/**
* The Model. Model stores items and notifies
* observers about changes.
*/
function ListModel(items) {
this._items = items;
this._selectedIndex = -1;
this.itemAdded = new Event(this);
this.itemRemoved = new Event(this);
this.selectedIndexChanged = new Event(this);
}
ListModel.prototype = {
getItems : function () {
return [].concat(this._items);
},
addItem : function (item) {
this._items.push(item);
this.itemAdded.notify({ item : item });
},
removeItemAt : function (index) {
var item;
item = this._items[index];
this._items.splice(index, 1);
this.itemRemoved.notify({ item : item });
if (index === this._selectedIndex) {
this.setSelectedIndex(-1);
}
},
getSelectedIndex : function () {
return this._selectedIndex;
},
setSelectedIndex : function (index) {
var previousIndex;
previousIndex = this._selectedIndex;
this._selectedIndex = index;
this.selectedIndexChanged.notify({ previous : previousIndex });
}
};
Event is a simple class for implementing the Observer pattern:
function Event(sender) {
this._sender = sender;
this._listeners = [];
}
Event.prototype = {
attach : function (listener) {
this._listeners.push(listener);
},
notify : function (args) {
var index;
for (index = 0; index < this._listeners.length; index += 1) {
this._listeners[index](this._sender, args);
}
}
};
The View class requires defining controls for interacting with. There are numerous alternatives of interface for the task, but I prefer a most simple one. I want my items to be in a Listbox control and two buttons below it: "plus" button for adding items and "minus" for removing selected item. The support for selecting an item is provided by Listbox's native functionality. A View class is tightly bound with a Controller class, which "... handles the input event from the user interface, often via a registered handler or callback" (from wikipedia.org).
Here are the View and Controller classes:
/**
* The View. View presents the model and provides
* the UI events. The controller is attached to these
* events to handle the user interraction.
*/
function ListView(model, elements) {
this._model = model;
this._elements = elements;
this.listModified = new Event(this);
this.addButtonClicked = new Event(this);
this.delButtonClicked = new Event(this);
var _this = this;
// attach model listeners
this._model.itemAdded.attach(function () {
_this.rebuildList();
});
this._model.itemRemoved.attach(function () {
_this.rebuildList();
});
// attach listeners to HTML controls
this._elements.list.change(function (e) {
_this.listModified.notify({ index : e.target.selectedIndex });
});
this._elements.addButton.click(function () {
_this.addButtonClicked.notify();
});
this._elements.delButton.click(function () {
_this.delButtonClicked.notify();
});
}
ListView.prototype = {
show : function () {
this.rebuildList();
},
rebuildList : function () {
var list, items, key;
list = this._elements.list;
list.html('');
items = this._model.getItems();
for (key in items) {
if (items.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
list.append($('<option>' + items[key] + '</option>'));
}
}
this._model.setSelectedIndex(-1);
}
};
/**
* The Controller. Controller responds to user actions and
* invokes changes on the model.
*/
function ListController(model, view) {
this._model = model;
this._view = view;
var _this = this;
this._view.listModified.attach(function (sender, args) {
_this.updateSelected(args.index);
});
this._view.addButtonClicked.attach(function () {
_this.addItem();
});
this._view.delButtonClicked.attach(function () {
_this.delItem();
});
}
ListController.prototype = {
addItem : function () {
var item = window.prompt('Add item:', '');
if (item) {
this._model.addItem(item);
}
},
delItem : function () {
var index;
index = this._model.getSelectedIndex();
if (index !== -1) {
this._model.removeItemAt(this._model.getSelectedIndex());
}
},
updateSelected : function (index) {
this._model.setSelectedIndex(index);
}
};
And of course, the Model, View, and Controller classes should be instantiated. The sample, which you can below, uses the following code to instantiate and configure the classes:
$(function () {
var model = new ListModel(['PHP', 'JavaScript']),
view = new ListView(model, {
'list' : $('#list'),
'addButton' : $('#plusBtn'),
'delButton' : $('#minusBtn')
}),
controller = new ListController(model, view);
view.show();
});?
<select id="list" size="10" style="width: 15em"></select><br/>
<button id="plusBtn"> + </button>
<button id="minusBtn"> - </button>