, new subscribers after the fire will be notified immediately.

    • [async=false] Boolean optional

      fireOnce event listeners will fire synchronously if the event has already fired unless async is true.

    • [preventable=true] Boolean optional

      whether or not preventDefault() has an effect.

    • [preventedFn] Function optional

      a function that is executed when preventDefault() is called.

    • [queuable=false] Boolean optional

      whether or not this event can be queued during bubbling.

    • [silent] Boolean optional

      if silent is true, debug messages are not provided for this event.

    • [stoppedFn] Function optional

      a function that is executed when stopPropagation is called.

    • [monitored] Boolean optional

      specifies whether or not this event should send notifications about when the event has been attached, detached, or published.

    • [type] String optional

      the event type (valid option if not provided as the first parameter to publish).

Returns:

CustomEvent:

the custom event

removeAttr

(
  • name
)

Inherited from AttributeExtras: attribute/js/AttributeExtras.js:90

Removes an attribute from the host object

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute to be removed.

removeTarget

(
  • o
)
chainable

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-facade.js:533

Removes a bubble target

Parameters:

reset

(
  • name
)
Object chainable

Inherited from AttributeExtras: attribute/js/AttributeExtras.js:100

Resets the attribute (or all attributes) to its initial value, as long as the attribute is not readOnly, or writeOnce.

Parameters:

  • name String

    Optional. The name of the attribute to reset. If omitted, all attributes are reset.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

set

(
  • name
  • value
  • [opts]
)
Object chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:388

Sets the value of an attribute.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute. If the current value of the attribute is an Object, dot notation can be used to set the value of a property within the object (e.g. set("x.y.z", 5)).

  • value Any

    The value to set the attribute to.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

setAttrs

(
  • attrs
  • [opts]
)
Object chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:747

Sets multiple attribute values.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    An object with attributes name/value pairs.

  • [opts] Object optional

    Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.

Returns:

Object:

A reference to the host object.

subscribe

() deprecated

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:346

Deprecated: use on

subscribe to an event

unsubscribe

() deprecated

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:469

Deprecated: use detach

detach a listener

unsubscribeAll

(
  • type
)
deprecated

Inherited from EventTarget: event-custom/js/event-target.js:490

Deprecated: use detachAll

Removes all listeners from the specified event. If the event type is not specified, all listeners from all hosted custom events will be removed.

Parameters:

  • type String

    The type, or name of the event

Properties

_ATTR_CFG

Array protected static

Defined in attribute/js/Attribute.js:80

The list of properties which can be configured for each attribute (e.g. setter, getter, writeOnce etc.).

This property is used internally as a whitelist for faster Y.mix operations.

INVALID_VALUE

Object final static

Defined in attribute/js/Attribute.js:66

The value to return from an attribute setter in order to prevent the set from going through.

You can return this value from your setter if you wish to combine validator and setter functionality into a single setter function, which either returns the massaged value to be stored or AttributeCore.INVALID_VALUE to prevent invalid values from being stored.