define("dojo/data/api/Identity", ["../../_base/declare", "./Read"], function(declare, Read){ // module: // dojo/data/api/Identity return declare("dojo.data.api.Identity", Read, { // summary: // This is an abstract API that data provider implementations conform to. // This file defines methods signatures and intentionally leaves all the // methods unimplemented. getFeatures: function(){ // summary: // See dojo/data/api/Read.getFeatures() return { 'dojo.data.api.Read': true, 'dojo.data.api.Identity': true }; }, getIdentity: function(/* dojo/data/api/Item */ item){ // summary: // Returns a unique identifier for an item. The return value will be // either a string or something that has a toString() method (such as, // for example, a dojox/uuid object). // item: // The item from the store from which to obtain its identifier. // exceptions: // Conforming implementations may throw an exception or return null if // item is not an item. // example: // | var itemId = store.getIdentity(kermit); // | assert(kermit === store.findByIdentity(store.getIdentity(kermit))); throw new Error('Unimplemented API: dojo.data.api.Identity.getIdentity'); }, getIdentityAttributes: function(/* dojo/data/api/Item */ item){ // summary: // Returns an array of attribute names that are used to generate the identity. // For most stores, this is a single attribute, but for some complex stores // such as RDB backed stores that use compound (multi-attribute) identifiers // it can be more than one. If the identity is not composed of attributes // on the item, it will return null. This function is intended to identify // the attributes that comprise the identity so that so that during a render // of all attributes, the UI can hide the the identity information if it // chooses. // item: // The item from the store from which to obtain the array of public attributes that // compose the identifier, if any. // example: // | var itemId = store.getIdentity(kermit); // | var identifiers = store.getIdentityAttributes(itemId); // | assert(typeof identifiers === "array" || identifiers === null); throw new Error('Unimplemented API: dojo.data.api.Identity.getIdentityAttributes'); }, fetchItemByIdentity: function(/* object */ keywordArgs){ // summary: // Given the identity of an item, this method returns the item that has // that identity through the onItem callback. Conforming implementations // should return null if there is no item with the given identity. // Implementations of fetchItemByIdentity() may sometimes return an item // from a local cache and may sometimes fetch an item from a remote server, // keywordArgs: // An anonymous object that defines the item to locate and callbacks to invoke when the // item has been located and load has completed. The format of the object is as follows: // | { // | identity: string|object, // | onItem: Function, // | onError: Function, // | scope: object // | } // // ####The *identity* parameter // // The identity parameter is the identity of the item you wish to locate and load // This attribute is required. It should be a string or an object that toString() // can be called on. // // ####The *onItem* parameter // // Function(item) // The onItem parameter is the callback to invoke when the item has been loaded. It takes only one // parameter, the item located, or null if none found. // // ####The *onError* parameter // // Function(error) // The onError parameter is the callback to invoke when the item load encountered an error. It takes only one // parameter, the error object // // ####The *scope* parameter // // If a scope object is provided, all of the callback functions (onItem, // onError, etc) will be invoked in the context of the scope object. // In the body of the callback function, the value of the "this" // keyword will be the scope object. If no scope object is provided, // the callback functions will be called in the context of dojo.global. // For example, onItem.call(scope, item, request) vs. // onItem.call(dojo.global, item, request) if(!this.isItemLoaded(keywordArgs.item)){ throw new Error('Unimplemented API: dojo.data.api.Identity.fetchItemByIdentity'); } } }); });