until lately I could use bindProperty like shown below or in this question, but that has changed with 0.8.0 and I don't know how to change my code to get the old behaviour (doSomething() gets called):
<polymer-element name="my-login" attributes="model">
<template>
<template if="{{"model.isLoggedIn}}">
...
</template>
</template>
<script type= ... ></script>
</polymer-element>
.
@CustomTag("my-login")
class MyLogin extends PolymerElement with ObservableMixin {
LoginModel model;
@override
inserted() {
void doSomething() {
...
}
logoutChangeSubscription = bindProperty(model, #isLoggedIn, () => doSomething());
}
}
class Model extends Object with ObservableMixin {
@observable bool isLoggedIn = false;
}
With Polymer.dart 0.8 or greater, you can also use this convenience form:
isLoggedInChanged(oldValue) {
doSomething();
}
Notice how you can create a method inside your PolymerElement that uses a name of yourFieldName*Changed
There's also onPropertyChange
as defined here: http://api.dartlang.org/docs/bleeding_edge/observe.html#onPropertyChange
From the docs:
class MyModel extends ObservableBase {
StreamSubscription _sub;
MyOtherModel _otherModel;
MyModel() {
...
_sub = onPropertyChange(_otherModel, const Symbol('value'),
() => notifyProperty(this, const Symbol('prop'));
}
String get prop => _otherModel.value;
set prop(String value) { _otherModel.value = value; }
}
Polymer.dart >= 1.0.0
@Property(observer: 'doSomething') bool isLoggedIn;
@reflectable
void doSomething(bool newValue, bool oldValue) => ...
or
@Observe('isLoggedIn')
void doSomething(event, detail) => ...
Polymer.dart < 1.0.0
Ok, found it
new PathObserver(model, "isLoggedIn").changes.listen((e) => doSomething());
It seems that the syntax has changed a little bit.
The syntax of the solution proposed by Günter now seems to be:
new PathObserver(model, "isLoggedIn").open((e) => doSomething());