LinkReferencesDecorator

Extends: ReferencesDecorator

Implements: IOpenable

Description

The LinkReferencesDecorator class allows you to create a references decorator that automatically sets references to newly added components that implement the IReferenceable interface, and unsets references from removed components that implement the IUnreferenceable interface.

Constructors

Creates a new instance of the decorator.

public constructor(nextReferences: IReferences, topReferences: IReferences)

• nextReferences: IReferences - next references or decorator in the chain.
• topReferences: IReferences - decorator at the top of the chain.

Instance methods

close

Closes the component and frees used resources.

public close(context: IContext): Promise<void>

• context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.

isOpen

Checks if the component is open.

public isOpen(): boolean

• returns: boolean - True if the component is open and False otherwise.

open

Opens the component.

public open(context: IContext): Promise<void>

• context: IContext - (optional) a context to trace execution through a call chain.

put

Puts a new reference into the reference map.

public put(locator: any, component: any)

• locator: any - locator to find the reference by.
• component: any - component’s reference to be added.

remove

Removes a previously added reference that matches the specified locator. If many references match the locator, it removes only the first one. When all references shall be removed, use removeAll method instead.

public remove(locator: any): any

• locator: any - locator to remove reference
• returns: any - removed component reference.

removeAll

Removes all component references that match the specified locator.

public removeAll(locator: any): any[]

• locator: any - the locator to remove references by.
• returns: any[] - list, containing all removed references.