Dependency Manager (Singleton)
The Dependency Manager is used to keep track which dependencies are needed to load every plastic element on the page It can (lazy)load those dependencys on demand and manages the according events.
Members
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.registry
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Registry Object that collects all extnal dependencies by name, and ressources
If a module is added that has a new external dependency it can either be added here or be added via setDependency() at runtime. If "test" is given, plastic.js will look if the given global variable exists. If it does, it will not be loaded.
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.usedDeps
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Object of all Ressources that have to be loaded
Methods
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.add(dependencyArray)
modules/dependencyManager.js, line 93 -
Add a dependency that has to be loaded
Name Type Description dependencyArray
Array Array of dependency names (has to fit with the registry above)
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.fetch()
modules/dependencyManager.js, line 117 -
Fetches all external dependencies asyncronally
Dependencies to load have to be added first via .add(dependencies) Triggers plastic events (loaded-)
- TODO
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- Dependency Caching?
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.getDependency(dep){Object}
modules/dependencyManager.js, line 83 -
Gets a dependency Object by name
Name Type Description dep
string -
staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.missingDependency(test){boolean}
modules/dependencyManager.js, line 159 -
Checks if Dependency is already loaded. Supports three types of checks:
- Global Browser Functions
- jQuery Global Functions
- jQuery Element Functions
Name Type Description test
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staticplastic.modules.dependencyManager.setDependency(depName, jsArray, cssArray)
modules/dependencyManager.js, line 64 -
Sets a new dependency (that isn't registered yet)
Name Type Description depName
string Dependency Name
jsArray
Array optional Array of JavaScript Files to load (optional)
cssArray
Array optional Array of CSS Files to load (optional)