Model

Lateralus. Model

new Model()

This class builds on the ideas and APIs of Backbone.Model. The constructor for this class should not be called by application code, it is used by the Lateralus constructor.

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Extends

  • Backbone.Model

Members

components :Object.<Lateralus.Component>

The subcomponents belonging to this object. Do not modify this property directly, it is managed by Lateralus.

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(readonly) lateralus :Lateralus

A reference to the central Lateralus instance.

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lateralusEvents :Object|undefined

A map of functions or string references to functions that will handle events dispatched to the central Lateralus instance.

const ExtendedComponent = Lateralus.Component.extend({
  name: 'extended',

  lateralusEvents: {
    anotherComponentChanged: 'onAnotherComponentChanged',

    anotherComponentDestroyed: function () {
      // ...
    }
  },

  onAnotherComponentChanged: function () {
    // ...
  }
});
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  • undefined
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  • Object | undefined

modelEvents :Object|undefined

A map of functions or string references to functions that will handle events emitted by this.model.

const ExtendedComponent = Lateralus.View.extend({
  modelEvents: {
    changed:someProperty: function (model, someProperty) {
      // ...
    }
  }
});
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  • undefined
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  • Object | undefined

provide :Object|undefined

A map of functions that will handle Lateralus.mixins#collect calls. Each of the functions attached to this Object should return a value. These functions must be completely synchronous.

const App = Lateralus.beget(function () {
  Lateralus.apply(this, arguments);
});

_.extend(App.prototype, {
  provide: {
    demoData: function () {
      return 1;
    }
  }
});

const app = new App();
const ComponentSubclass = Lateralus.Component.extend({
  name: 'provider',
  provide: {
    demoData: function () {
      return 2;
    }
  }
});

app.addComponent(ComponentSubclass);
console.log(app.collect('demoData')); // [1, 2]
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  • Object | undefined

Methods

onChange()

For every key that is changed on this model, a corresponding change: event is Lateralus.mixins#emited. For example, setting the "foo" attribute will Lateralus.mixins#emit "change:foo" and provide the changed value.

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toString() → {string}

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string

The name of this Model. This is used internally by Lateralus.