Module: chiefData

Contains all the functions to manage the loading and processing of data, such as XML files, CSV files or JSON files. Additional file type processing should be added in this module.

Author:
  • Seth Hollingsead
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Requires

Methods

(inner) addConstantsValidationData(arrayValidationData) → {void}

Calls the dataBroker to ad constants validation data to the constants validation data structure.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
arrayValidationData array.<array.<string, object>>

An array of arrays that contains all of the constants library validation names and data objects.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Type
void

(inner) addThemeData(themeData, contextName)

Adds theme data, theme names and theme paths for resource paths external to the framework. Ex: Application, Plugins

Parameters:
Name Type Description
themeData object

A JSON object that contains the externally defined theme data names and data paths.

contextName string

A context name that indicates where the data is coming from. Ex: Application, Plugins

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(inner) determineThemeDebugConfigFilesToLoad(themeConfigPathName) → {array.<string>}

If the debugSettings flag is already set, then look up the specified path name and scan the path to determine all of the theme debug config files that should be loaded.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
themeConfigPathName string

The configuration name of the path that should be looked up for scanningg purposes.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

An array of file names and paths that should be used when loading the theme debug configuration files.

Type
array.<string>

(inner) generateThemeDataFromThemeRootPath(themesRootPath) → {object}

Scans the specified root path for folders and determines a list of theme names and theme paths, returns this data as a JSON data object.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
themesRootPath string

The root path where the themes folders are located. This is the path that should be scanned.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains the theme names and theme paths from the specified root path.

Type
object

(inner) getAndProcessCsvData(pathAndFilename, contextName) → {object}

Loads the specified file, parses it and converts all the data to the appropriate format.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pathAndFilename string

The path and file name of the CSV file that should be loaded and parsed into JSON objects.

contextName string

The name that should be used when adding the objects to the D data structure for data-sharing.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A parsed CSV JSON object where all the values have been converted from their string representation into actual values of appropriate type.

Type
object

(inner) getAndProcessXmlData(pathAndFilename) → {object}

Loads the specified file, parses it and converts all values into their appropriate data types.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
pathAndFilename string

The path and file name of the XML file that should be loaded and parsed into JSON objects.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A parsed XML JSON object where all the values have been converted from their string representation into actual values of appropriate type.

Type
object

(inner) initializeConstantsValidationData() → {void}

Calls the dataBroker to initialize the constants verification data structure.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Type
void

(inner) initThemes() → {void}

Initializes the theme data for the framework.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Type
void

(inner) searchForUniversalDebugConfigSetting(appConfigPathName, frameworkConfigPathName) → {boolean}

Searches all of the config data files for a general solution to the debugSettings configuration setting.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
appConfigPathName string

The name of the configuration setting that has the path for the appConfigPath.

frameworkConfigPathName string

The name of the configuration setting that has the path for the frameworkConfigPath.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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A True or False to indicate if the debugSettings was found to be true in either of the configuration settings (appConfig Or frameworkConfig).

Type
boolean

(inner) setupAllCsvData(dataPathConfigurationName, contextName) → {object}

Sets up all of the specified CSV data.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
dataPathConfigurationName string

The name of the configuration setting that has the path we should search.

contextName string

The context name that should be used when adding data to the D data structure.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains all of the data that was loaded from all the CSV files and merged together.

Type
object

(inner) setupAllJsonConfigData(dataPathConfigurationName, contextName) → {object}

Sets up all of the JSON data at the specified configuration path.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
dataPathConfigurationName string

The name of the configuration setting that has the path we should search.

contextName string

The context name that should be used when adding data to the D data structure.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains all of the data that was loaded and merged together.

Type
object

(inner) setupAllJsonConfigPluginData(configFilesPath, contextName)

Sets up all of the JSON data at the specified configuration path with regard to plugin configuration data.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
configFilesPath string

The path to the configuration files that should be loaded.

contextName string

The type of configuration data that should be loaded.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains all of the data that was loaded and merged together.

(inner) setupAllXmlData(dataPathConfigurationName, contextName) → {object}

Sets up all of the specified XML data.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
dataPathConfigurationName string

The name of the configuration setting that has the path we should search.

contextName string

The context name that should be used when adding data to the D data structure.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains all of the data that was loaded from all the XML files and merged together.

Type
object

(inner) setupAllXmlPluginData(dataPath, contextName) → {object}

Sets up all of the specified XML data for the plugin.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
dataPath string

The fully qualified path to the data files that should be loaded and parsed.

contextName string

The context name that should describe the kind of data that is being loaded and parsed.

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  • Seth Hollingsead
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Returns:

A JSON object that contains all of the data that was loaded from all the XML files and merged together.

Type
object