Jaxon

•    Version 4.x
•    Version 3.x
•    Version 2.x

The classes which are registered with Jaxon can inherit from the Jaxon\CallableClass class, which provides them with functions to manage requests, responses, views and sessions.

Retrieve an instance of another class

The cl() method returns an instance of another registered Jaxon class. It takes the full name (with namespace) of the class as a parameter.

For example, the instance of the \Namespace\Subdir\Class will be returned by the following call.

$myClass = $this->cl('Namespace\Subdir\Class');

The character . can also be used as a separator/

$myClass = $this->cl('Namespace.Subdir.Class');

If the class name starts with the character :, the class is found in the same namespace as the caller.

$myClass = $this->cl(':Subdir.Class');

If the class name starts with the character ., the class is found in the same directory as the caller.

$myClass = $this->cl('.Class');

The Response object

All instances of the classes that have inherited from Jaxon\CallableClass have access to the same Response object, through their response attribute. This attribute is automatically initialized by the library, and allows to build the response to a request by calling several methods in one or more classes.

class ClassA extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doA()
    {
        $this->response->alert('ClassA::doAB() called.');
        // Call the doB() method of this class
        $this->doB();
        return $this->response;
    }

    public function doB()
    {
        $this->response->alert('ClassA::doB() called.');
        // Call the doA() method
        $this->doA();
        // Call the doB() method of class ClassB
        $this->cl('.ClassB')->doB();
        return $this->response;
    }
}

class ClassB extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doB()
    {
        $this->response->alert('ClassB::doB() called.');
        return $this->response;
    }
}

The Request Factory

The rq() method returns a request to its calling class. It provides a fluid interface that transforms a call to any of its method into a request to the same method, which can then be bound to an event on an element in the web page.

class ClassA extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doA()
    {
        // Bind the click on the button with id "btn-a" to a call to the doB() method in this class
        $this->response->onClick('btn-a', $this->rq()->doB());

        // Bind the click on the button with id "btn-b" to a call to the doB() method in class ClassB
        $this->response->onClick('btn-b', $this->cl('.ClassB')->rq()->doB());
        return $this->response;
    }
}

The contents of the webpage can be passed as parameters to calls using the Request Factory or the PHP jQuery API, and their global functions pm() and jq().

class ClassA extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doA()
    {
        // Parameter using the Request Factory
        $this->response->onClick('btn-a', $this->rq()->doB(pm()->form('form-user')));

        // Parameter using the PHP jQuery API
        $this->response->onClick('btn-b', $this->cl('.ClassB')->rq()->doB(jq('#username')->val()));
        return $this->response;
    }
}

The jQuery PHP API

The jq() adds a call to jQuery into the response.

class ClassA extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doA()
    {
        // Bind the click on the button with id "btn-a" to a call to the doB() method in this class
        $this->jq('#btn-a')->click($this->rq()->doB(rq()->form('form-user')));

        // Bind the click on the button with id "btn-b" to a call to the doB() method in class ClassB
        $this->jq('#btn-b')->click($this->cl('.ClassB')->rq()->doB(jq('#username')->val()));
        return $this->response;
    }
}

The $this->jq() call is the same as $this->response->jQuery().

The pagination

The paginate() method (or its short version pg()) creates pagination links with calls to a method of a Jaxon class.

class ClassA extends \Jaxon\CallableClass
{
    public function doA($pageNumber)
    {
        // Insert the pagination links into the page
        $pagination = $this->rq()->doA(pm()->page())->paginate($currentPage, $itemsPerPage, $totalPages);
        $this->response->assign('pagination-links', 'innerHTML', $pagination);
        return $this->response;
    }
}