Methods

defineProperties(object, properties) <constructor> source

Defines one or more new properties to an object, or modifies existing properties on the object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
object	Object	The object to which the properties are added.
properties	Object	An object that maps names to Montage property descriptors.

See:	Montage.defineProperty

defineProperty(object, name, descriptor) <constructor> source

Defines a property on an object using a Montage property descriptor. Montage property descriptors extend and slightly vary ECMAScript 5 property descriptors.

• value
• get
• set
• enumerable is true by default, but false if value is a function
• writable is true by default, but false if the name begins with an underscore, _.
• configurable is true by default
• distinct is deprecated, but conveys the intention that the value should be duplicated for each instance, but the means of cloning is ill-defined and temperamental.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
object	Object	The object on which to define the property.
name	string	The name of the property to define, or modify.
descriptor	Object	A descriptor object that defines the properties being defined or modified.

Example

Montage.defineProperty(Object.prototype, "_eventListenerDescriptors", {
    enumerable: true | false,
    serializable: "reference" | "value" | "auto" | false,
    value: null,
    writable: true | false
});

getInfoForObject(object) → {Object} <constructor> source

Get the metadata Montage has on the given object

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
object	Object	An object.

Returns: Object

object._montage_metadata

getPropertyAttribute(anObject, propertyName, attributeName) <constructor> source

Returns the attribute of a property belonging to an object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
anObject	Object	A object.
propertyName	string	The name of a property belonging to anObject.
attributeName	string	The name of a property's attribute.

Returns:

attributes array

getPropertyAttributes(anObject, attributeName) → {Object} <constructor> source

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
anObject	Object	An object.
attributeName	string	The attribute name.

Returns: Object

TODO getPropertyAttributes returns description

getSerializablePropertyNames(anObject) → {Array} <constructor> source

Returns the names of serializable properties belonging to Montage object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
anObject	Object	A Montage object.

Returns: Array

An array containing the names of the serializable properties belonging to anObject.

specialize(prototypeProperties, constructorProperties) → {function} <constructor> source

Customizes a type with idiomatic JavaScript constructor and prototype inheritance, using ECMAScript 5 property descriptors with customizations for common usage in MontageJS.

See Montage.defineProperty

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
prototypeProperties	Object		a object mapping property names to customized Montage property descriptors, to be applied to the new prototype
constructorProperties	Object	<nullable>	a object mapping property names to customized Montage property descriptors, to be applied to the new constructor

Returns: function

a constructor function for the new type, which derrives prototypically from this, with a prototype that inherits this.prototype, with the given property descriptors applied.

super() → {function} <constructor> source

Calls the method with the same name as the caller from the parent of the constructor that contains the caller, falling back to a no-op if no such method exists.

Returns: function

this constructor’s parent constructor.

callDelegateMethod(name) source

This method calls the method named with the identifier prefix if it exists. Example: If the name parameter is "shouldDoSomething" and the caller's identifier is "bob", then this method will try and call "bobShouldDoSomething"

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
name	string

equals(anObject) → {boolean} source

Returns true if two objects are equal, otherwise returns false.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
anObject	Object	The object to compare for equality.

Returns: boolean

Returns true if the calling object and anObject are identical and their uuid properties are also equal. Otherwise, returns false.

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