ember-stalkable examples

ember-stalkable.coffee

###
"Stalkable" objects can be watched for any and all changes
@author  Bryan Elliott <belliott@rsicms.com>
###


###
Detect whether an Object is using this Mixin
###
Ember.Mixin::detectInstance = (object) ->
  
  #jslint forin:true 
  name = undefined
  mixins = object[Ember.META_KEY].mixins
  for name of mixins
    return true  if @detect(mixins[name])
  false


###
Changes to Ember.CoreObject that enable property stalking via the pseudoproperties: "@properties", "@ownProperties", and "@prototypeProperties"
###
Ember.Stalkable = Ember.Mixin.create(
  setUnknownProperty: (key, value) ->
    ret = @_super.apply(this, arguments)
    @observeNewProperty key
    ret

  observeNewProperty: (key, isProto) ->
    inst = this
    isInit = inst.constructor::hasOwnProperty(key)
    clean = undefined
    handler = ->
      clean = not inst.modifiedProperties
      if clean
        inst.modifiedProperties = [key]
      else
        inst.modifiedProperties.push key
      if not isProto and not isInit
        inst.notifyPropertyChange "@ownProperties"
      else if isInit and not isProto
        inst.notifyPropertyChange "@initProperties"
      else
        inst.notifyPropertyChange "@prototypeProperties"
      inst.notifyPropertyChange "@properties"
      delete inst.modifiedProperties  if clean

    @addObserver key, this, handler
    handler()  unless isProto

  setProperties: ->
    ret = undefined
    @modifiedProperties = []
    ret = @_super.apply(this, arguments)
    delete @modifiedProperties

    ret
)

###
Small modification to CoreObject.create for Stalkables
###
Ember.CoreObject.reopenClass create: ->
  
  #jslint forin:true 
  i = undefined
  name = undefined
  args = undefined
  caught = {}
  ret = @_super.apply(this, arguments)
  if Ember.Stalkable.detectInstance(ret)
    args = [].slice.apply(arguments)
    i = 0
    while i < args.length
      for name of args[i]
        unless args[i][name] instanceof Function
          ret.observeNewProperty name
          caught[name] = true
      i += 1
    for name of ret
      ret.observeNewProperty name, true  unless caught[name]
  ret

Ember.StalkableObject = Ember.Object.extend(Ember.Stalkable)

stalkable_examples.coffee

###
The idea here is that all changes to your new object can be observed
###
Ember.View.extend
  model: Ember.StalkableObject.create()
  saveModel: Ember.observer(->
  
  ###
  do some fancy stuff to save changes to your model
  ###
  , "model.@properties")

Ember.View.extend
  model: Ember.StalkableObject.create(
    host: null
    port: null
  )
  saveModel: Ember.observer(->
  
  ###
  this will only be called when changes to the 'host' and 'port' are changed
  ###
  , "model.@initProperties")

Ember.View.extend
  model: App.MyStalkableModel.create()
  saveModel: Ember.observer(->
  
  ###
  this will only be called when changes to the prototyped properties of App.MyStalkableModel are changed
  ###
  , "model.@prototypeProperties")

Ember.View.extend
  model: Ember.StalkableObject.create(nonce: null)
  saveModel: Ember.observer(->
  
  ###
  this will be called on changes any properties that are undefined at instantiation (i.e., excluding all the
  stuff on Object, as well as "nonce", which we expect to change frequently.)
  ###
  , "model.@ownProperties")

for the record, this doesnt seem to work in 1.0.0-rc.1