How do I register a PolymerExpression filter inside a custom element? I am using Polymer.dart.
I want to use this:
<div>Uppercase: {{bob.fullName | uppercase}}</div>
inside the template of my custom element. Where do I register uppercase
?
How do I register a PolymerExpression filter inside a custom element? I am using Polymer.dart.
I want to use this:
<div>Uppercase: {{bob.fullName | uppercase}}</div>
inside the template of my custom element. Where do I register uppercase
?
I tried Seth answer and the expressions themselves are working but somehow I am losing events on my component.
My on-click
event was not working anymore when I was using:
DocumentFragment instanceTemplate(Element template) =>
template.createInstance(this,
new PolymerExpressions(globals: {
'uppercase': (String input) => input.toUpperCase()
}));
I also tried the solution proposed on the polymer expressions page but the binding delegate is apparently missing. Because of a new version maybe?
Anyway, after looking into the code I found another way to have expressions and also to keep events working.
class MyElement extends PolymerElement {
MainElement.created() : super.created();
@override
BindingDelegate syntax = new MyPolymerExpressions();
}
class MyPolymerExpressions extends PolymerExpressions {
MyPolymerExpressions(): super(globals: {
'uppercase': (String input) => input.toUpperCase()
});
@override
prepareBinding(String path, name, node) => Polymer.prepareBinding(path, name, node, super.prepareBinding);
}
I noticed that events are working the prepareBinding
method is overrided.
If anyone has a better way to do it or some thoughts about this, I am quite interested!
Inside the PolymerElement
, override instanceTemplate
:
DocumentFragment instanceTemplate(Element template) =>
template.createInstance(this,
new PolymerExpressions(globals: {
'uppercase': (String input) => input.toUpperCase()
}));
Notice you have to create an instance of PolymerExpressions
and register the filter. Then you must call template.createInstance
From a discussion on the dart-misc, the polymer expressions is looking for a return that accepts a single argument. So to reproduce the toFixed
example of parameters you need to return a function from the filter:
class MyElement extends PolymerElement {
MainElement.created() : super.created();
String toFixed(int digits) => (num n) => n.toStringAsFixed(digits);
}
Also, from the polymer_expressions
package, you no longer need to do a custom binding/delegate to use the expression filter: "Polymer Expressions are now the default syntax for custom elements." It appears you can just add the function directory to your element and use it as a filter.