MMIR Framework

Class: SimpleViewEngine

SimpleViewEngine

mmir.env.view.SimpleViewEngine

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 2
Example for a simplified view/rendering engine: uses the standard document API for rendering / inserting views into the current document.
Example
mmir.present.render('theController', 'theView');

Methods

hideCurrentDialog()

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 447
Closes a modal window / dialog.
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hideWaitDialog()

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 542
Hides / closes the "wait" dialog.
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render(ctrlName, viewName, view, ctrl, data){Promise}

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 438
Actually renders the View.
Fetches the layout for the controller, then fills the layout-template with the view content, while incorporating partials and contents that helper methods have provided. Then Dialogs are created and the pageContainer id is updated. At last all the content is localized using mmir.LanguageManager#translateHTML, and appended to the HTML document of the application, while the old one is removed.
At the end the on_page_load action is performed.
Name Type Description
ctrlName String Name of the controller
viewName String Name of the view to render
view Object View object that is to be rendered
ctrl Object Controller object of the view to render
data Object optional optional data for the view.
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Returns:
Type Description
Promise a Promise that gets resolved when rendering is finished

showDialog(ctrlName, _dialogId, _data){Object}

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 469
Opens the requested dialog.
Name Type Description
ctrlName String Name of the controller
_dialogId String Id of the dialog
_data Object Optionally data - not used
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Returns:
Type Description
Object the instance of the current dialog that was opened

showWaitDialog(text, theme)

env/view/simpleViewEngine.js, line 505
Shows a "wait" dialog, i.e. "work in progress" notification.
Name Type Description
text String optional OPTIONAL the text that should be displayed. If omitted the language setting for loadingText will be used instead (from dictionary.json)
theme String optional OPTIONAL set the jQuery Mobile theme to be used for the wait-dialog (e.g. "a" or "b"). NOTE: if this argument is used, then the text must also be supplied.
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