dataparser-base.js revision 85d511965757454bd8f7dc3e987518eb06e78d8f
/**
* The DataParser utility provides a common configurable interface for widgets to
* parse a variety of data against a given schema.
*
* @module dataparser
* @requires base
* @title DataParser Utility
*/
/**
* Base class for the YUI DataParser utility.
* @class DataParser.Base
* @extends Base
* @constructor
*/
var DPBase = function() {
};
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//
// Base static properties
//
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/**
* Class name.
*
* @property DataParser.Base.NAME
* @type String
* @static
* @final
* @value "DataParser.Base"
*/
NAME: "DataParser.Base",
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//
// Base Attributes
//
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ATTRS: {
/**
* @attribute schema
* @description Object literal schema definition takes a combination of
* the following properties:
<dl>
<dt>resultsList {String}</dt>
<dd>Pointer to array of tabular data</dd>
<dt>resultNode {String}</dt>
<dd>Pointer to node name of row data (XML data only)</dl>
<dt>recordDelim {String}</dt>
<dd>Record delimiter (text data only)</dd>
<dt>fieldDelim {String}</dt>
<dd>Field delimiter (text data only)</dd>
<dt>fields {String[] | Object []}</dt>
<dd>Array of field names (aka keys), or array of object literals such as:
{key:"fieldname", parser:Date.parse}</dd>
<dt>metaFields {Object}</dt>
<dd>Hash of field names (aka keys) to include in the
oParsedResponse.meta collection</dd>
<dt>metaNode {String}</dt>
<dd>Name of the node under which to search for meta
information in XML response data (XML data only)</dd>
</dl>
* @type Object
* @default {}
*/
schema: {
value: {}
}
}
});
/**
* @method initializer
* @description Internal init() handler.
* @private
*/
initializer: function() {
/**
* Fired when data is received to parse.
*
* @event parse
* @param e {Event.Facade} Event Facade.
* @param data {MIXED} Data to parse.
*/
/**
* Fired upon parse error.
*
* @event error
* @param e {Event.Facade} Event Facade.
* @param e.data {MIXED} Data.
*/
},
/**
* Abstract overridable parse method returns data as-is.
*
* @method _parse
* @param e {Event.Facade} Custom Event Facade for <code>request</code> event.
* @param e.data {MIXED} Data to parse.
* @protected
*/
return data;
},
/**
* Parses data.
*
* @method parse
* @param e {Event.Facade} Custom Event Facade for <code>request</code> event.
* @param e.data {MIXED} Data to parse.
* @protected
*/
if(ok) {
}
}
});
Y.namespace("DataParser");