View API

View, config, out, render, update

Methods

View

new View(options) -> View

Creates a new View.

options

Option	Default	Description
url		loads the template from a file
text		uses the provided text as the template. Example: `new View({text: '<%=user%>'})`
element		loads a template from the innerHTML or value of the element.
type	'<'	type of magic tags. Options are '<' or '['
name	the element ID or url	an optional name that is used for caching.
cache	true in production mode, false in other modes	true to cache template.

config

new View.config(options) -> undefined

Sets the defaults for Views

options

Option	Default	Description
type	'<'	type of magic tags. Options are '<' or '['
cache	true	true to cache template.

Prototype Methods

out

new View(options).out() -> String

Returns the compiled view code source.

render

new View(options).render(object) -> String

Returns the view rendered with object.

update

new View(options).update( {element|id} [, {url|object} ] ) -> {Function|undefined}

Updates an element with the result of rendering. If no url or object is provided, update returns a function that takes an object that can be used to update the element.

element - element whose innerHTML will be updated.

id - id of the element whose innerHTML will be updated.

url - url of a JSON request that will be used as the object to render the template and update the element with.

object - the object to render the template and update the element with.