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ProxyModelSetters

methods

Creates a wrapper object over the passed one, with get/set properties that set the original object dirty flag. Suitable for a scenario where a dataSource item is used in a third-party MVVM implementation, like AngularJS.

proxyModelSetters

Parameters:datakendo.data.Model

The model that will be wrapped.

<script>
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
    data: [
        { id: 1, name: "John Doe", age: 30 },
        { id: 2, name: "Jane Smith", age: 25 }
    ],
    schema: {
        model: {
            id: "id",
            fields: {
                name: { type: "string" },
                age: { type: "number" }
            }
        }
    }
});

dataSource.read();
var model = dataSource.get(1);
var proxy = kendo.proxyModelSetters(model);

// Changes to the proxy will mark the model as dirty
proxy.name = "Updated Name";
console.log(model.dirty); // true
</script>