cellx-collections

If you record to the cell an instance of class which inherits of cellx.EventEmitter, then the cell will subscribe to its change event and will claim it as own:

let value = cellx(new cellx.EventEmitter());

value.subscribe((err, evt) => {
    console.log(evt.target instanceof cellx.EventEmitter);
});

value().emit('change');
// => true

Due to this, you can create your collections, upon updating those collections you will update the cell containing them and dependent cells will be recalculated. Two such collections already is added to the cellx:

cellx.ObservableMap

Example:

let map = new cellx.ObservableMap({
    key1: 1,
    key2: 2,
    key3: 3
});

cellx.ObservableMap repeats Map from ECMAScript 2015, except for the following differences:

• inherits of cellx.EventEmitter and generates an event change when changing their records;
• has a method clone, which creates a copy of map;
• data on initialization can be not only an array but also in the form of an object (in this case, only strings will be counted as keys, and the key difference between object and Map is in the fact that the keys in the Map can be of any type) or another map.

cellx.ObservableList

Example:

let list = new cellx.ObservableList([1, 2, 3]);

Like cellx.ObservableMap, list generates an event change upon any change of its records.

During initialization the list may take option itemComparator, which will implement the assortment of its items:

let list = new cellx.ObservableList([
    { x: 5 },
    { x: 1 },
    { x: 10 }
], {
    itemComparator: (a, b) => {
        if (a.x < b.x) { return -1; }
        if (a.x > b.x) { return 1; }
        return 0;
    }
});

console.log(list.toArray());
// => [{ x: 1 }, { x: 5 }, { x: 10 }]

list.addRange([{ x: 100 }, { x: -100 }, { x: 7 }]);

console.log(list.toArray());
// => [{ x: -100 }, { x: 1 }, { x: 5 }, { x: 7 }, { x: 10 }, { x: 100 }]

If instead of itemComparator you pass the option sorted with the value true, it will use the standard itemComparator:

let list = new cellx.ObservableList([5, 1, 10], { sorted: true });

console.log(list.toArray());
// => [1, 5, 10]

list.addRange([100, -100, 7]);

console.log(list.toArray());
// => [-100, 1, 5, 7, 10, 100]

Properties of cellx.ObservableList

length

Length of the list. Read-only.

itemComparator

Function for comparing items in the sorted list. Read-only.

sorted

Whether or not the list is sorted. Read-only.

Methods of cellx.ObservableList

Important difference between list and array is that the list can't contain so-called "holes" that is, when it will try to read or set the item of the index beyond the existing range of indexes, an exception will be generated. Range extension (adding of items) occurs through methods add, addRange, insert and insertRange. In such case, in the last two methods passed index can not be longer than the length of the list.

Sorted list suggests that its items are always in sorted order. Methods set, setRange, insert and insertRange are contrary to this statement, they either will break the correct order of sorting or (for preservation of this order) will install/paste past the specified index, i.e. will not work properly. Therefore, when you call the sorted list, they always generate an exception. It is possible to add items to the sorted list through the methods add and addRange, or during initialization of the list.

contains

Type signature: (item) -> boolean;.

Checks if the item is in the list.

indexOf

Type signature: (item, fromIndex?: int) -> int;.

lastIndexOf

Type signature: (item, fromIndex?: int) -> int;.

get

Type signature: (index: int) -> *;.

getRange

Type signature: (index: int, count?: uint) -> Array;.

If count is unspecified it makes copies till the end of the list.

set

Type signature: (index: int, item) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

setRange

Type signature: (index: int, items: Array) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

add

Type signature: (item, unique?: boolean) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

addRange

Type signature: (items: Array, uniques?: boolean) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

insert

Type signature: (index: int, item) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

insertRange

Type signature: (index: int, items: Array) -> cellx.ObservableList;.

remove

Type signature: (item, fromIndex?: int) -> boolean;.

Removes the first occurrence of item in the list.

removeAll

Type signature: (item, fromIndex?: int) -> boolean;.

It removes all occurrences of item list.

removeAt

Type signature: (index: int) -> *;.

removeRange

Type signature: (index: int, count?: uint) -> Array;.

If count is unspecified it will remove everything till the end of the list.

replace

Type signature: (oldItem, newItem, fromIndex?: int) -> boolean;.

replaceAll

Type signature: (oldItem, newItem, fromIndex?: int) -> boolean;.

clear

Type signature: () -> cellx.ObservableList;.

join

Type signature: (separator?: string) -> string;.

forEach

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList), context?);.

map

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> *, context?) -> Array;.

filter

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, context?) -> Array;.

every

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, context?) -> boolean;.

some

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, context?) -> boolean;.

reduce

Type signature: (cb: (accumulator, item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> *, initialValue?) -> *;.

reduceRight

Type signature: (cb: (accumulator, item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> *, initialValue?) -> *;.

find

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, fromIndex?: int) -> *;.

findLast

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, fromIndex?: int) -> *;.

findIndex

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, fromIndex?: int) -> int;.

findLastIndex

Type signature: (cb: (item, index: uint, list: cellx.ObservableList) -> ?boolean, fromIndex?: int) -> int;.

clone

Type signature: () -> cellx.ObservableList;.

toArray

Type signature: () -> Array;.

toString

Type signature: () -> string;.