MVVM inheritance

6 posts, 1 answers
  1. Matjaz
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    94 posts
    Member since:
    Jun 2014

    Posted 02 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    In documentation it writes, that kendo.Observable inherits from kendo.Class. In documentation for Class I read "The base class of most Kendo objects. Provides simple inheritance support".

    So with the upper statements this should work:
    <div id="main">
        <div data-bind="html: value"></div>
        <div data-bind="html: value2"></div>
    </div>
     
    <script>
         
        var MVVM1 = kendo.observable(
                {
                    value: "bla",
                });
     
        var MVVM2 = MVVM1.extend(
                {
                    value2: "bla2",
                });
         
        kendo.bind($('#main'), this.MVVM2);
     
    </script>
    but it doesn't. 
    Is there any way to inherit with MVVM? In my SPA I could share some MVVM and I don't want to duplicate code.
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  3. Answer
    Daniel
    Admin
    Daniel avatar
    2231 posts

    Posted 04 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    Hello Matjaz,

    extend is a class method and the kendo.observable method creates an instance so extend will not be available. You should extend kendo.data.ObservableObject instead in order to create a base class for the ViewModels e.g.
    var MVVM1 = kendo.data.ObservableObject.extend(
      {
        value: "bla",
      });
     
    var MVVM2 = new MVVM1(
      {
        value2: "bla2",
      });
     
    kendo.bind($("#example"), MVVM2);


    Regards,
    Daniel
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  5. Matjaz
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    94 posts
    Member since:
    Jun 2014

    Posted 06 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    Just if someone need it: three level support:
    <body>
     <div id="main">
        <div data-bind="html: value"></div>
        <div data-bind="html: value2"></div>
        <div data-bind="html: value3"></div>
    </div>
      
    <script>
          
    var MVVM1 = kendo.data.ObservableObject.extend(
              {
                value: "bla",
              });
              
    var MVVM2 = MVVM1.extend(
              {
                value2: "bla2",
              });
    var MVVM3 = new MVVM2(
            {
                value3: "bla3",
            });      
     
        kendo.bind($('#main'), MVVM3);
    </script>
    </body>
  7. Insad
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    41 posts
    Member since:
    Jan 2010

    Posted 03 Nov 2017 Link to this post

    I've tried this but I have some issues with the functions available in the base class when there are nested structures.

    In the flat (all in one class) version I have something like:

    var viewModel = kendo.observable({
        aa: 1
        , nestedStuff: {
            bb: 2
            , SetThisValue: function (newValue)
            {
                this.set('bb', newValue);
            }
        }
         
        , OnShow: function ()
        {
            this.set('aa', 32);
            this.nestedStuff.SetThisValue(123);
        }
    });

    Which works as expected.

    When I try to use a base class I use something like this:

    var baseTestVM = kendo.data.ObservableObject.extend({
        nestedStuff: {
            bb: 2
            , SetThisValue: function (newValue)
            {
                this.set('bb', newValue);
            }
        }
    });
     
    var viewModel = new baseTestVM({
        aa: 1
         
        , OnShow: function ()
        {
            this.set('aa', 32);
            this.nestedStuff.SetThisValue(123);
        }
    });

    Which gives an error on the line with this.set('bb', newValue); giving the error that this.get is not a function script.

     

    When you use the this.set() function outside the nested stuff, the this.set works.

     

    Can you help me with this?

     

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  9. Ivan Danchev
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    Posted 07 Nov 2017 Link to this post

    Hello,

    Here's an example how this scenario can be implemented: dojo.

    Regards,
    Ivan Danchev
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  11. Insad
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    41 posts
    Member since:
    Jan 2010

    Posted 09 Nov 2017 in reply to Ivan Danchev Link to this post

    Ah, I see what you mean.

    Thanks Ivan!

     

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