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Class: abstract PageRenderer

Defined in: packages/core/src/page/renderer/PageRenderer.ts:32

The page renderer is a utility for rendering the page at either the client-side or the server-side, handling the differences in the environment.

Constructors

new PageRenderer()

new PageRenderer(): PageRenderer

Returns

PageRenderer

Methods

mount()

mount(controller, view, pageResources, routeOptions): Promise<void | PageData>

Defined in: packages/core/src/page/renderer/PageRenderer.ts:62

Renders the page using the provided controller and view. The actual behavior of this method differs at the client-side and the at server-side in the following way:

At the server, the method first waits for all the resources to load, and then renders the page to a string containing HTML markup to send to the client.

At the client, the method uses the already available resources to render the page into DOM, re-using the DOM created from the HTML markup send by the server if possible. After this the method will re-render the page every time another resource being loaded finishes its loading and becomes available.

Note that the method renders the page at the client-side only after all resources have been loaded if this is the first time this method is invoked at the client.

Parameters

controller

Controller

The current page controller.

view

unknown

The page's view.

pageResources

UnknownPromiseParameters

The resources for the view loaded by the controller.

routeOptions

RouteOptions

The current route options.

Returns

Promise<void | PageData>

A promise that will resolve to information about the rendered page. The status will contain the HTTP status code to send to the client (at the server side) or determine the type of error page to navigate to (at the client side).


setState()

setState(state): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/core/src/page/renderer/PageRenderer.ts:119

Sets the provided state to the currently rendered view.

This method has no effect at the server-side.

Parameters

state

UnknownParameters

The state to set to the currently rendered view.

Returns

Promise<void>


unmount()

unmount(): void

Defined in: packages/core/src/page/renderer/PageRenderer.ts:107

Unmounts the view from the DOM.

This method has no effect at the server-side.

Returns

void


update()

update(controller, view, resourcesUpdate, routeOptions): Promise<void | PageData>

Defined in: packages/core/src/page/renderer/PageRenderer.ts:93

Handles update of the current route that does not replace the current controller and view.

The method will use the already available resource to update the controller's state and the view immediately. After that, the method will update the controller's state and view with every resource that becomes resolved.

Parameters

controller

Controller

The current page controller.

view

unknown

The page's view.

resourcesUpdate

UnknownPromiseParameters

The resources that represent the update the of current state according to the current route and its parameters.

routeOptions

RouteOptions

The current route options.

Returns

Promise<void | PageData>

A promise that will resolve to information about the rendered page. The status will contain the HTTP status code to send to the client (at the server side) or determine the type of error page to navigate to (at the client side). The content field will contain the rendered markup of the page at the server-side, or null at the client-side.