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JSDuck: Generated code documentation! See CODING.md for how to run it. Mistakes fixed: * Warning: Unknown type function -> Function * Warning: Unknown type DOMElement -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type DOM Node -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type Integer -> Mixed * Warning: Unknown type Command -> ve.Command * Warning: Unknown type any -> number * Warning: Unknown type ve.Transaction -> ve.dm.Transaction * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AnnotationSet -> ve.AnnotationSet * Warning: Unknown type false -> boolean * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AlienNode ve.dm doesn't have a generic AlienNode like ve.ce -> Unknown type ve.dm.AlienInlineNode|ve.dm.AlienBlockNode * Warning: Unknown type ve.ve.Surface -> ve.ce.Surface * ve.example.lookupNode: -> Last @param should be @return * ve.dm.Transaction.prototype.pushReplace: -> @param {Array] should be @param {Array} * Warning: ve.BranchNode.js:27: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) * Warning: ve.LeafNode.js:21: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) Differences fixed: * Variadic arguments are like @param {Type...} [name] instead of @param {Type} [name...] * Convert all file headers from /** to /*! because JSDuck tries to parse all /** blocks and fails to parse with all sorts of errors for "Global property", "Unnamed property", and "Duplicate property". Find: \/\*\*([^@]+)(@copyright) Replace: /*!$1$2 * Indented blocks are considered code examples. A few methods had documentation with numbered lists that were indented, which have now been updated to not be intended. * The free-form text descriptions are parsed with Markdown, which requires lists to be separated from paragraphs by an empty line. And we should use `backticks` instead of {braces} for inline code in text paragraphs. * Doc blocks for classes and their constructor have to be in the correct order (@constructor, @param, @return must be before @class, @abstract, @extends etc.) * `@extends Class` must not have Class {wrapped} * @throws must start with a {Type} * @example means something else. It is used for an inline demo iframe, not code block. For that simply indent with spaces. * @member means something else. Non-function properties are marked with @property, not @member. * To create a link to a class or member, in most cases the name is enough to create a link. E.g. Foo, Foo.bar, Foo.bar#quux, where a hash stands for "instance member", so Foo.bar#quux, links to Foo.bar.prototype.quux (the is not supported, as "prototype" is considered an implementation detail, it only indexes class name and method name). If the magic linker doesn't work for some case, the verbose syntax is {@link #target label}. * @property can't have sub-properties (nested @param and @return values are supported, only @static @property can't be nested). We only have one case of this, which can be worked around by moving those in a new virtual class. The code is unaltered (only moved down so that it isn't with the scope of the main @class block). ve.dm.TransactionProcessor.processors. New: * @mixins: Classes mixed into the current class. * @event: Events that can be emitted by a class. These are also inherited by subclasses. (+ @param, @return and @preventable). So ve.Node#event-attach is inherited to ve.dm.BreakNode, just like @method is. * @singleton: Plain objects such as ve, ve.dm, ve.ce were missing documentation causing a tree error. Documented those as a JSDuck singleton, which they but just weren't documented yet. NB: Members of @singleton don't need @static (if present, triggers a compiler warning). * @chainable: Shorthand for "@return this". We were using "@return {classname}" which is ambiguous (returns the same instance or another instance?), @chainable is specifically for "@return this". Creates proper labels in the generated HTML pages. Removed: * @mixin: (not to be confused with @mixins). Not supported by JSDuck. Every class is standalone anyway. Where needed marked them @class + @abstract instead. Change-Id: I6a7c9e8ee8f995731bc205d666167874eb2ebe23
2013-01-04 08:54:17 +00:00
/*!
* VisualEditor Factory class.
*
* @copyright 2011-2013 VisualEditor Team and others; see AUTHORS.txt
* @license The MIT License (MIT); see LICENSE.txt
*/
/**
* Generic object factory.
*
* @abstract
JSDuck: Generated code documentation! See CODING.md for how to run it. Mistakes fixed: * Warning: Unknown type function -> Function * Warning: Unknown type DOMElement -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type DOM Node -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type Integer -> Mixed * Warning: Unknown type Command -> ve.Command * Warning: Unknown type any -> number * Warning: Unknown type ve.Transaction -> ve.dm.Transaction * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AnnotationSet -> ve.AnnotationSet * Warning: Unknown type false -> boolean * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AlienNode ve.dm doesn't have a generic AlienNode like ve.ce -> Unknown type ve.dm.AlienInlineNode|ve.dm.AlienBlockNode * Warning: Unknown type ve.ve.Surface -> ve.ce.Surface * ve.example.lookupNode: -> Last @param should be @return * ve.dm.Transaction.prototype.pushReplace: -> @param {Array] should be @param {Array} * Warning: ve.BranchNode.js:27: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) * Warning: ve.LeafNode.js:21: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) Differences fixed: * Variadic arguments are like @param {Type...} [name] instead of @param {Type} [name...] * Convert all file headers from /** to /*! because JSDuck tries to parse all /** blocks and fails to parse with all sorts of errors for "Global property", "Unnamed property", and "Duplicate property". Find: \/\*\*([^@]+)(@copyright) Replace: /*!$1$2 * Indented blocks are considered code examples. A few methods had documentation with numbered lists that were indented, which have now been updated to not be intended. * The free-form text descriptions are parsed with Markdown, which requires lists to be separated from paragraphs by an empty line. And we should use `backticks` instead of {braces} for inline code in text paragraphs. * Doc blocks for classes and their constructor have to be in the correct order (@constructor, @param, @return must be before @class, @abstract, @extends etc.) * `@extends Class` must not have Class {wrapped} * @throws must start with a {Type} * @example means something else. It is used for an inline demo iframe, not code block. For that simply indent with spaces. * @member means something else. Non-function properties are marked with @property, not @member. * To create a link to a class or member, in most cases the name is enough to create a link. E.g. Foo, Foo.bar, Foo.bar#quux, where a hash stands for "instance member", so Foo.bar#quux, links to Foo.bar.prototype.quux (the is not supported, as "prototype" is considered an implementation detail, it only indexes class name and method name). If the magic linker doesn't work for some case, the verbose syntax is {@link #target label}. * @property can't have sub-properties (nested @param and @return values are supported, only @static @property can't be nested). We only have one case of this, which can be worked around by moving those in a new virtual class. The code is unaltered (only moved down so that it isn't with the scope of the main @class block). ve.dm.TransactionProcessor.processors. New: * @mixins: Classes mixed into the current class. * @event: Events that can be emitted by a class. These are also inherited by subclasses. (+ @param, @return and @preventable). So ve.Node#event-attach is inherited to ve.dm.BreakNode, just like @method is. * @singleton: Plain objects such as ve, ve.dm, ve.ce were missing documentation causing a tree error. Documented those as a JSDuck singleton, which they but just weren't documented yet. NB: Members of @singleton don't need @static (if present, triggers a compiler warning). * @chainable: Shorthand for "@return this". We were using "@return {classname}" which is ambiguous (returns the same instance or another instance?), @chainable is specifically for "@return this". Creates proper labels in the generated HTML pages. Removed: * @mixin: (not to be confused with @mixins). Not supported by JSDuck. Every class is standalone anyway. Where needed marked them @class + @abstract instead. Change-Id: I6a7c9e8ee8f995731bc205d666167874eb2ebe23
2013-01-04 08:54:17 +00:00
* @extends ve.Registry
* @constructor
*/
ve.Factory = function VeFactory() {
Object management: Object create/inherit/clone utilities * For the most common case: - replace ve.extendClass with ve.inheritClass (chose slightly different names to detect usage of the old/new one, and I like 'inherit' better). - move it up to below the constructor, see doc block for why. * Cases where more than 2 arguments were passed to ve.extendClass are handled differently depending on the case. In case of a longer inheritance tree, the other arguments could be omitted (like in "ve.ce.FooBar, ve.FooBar, ve.Bar". ve.ce.FooBar only needs to inherit from ve.FooBar, because ve.ce.FooBar inherits from ve.Bar). In the case of where it previously had two mixins with ve.extendClass(), either one becomes inheritClass and one a mixin, both to mixinClass(). No visible changes should come from this commit as the instances still all have the same visible properties in the end. No more or less than before. * Misc.: - Be consistent in calling parent constructors in the same order as the inheritance. - Add missing @extends and @param documentation. - Replace invalid {Integer} type hint with {Number}. - Consistent doc comments order: @class, @abstract, @constructor, @extends, @params. - Fix indentation errors A fairly common mistake was a superfluous space before the identifier on the assignment line directly below the documentation comment. $ ack "^ [^*]" --js modules/ve - Typo "Inhertiance" -> "Inheritance". - Replacing the other confusing comment "Inheritance" (inside the constructor) with "Parent constructor". - Add missing @abstract for ve.ui.Tool. - Corrected ve.FormatDropdownTool to ve.ui.FormatDropdownTool.js - Add function names to all @constructor functions. Now that we have inheritance it is important and useful to have these functions not be anonymous. Example of debug shot: http://cl.ly/image/1j3c160w3D45 Makes the difference between < documentNode; > ve_dm_DocumentNode ... : ve_dm_BranchNode ... : ve_dm_Node ... : ve_dm_Node ... : Object ... without names (current situation): < documentNode; > Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... though before this commit, it really looks like this (flattened since ve.extendClass really did a mixin): < documentNode; > Object ... ... ... Pattern in Sublime (case-sensitive) to find nameless constructor functions: "^ve\..*\.([A-Z])([^\.]+) = function \(" Change-Id: Iab763954fb8cf375900d7a9a92dec1c755d5407e
2012-09-05 06:07:47 +00:00
// Parent constructor
ve.Registry.call( this );
// Properties
(bug 43841) Major ve.ui rewrite, especially ve.ui.LinkInspector Objectives: * Make the link inspector easier to use * Try to resolve a few bugs (bug 43841, bug 43063, bug 42986) * Stop using jquery.multiSuggest (which didn't really understand annotations) * Better divide MediaWiki specifics from generic implementations Changes: VisualEditor.php, modules/ve/test/index.php, demos/ve/index.php * Updated links to files ve.Registry * Fixed mistake where registry was initialized as an array - this didn't cause any errors because you can add arbitrary properties to an array and use it like any other object ve.Factory * Removed duplicate initialization of registry property * Added entries property, which is an array that's appended to for tracking the order of registrations ve.CommandRegistry * Added mwLink command which opens the mwLink inspector ve.ui.TextInputWidget * Added basic widget class for text inputs ve.ui.TextInputMenuWidget * Added widget that provides a menu of options for a text input widget ve.ui.MWLinkTargetInputWidget * Added MediaWiki specific link target widget ve.ui.MenuWidget * Converted ve.ui.Menu into a widget * Moved the body of onSelect to onMouseUp ve.ui.LinkTargetInputWidget * Added link target widget which adds link annotation functionality to a normal text input ve.ui.InputWidget * Added generic input widget which emits reliable and instant change events and synchronizes a value property with the DOM value ve.ui.Widget * Added base widget class * Widgets can be used in any frame ve.ui.Tool * Fixed line length issues ve.ui.InspectorFactory * Made use of new entries property for factories to select the most recently added inspector if more than one match a given annotation ve.ui.Inspector * Added auto-focus on the first visible input element on open * Moved afterClose event to after re-focus on document on close * Added documentation ve.ui.Frame * Adjusted documentation * Added binding of $$ to the frame context so it can be passed around * Added documentation ve.ui.Context * Added ve.ui.Widget.css to iframes * Updated code as per moving of ve.ui.Menu to ve.ui.MenuWidget * Removed unused positionBelowOverlay method * Added CSS settings to set overlay left and width properties according to context size * Added documentation ve.ui.DropdownTool * Updated code as per moving of ve.ui.Menu to ve.ui.MenuWidget ve.ui.FormatDropdownTool * Added documentation ve.ui.MWLinkButtonTool * Added MediaWiki specific version of ve.ui.LinkButtonTool, which opens the mwLink inspector ve.ui.Widget.css * Added styles for all widgets ve.ui.Tool.css, ve.init.sa.css, ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget.css, ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget-apex.css * Updated code as per moving of ve.ui.Menu to ve.ui.MenuWidget ve.ui.Menu.css * Deleted (merged into ve.ui.Widget.css) ve.ui.Menu.css * Deleted suggest styles (no longer used) pending.gif, pending.psd * Added diagonal stripe animation to indicate a pending request to the API ve.ui.MWLinkInspector * Added MediaWiki specific inspector which uses MediaWiki specific annotations and widgets ve.ui.LinkInspector * Removed mw global hint (not needed anymore) * Switched from comparing targets to annotations (since the target text is ambiguous in some situations) * Switched to using input widget, which is configured using a static property * Removed use of jquery.multiSuggest * Moved MediaWiki specifics to their own class (ve.ui.MWLinkInspector) ve.init.mw.ViewPageTarget * Added MediaWiki specific toolbar and command options Change-Id: I859b5871a9d2f17d970c002067c8ff24f3513e9f
2013-01-09 21:34:23 +00:00
this.entries = [];
};
Object management: Object create/inherit/clone utilities * For the most common case: - replace ve.extendClass with ve.inheritClass (chose slightly different names to detect usage of the old/new one, and I like 'inherit' better). - move it up to below the constructor, see doc block for why. * Cases where more than 2 arguments were passed to ve.extendClass are handled differently depending on the case. In case of a longer inheritance tree, the other arguments could be omitted (like in "ve.ce.FooBar, ve.FooBar, ve.Bar". ve.ce.FooBar only needs to inherit from ve.FooBar, because ve.ce.FooBar inherits from ve.Bar). In the case of where it previously had two mixins with ve.extendClass(), either one becomes inheritClass and one a mixin, both to mixinClass(). No visible changes should come from this commit as the instances still all have the same visible properties in the end. No more or less than before. * Misc.: - Be consistent in calling parent constructors in the same order as the inheritance. - Add missing @extends and @param documentation. - Replace invalid {Integer} type hint with {Number}. - Consistent doc comments order: @class, @abstract, @constructor, @extends, @params. - Fix indentation errors A fairly common mistake was a superfluous space before the identifier on the assignment line directly below the documentation comment. $ ack "^ [^*]" --js modules/ve - Typo "Inhertiance" -> "Inheritance". - Replacing the other confusing comment "Inheritance" (inside the constructor) with "Parent constructor". - Add missing @abstract for ve.ui.Tool. - Corrected ve.FormatDropdownTool to ve.ui.FormatDropdownTool.js - Add function names to all @constructor functions. Now that we have inheritance it is important and useful to have these functions not be anonymous. Example of debug shot: http://cl.ly/image/1j3c160w3D45 Makes the difference between < documentNode; > ve_dm_DocumentNode ... : ve_dm_BranchNode ... : ve_dm_Node ... : ve_dm_Node ... : Object ... without names (current situation): < documentNode; > Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... though before this commit, it really looks like this (flattened since ve.extendClass really did a mixin): < documentNode; > Object ... ... ... Pattern in Sublime (case-sensitive) to find nameless constructor functions: "^ve\..*\.([A-Z])([^\.]+) = function \(" Change-Id: Iab763954fb8cf375900d7a9a92dec1c755d5407e
2012-09-05 06:07:47 +00:00
/* Inheritance */
ve.inheritClass( ve.Factory, ve.Registry );
Object management: Object create/inherit/clone utilities * For the most common case: - replace ve.extendClass with ve.inheritClass (chose slightly different names to detect usage of the old/new one, and I like 'inherit' better). - move it up to below the constructor, see doc block for why. * Cases where more than 2 arguments were passed to ve.extendClass are handled differently depending on the case. In case of a longer inheritance tree, the other arguments could be omitted (like in "ve.ce.FooBar, ve.FooBar, ve.Bar". ve.ce.FooBar only needs to inherit from ve.FooBar, because ve.ce.FooBar inherits from ve.Bar). In the case of where it previously had two mixins with ve.extendClass(), either one becomes inheritClass and one a mixin, both to mixinClass(). No visible changes should come from this commit as the instances still all have the same visible properties in the end. No more or less than before. * Misc.: - Be consistent in calling parent constructors in the same order as the inheritance. - Add missing @extends and @param documentation. - Replace invalid {Integer} type hint with {Number}. - Consistent doc comments order: @class, @abstract, @constructor, @extends, @params. - Fix indentation errors A fairly common mistake was a superfluous space before the identifier on the assignment line directly below the documentation comment. $ ack "^ [^*]" --js modules/ve - Typo "Inhertiance" -> "Inheritance". - Replacing the other confusing comment "Inheritance" (inside the constructor) with "Parent constructor". - Add missing @abstract for ve.ui.Tool. - Corrected ve.FormatDropdownTool to ve.ui.FormatDropdownTool.js - Add function names to all @constructor functions. Now that we have inheritance it is important and useful to have these functions not be anonymous. Example of debug shot: http://cl.ly/image/1j3c160w3D45 Makes the difference between < documentNode; > ve_dm_DocumentNode ... : ve_dm_BranchNode ... : ve_dm_Node ... : ve_dm_Node ... : Object ... without names (current situation): < documentNode; > Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... : Object ... though before this commit, it really looks like this (flattened since ve.extendClass really did a mixin): < documentNode; > Object ... ... ... Pattern in Sublime (case-sensitive) to find nameless constructor functions: "^ve\..*\.([A-Z])([^\.]+) = function \(" Change-Id: Iab763954fb8cf375900d7a9a92dec1c755d5407e
2012-09-05 06:07:47 +00:00
/* Methods */
/**
* Register a constructor with the factory.
*
* @method
* @param {string|string[]} name Symbolic name or list of symbolic names
* @param {Function} constructor Constructor to use when creating object
JSDuck: Generated code documentation! See CODING.md for how to run it. Mistakes fixed: * Warning: Unknown type function -> Function * Warning: Unknown type DOMElement -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type DOM Node -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type Integer -> Mixed * Warning: Unknown type Command -> ve.Command * Warning: Unknown type any -> number * Warning: Unknown type ve.Transaction -> ve.dm.Transaction * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AnnotationSet -> ve.AnnotationSet * Warning: Unknown type false -> boolean * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AlienNode ve.dm doesn't have a generic AlienNode like ve.ce -> Unknown type ve.dm.AlienInlineNode|ve.dm.AlienBlockNode * Warning: Unknown type ve.ve.Surface -> ve.ce.Surface * ve.example.lookupNode: -> Last @param should be @return * ve.dm.Transaction.prototype.pushReplace: -> @param {Array] should be @param {Array} * Warning: ve.BranchNode.js:27: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) * Warning: ve.LeafNode.js:21: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) Differences fixed: * Variadic arguments are like @param {Type...} [name] instead of @param {Type} [name...] * Convert all file headers from /** to /*! because JSDuck tries to parse all /** blocks and fails to parse with all sorts of errors for "Global property", "Unnamed property", and "Duplicate property". Find: \/\*\*([^@]+)(@copyright) Replace: /*!$1$2 * Indented blocks are considered code examples. A few methods had documentation with numbered lists that were indented, which have now been updated to not be intended. * The free-form text descriptions are parsed with Markdown, which requires lists to be separated from paragraphs by an empty line. And we should use `backticks` instead of {braces} for inline code in text paragraphs. * Doc blocks for classes and their constructor have to be in the correct order (@constructor, @param, @return must be before @class, @abstract, @extends etc.) * `@extends Class` must not have Class {wrapped} * @throws must start with a {Type} * @example means something else. It is used for an inline demo iframe, not code block. For that simply indent with spaces. * @member means something else. Non-function properties are marked with @property, not @member. * To create a link to a class or member, in most cases the name is enough to create a link. E.g. Foo, Foo.bar, Foo.bar#quux, where a hash stands for "instance member", so Foo.bar#quux, links to Foo.bar.prototype.quux (the is not supported, as "prototype" is considered an implementation detail, it only indexes class name and method name). If the magic linker doesn't work for some case, the verbose syntax is {@link #target label}. * @property can't have sub-properties (nested @param and @return values are supported, only @static @property can't be nested). We only have one case of this, which can be worked around by moving those in a new virtual class. The code is unaltered (only moved down so that it isn't with the scope of the main @class block). ve.dm.TransactionProcessor.processors. New: * @mixins: Classes mixed into the current class. * @event: Events that can be emitted by a class. These are also inherited by subclasses. (+ @param, @return and @preventable). So ve.Node#event-attach is inherited to ve.dm.BreakNode, just like @method is. * @singleton: Plain objects such as ve, ve.dm, ve.ce were missing documentation causing a tree error. Documented those as a JSDuck singleton, which they but just weren't documented yet. NB: Members of @singleton don't need @static (if present, triggers a compiler warning). * @chainable: Shorthand for "@return this". We were using "@return {classname}" which is ambiguous (returns the same instance or another instance?), @chainable is specifically for "@return this". Creates proper labels in the generated HTML pages. Removed: * @mixin: (not to be confused with @mixins). Not supported by JSDuck. Every class is standalone anyway. Where needed marked them @class + @abstract instead. Change-Id: I6a7c9e8ee8f995731bc205d666167874eb2ebe23
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* @throws {Error} Constructor must be a function
*/
ve.Factory.prototype.register = function ( name, constructor ) {
var i, len;
if ( typeof constructor !== 'function' ) {
throw new Error( 'constructor must be a function, cannot be a ' + typeof constructor );
}
if ( typeof name === 'string' ) {
this.entries.push( name );
} else if ( ve.isArray( name ) ) {
for ( i = 0, len = name.length; i < len; i++ ) {
this.entries.push( name[i] );
}
}
ve.Registry.prototype.register.call( this, name, constructor );
};
/**
* Create an object based on a name.
*
* Name is used to look up the constructor to use, while all additional arguments are passed to the
* constructor directly, so leaving one out will pass an undefined to the constructor.
*
* @method
* @param {string} name Object name
* @param {Mixed...} [args] Arguments to pass to the constructor
* @returns {Object} The new object
JSDuck: Generated code documentation! See CODING.md for how to run it. Mistakes fixed: * Warning: Unknown type function -> Function * Warning: Unknown type DOMElement -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type DOM Node -> HTMLElement * Warning: Unknown type Integer -> Mixed * Warning: Unknown type Command -> ve.Command * Warning: Unknown type any -> number * Warning: Unknown type ve.Transaction -> ve.dm.Transaction * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AnnotationSet -> ve.AnnotationSet * Warning: Unknown type false -> boolean * Warning: Unknown type ve.dm.AlienNode ve.dm doesn't have a generic AlienNode like ve.ce -> Unknown type ve.dm.AlienInlineNode|ve.dm.AlienBlockNode * Warning: Unknown type ve.ve.Surface -> ve.ce.Surface * ve.example.lookupNode: -> Last @param should be @return * ve.dm.Transaction.prototype.pushReplace: -> @param {Array] should be @param {Array} * Warning: ve.BranchNode.js:27: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) * Warning: ve.LeafNode.js:21: {@link ve.Node#hasChildren} links to non-existing member -> (removed) Differences fixed: * Variadic arguments are like @param {Type...} [name] instead of @param {Type} [name...] * Convert all file headers from /** to /*! because JSDuck tries to parse all /** blocks and fails to parse with all sorts of errors for "Global property", "Unnamed property", and "Duplicate property". Find: \/\*\*([^@]+)(@copyright) Replace: /*!$1$2 * Indented blocks are considered code examples. A few methods had documentation with numbered lists that were indented, which have now been updated to not be intended. * The free-form text descriptions are parsed with Markdown, which requires lists to be separated from paragraphs by an empty line. And we should use `backticks` instead of {braces} for inline code in text paragraphs. * Doc blocks for classes and their constructor have to be in the correct order (@constructor, @param, @return must be before @class, @abstract, @extends etc.) * `@extends Class` must not have Class {wrapped} * @throws must start with a {Type} * @example means something else. It is used for an inline demo iframe, not code block. For that simply indent with spaces. * @member means something else. Non-function properties are marked with @property, not @member. * To create a link to a class or member, in most cases the name is enough to create a link. E.g. Foo, Foo.bar, Foo.bar#quux, where a hash stands for "instance member", so Foo.bar#quux, links to Foo.bar.prototype.quux (the is not supported, as "prototype" is considered an implementation detail, it only indexes class name and method name). If the magic linker doesn't work for some case, the verbose syntax is {@link #target label}. * @property can't have sub-properties (nested @param and @return values are supported, only @static @property can't be nested). We only have one case of this, which can be worked around by moving those in a new virtual class. The code is unaltered (only moved down so that it isn't with the scope of the main @class block). ve.dm.TransactionProcessor.processors. New: * @mixins: Classes mixed into the current class. * @event: Events that can be emitted by a class. These are also inherited by subclasses. (+ @param, @return and @preventable). So ve.Node#event-attach is inherited to ve.dm.BreakNode, just like @method is. * @singleton: Plain objects such as ve, ve.dm, ve.ce were missing documentation causing a tree error. Documented those as a JSDuck singleton, which they but just weren't documented yet. NB: Members of @singleton don't need @static (if present, triggers a compiler warning). * @chainable: Shorthand for "@return this". We were using "@return {classname}" which is ambiguous (returns the same instance or another instance?), @chainable is specifically for "@return this". Creates proper labels in the generated HTML pages. Removed: * @mixin: (not to be confused with @mixins). Not supported by JSDuck. Every class is standalone anyway. Where needed marked them @class + @abstract instead. Change-Id: I6a7c9e8ee8f995731bc205d666167874eb2ebe23
2013-01-04 08:54:17 +00:00
* @throws {Error} Unknown object name
*/
ve.Factory.prototype.create = function ( name ) {
var args, obj, constructor;
constructor = this.registry[name];
if ( constructor === undefined ) {
throw new Error( 'No class registered by that name: ' + name );
}
// Convert arguments to array and shift the first argument (name) off
args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 );
// We can't use the "new" operator with .apply directly because apply needs a
// context. So instead just do what "new" does: create an object that inherits from
// the constructor's prototype (which also makes it an "instanceof" the constructor),
// then invoke the constructor with the object as context, and return it (ignoring
// the constructor's return value).
obj = ve.createObject( constructor.prototype );
constructor.apply( obj, args );
return obj;
};