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    Class Template

    A basic Template class. It renders a DOM HTML element or text from a module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition definition and supports element attributes, children, bindings to module:utils/observablemixin~Observable observables and DOM event propagation.

    A simple template can look like this:

    const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

    new Template( {
    tag: 'p',
    attributes: {
    class: 'foo',
    style: {
    backgroundColor: 'yellow'
    }
    },
    on: {
    click: bind.to( 'clicked' )
    },
    children: [
    'A paragraph.'
    ]
    } ).render();

    and it will render the following HTML element:

    <p class="foo" style="background-color: yellow;">A paragraph.</p>
    

    Additionally, the observable will always fire clicked upon clicking <p> in the DOM.

    See module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition to know more about templates and complex template definitions.

    Hierarchy (View Summary)

    Index

    Constructors

    • Creates an instance of the ~Template class.

      Parameters

      Returns Template

    Properties

    attributes?: Record<string, AttributeValues>

    The attributes of the template, e.g. { id: [ 'ck-id' ] }, corresponding with the attributes of an HTML element.

    Note: This property only makes sense when #tag is defined.

    children?: (
        Node
        | View<HTMLElement>
        | ViewCollection<View<HTMLElement>>
        | Template
    )[]

    The children of the template. They can be either:

    • independent instances of ~Template (sub–templates),
    • native DOM Nodes.

    Note: This property only makes sense when #tag is defined.

    eventListeners?: Record<string, TemplateToBinding[]>

    The DOM event listeners of the template.

    ns?: string
    tag?: string

    The tag (tagName) of this template, e.g. div. It also indicates that the template renders to an HTML element.

    The text of the template. It also indicates that the template renders to a DOM text node.

    Methods

    • Applies the template to an existing DOM Node, either HTML element or text.

      Note: No new DOM nodes will be created. Applying extends:

      module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition attributes, module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition event listeners, and textContent of module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition children only.

      Note: Existing class and style attributes are extended when a template is applied to an HTML element, while other attributes and textContent are overridden.

      Note: The process of applying a template can be easily reverted using the module:ui/template~Template#revert method.

      const element = document.createElement( 'div' );
      const observable = new Model( { divClass: 'my-div' } );
      const emitter = Object.create( EmitterMixin );
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      attributes: {
      id: 'first-div',
      class: bind.to( 'divClass' )
      },
      on: {
      click: bind( 'elementClicked' ) // Will be fired by the observable.
      },
      children: [
      'Div text.'
      ]
      } ).apply( element );

      console.log( element.outerHTML ); // -> '<div id="first-div" class="my-div"></div>'

      Parameters

      Returns HTMLElement | Text

      • module:ui/template~Template#render
      • module:ui/template~Template#revert
    • Delegates selected events to another module:utils/emittermixin~Emitter. For instance:

      emitterA.delegate( 'eventX' ).to( emitterB );
      emitterA.delegate( 'eventX', 'eventY' ).to( emitterC );

      then eventX is delegated (fired by) emitterB and emitterC along with data:

      emitterA.fire( 'eventX', data );
      

      and eventY is delegated (fired by) emitterC along with data:

      emitterA.fire( 'eventY', data );
      

      Parameters

      • ...events: string[]

        Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.

      Returns EmitterMixinDelegateChain

    • Fires an event, executing all callbacks registered for it.

      The first parameter passed to callbacks is an module:utils/eventinfo~EventInfo object, followed by the optional args provided in the fire() method call.

      Type Parameters

      • TEvent extends BaseEvent

        The type describing the event. See module:utils/emittermixin~BaseEvent.

      Parameters

      • eventOrInfo: GetNameOrEventInfo<TEvent>

        The name of the event or EventInfo object if event is delegated.

      • ...args: TEvent["args"]

        Additional arguments to be passed to the callbacks.

      Returns GetEventInfo<TEvent>["return"]

      By default the method returns undefined. However, the return value can be changed by listeners through modification of the module:utils/eventinfo~EventInfo#return evt.return's property (the event info is the first param of every callback).

    • Returns an iterator which traverses the template in search of module:ui/view~View instances and returns them one by one.

      const viewFoo = new View();
      const viewBar = new View();
      const viewBaz = new View();
      const template = new Template( {
      tag: 'div',
      children: [
      viewFoo,
      {
      tag: 'div',
      children: [
      viewBar
      ]
      },
      viewBaz
      ]
      } );

      // Logs: viewFoo, viewBar, viewBaz
      for ( const view of template.getViews() ) {
      console.log( view );
      }

      Returns IterableIterator<View<HTMLElement>>

    • Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired in a specific (emitter) object.

      Events can be grouped in namespaces using :. When namespaced event is fired, it additionally fires all callbacks for that namespace.

      // myEmitter.on( ... ) is a shorthand for myEmitter.listenTo( myEmitter, ... ).
      myEmitter.on( 'myGroup', genericCallback );
      myEmitter.on( 'myGroup:myEvent', specificCallback );

      // genericCallback is fired.
      myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup' );
      // both genericCallback and specificCallback are fired.
      myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:myEvent' );
      // genericCallback is fired even though there are no callbacks for "foo".
      myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:foo' );

      An event callback can module:utils/eventinfo~EventInfo#stop stop the event and set the module:utils/eventinfo~EventInfo#return return value of the #fire method.

      Type Parameters

      • TEvent extends BaseEvent

        The type describing the event. See module:utils/emittermixin~BaseEvent.

      Parameters

      Returns void

      BASE_EMITTER

    • Stops executing the callback on the given event. Shorthand for #stopListening this.stopListening( this, event, callback ).

      Parameters

      • event: string

        The name of the event.

      • callback: Function

        The function to stop being called.

      Returns void

    • Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired.

      Shorthand for #listenTo this.listenTo( this, event, callback, options ) (it makes the emitter listen on itself).

      Type Parameters

      • TEvent extends BaseEvent

        The type descibing the event. See module:utils/emittermixin~BaseEvent.

      Parameters

      Returns void

    • Registers a callback function to be executed on the next time the event is fired only. This is similar to calling #on followed by #off in the callback.

      Type Parameters

      • TEvent extends BaseEvent

        The type descibing the event. See module:utils/emittermixin~BaseEvent.

      Parameters

      Returns void

    • Renders a DOM Node (an HTML element or text) out of the template.

      const domNode = new Template( { ... } ).render();
      

      See: #apply.

      Returns HTMLElement | Text

    • Reverts a template module:ui/template~Template#apply applied to a DOM node.

      Parameters

      • node: HTMLElement | Text

        The root node for the template to revert. In most of the cases, it is the same node used by module:ui/template~Template#apply.

      Returns void

    • Stops delegating events. It can be used at different levels:

      • To stop delegating all events.
      • To stop delegating a specific event to all emitters.
      • To stop delegating a specific event to a specific emitter.

      Parameters

      • Optionalevent: string

        The name of the event to stop delegating. If omitted, stops it all delegations.

      • Optionalemitter: Emitter

        (requires event) The object to stop delegating a particular event to. If omitted, stops delegation of event to all emitters.

      Returns void

    • Stops listening for events. It can be used at different levels:

      • To stop listening to a specific callback.
      • To stop listening to a specific event.
      • To stop listening to all events fired by a specific object.
      • To stop listening to all events fired by all objects.

      Parameters

      • Optionalemitter: Emitter

        The object to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all objects.

      • Optionalevent: string

        (Requires the emitter) The name of the event to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all events from emitter.

      • Optionalcallback: Function

        (Requires the event) The function to be removed from the call list for the given event.

      Returns void

      BASE_STOP

    • An entry point to the interface which binds DOM nodes to module:utils/observablemixin~Observable observables. There are two types of bindings:

      • HTML element attributes or text textContent synchronized with attributes of an module:utils/observablemixin~Observable. Learn more about module:ui/template~BindChain#to and module:ui/template~BindChain#if.
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      attributes: {
      // Binds the element "class" attribute to observable#classAttribute.
      class: bind.to( 'classAttribute' )
      }
      } ).render();
      • DOM events fired on HTML element propagated through module:utils/observablemixin~Observable. Learn more about module:ui/template~BindChain#to.
      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      new Template( {
      on: {
      // Will be fired by the observable.
      click: bind( 'elementClicked' )
      }
      } ).render();

      Also see module:ui/view~View#bindTemplate.

      Type Parameters

      Parameters

      • observable: TObservable

        An observable which provides boundable attributes.

      • emitter: Emitter

        An emitter that listens to observable attribute changes or DOM Events (depending on the kind of the binding). Usually, a module:ui/view~View instance.

      Returns BindChain<TObservable>

    • Extends an existing module:ui/template~Template instance with some additional content from another module:ui/template~TemplateDefinition.

      const bind = Template.bind( observable, emitter );

      const template = new Template( {
      tag: 'p',
      attributes: {
      class: 'a',
      data-x: bind.to( 'foo' )
      },
      children: [
      {
      tag: 'span',
      attributes: {
      class: 'b'
      },
      children: [
      'Span'
      ]
      }
      ]
      } );

      // Instance-level extension.
      Template.extend( template, {
      attributes: {
      class: 'b',
      data-x: bind.to( 'bar' )
      },
      children: [
      {
      attributes: {
      class: 'c'
      }
      }
      ]
      } );

      // Child extension.
      Template.extend( template.children[ 0 ], {
      attributes: {
      class: 'd'
      }
      } );

      the outerHTML of template.render() is:

      <p class="a b" data-x="{ observable.foo } { observable.bar }">
      <span class="b c d">Span</span>
      </p>

      Parameters

      Returns void