Retrieveing ViewModel from Element

[Patrick]

Seems simple enough, but after looking though the threads I can't find an answer.  So, everyone knows you can bind a view model to an element and you can get the validator from an element or most any other kendo object.  But, how do you get the view model bound to the element?  In case the example is unclear, I'm trying to retrieve the viewModel in the getViewModel function w/o using some kind of global variable.

function setViewModel() {
    var viewModel = kendo.observable({name:'John Doe'});
    kendo.bind($("form"), viewModel);
}

function getViewModel() {
    var viewModel = $('#form').kendo(???);
}

<div id="form">
//usual binding stuff
</div>

Thanks,
nick

[Brandon]

Hi Patrick,

There is no coupling from a bound object to it's observable. Rather, Kendo itself maintains the link between these object. This means that the viewModel itself is not stored in the jQuery data store, as some of the other kendo widgets objects you mention are. The elements themselves contain references to their individual binding properties, but these are binding instructions for Kendo, as opposed to traceable pointers back to the View Model.

If you need to retrieve a reference to the View Model from a form, you can either store the observable in the jQuery data store yourself, or access the object via some other means.

All the best,

Brandon
the Telerik team

[Stephen]

Would you please post an example of how you would store and then retrieve the viewmodel (ie by "other means")

It would make this a more complete answer, as well as help me out. :)

thanks!

Stephen

[Petyo]

Hello Stephen,

please check this forum thread.

Regards,
Petyo
Telerik