WinJS Contrib

Class: DataSourceManager

WinJSContrib.UI.DataSources. DataSourceManager

helper class to manage an array with filter and grouping facilities and plug it into listview with or without semantic zoom. This is a low level helper object, it's likely that relying on WinJSContrib.UI.SemanticListViews will be easier.

new DataSourceManager(options)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
options Object
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Example
{@lang javascript}
var datamgr = new WinJSContrib.UI.DataSources.DataSourceManager({
   defaultGroupLimit: 12,
   groupKind: WinJSContrib.UI.DataSources.Grouping.byField,
   field: 'metadata.genre',
   listview: page.zoomedInList,
   zoomedOutListView: page.zoomedOutList
});

Members

defaultGroupLimit :number

no grouping if items.length < defaultGroupLimit

Type:
  • number
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field :string

path to the field to use for groupings

Type:
  • string
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filter :function

item filter callback

Type:
  • function
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groupedList :WinJS.UI.ListView

listview for grouped items

Type:
  • WinJS.UI.ListView
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groupKind :function

groupKind grouping manager function

Type:
  • function
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items :Array

data items

Type:
  • Array
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listview :WinJS.UI.ListView

items listview

Type:
  • WinJS.UI.ListView
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Methods

attach()

attach listviews to data

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detach()

detach listviews from data

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init()

initialise data

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parentSemanticZoom() → {WinJS.UI.SemanticZoom}

get parent semantic zoom control

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Returns:
Type
WinJS.UI.SemanticZoom

prepareItems(items)

clean-up, initialise data and bind listviews to data

Parameters:
Name Type Description
items Array
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