flight.d.ts

// Type definitions for Flight 1.1.4
// Project: http://flightjs.github.com/flight/
// Definitions by: Jonathan Hedrén <https://github.com/jonathanhedren/>
// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped

/// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts" />

declare module Flight {

    export interface Base {

        /**
         * Most Components and Mixins need to define attributes. In Flight, 
         * default values are assigned by passing an object to the attributes 
         * function.
         *
         * NOTE: this.attributes replaces the now deprecated this.defaultAttrs. 
         * However, for backwards compatibility, if you are using this.defaultAttrs 
         * then all the old attribute behavior remains in place.
         */
        attributes(obj: Object): void; 

        /**
         * Most Components and Mixins need to define attributes. In Flight, 
         * default values are assigned by passing an object to the defaultAttrs 
         * function.
         *
         * NOTE: this.attributes replaces the now deprecated this.defaultAttrs. 
         * However, for backwards compatibility, if you are using this.defaultAttrs 
         * then all the old attribute behavior remains in place.
         */
        defaultAttrs(obj: Object): void;

        /**
         * The select method takes an attr key as its argument. The value of the 
         * attr must be a CSS Selector. The method will return all matching 
         * elements within the component's node.
         *
         * This is a handy alternative to jQuery's this.$node.find() and prevents 
         * accidental access to elements outside of the component's node.
         *
         * @param attr 
         */
        select(attr: string): JQuery;

        /**
         * This method is attached to the prototype of every Component; it accepts 
         * the component's node and an options object as arguments. The core 
         * implementation, which is called every time an instance is created, will
         * assign the node to the instance and override the default attrs with the 
         * options object.
         *
         * Components and Mixins will typically augment the core implementation by 
         * supplying a function as an argument to the after method (see the advice 
         * API for more information). This is a good place to set up event 
         * listeners that bind to callbacks.
         */
        initialize(node: any, options: Object): void;

        /**
         * This allows a component instance to listen to an event and register a 
         * callback to be invoked. Flight will automatically bind the context 
         * (this) of the callback to the component instance.
         *
         * @param selector Optional. Specify the DOM node(s) that should listen 
         *        for the event. Defaults to the component instance's node value.
         *
         * @param eventType The event type to listen for.
         *
         * @param handler Either a function (callback) to be invoked, or a map of 
         *        targets and callbacks.
         */
        on(eventType: string, handler: Function): void;
        on(eventType: string, handler: Object): void;
        on(selector: string, eventType: string, handler: Function): void;
        on(selector: Document, eventType: string, handler: Function): void;
        on(selector: Element, eventType: string, handler: Function): void;
        on(selector: Element[], eventType: string, handler: Function): void;
        on(selector: string, eventType: string, handler: Object): void;
        on(selector: Document, eventType: string, handler: Object): void;
        on(selector: Element, eventType: string, handler: Object): void;
        on(selector: Element[], eventType: string, handler: Object): void;

        /**
         * If we no longer want a component instance to listen to an event we can 
         * use the off method to unsubscribe.
         *
         * @param selector Optional. The DOM node(s) listening for the event. 
         *        Defaults to the component instance's node value.
         *
         * @param eventType The event type being listened to.
         *
         * @param handler Optional. The function (callback) to detach from the 
         *        component instance. Defaults to the detaching all callbacks for the event.
         */
        off(eventType: string, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: string, eventType: string, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Document, eventType: string, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Element, eventType: string, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Element[], eventType: string, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: string, eventType: Object, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Document, eventType: Object, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Element, eventType: Object, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: Element[], eventType: Object, handler?: Function): void;
        off(selector: string, eventType: string, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Document, eventType: string, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Element, eventType: string, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Element[], eventType: string, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: string, eventType: Object, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Document, eventType: Object, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Element, eventType: Object, handler?: Object): void;
        off(selector: Element[], eventType: Object, handler?: Object): void;

        /**
         * Trigger an event.
         *
         * @param selector Optional. The DOM node(s) that the event will be 
         *        dispatched to. Defaults to the component instance's node value.
         *
         * @param eventType String. The event type to be triggered.
         *
         * You can also specify a default function that will be called by the 
         * component, providing that nothing in the event's bubble chain invokes 
         * preventDefault. Default functions in custom events are analagous to the 
         * default actions of native events.
         *
         * To define a default function, make the eventType argument an object 
         * that specifies the event's type and a defaultBehavior property. A 
         * common use case is defining default behavior for keyboard events.
         *
         * @param eventPayload This is the payload of data that accompanies the event.
         */
        trigger(eventType: string): void;
        trigger(selector: string, eventType: string, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Document, eventType: string, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Element, eventType: string, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Element[], eventType: string, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(eventType: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: string, eventType: Object, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Document, eventType: Object, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Element, eventType: Object, eventPayload?: Object): void;
        trigger(selector: Element[], eventType: Object, eventPayload?: Object): void;

        /**
         * Remove a component instance and its event bindings.
         *
         * It's a good idea to teardown components after each unit test - and 
         * teardown is also good for unbinding event listeners when, for example, 
         * the user navigates away from a page.
         *
         */
        teardown(): void;
    }

    export interface Advice extends Base {
        /**
         * Run the customFunc function after the existingFunc function.
         *
         * @param existingFuncName The name of the existing function (existingFunc)
         *        you want to augment.
         *
         * customFunc The function to be invoked after existingFunc.
         */
        after(method: string, fn: Function): void;

        /**
         * Run the existingFunc function in the middle of the customFunc function. 
         * It's similar to underscore's _wrap function).
         *
         * @param existingFuncName The name of the existing function (existingFunc) 
         *        you want to augment.
         *
         * customFunc The function to wrap around existingFunc. The existingFunc 
         * function will be passed to customFunc as an argument.
         *
         * The existing function is passed to the custom function as an argument so
         * that it can be referenced. If the custom function does not call the 
         * existing function then it will replace that function instead of 
         * surrounding it.
         */
        around(method: string, fn: Function): void;

        /**
         * Run the customFunc function before the existingFunc function.
         *
         * @param existingFuncName The name of the existing function (existingFunc)
         *        you want to augment.
         *
         * @param customFunc The function to be invoked before existingFunc.
         */
        before(method: string, fn: Function): void;
    }

    export interface Component extends Base, Advice {
        node: Element;
        $node: JQuery;
    }

    export interface AdviceStatic {
        withAdvice(): Function;
    }

    export interface ComponentStatic {
        (...fns: Function[]): ComponentStatic;
        attachTo(selector: string, options?: Object): void;
        attachTo(selector: Element, options?: Object): void;
        attachTo(selector: JQuery, options?: Object): void;
        teardownAll(): void;
    }

    export interface ComposeStatic {
        mixin(base: Object, mixins: Function[]): void;
    }

    export interface DebugStatic {
        events: {
            logAll(): void;
            logByAction(action: string): void;
            logByName(name: string): void;
            logNone(): void;
        }
    }

    export interface UtilsStatic {
        compose(fn1: Function, fn2: Function, ...fns: Function[]): Function;
        countThen(num: number, base: Function): Function;
        debounce(func: Function, wait: number, immediate: boolean): Function;
        delegate(rules: Object): void;
        isDomObj(obj: Object): boolean;
        isEnumerable(obj: Object, property: string): boolean;
        merge(obj1: Object, obj2: Object, deepClone?: boolean): Object;
        merge(obj1: Object, obj2: Object, ...args: any[]): Object;
        push(base: Object, extra: Object, protect?: boolean): void;
        throttle(func: Function, wait: number): Function;
        toArray(obj: Object, from?: number): any[];
        uniqueArray(array: any[]): any[];
    }

    export interface EventData {
        el: HTMLElement;
    }

    export interface FlightStatic {
        advice: AdviceStatic;
        component: ComponentStatic;
        compose: ComposeStatic;
        utils: UtilsStatic;
    }
}

declare var DEBUG: Flight.DebugStatic;
declare var flight: Flight.FlightStatic;