Class: AbstractReader

H.data.AbstractReader

new H.data.AbstractReader (opt_url) abstract

This abstract reader class defines an interface for data readers and general functionality related to fetching data and to handling rendering events.

Name Type Description
opt_url string optional

The optional URL of the data file

Extends

Classes

Event

Members

H.data.AbstractReader.State number static

This enumeration defines the states of the H.data.AbstractReader.

Properties:
Name Description
ERROR

request failed or data are malformed

LOADING

fetching data from network resource

VISIT

parser encountered data at root level

READY

reader is ready to fetch and parse new data

Methods

addEventListener (type, handler, opt_capture, opt_scope) inherited

This method adds a listener for a specific event.

Note that to prevent potential memory leaks, you must either call removeEventListener or dispose on the given object when you no longer need it.

Name Type Description
type string

The name of the event

handler function

An event handler function

opt_capture boolean optional

true indicates that the method should listen in the capture phase (bubble otherwise)

opt_scope Object optional

An object defining the scope for the handler function

addOnDisposeCallback (callback, opt_scope) inherited

This method adds a callback which is triggered when the EventTarget object is being disposed.

Name Type Description
callback function

The callback function.

opt_scope Object optional

An optional scope for the callback function

dispatchEvent (evt) inherited

This method dispatches an event on the EventTarget object.

Name Type Description
evt H.util.Event | string

An object representing the event or a string with the event name

dispose () inherited

This method removes listeners from the given object. Classes that extend EventTarget may need to override this method in order to remove references to DOM Elements and additional listeners.

This method retrieves an object layer (H.map.layer.ObjectLayer) that contains parsed data and can be added directly to the map. The method gets a new instance of ObjectLayer with every invocation. If the data has not been parsed, the method returns an ObjectLayer that contains partial information, and the reader adds any new parsed objects to the provider associated with the layer later on.

Returns:
Type Description
H.map.layer.ObjectLayer

getParsedObjects ()Array.<!H.map.Object>

This method retrieves a collection of objects representing parsed data converted to data objects. Note that the method returns only currently parsed objects if parsing is ongoing.

Returns:
Type Description
Array.<!H.map.Object> An array of objects representing parsed data

This method retrieves the processing state of the Reader. For possible states see H.data.AbstractReader.State.

Returns:
Type Description
H.data.AbstractReader.State A value indicating the state of the Reader

getUrl ()string | undefined

This method retrieves the URL of the current file, which is either a file being fetched/parsed or a file that has been already parsed.

Returns:
Type Description
string | undefined url A string containing the URL or undefined

parse ()

This method launches parsing of the data file at the current URL (see H.data.AbstractReader#setUrl or H.data.AbstractReader). The method uses XHR as a transport, therefore the same origin policy applies, or the server should respond with the appropriate CORS headers.

removeEventListener (type, handler, opt_capture, opt_scope) inherited

This method removes a previously added listener from the EventTarget instance.

Name Type Description
type string

The name of the event

handler function

A previously added event handler

opt_capture boolean optional

true indicates that the method should listen in the capture phase (bubble otherwise)

opt_scope Object optional

An object defining the scope for the handler function

setUrl (url)H.data.AbstractReader

This method sets the URL for the Reader. It resets the current state of the Reader to its initial values (clears data about last parsed objects, etc.), and throws InvalidState exception if the state of the Reader is not READY or ERROR.

Name Type Description
url string

The new URL

Returns:
Type Description
H.data.AbstractReader An object reflecting the Reader after modification

Events

statechange

Event fired when the reader state changes, see H.data.AbstractReader#getState.

Type: