2008 NEWS 2008-06-10 - Updates
1. JSON Prettifier Tool - IMPROVED
The JSON Prettifier tool has been improved to allow the configuration of serialization options, with convenient presets provided.
2. BUG FIX: Uize.Node.setValue and myWidget.setNodeValue
An IE-specific bug was found with the Uize.Node.setValue
static method, which also affected the setNodeValue
instance method of the Uize.Widget
class.
A workaround was put in place for an issue in IE where document.getElementById
will return a node that has the specified id
value set for its name
attribute but not its id
attribute. The IE issue resulted in the two methods not working correctly for radio buttons. It is now fixed.
3. MyClass.get () and myInstance.get ()
When no parameter is specified when calling either the MyClass.get
static method or the myInstance.get
instance method, then all the static or instance values, respectively, for the declared state properties will be returned.
4. Uize.Widget - Changes to busy/enabled Mechanism
The myWidget.isBusy
instance method has been KILLED in favor of the busyInherited
state property. Similarly, the myWidget.isEnabled
instance method has been KILLED in favor of the enabledInherited
state property. The barely used myWidget.checkInherited
instance method that was technically public but never used outside of the Uize.Widget
base class has been KILLED.
The new interface is more in keeping with the state interface philosophy of the UIZE JavaScript Framework, and also allows us to leverage the event system to watch on changes in the busy and enabled states by using the 'Changed.busyInherited'
and 'Changed.enabledInherited'
instance events. Additionally, the new state properties are more semantically correct. It was always confusing that isBusy returned a boolean, while the busy
state property could have the string value of 'inherit'
.
myWidget.isBusy () >> BECOMES >> myWidget.get ('busyInherited') myWidget.isEnabled () >> BECOMES >> myWidget.get ('enabledInherited')
It's a little more to type in the cases where this functionality is used, but it's fewer methods for every widget instance.