Class ClientRenderer

The ClientRenderer handles the registration and inserting of new components from the server. If a component takes too long to be obtained from the server, a placeholder is used to show that the component is still loading.

This works for all transport layers.

Constructor

class ClientRenderer()

Methods

get

ClientRenderer.get()

Returns ClientRenderer:  the singleton instance

Returns the class’ singleton instance.

renderComponent

ClientRenderer#renderComponent(component)

Arguments:

• component (Object) – the rendered component

Renders the component to the DOM and registers it. This method takes care of rendering orphaned components (components rendered inside a a container which get sent to the client before their placeholder div).

renderPlaceholder

ClientRenderer#renderPlaceholder(instanceId)

Arguments:

• instanceId (String) – the instanceId of the component for the placeholder

Renders the placeholder.

requestComponent

ClientRenderer#requestComponent(component)

Arguments:

• component (Object) – the information about the requested component

Requests a component over websockets.

setPlaceholder

ClientRenderer#setPlaceholder(component)

Arguments:

• component (Object) – the whole rendered placeholder component

Sets the placeholder component.

setPlaceholderTimeout

ClientRenderer#setPlaceholderTimeout(milliseconds)

Arguments:

• milliseconds (Number) – time in milliseconds

Sets the placeholder timeout which is set from the server configuration.