Namespace idx.context
Provides an experimental API containing static methods for creating context scopes according
to the DOM hierarchy. Use idx.widget.ContextScope to create scopes and sub-scopes and the
methods in this namespace to interact with them. This API is only useful if functional areas
of the application are isolated according to the DOM hierarchy. This allows for finding nearby
objects and settings by name within a certain locality or globally while isolating others.
This functions here are the beginnings of a framework to allow for looser coupling of
widgets without causing interference with widgets from different applications when
aggregated on the same screen.
Defined in: <idx\context.js>.
Constructor Summary
| Constructor Attributes | Constructor Name and Description |
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Method Summary
| Method Attributes | Method Name and Description |
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| <static> |
idx.context.get(source, name)
Finds the context for the given source node or widget and attempts to obtain the
attribute from it that has the specified name.
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| <static> |
idx.context.set(source, name, value)
Sets the value of an attribute within the scope closest (most local) to the
the specified source node or widget.
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Method Detail
<static> {Object} idx.context.get(source, name)
- Parameters:
- {Node|Widget} source
- The node or widget for which the context is desired.
- {String} name
- The optional name of the attribute desired from the context and if not specified then the context itself is used as a return value.
- Returns:
- {Object} The attribute value or context associated with the specified source and name.
<static> {Object} idx.context.set(source, name, value)
- Parameters:
- {Node|Widget} source
- The node or widget for which the context is desired.
- {String} name
- The name of the attribute to be set for the context.
- {Object} value
- The value to set for the attribute.
- Returns:
- {Object} The context in which the attribute was set.