Class PDFEntityAbstract

The PDF-printable version of an entity, that contains variables and inner contextes as defined by either a PDFTemplateBlueprint or PDFTemplateSectionBlueprint.

Hierarchy (view full)

Indexable

  • [index: string]: any

    Either one of the two:

    • '@variableXYZ', representing an attribute of the entity.
    • '_innerContext' | '__innerCustomContext', to represent a child object that will contain itself variables and inner contextes.

Constructors

  • Object initialization, setting all the default values.

    Parameters

    • OptionalnewData: any

      the data to load, optional

    • Optionaloptions: any

      custom options to apply; they will depend on the child resource

      Usually, there is no need to implement the constructor; implicitly, it will call the load of the child resource and therefore loading all the resources with default values. If needed, this is the suggested implementation:

      super();
      this.load(x);
      // ...

    Returns PDFEntity

Methods

  • Return an attribute in a cleaned standard that force-cast the element.

    Parameters

    • origin: any

      the origin attribute, to cast

    • castFunction: ((x: any) => any)

      the cast function, e.g. Boolean, Number, String, x => new CustomClass(x), etc.

        • (x): any
        • Parameters

          • x: any

          Returns any

    • OptionaldefaultVal: any

      if set, the fallback value instead of null

    Returns any

    cleaned attribute

  • Return an array in a cleaned standard that force-cast each element, keeping only the valid ones.

    Parameters

    • origin: any[]

      the origin array, to cast and check

    • castFunction: ((x: any) => any)

      the cast function, e.g. x => String(x) or x => new CustomClass(x)

        • (x): any
        • Parameters

          • x: any

          Returns any

    • OptionaldefaultVal: any

      if set, the fallback value instead of null

    Returns any[]

    cleaned array

  • Load the attributes from an already existing resource.

    Parameters

    • newData: any

      the data to load

    • Optionaloptions: any

      custom options to apply; they will depend on the child resource

      Typical implementation:

      super.load(newData);
      this.attr = this.clean(newData.attr, String);
      this.attr2 = this.clean(newData.attr2, Number, 0);
      this.attr3 = this.clean(newData.attr3, a => new Date(a), Date.now());
      this.arr = this.cleanArray(arr, String);
      // ...

    Returns void

  • Load the attributes from an already existing resource and then force some attributes to assume safeData values. The function is usually used in the back-end to mix together db data with new data, without the risk of changing ids and other attributes which are managed in appositely curated scenario.

    Parameters

    • newData: any

      the data to load

    • safeData: any

      the attributes to force to specific values

    • Optionaloptions: any

      custom options to apply; they will depend on the child resource

      Typical implementation:

      super.safeLoad(newData, safeData);
      this.keyAttr = safeData.keyAttr;
      this.importantAttr = safeData.importantAttr;
      this.isDraft = safeData.isDraft;
      // ...

      Note well: there is no need to call this.load(), since it's implicitly called from super.safeLoad(), which will anyway use the child version of the method.

    Returns void

  • Valide the object's attributes, performing all the checkings.

    Parameters

    • Optionaloptions: any

      custom options to apply; they will depend on the implementations

    Returns string[]

    errors if empty, the checkings are successfully passed.

    Typical implementation:

    const e = super.validate();
    if(this.iE(this.attr)) e.push(`attr`);
    // ...
    return e;