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Model Class

Extends Base
Defined in: app/js/model.js:10
Module: model
Parent Module: app

Available since 3.4.0

Attribute-based data model with APIs for getting, setting, validating, and syncing attribute values, as well as events for being notified of model changes.

In most cases, you'll want to create your own subclass of Y.Model and customize it to meet your needs. In particular, the sync() and validate() methods are meant to be overridden by custom implementations. You may also want to override the parse() method to parse non-generic server responses.

Constructor

Model

()

Defined in app/js/model.js:10

Available since 3.4.0

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

_aggregateAttrs

(
  • allAttrs
)
Object private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:618

A helper method, used by _initHierarchyData to aggregate attribute configuration across the instances class hierarchy.

The method will protect the attribute configuration value to protect the statically defined default value in ATTRS if required (if the value is an object literal, array or the attribute configuration has cloneDefaultValue set to shallow or deep).

Parameters:

  • allAttrs Array

    An array of ATTRS definitions across classes in the hierarchy (subclass first, Base last)

Returns:

Object:

The aggregate set of ATTRS definitions for the instance

_attrCfgHash

() private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:581

Utility method to define the attribute hash used to filter/whitelist property mixes for this class for iteration performance reasons.

_baseDestroy

() private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:364

Internal destroy implementation for BaseCore

_baseInit

() private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:336

Internal initialization implementation for BaseCore

_cloneDefaultValue

(
  • cfg
)
private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:592

This method assumes that the value has already been checked to be an object. Since it's on a critical path, we don't want to re-do the check.

Parameters:

_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

_defDestroyFn

(
  • e
)
protected

Inherited from BaseObservable: base/js/BaseObservable.js:202

Default destroy event handler

Parameters:

_defInitFn

(
  • e
)
protected

Inherited from BaseObservable: base/js/BaseObservable.js:190

Default init event handler

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade

    Event object, with a cfg property which refers to the configuration object passed to the constructor.

_destroyHierarchy

() private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:782

Destroys the class hierarchy for this instance by invoking the destructor method on the prototype of each class in the hierarchy.

_filterAdHocAttrs

(
  • allAttrs
  • userVals
)
Object private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:470

Parameters:

  • allAttrs Object

    The set of all attribute configurations for this instance. Attributes will be removed from this set, if they belong to the filtered class, so that by the time all classes are processed, allCfgs will be empty.

  • userVals Object

    The config object passed in by the user, from which adhoc attrs are to be filtered.

Returns:

Object:

The set of adhoc attributes passed in, in the form of an object with attribute name/configuration pairs.

_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.

_getAttrCfgs

() Object protected

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:394

Returns an aggregated set of attribute configurations, by traversing the class hierarchy.

Returns:

Object:

The hash of attribute configurations, aggregated across classes in the hierarchy This value is cached the first time the method, or _getClasses, is invoked. Subsequent invocations return the cached value.

_getAttrInitVal

(
  • attr
  • cfg
  • initValues
)
Any private

Inherited from AttributeCore: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:963

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.

_getClasses

() Function[] protected

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:378

Returns the class hierarchy for this object, with BaseCore being the last class in the array.

Returns:

Function[]:

An array of classes (constructor functions), making up the class hierarchy for this object. This value is cached the first time the method, or _getAttrCfgs, is invoked. Subsequent invocations return the cached value.

_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

_getInstanceAttrCfgs

(
  • allCfgs
)
Object private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:411

A helper method used to isolate the attrs config for this instance to pass to addAttrs, from the static cached ATTRS for the class.

Parameters:

  • allCfgs Object

    The set of all attribute configurations for this instance. Attributes will be removed from this set, if they belong to the filtered class, so that by the time all classes are processed, allCfgs will be empty.

Returns:

Object:

The set of attributes to be added for this instance, suitable for passing through to addAttrs.

_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).

_initAttribute

() private

Inherited from BaseObservable but overwritten in base/js/BaseCore.js:309

Initializes AttributeCore

_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).

_initBase

(
  • config
)
private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:274

Internal construction logic for BaseCore.

Parameters:

  • config Object

    The constructor configuration object

_initHierarchy

(
  • userVals
)
private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:702

Initializes the class hierarchy for the instance, which includes initializing attributes for each class defined in the class's static ATTRS property and invoking the initializer method on the prototype of each class in the hierarchy.

Parameters:

  • userVals Object

    Object with configuration property name/value pairs

_initHierarchyData

() private

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:500

A helper method used by _getClasses and _getAttrCfgs, which determines both the array of classes and aggregate set of attribute configurations across the class hierarchy for the instance.

_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: attribute/js/AttributeCore.js:915

Utility method to normalize attribute values. The base implementation simply merges the hash to protect the original.

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.

_parse

(
  • response
)
Object protected

Defined in app/js/model.js:867

Available since 3.7.0

Calls the public, overrideable parse() method and returns the result.

Override this method to provide a custom pre-parsing implementation. This provides a hook for custom persistence implementations to "prep" a response before calling the parse() method.

Parameters:

  • response Any

    Server response.

Returns:

Object:

Attribute hash.

_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)

_preInitEventCfg

(
  • config
)
private

Inherited from BaseObservable: base/js/BaseObservable.js:110

Handles the special on, after and target properties which allow the user to easily configure on and after listeners as well as bubble targets during construction, prior to init.

Parameters:

  • config Object

    The user configuration object

_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 but overwritten in app/js/model.js:926

Overrides AttributeCore's _setAttrVal, to register the changed value if it's part of a Model setAttrs transaction.

NOTE: AttributeCore's _setAttrVal is currently private, but until we support coalesced change events in attribute, we need this override.

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

_validate

(
  • attributes
  • callback
)
protected

Defined in app/js/model.js:885

Calls the public, overridable validate() method and fires an error event if validation fails.

Parameters:

  • attributes Object

    Attribute hash.

  • callback Function

    Validation callback.

    • [err] Any optional

      Value on failure, non-value on success.

addAttr

(
  • name
  • config
  • lazy
)
Object protected chainable

Inherited from AttributeCore but overwritten in app/js/model.js:812

Duckpunches the addAttr method provided by Y.Attribute to keep the id attribute’s value and a custom id attribute’s (if provided) value in sync when adding the attributes to the model instance object.

Marked as protected to hide it from Model's public API docs, even though this is a public method in Attribute.

Parameters:

  • name String

    The name of the attribute.

  • config Object

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

  • 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

destroy

(
  • [options]
  • [callback]
)
chainable

Inherited from BaseObservable but overwritten in app/js/model.js:205

Destroys this model instance and removes it from its containing lists, if any.

The callback, if one is provided, will be called after the model is destroyed.

If options.remove is true, then this method delegates to the sync() method to delete the model from the persistence layer, which is an asynchronous action. In this case, the callback (if provided) will be called after the sync layer indicates success or failure of the delete operation.

Parameters:

  • [options] Object optional

    Sync options. It's up to the custom sync implementation to determine what options it supports or requires, if any.

    • [remove=false] Boolean optional

      If true, the model will be deleted via the sync layer in addition to the instance being destroyed.

  • [callback] Function optional

    Called after the model has been destroyed (and deleted via the sync layer if options.remove is true).

    • err Error | Null

      If an error occurred, this parameter will contain the error. Otherwise err will be null.

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.

generateClientId

() String

Defined in app/js/model.js:260

Returns a clientId string that's unique among all models on the current page (even models in other YUI instances). Uniqueness across pageviews is unlikely.

Returns:

String:

Unique clientId.

get

(
  • name
)
Any

Inherited from AttributeCore but overwritten in app/js/model.js:273

Returns the value of the specified attribute.

If the attribute's value is an object, name may use dot notation to specify the path to a specific property within the object, and the value of that property will be returned.

Parameters:

  • name String

    Attribute name or object property path.

Returns:

Any:

Attribute value, or undefined if the attribute doesn't exist.

Example:

// Set the 'foo' attribute to an object.
myModel.set('foo', {
    bar: {
        baz: 'quux'
    }
});

// Get the value of 'foo'.
myModel.get('foo');
// => {bar: {baz: 'quux'}}

// Get the value of 'foo.bar.baz'.
myModel.get('foo.bar.baz');
// => 'quux'

getAsHTML

(
  • name
)
String

Defined in app/js/model.js:304

Returns an HTML-escaped version of the value of the specified string attribute. The value is escaped using Y.Escape.html().

Parameters:

  • name String

    Attribute name or object property path.

Returns:

String:

HTML-escaped attribute value.

getAsURL

(
  • name
)
String

Defined in app/js/model.js:317

Returns a URL-encoded version of the value of the specified string attribute. The value is encoded using the native encodeURIComponent() function.

Parameters:

  • name String

    Attribute name or object property path.

Returns:

String:

URL-encoded attribute value.

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[]

init

(
  • cfg
)
BaseCore chainable

Inherited from BaseObservable but overwritten in base/js/BaseCore.js:319

Init lifecycle method, invoked during construction. Sets up attributes and invokes initializers for the class hierarchy.

Parameters:

  • cfg Object

    Object with configuration property name/value pairs

Returns:

BaseCore:

A reference to this object

isModified

() Boolean

Defined in app/js/model.js:331

Returns true if any attribute of this model has been changed since the model was last saved.

New models (models for which isNew() returns true) are implicitly considered to be "modified" until the first time they're saved.

Returns:

Boolean:

true if this model has changed since it was last saved, false otherwise.

isNew

() Boolean

Defined in app/js/model.js:346

Returns true if this model is "new", meaning it hasn't been saved since it was created.

Newness is determined by checking whether the model's id attribute has been set. An empty id is assumed to indicate a new model, whereas a non-empty id indicates a model that was either loaded or has been saved since it was created.

Returns:

Boolean:

true if this model is new, false otherwise.

load

(
  • [options]
  • [callback]
)
chainable

Defined in app/js/model.js:362

Loads this model from the server.

This method delegates to the sync() method to perform the actual load operation, which is an asynchronous action. Specify a callback function to be notified of success or failure.

A successful load operation will fire a load event, while an unsuccessful load operation will fire an error event with the src value "load".

If the load operation succeeds and one or more of the loaded attributes differ from this model's current attributes, a change event will be fired.

Parameters:

  • [options] Object optional

    Options to be passed to sync() and to set() when setting the loaded attributes. It's up to the custom sync implementation to determine what options it supports or requires, if any.

  • [callback] Function optional

    Called when the sync operation finishes.

    • err Error | Null

      If an error occurred, this parameter will contain the error. If the sync operation succeeded, err will be null.

    • response Any

      The server's response. This value will be passed to the parse() method, which is expected to parse it and return an attribute hash.

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

parse

(
  • response
)
Object

Defined in app/js/model.js:434

Called to parse the response when the model is loaded from the server. This method receives a server response and is expected to return an attribute hash.

The default implementation assumes that response is either an attribute hash or a JSON string that can be parsed into an attribute hash. If response is a JSON string and either Y.JSON or the native JSON object are available, it will be parsed automatically. If a parse error occurs, an error event will be fired and the model will not be updated.

You may override this method to implement custom parsing logic if necessary.

Parameters:

  • response Any

    Server response.

Returns:

Object:

Attribute hash.

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

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.

save

(
  • [options]
  • [callback]
)
chainable

Defined in app/js/model.js:469

Saves this model to the server.

This method delegates to the sync() method to perform the actual save operation, which is an asynchronous action. Specify a callback function to be notified of success or failure.

A successful save operation will fire a save event, while an unsuccessful save operation will fire an error event with the src value "save".

If the save operation succeeds and one or more of the attributes returned in the server's response differ from this model's current attributes, a change event will be fired.

Parameters:

  • [options] Object optional

    Options to be passed to sync() and to set() when setting synced attributes. It's up to the custom sync implementation to determine what options it supports or requires, if any.

  • [callback] Function optional

    Called when the sync operation finishes.

    • err Error | Null

      If an error occurred or validation failed, this parameter will contain the error. If the sync operation succeeded, err will be null.

    • response Any

      The server's response. This value will be passed to the parse() method, which is expected to parse it and return an attribute hash.

set

(
  • name
  • value
  • [options]
)
chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in app/js/model.js:550

Sets the value of a single attribute. If model validation fails, the attribute will not be set and an error event will be fired.

Use setAttrs() to set multiple attributes at once.

Parameters:

  • name String

    Attribute name or object property path.

  • value Any

    Value to set.

  • [options] Object optional

    Data to be mixed into the event facade of the change event(s) for these attributes.

    • [silent=false] Boolean optional

      If true, no change event will be fired.

Example:

model.set('foo', 'bar');

setAttrs

(
  • attributes
  • [options]
)
chainable

Inherited from AttributeObservable but overwritten in app/js/model.js:575

Sets the values of multiple attributes at once. If model validation fails, the attributes will not be set and an error event will be fired.

Parameters:

  • attributes Object

    Hash of attribute names and values to set.

  • [options] Object optional

    Data to be mixed into the event facade of the change event(s) for these attributes.

    • [silent=false] Boolean optional

      If true, no change event will be fired.

Example:

model.setAttrs({
    foo: 'bar',
    baz: 'quux'
});

subscribe

() deprecated

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

Deprecated: use on

subscribe to an event

sync

(
  • action
  • [options]
  • [callback]
)

Defined in app/js/model.js:656

Override this method to provide a custom persistence implementation for this model. The default just calls the callback without actually doing anything.

This method is called internally by load(), save(), and destroy(), and their implementations rely on the callback being called. This effectively means that when a callback is provided, it must be called at some point for the class to operate correctly.

Parameters:

  • action String

    Sync action to perform. May be one of the following:

    • create: Store a newly-created model for the first time.
    • delete: Delete an existing model.
    • read : Load an existing model.
    • update: Update an existing model.
  • [options] Object optional

    Sync options. It's up to the custom sync implementation to determine what options it supports or requires, if any.

  • [callback] Function optional

    Called when the sync operation finishes.

    • err Error | Null

      If an error occurred, this parameter will contain the error. If the sync operation succeeded, err will be falsy.

    • [response] Any optional

      The server's response.

toJSON

() Object

Defined in app/js/model.js:689

Returns a copy of this model's attributes that can be passed to Y.JSON.stringify() or used for other nefarious purposes.

The clientId attribute is not included in the returned object.

If you've specified a custom attribute name in the idAttribute property, the default id attribute will not be included in the returned object.

Note: The ECMAScript 5 specification states that objects may implement a toJSON method to provide an alternate object representation to serialize when passed to JSON.stringify(obj). This allows class instances to be serialized as if they were plain objects. This is why Model's toJSON returns an object, not a JSON string.

See http://es5.github.com/#x15.12.3 for details.

Returns:

Object:

Copy of this model's attributes.

toString

() String

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:815

Default toString implementation. Provides the constructor NAME and the instance guid, if set.

Returns:

String:

String representation for this object

undo

(
  • [attrNames]
  • [options]
)
chainable

Defined in app/js/model.js:723

Reverts the last change to the model.

If an attrNames array is provided, then only the named attributes will be reverted (and only if they were modified in the previous change). If no attrNames array is provided, then all changed attributes will be reverted to their previous values.

Note that only one level of undo is available: from the current state to the previous state. If undo() is called when no previous state is available, it will simply do nothing.

Parameters:

  • [attrNames] String[] optional

    Array of specific attribute names to revert. If not specified, all attributes modified in the last change will be reverted.

  • [options] Object optional

    Data to be mixed into the event facade of the change event(s) for these attributes.

    • [silent=false] Boolean optional

      If true, no change event will be fired.

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

validate

(
  • attrs
  • callback
)

Defined in app/js/model.js:766

Override this method to provide custom validation logic for this model.

While attribute-specific validators can be used to validate individual attributes, this method gives you a hook to validate a hash of all attributes before the model is saved. This method is called automatically before save() takes any action. If validation fails, the save() call will be aborted.

In your validation method, call the provided callback function with no arguments to indicate success. To indicate failure, pass a single argument, which may contain an error message, an array of error messages, or any other value. This value will be passed along to the error event.

Parameters:

  • attrs Object

    Attribute hash containing all model attributes to be validated.

  • callback Function

    Validation callback. Call this function when your validation logic finishes. To trigger a validation failure, pass any value as the first argument to the callback (ideally a meaningful validation error of some kind).

    • [err] Any optional

      Validation error. Don't provide this argument if validation succeeds. If validation fails, set this to an error message or some other meaningful value. It will be passed along to the resulting error event.

Example:

model.validate = function (attrs, callback) {
    if (attrs.pie !== true) {
        // No pie?! Invalid!
        callback('Must provide pie.');
        return;
    }

    // Success!
    callback();
};

Properties

_allowAdHocAttrs

Boolean protected

Inherited from BaseCore but overwritten in app/js/model.js:169

Available since 3.5.0

This tells Y.Base that it should create ad-hoc attributes for config properties passed to Model's constructor. This makes it possible to instantiate a model and set a bunch of attributes without having to subclass Y.Model and declare all those attributes first.

Default: true

_isYUIModel

Boolean protected

Defined in app/js/model.js:183

Available since 3.5.0

Total hack to allow us to identify Model instances without using instanceof, which won't work when the instance was created in another window or YUI sandbox.

Default: true

changed

Object

Defined in app/js/model.js:100

Hash of attributes that have changed since the last time this model was saved.

Default: {}

idAttribute

String

Defined in app/js/model.js:109

Name of the attribute to use as the unique id (or primary key) for this model.

The default is id, but if your persistence layer uses a different name for the primary key (such as _id or uid), you can specify that here.

The built-in id attribute will always be an alias for whatever attribute name you specify here, so getting and setting id will always behave the same as getting and setting your custom id attribute.

Default: `'id'`

lastChange

Object

Defined in app/js/model.js:126

Hash of attributes that were changed in the last change event. Each item in this hash is an object with the following properties:

  • newVal: The new value of the attribute after it changed.
  • prevVal: The old value of the attribute before it changed.
  • src: The source of the change, or null if no source was specified.

Default: {}

lists

ModelList[]

Defined in app/js/model.js:139

Array of ModelList instances that contain this model.

When a model is in one or more lists, the model's events will bubble up to those lists. You can subscribe to a model event on a list to be notified when any model in the list fires that event.

This property is updated automatically when this model is added to or removed from a ModelList instance. You shouldn't alter it manually. When working with models in a list, you should always add and remove models using the list's add() and remove() methods.

Default: `[]`

Example:

Subscribing to model events on a list:

// Assuming list is an existing Y.ModelList instance.
list.on('*:change', function (e) {
    // This function will be called whenever any model in the list
    // fires a change event.
    //
    // e.target will refer to the model instance that fired the
    // event.
});

name

String deprecated

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:297

Deprecated: Use this.constructor.NAME

The string used to identify the class of this object.

Attributes

clientId

String readonly

Defined in app/js/model.js:967

A client-only identifier for this model.

Like the id attribute, clientId may be used to retrieve model instances from lists. Unlike the id attribute, clientId is automatically generated, and is only intended to be used on the client during the current pageview.

Fires event clientIdChange

Fires when the value for the configuration attribute clientId is changed. You can listen for the event using the on method if you wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or using the after method if you wish to be notified after the attribute's value has changed.

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade
    An Event Facade object with the following attribute-specific properties added:
    • prevVal Any
      The value of the attribute, prior to it being set.
    • newVal Any
      The value the attribute is to be set to.
    • attrName String
      The name of the attribute being set.
    • subAttrName String
      If setting a property within the attribute's value, the name of the sub-attribute property being set.

destroyed

Boolean readonly

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:212

Flag indicating whether or not this object has been through the destroy lifecycle phase.

Default: false

Fires event destroyedChange

Fires when the value for the configuration attribute destroyed is changed. You can listen for the event using the on method if you wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or using the after method if you wish to be notified after the attribute's value has changed.

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade
    An Event Facade object with the following attribute-specific properties added:
    • prevVal Any
      The value of the attribute, prior to it being set.
    • newVal Any
      The value the attribute is to be set to.
    • attrName String
      The name of the attribute being set.
    • subAttrName String
      If setting a property within the attribute's value, the name of the sub-attribute property being set.

id

String | Number | Null

Defined in app/js/model.js:984

A unique identifier for this model. Among other things, this id may be used to retrieve model instances from lists, so it should be unique.

If the id is empty, this model instance is assumed to represent a new item that hasn't yet been saved.

If you would prefer to use a custom attribute as this model's id instead of using the id attribute (for example, maybe you'd rather use _id or uid as the primary id), you may set the idAttribute property to the name of your custom id attribute. The id attribute will then act as an alias for your custom attribute.

Default: `null`

Fires event idChange

Fires when the value for the configuration attribute id is changed. You can listen for the event using the on method if you wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or using the after method if you wish to be notified after the attribute's value has changed.

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade
    An Event Facade object with the following attribute-specific properties added:
    • prevVal Any
      The value of the attribute, prior to it being set.
    • newVal Any
      The value the attribute is to be set to.
    • attrName String
      The name of the attribute being set.
    • subAttrName String
      If setting a property within the attribute's value, the name of the sub-attribute property being set.

initialized

Boolean readonly

Inherited from BaseCore: base/js/BaseCore.js:198

Flag indicating whether or not this object has been through the init lifecycle phase.

Default: false

Fires event initializedChange

Fires when the value for the configuration attribute initialized is changed. You can listen for the event using the on method if you wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or using the after method if you wish to be notified after the attribute's value has changed.

Parameters:

  • e EventFacade
    An Event Facade object with the following attribute-specific properties added:
    • prevVal Any
      The value of the attribute, prior to it being set.
    • newVal Any
      The value the attribute is to be set to.
    • attrName String
      The name of the attribute being set.
    • subAttrName String
      If setting a property within the attribute's value, the name of the sub-attribute property being set.

Events

change

Defined in app/js/model.js:30

Fired when one or more attributes on this model are changed.

Event Payload:

  • changed Object

    Hash of change information for each attribute that changed. Each item in the hash has the following properties:

    • newVal Any

      New value of the attribute.

    • prevVal Any

      Previous value of the attribute.

    • src String | Null

      Source of the change event, if any.

destroy

Inherited from BaseObservable: base/js/BaseObservable.js:163

Lifecycle event for the destroy phase, fired prior to destruction. Invoking the preventDefault method on the event object provided to subscribers will prevent destruction from proceeding.

Subscribers to the "after" moment of this event, will be notified after destruction is complete (and as a result cannot prevent destruction).

Event Payload:

error

Defined in app/js/model.js:42

Fired when an error occurs, such as when the model doesn't validate or when a sync layer response can't be parsed.

Event Payload:

  • error Any

    Error message, object, or exception generated by the error. Calling toString() on this should result in a meaningful error message.

  • src String

    Source of the error. May be one of the following (or any custom error source defined by a Model subclass):

    • load: An error loading the model from a sync layer. The sync layer's response (if any) will be provided as the response property on the event facade.

    • parse: An error parsing a JSON response. The response in question will be provided as the response property on the event facade.

    • save: An error saving the model to a sync layer. The sync layer's response (if any) will be provided as the response property on the event facade.

    • validate: The model failed to validate. The attributes being validated will be provided as the attributes property on the event facade.

init

Inherited from BaseObservable: base/js/BaseObservable.js:62

Lifecycle event for the init phase, fired prior to initialization. Invoking the preventDefault() method on the event object provided to subscribers will prevent initialization from occuring.

Subscribers to the "after" momemt of this event, will be notified after initialization of the object is complete (and therefore cannot prevent initialization).

Event Payload:

  • e EventFacade

    Event object, with a cfg property which refers to the configuration object passed to the constructor.

load

Defined in app/js/model.js:69

Available since 3.5.0

Fired after model attributes are loaded from a sync layer.

Event Payload:

  • parsed Object

    The parsed version of the sync layer's response to the load request.

  • response Any

    The sync layer's raw, unparsed response to the load request.

save

Defined in app/js/model.js:81

Available since 3.5.0

Fired after model attributes are saved to a sync layer.

Event Payload:

  • [parsed] Object optional

    The parsed version of the sync layer's response to the save request, if there was a response.

  • [response] Any optional

    The sync layer's raw, unparsed response to the save request, if there was one.