This class is deprecated.
This module provides a UI for file selection and multiple file upload capability using Flash as a transport engine.
_addAttrs
cfgs
values
lazy
Implementation behind the public addAttrs method.
This method is invoked directly by get if it encounters a scenario in which an attribute's valueFn attempts to obtain the value an attribute in the same group of attributes, which has not yet been added (on demand initialization).
cfgs
Object
An object with attribute name/configuration pairs.
values
Object
An object with attribute name/value pairs, defining the initial values to apply. Values defined in the cfgs argument will be over-written by values in this argument unless defined as read only.
lazy
Boolean
Whether or not to delay the intialization of these attributes until the first call to get/set. Individual attributes can over-ride this behavior by defining a lazyAdd configuration property in their configuration. See addAttr.
_addLazyAttr
name
[lazyCfg]
Finishes initializing an attribute which has been lazily added.
_addOutOfOrder
name
cfg
Utility method used by get/set to add attributes encountered out of order when calling addAttrs().
For example, if:
this.addAttrs({
foo: {
setter: function() {
// make sure this bar is available when foo is added
this.get("bar");
}
},
bar: {
value: ...
}
});
_afterChildSelectedChange
event
Default attribute change listener for the selected
attribute, responsible for updating the UI, in response to
attribute changes.
event
EventFacade
The event facade for the attribute change.
_aggregateAttrs
allAttrs
A helper method, used by _initHierarchyData to aggregate attribute configuration across the instances class hierarchy.
The method will protect the attribute configuration value to protect the statically defined default value in ATTRS if required (if the value is an object literal, array or the attribute configuration has cloneDefaultValue set to shallow or deep).
allAttrs
Array
An array of ATTRS definitions across classes in the hierarchy (subclass first, Base last)
The aggregate set of ATTRS definitions for the instance
_applyParser
config
Utility method used to apply the HTML_PARSER
configuration for the
instance, to retrieve config data values.
config
Object
User configuration object (will be populated with values from Node)
_attachTabElements
ev
Attaches keyboard bindings to enabling tabbing to and from the instance of the Flash
player in the Uploader widget. If the previous and next elements are specified, the
keyboard bindings enable the user to tab from the tabElements["from"]
node to the
Flash-powered "Select Files" button, and to the tabElements["to"]
node.
ev
Event
Optional event payload if called as a tabElementsChange
handler.
_attrCfgHash
Utility method to define the attribute hash used to filter/whitelist property mixes for this class for iteration performance reasons.
_baseDestroy
Internal destroy implementation for BaseCore
_baseInit
Internal initialization implementation for BaseCore
_bindAttrUI
attrs
Binds after listeners for the list of attributes provided
attrs
Array
_bindDOM
Sets up DOM listeners, on elements rendered by the widget.
_bindUI
Sets up DOM and CustomEvent listeners for the widget.
_bindUIChild
Binds event listeners responsible for updating the UI state in response to WidgetChild related state changes.
This method is invoked after bindUI is invoked for the Widget class using YUI's aop infrastructure.
_cloneDefaultValue
cfg
This method assumes that the value has already been checked to be an object. Since it's on a critical path, we don't want to re-do the check.
cfg
Object
_createUIEvent
type
Binds a delegated DOM event listener of the specified type to the Widget's outtermost DOM element to facilitate the firing of a Custom Event of the same type for the Widget instance.
type
String
String representing the name of the event
_defAttrChangeFn
e
eventFastPath
Default function for attribute change events.
e
EventFacade
The event object for attribute change events.
eventFastPath
Boolean
Whether or not we're using this as a fast path in the case of no listeners or not
_defaultBB
Returns the default value for the boundingBox attribute.
For the Widget class, this will most commonly be null (resulting in a new boundingBox node instance being created), unless a srcNode was provided and CONTENT_TEMPLATE is null, in which case it will be srcNode. This behavior was introduced in @VERSION@ to accomodate single-box widgets whose BB & CB both point to srcNode (e.g. Y.Button).
_defaultCB
Returns the default value for the contentBox attribute.
For the Widget class, this will be the srcNode if provided, otherwise null (resulting in a new contentBox node instance being created)
_defInitFn
e
Default init event handler
e
EventFacade
Event object, with a cfg property which refers to the configuration object passed to the constructor.
_defRenderFn
e
parentNode
Default render handler
e
EventFacade
The Event object
parentNode
Node
The parent node to render to, if passed in to the render
method
_destroyBox
Removes and destroys the widgets rendered boundingBox, contentBox, and detaches bound UI events.
_destroyHierarchy
Destroys the class hierarchy for this instance by invoking the destructor method on the prototype of each class in the hierarchy.
_destroyUIEvents
Destructor logic for UI event infrastructure, invoked during Widget destruction.
_filterAdHocAttrs
allAttrs
userVals
allAttrs
Object
The set of all attribute configurations for this instance. Attributes will be removed from this set, if they belong to the filtered class, so that by the time all classes are processed, allCfgs will be empty.
userVals
Object
The config object passed in by the user, from which adhoc attrs are to be filtered.
The set of adhoc attributes passed in, in the form of an object with attribute name/configuration pairs.
_filterUIEvent
evt
This method is used to determine if we should fire the UI Event or not. The default implementation makes sure that for nested delegates (nested unrelated widgets), we don't fire the UI event listener more than once at each level.
For example, without the additional filter, if you have nested widgets, each widget will have a delegate listener. If you click on the inner widget, the inner delegate listener's filter will match once, but the outer will match twice (based on delegate's design) - once for the inner widget, and once for the outer.
evt
DOMEventFacade
true if it's OK to fire the custom UI event, false if not.
_fireAttrChange
attrName
subAttrName
currVal
newVal
opts
[cfg]
Utility method to help setup the event payload and fire the attribute change event.
attrName
String
The name of the attribute
subAttrName
String
The full path of the property being changed, if this is a sub-attribute value being change. Otherwise null.
currVal
Any
The current value of the attribute
newVal
Any
The new value of the attribute
opts
Object
Any additional event data to mix into the attribute change event's event facade.
[cfg]
Object
optional
The attribute config stored in State, if already available.
_getAttr
name
Provides the common implementation for the public get method, allowing Attribute hosts to over-ride either method.
See get for argument details.
name
String
The name of the attribute.
The value of the attribute.
_getAttrCfg
name
Returns an object with the configuration properties (and value) for the given attribute. If attrName is not provided, returns the configuration properties for all attributes.
name
String
Optional. The attribute name. If not provided, the method will return the configuration for all attributes.
The configuration properties for the given attribute, or all attributes.
_getAttrCfgs
Returns an aggregated set of attribute configurations, by traversing the class hierarchy.
The hash of attribute configurations, aggregated across classes in the hierarchy This value is cached the first time the method, or _getClasses, is invoked. Subsequent invocations return the cached value.
_getAttrInitVal
attr
cfg
initValues
Returns the initial value of the given attribute from either the default configuration provided, or the over-ridden value if it exists in the set of initValues provided and the attribute is not read-only.
The initial value of the attribute.
_getAttrs
attrs
Implementation behind the public getAttrs method, to get multiple attribute values.
An object with attribute name/value pairs.
_getClasses
Returns the class hierarchy for this object, with BaseCore being the last class in the array.
An array of classes (constructor functions), making up the class hierarchy for this object. This value is cached the first time the method, or _getAttrCfgs, is invoked. Subsequent invocations return the cached value.
_getFileList
Getter for the fileList
attribute
_getFullType
type
Returns the fully qualified type, given a short type string. That is, returns "foo:bar" when given "bar" if "foo" is the configured prefix.
NOTE: This method, unlike _getType, does no checking of the value passed in, and is designed to be used with the low level _publish() method, for critical path implementations which need to fast-track publish for performance reasons.
type
String
The short type to prefix
The prefixed type, if a prefix is set, otherwise the type passed in
_getHtmlParser
Gets the HTML_PARSER definition for this instance, by merging HTML_PARSER definitions across the class hierarchy.
HTML_PARSER definition for this instance
_getInstanceAttrCfgs
allCfgs
A helper method used to isolate the attrs config for this instance to pass to addAttrs
,
from the static cached ATTRS for the class.
allCfgs
Object
The set of all attribute configurations for this instance. Attributes will be removed from this set, if they belong to the filtered class, so that by the time all classes are processed, allCfgs will be empty.
The set of attributes to be added for this instance, suitable
for passing through to addAttrs
.
_getNodeToParse
Determines whether we have a node reference which we should try and parse.
The current implementation does not parse nodes generated from CONTENT_TEMPLATE, only explicitly set srcNode, or contentBox attributes.
The node reference to apply HTML_PARSER to.
_getStateVal
name
[cfg]
Gets the stored value for the attribute, from either the internal state object, or the state proxy if it exits
The stored value of the attribute
_getType
If the instance has a prefix attribute and the event type is not prefixed, the instance prefix is applied to the supplied type.
_getUIEventNode
Returns the node on which to bind delegate listeners.
Override of Widget's implementation of _getUIEventNode() to ensure that all event listeners are bound to the Widget's topmost DOM element. This ensures that the firing of each type of Widget UI event (click, mousedown, etc.) is facilitated by a single, top-level, delegated DOM event listener.
_guid
_hasPotentialSubscribers
fullType
fullType
String
The fully prefixed type name
Whether the event has potential subscribers or not
_initAttrHost
attrs
values
lazy
Constructor logic for attributes. Initializes the host state, and sets up the inital attributes passed to the constructor.
attrs
Object
The attributes to add during construction (passed through to addAttrs). These can also be defined on the constructor being augmented with Attribute by defining the ATTRS property on the constructor.
values
Object
The initial attribute values to apply (passed through to addAttrs). These are not merged/cloned. The caller is responsible for isolating user provided values if required.
lazy
Boolean
Whether or not to add attributes lazily (passed through to addAttrs).
_initAttribute
Initializes AttributeCore
_initAttrs
attrs
values
lazy
Utility method to set up initial attributes defined during construction, either through the constructor.ATTRS property, or explicitly passed in.
attrs
Object
The attributes to add during construction (passed through to addAttrs). These can also be defined on the constructor being augmented with Attribute by defining the ATTRS property on the constructor.
values
Object
The initial attribute values to apply (passed through to addAttrs). These are not merged/cloned. The caller is responsible for isolating user provided values if required.
lazy
Boolean
Whether or not to add attributes lazily (passed through to addAttrs).
_initBase
config
Internal construction logic for BaseCore.
config
Object
The constructor configuration object
_initHierarchy
userVals
Initializes the class hierarchy for the instance, which includes initializing attributes for each class defined in the class's static ATTRS property and invoking the initializer method on the prototype of each class in the hierarchy.
userVals
Object
Object with configuration property name/value pairs
_initHierarchyData
A helper method used by _getClasses and _getAttrCfgs, which determines both the array of classes and aggregate set of attribute configurations across the class hierarchy for the instance.
_initUIEvent
type
Sets up infrastructure required to fire a UI event.
type
String
String representing the name of the event
_isLazyAttr
name
Checks whether or not the attribute is one which has been added lazily and still requires initialization.
name
String
The name of the attribute
true if it's a lazily added attribute, false otherwise.
_isUIEvent
type
Determines if the specified event is a UI event.
type
String
String representing the name of the event
Event Returns the name of the UI Event, otherwise undefined.
_mapInstance
The
Utility method used to add an entry to the boundingBox id to instance map.
This method can be used to populate the instance with lazily created boundingBox Node references.
The
String
boundingBox id
_monitor
what
eventType
o
This is the entry point for the event monitoring system. You can monitor 'attach', 'detach', 'fire', and 'publish'. When configured, these events generate an event. click -> click_attach, click_detach, click_publish -- these can be subscribed to like other events to monitor the event system. Inividual published events can have monitoring turned on or off (publish can't be turned off before it it published) by setting the events 'monitor' config.
what
String
'attach', 'detach', 'fire', or 'publish'
eventType
String | CustomEvent
The prefixed name of the event being monitored, or the CustomEvent object.
o
Object
Information about the event interaction, such as fire() args, subscription category, publish config
_normAttrVals
valueHash
Utility method to normalize attribute values. The base implementation simply merges the hash to protect the original.
valueHash
Object
An object with attribute name/value pairs
An object literal with 2 properties - "simple" and "complex", containing simple and complex attribute values respectively keyed by the top level attribute name, or null, if valueHash is falsey.
_onDocFocus
evt
DOM focus event handler, used to sync the state of the Widget with the DOM
evt
EventFacade
The event facade for the DOM focus event
_onDocMouseDown
evt
"mousedown" event handler for the owner document of the widget's bounding box.
evt
EventFacade
The event facade for the DOM focus event
_parseType
Returns an array with the detach key (if provided), and the prefixed event name from _getType Y.on('detachcategory| menu:click', fn)
_preAddAttrs
attrs
userVals
lazy
Implement the BaseCore _preAddAttrs method hook, to add
the srcNode and related attributes, so that HTML_PARSER
(which relies on this.get("srcNode")
) can merge in it's
results before the rest of the attributes are added.
_preInitEventCfg
config
Handles the special on, after and target properties which allow the user to easily configure on and after listeners as well as bubble targets during construction, prior to init.
config
Object
The user configuration object
_protectAttrs
attrs
Utility method to protect an attribute configuration hash, by merging the entire object and the individual attr config objects.
attrs
Object
A hash of attribute to configuration object pairs.
A protected version of the attrs argument.
_publish
fullType
etOpts
ceOpts
The low level event publish implementation. It expects all the massaging to have been done
outside of this method. e.g. the type
to fullType
conversion. It's designed to be a fast
path publish, which can be used by critical code paths to improve performance.
The published event. If called without etOpts
or ceOpts
, this will
be the default CustomEvent
instance, and can be configured independently.
_removeLoadingClassNames
Removes class names representative of the widget's loading state from the boundingBox.
_renderBox
parentNode
Helper method to collect the boundingBox and contentBox and append to the provided parentNode, if not already a child. The owner document of the boundingBox, or the owner document of the contentBox will be used as the document into which the Widget is rendered if a parentNode is node is not provided. If both the boundingBox and the contentBox are not currently in the document, and no parentNode is provided, the widget will be rendered to the current document's body.
parentNode
Node
The parentNode to render the widget to. If not provided, and both the boundingBox and the contentBox are not currently in the document, the widget will be rendered to the current document's body.
_renderBoxClassNames
Applies standard class names to the boundingBox and contentBox
_renderUI
Initializes the UI state for the Widget's bounding/content boxes.
_set
name
val
[opts]
Allows setting of readOnly/writeOnce attributes. See set for argument details.
A reference to the host object.
_setAttr
name
value
[opts]
force
Provides the common implementation for the public set and protected _set methods.
See set for argument details.
A reference to the host object.
_setAttrs
attrs
[opts]
Implementation behind the public setAttrs method, to set multiple attribute values.
A reference to the host object.
_setAttrVal
attrName
subAttrName
prevVal
newVal
[opts]
[attrCfg]
Updates the stored value of the attribute in the privately held State object, if validation and setter passes.
attrName
String
The attribute name.
subAttrName
String
The sub-attribute name, if setting a sub-attribute property ("x.y.z").
prevVal
Any
The currently stored value of the attribute.
newVal
Any
The value which is going to be stored.
[opts]
Object
optional
Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.
[attrCfg]
Object
optional
Optional config hash for the attribute. This is added for performance along the critical path, where the calling method has already obtained the config from state.
true if the new attribute value was stored, false if not.
_setBB
node
Setter for the boundingBox attribute
Node
_setBox
id
node
template
isBounding
Helper method to set the bounding/content box, or create it from the provided template if not found.
The node
_setButtonClass
state
add
Adds or removes a specified state CSS class to the underlying uploader button.
_setCB
node
Setter for the contentBox attribute
Node
_setFileFilters
Syncs the state of the fileFilters
attribute between the instance of UploaderFlash
and the Flash player.
_setFileList
Setter for the fileList
attribute
_setMultipleFiles
Syncs the state of the multipleFiles
attribute between this class
and the Flash uploader.
_setStateVal
name
value
Sets the stored value for the attribute, in either the internal state object, or the state proxy if it exits
name
String
The name of the attribute
value
Any
The value of the attribute
_strSetter
strings
The default setter for the strings attribute. Merges partial sets into the full string set, to allow users to partial sets of strings
strings
Object
The full set of strings to set
_syncAttrUI
attrs
Invokes the _uiSet=ATTR NAME> method for the list of attributes provided
attrs
Array
_syncUI
Updates the widget UI to reflect the attribute state.
_syncUIChild
Synchronizes the UI to match the WidgetChild state.
This method is invoked after bindUI is invoked for the Widget class using YUI's aop infrastructure.
_triggerEnabled
Syncs the state of the enabled
attribute between this class
and the Flash uploader.
_uiSetChildSelected
selected
Updates the UI to reflect the selected
attribute value.
selected
Number
The selected value to be reflected in the UI.
_uiSetDim
dim
val
_uiSetFocused
val
src
Sets the focused state for the UI
_uiSetHeight
val
Sets the height on the widget's bounding box element
_uiSetTabIndex
Number
Set the tabIndex on the widget's rendered UI
Number
Object
_uiSetWidth
val
Sets the width on the widget's bounding box element
_unbindDOM
_unbindUI
_updateFileList
ev
Adjusts the content of the fileList
based on the results of file selection
and the appendNewFiles
attribute. If the appendNewFiles
attribute is true,
then selected files are appended to the existing list; otherwise, the list is
cleared and populated with the newly selected files.
ev
Event
The file selection event received from the uploader.
_uploadEventHandler
event
Handles and retransmits events fired by Y.FileFlash
and Y.Uploader.Queue
.
event
Object
The event dispatched during the upload process.
addAttr
name
config
lazy
Adds an attribute with the provided configuration to the host object.
The config argument object supports the following properties:
A function, which will return the initial value to set on the attribute. This is useful for cases where the attribute configuration is defined statically, but needs to reference the host instance ("this") to obtain an initial value. If both the value and valueFn properties are defined, the value returned by the valueFn has precedence over the value property, unless it returns undefined, in which case the value property is used.
valueFn can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used to retrieve the value.
The writeOnce attribute can also be set to the string "initOnly", in which case the attribute can only be set during initialization (when used with Base, this means it can only be set during construction)
The setter function used to massage or normalize the value passed to the set method for the attribute. The value returned by the setter will be the final stored value. Returning Attribute.INVALID_VALUE, from the setter will prevent the value from being stored.
setter can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the setter function.
The getter function used to massage or normalize the value returned by the get method for the attribute. The value returned by the getter function is the value which will be returned to the user when they invoke get.
getter can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the getter function.
The validator function invoked prior to setting the stored value. Returning false from the validator function will prevent the value from being stored.
validator can also be set to a string, representing the name of the instance method to be used as the validator function.
The setter, getter and validator are invoked with the value and name passed in as the first and second arguments, and with the context ("this") set to the host object.
Configuration properties outside of the list mentioned above are considered private properties used internally by attribute, and are not intended for public use.
name
String
The name of the attribute.
config
Object
An object with attribute configuration property/value pairs, specifying the configuration for the attribute.
NOTE: The configuration object is modified when adding an attribute, so if you need to protect the original values, you will need to merge the object.
lazy
Boolean
(optional) Whether or not to add this attribute lazily (on the first call to get/set).
A reference to the host object.
addAttrs
cfgs
values
lazy
Configures a group of attributes, and sets initial values.
NOTE: This method does not isolate the configuration object by merging/cloning. The caller is responsible for merging/cloning the configuration object if required.
cfgs
Object
An object with attribute name/configuration pairs.
values
Object
An object with attribute name/value pairs, defining the initial values to apply. Values defined in the cfgs argument will be over-written by values in this argument unless defined as read only.
lazy
Boolean
Whether or not to delay the intialization of these attributes until the first call to get/set. Individual attributes can over-ride this behavior by defining a lazyAdd configuration property in their configuration. See addAttr.
A reference to the host object.
addTarget
o
Registers another EventTarget as a bubble target. Bubble order is determined by the order registered. Multiple targets can be specified.
Events can only bubble if emitFacade is true.
Included in the event-custom-complex submodule.
o
EventTarget
the target to add
after
type
fn
[context]
[arg*]
Subscribe to a custom event hosted by this object. The supplied callback will execute after any listeners add via the subscribe method, and after the default function, if configured for the event, has executed.
A subscription handle capable of detaching the subscription
ancestor
depth
Returns the Widget instance at the specified depth.
depth
Number
Number representing the depth of the ancestor.
Widget instance.
attrAdded
name
Checks if the given attribute has been added to the host
name
String
The name of the attribute to check.
true if an attribute with the given name has been added, false if it hasn't. This method will return true for lazily added attributes.
before
Executes the callback before a DOM event, custom event or method. If the first argument is a function, it is assumed the target is a method. For DOM and custom events, this is an alias for Y.on.
For DOM and custom events: type, callback, context, 0-n arguments
For methods: callback, object (method host), methodName, context, 0-n arguments
detach handle
bindUI
Binds handlers to the UploaderFlash UI events and propagates attribute
values to the Flash player.
The propagation of initial values is set to occur once the Flash player
instance is ready (as indicated by the swfReady
event.)
blur
Causes the Widget to lose focus by setting the "focused" attribute to "false"
bubble
evt
Propagate an event. Requires the event-custom-complex module.
evt
CustomEvent
the custom event to propagate
the aggregated return value from Event.Custom.fire
destroy
destroyAllNodes
Destroy lifecycle method. Fires the destroy event, prior to invoking destructors for the class hierarchy. Overrides Base's implementation, to support arguments to destroy
Subscribers to the destroy event can invoke preventDefault on the event object, to prevent destruction from proceeding.
destroyAllNodes
Boolean
If true, all nodes contained within the Widget are removed and destroyed. Defaults to false due to potentially high run-time cost.
A reference to this object
destructor
Destructor lifecycle implementation for the Widget class. Purges events attached to the bounding box and content box, removes them from the DOM and removes the Widget from the list of registered widgets.
detach
type
fn
context
Detach one or more listeners the from the specified event
type
String | Object
Either the handle to the subscriber or the type of event. If the type is not specified, it will attempt to remove the listener from all hosted events.
fn
Function
The subscribed function to unsubscribe, if not supplied, all subscribers will be removed.
context
Object
The custom object passed to subscribe. This is optional, but if supplied will be used to disambiguate multiple listeners that are the same (e.g., you subscribe many object using a function that lives on the prototype)
the host
detachAll
type
Removes all listeners from the specified event. If the event type is not specified, all listeners from all hosted custom events will be removed.
type
String
The type, or name of the event
disable
Set the Widget's "disabled" attribute to "true".
enable
Set the Widget's "disabled" attribute to "false".
fire
type
arguments
Fire a custom event by name. The callback functions will be executed from the context specified when the event was created, and with the following parameters.
The first argument is the event type, and any additional arguments are passed to the listeners as parameters. If the first of these is an object literal, and the event is configured to emit an event facade, that object is mixed into the event facade and the facade is provided in place of the original object.
If the custom event object hasn't been created, then the event hasn't been published and it has no subscribers. For performance sake, we immediate exit in this case. This means the event won't bubble, so if the intention is that a bubble target be notified, the event must be published on this object first.
type
String | Object
The type of the event, or an object that contains a 'type' property.
arguments
Object*
an arbitrary set of parameters to pass to the handler. If the first of these is an object literal and the event is configured to emit an event facade, the event facade will replace that parameter after the properties the object literal contains are copied to the event facade.
True if the whole lifecycle of the event went through, false if at any point the event propagation was halted.
focus
Causes the Widget to receive the focus by setting the "focused" attribute to "true".
get
name
Returns the current value of the attribute. If the attribute has been configured with a 'getter' function, this method will delegate to the 'getter' to obtain the value of the attribute.
name
String
The name of the attribute. If the value of the attribute is an Object,
dot notation can be used to obtain the value of a property of the object (e.g. get("x.y.z")
)
The value of the attribute
getAttrs
attrs
Gets multiple attribute values.
An object with attribute name/value pairs.
getClassName
args
Generate a standard prefixed classname for the Widget, prefixed by the default prefix defined
by the Y.config.classNamePrefix
attribute used by ClassNameManager
and
Widget.NAME.toLowerCase()
(e.g. "yui-widget-xxxxx-yyyyy", based on default values for
the prefix and widget class name).
The instance based version of this method can be used to generate standard prefixed classnames, based on the instances NAME, as opposed to Widget.NAME. This method should be used when you need to use a constant class name across different types instances.
args
String*
multiple
0..n strings which should be concatenated, using the default separator defined by ClassNameManager, to create the class name
getEvent
type
prefixed
Returns the custom event of the provided type has been created, a falsy value otherwise
the custom event or null
getSkinName
[skinPrefix]
Returns the name of the skin that's currently applied to the widget.
Searches up the Widget's ancestor axis for, by default, a class yui3-skin-(name), and returns the (name) portion. Otherwise, returns null.
This is only really useful after the widget's DOM structure is in the document, either by render or by progressive enhancement.
[skinPrefix]
String
optional
The prefix which the implementation uses for the skin ("yui3-skin-" is the default).
NOTE: skinPrefix will be used as part of a regular expression:
new RegExp('\b' + skinPrefix + '(\S+)')
Although an unlikely use case, literal characters which may result in an invalid regular expression should be escaped.
The name of the skin, or null, if a matching skin class is not found.
getString
key
Helper method to get a specific string value
key
String
The string
getStrings
key
Helper method to get the complete set of strings for the widget
key
String
The strings
getTargets
Returns an array of bubble targets for this object.
EventTarget[]
hide
Hides the Widget by setting the "visible" attribute to "false".
init
cfg
Init lifecycle method, invoked during construction. Sets up attributes and invokes initializers for the class hierarchy.
cfg
Object
Object with configuration property name/value pairs
A reference to this object
initializer
Construction logic executed during UploaderFlash instantiation.
isRoot
Determines if the Widget is the root Widget in the object hierarchy.
Boolean indicating if Widget is the root Widget in the object hierarchy.
modifyAttr
name
config
Updates the configuration of an attribute which has already been added.
The properties which can be modified through this interface are limited to the following subset of attributes, which can be safely modified after a value has already been set on the attribute:
Note: New attributes cannot be added using this interface. New attributes must be added using addAttr, or an appropriate manner for a class which utilises Attributes (e.g. the ATTRS property in Base).
next
circular
Returns the Widget's next sibling.
circular
Boolean
Boolean indicating if the parent's first child should be returned if the child has no next sibling.
Widget instance.
on
type
fn
[context]
[arg*]
Subscribe a callback function to a custom event fired by this object or from an object that bubbles its events to this object.
this.on("change", this._onChange, this);
Callback functions for events published with emitFacade = true
will
receive an EventFacade
as the first argument (typically named "e").
These callbacks can then call e.preventDefault()
to disable the
behavior published to that event's defaultFn
. See the EventFacade
API for all available properties and methods. Subscribers to
non-emitFacade
events will receive the arguments passed to fire()
after the event name.
To subscribe to multiple events at once, pass an object as the first argument, where the key:value pairs correspond to the eventName:callback.
this.on({
"attrChange" : this._onAttrChange,
"change" : this._onChange
});
You can also pass an array of event names as the first argument to subscribe to all listed events with the same callback.
this.on([ "change", "attrChange" ], this._onChange);
Returning false
from a callback is supported as an alternative to
calling e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation();
. However, it is
recommended to use the event methods whenever possible.
A subscription handle capable of detaching that subscription
once
type
fn
[context]
[arg*]
Listen to a custom event hosted by this object one time.
This is the equivalent to on
except the
listener is immediatelly detached when it is executed.
A subscription handle capable of detaching the subscription
onceAfter
type
fn
[context]
[arg*]
Listen to a custom event hosted by this object one time.
This is the equivalent to after
except the
listener is immediatelly detached when it is executed.
A subscription handle capable of detaching that subscription
parseType
type
[pre]
Takes the type parameter passed to 'on' and parses out the various pieces that could be included in the type. If the event type is passed without a prefix, it will be expanded to include the prefix one is supplied or the event target is configured with a default prefix.
an array containing:
previous
circular
Returns the Widget's previous sibling.
circular
Boolean
Boolean indicating if the parent's last child should be returned if the child has no previous sibling.
Widget instance.
publish
type
opts
Creates a new custom event of the specified type. If a custom event by that name already exists, it will not be re-created. In either case the custom event is returned.
type
String
the type, or name of the event
opts
Object
optional config params. Valid properties are:
[broadcast=false]
Boolean
optional
whether or not the YUI instance and YUI global are notified when the event is fired.
[bubbles=true]
Boolean
optional
Whether or not this event bubbles. Events can
only bubble if emitFacade
is true.
[context=this]
Object
optional
the default execution context for the listeners.
[defaultFn]
Function
optional
the default function to execute when this event fires if preventDefault was not called.
[emitFacade=false]
Boolean
optional
whether or not this event emits a facade.
[prefix]
String
optional
the prefix for this targets events, e.g., 'menu' in 'menu:click'.
[fireOnce=false]
Boolean
optional
if an event is configured to fire once, new subscribers after the fire will be notified immediately.
[async=false]
Boolean
optional
fireOnce event listeners will fire synchronously
if the event has already fired unless async
is true
.
[preventable=true]
Boolean
optional
whether or not preventDefault()
has an effect.
[preventedFn]
Function
optional
a function that is executed when preventDefault()
is called.
[queuable=false]
Boolean
optional
whether or not this event can be queued during bubbling.
[silent]
Boolean
optional
if silent is true, debug messages are not provided for this event.
[stoppedFn]
Function
optional
a function that is executed when stopPropagation is called.
[monitored]
Boolean
optional
specifies whether or not this event should send notifications about when the event has been attached, detached, or published.
[type]
String
optional
the event type (valid option if not provided as the first parameter to publish).
the custom event
removeAttr
name
Removes an attribute from the host object
name
String
The name of the attribute to be removed.
render
parentNode
Establishes the initial DOM for the widget. Invoking this method will lead to the creating of all DOM elements for the widget (or the manipulation of existing DOM elements for the progressive enhancement use case).
This method should only be invoked once for an initialized widget.
It delegates to the widget specific renderer method to do the actual work.
parentNode
Object | String
Optional. The Node under which the Widget is to be rendered. This can be a Node instance or a CSS selector string.
If the selector string returns more than one Node, the first node will be used as the parentNode. NOTE: This argument is required if both the boundingBox and contentBox are not currently in the document. If it's not provided, the Widget will be rendered to the body of the current document in this case.
renderer
Creates DOM (or manipulates DOM for progressive enhancement) This method is invoked by render() and is not chained automatically for the class hierarchy (unlike initializer, destructor) so it should be chained manually for subclasses if required.
renderUI
Creates the DOM structure for the UploaderFlash.
UploaderFlash's DOM structure consists of two layers: the base "Select Files"
button that can be replaced by the developer's widget of choice; and a transparent
Flash overlay positoned above the button that captures all input events.
The position
style attribute of the boundingBox
of the Uploader
widget
is forced to be relative
, in order to accommodate the Flash player overlay
(which is position
ed absolute
ly).
reset
name
Resets the attribute (or all attributes) to its initial value, as long as the attribute is not readOnly, or writeOnce.
name
String
Optional. The name of the attribute to reset. If omitted, all attributes are reset.
A reference to the host object.
set
name
value
[opts]
Sets the value of an attribute.
name
String
The name of the attribute. If the
current value of the attribute is an Object, dot notation can be used
to set the value of a property within the object (e.g. set("x.y.z", 5)
).
value
Any
The value to set the attribute to.
[opts]
Object
optional
Optional data providing the circumstances for the change.
A reference to the host object.
setAttrs
attrs
[opts]
Sets multiple attribute values.
A reference to the host object.
show
Shows the Widget by setting the "visible" attribute to "true".
subscribe
subscribe to an event
syncUI
Refreshes the rendered UI, based on Widget State
This method is not called by framework and is not chained automatically for the class hierarchy.
toString
Generic toString implementation for all widgets.
The default string value for the widget [ displays the NAME of the instance, and the unique id ]
unsubscribe
detach a listener
unsubscribeAll
type
Removes all listeners from the specified event. If the event type is not specified, all listeners from all hosted custom events will be removed.
type
String
The type, or name of the event
upload
file
url
[postVars]
Starts the upload of a specific file.
file
FileFlash
Reference to the instance of the file to be uploaded.
url
String
The URL to upload the file to.
[postVars]
Object
optional
A set of key-value pairs to send as variables along with the file upload HTTP request.
If not specified, the values from the attribute postVarsPerFile
are used instead.
uploadAll
url
[postVars]
Starts the upload of all files on the file list, using an automated queue.
uploadThese
files
url
[postVars]
Starts the upload of the files specified in the first argument, using an automated queue.
_allowAdHocAttrs
This property controls whether or not instances of this class should allow users to add ad-hoc attributes through the constructor configuration hash.
AdHoc attributes are attributes which are not defined by the class, and are not handled by the MyClass._NON_ATTRS_CFG
Default: undefined (false)
_swfContainerId
Stored value of the unique id for the container that holds the Flash uploader.
_swfReference
Stored reference to the instance of SWF used to host the Flash uploader.
_tabElementBindings
Stored event bindings for keyboard navigation to and from the uploader.
_UI_ATTRS
The lists of UI attributes to bind and sync for widget's _bindUI and _syncUI implementations
ATTRS
Static property used to define the default attribute configuration of the Widget.
CONTENT_TEMPLATE
Property defining the markup template for content box. If your Widget doesn't need the dual boundingBox/contentBox structure, set CONTENT_TEMPLATE to null, and contentBox and boundingBox will both point to the same Node.
DEF_PARENT_NODE
Default node to render the bounding box to. If not set, will default to the current document body.
FLASH_CONTAINER
The template for the Flash player container. Since the Flash player container needs to completely overlay the &lquot;Select Files&rqot; control, it's positioned absolutely, with width and height set to 100% of the parent.
Default: '<div id="{swfContainerId}" style="position:absolute; top:0px; left: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; width:100%; height:100%"></div>'
queue
Stored reference to the instance of Uploader.Queue used to manage the upload process. This is a read-only property that only exists during an active upload process. Only one queue can be active at a time; if an upload start is attempted while a queue is active, it will be ignored.
SELECT_FILES_BUTTON
The template for the "Select Files" button.
Default: "<button type='button' class='yui3-button' tabindex='-1'>{selectButtonLabel}</button>"
TYPE
The static property reflecting the type of uploader that Y.Uploader
aliases. The UploaderFlash value is "flash"
.
appendNewFiles
A Boolean indicating whether newly selected files should be appended to the existing file list, or whether they should replace it.
Default: true
appendNewFilesChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute appendNewFiles
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
boundingBox
The outermost DOM node for the Widget, used for sizing and positioning of a Widget as well as a containing element for any decorator elements used for skinning.
boundingBoxChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute boundingBox
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
contentBox
A DOM node that is a direct descendant of a Widget's bounding box that houses its content.
contentBoxChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute contentBox
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
destroyed
Flag indicating whether or not this object has been through the destroy lifecycle phase.
Default: false
destroyedChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute destroyed
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
disabled
Boolean indicating if the Widget should be disabled. The disabled implementation is left to the specific classes extending widget.
Default: false
disabledChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute disabled
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
enabled
A Boolean indicating whether the uploader is enabled or disabled for user input.
Default: true
enabledChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute enabled
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
errorAction
The action performed when an upload error occurs for a specific file being uploaded. The possible values are:
UploaderQueue.CONTINUE
: the error is ignored and the upload process is continued.UploaderQueue.STOP
: the upload process is stopped as soon as any other parallel file
uploads are finished.UploaderQueue.RESTART_ASAP
: the file is added back to the front of the queue.UploaderQueue.RESTART_AFTER
: the file is added to the back of the queue.Default: UploaderQueue.CONTINUE
errorActionChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute errorAction
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
fileFieldName
A String specifying what should be the POST field name for the file content in the upload request.
Default: Filedata
fileFieldNameChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute fileFieldName
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
fileFilterFunction
A filtering function that is applied to every file selected by the user.
The function receives the Y.File
object and must return a Boolean value.
If a false
value is returned, the file in question is not added to the
list of files to be uploaded.
Use this function to put limits on file sizes or check the file names for
correct extension, but make sure that a server-side check is also performed,
since any client-side restrictions are only advisory and can be circumvented.
Default: null
fileFilterFunctionChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute fileFilterFunction
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
fileFilters
An array indicating what fileFilters should be applied to the file selection dialog. Each element in the array should be an object with the following key-value pairs: { description : String extensions: String of the form &lquot;.ext1;.ext2;*.ext3;...&rquot; }
Default: []
fileFiltersChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute fileFilters
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
fileList
The array of files to be uploaded. All elements in the array
must be instances of Y.FileFlash
and be instantiated with a fileId
retrieved from an instance of the uploader.
Default: []
fileListChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute fileList
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
focused
Boolean indicating if the Widget, or one of its descendants, has focus.
Default: false
focusedChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute focused
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
height
String with units, or number, representing the height of the Widget. If a number is provided, the default unit, defined by the Widgets DEF_UNIT, property is used.
Default: EMPTY_STR
heightChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute height
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
id
Default: Generated using guid()
idChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute id
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
initialized
Flag indicating whether or not this object has been through the init lifecycle phase.
Default: false
initializedChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute initialized
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
multipleFiles
A Boolean indicating whether multiple file selection is enabled.
Default: false
multipleFilesChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute multipleFiles
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
postVarsPerFile
An object, keyed by fileId
, containing sets of key-value pairs
that should be passed as POST variables along with each corresponding
file. This attribute is only used if no POST variables are specifed
in the upload method call.
Default: {}
postVarsPerFileChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute postVarsPerFile
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
render
Whether or not to render the widget automatically after init, and optionally, to which parent node.
renderChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute render
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
rendered
Flag indicating whether or not this Widget has been through the render lifecycle phase.
Default: false
renderedChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute rendered
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
retryCount
The number of times to try re-uploading a file that failed to upload before cancelling its upload.
Default: 3
retryCountChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute retryCount
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
selectButtonLabel
The label for the "Select Files" widget. This is the value that replaces the
{selectButtonLabel}
token in the SELECT_FILES_BUTTON
template.
Default: "Select Files"
selectButtonLabelChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute selectButtonLabel
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
selectFilesButton
The widget that serves as the "Select Files" control for the file uploader
Default: A standard HTML button with YUI CSS Button skin.
selectFilesButtonChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute selectFilesButton
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
simLimit
The number of files that can be uploaded simultaneously if the automatic queue management is used. This value can be in the range between 2 and 5.
Default: 2
simLimitChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute simLimit
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
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EventFacade
srcNode
The DOM node to parse for configuration values, passed to the Widget's HTML_PARSER definition
srcNodeChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute srcNode
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
strings
Collection of strings used to label elements of the Widget's UI.
Default: null
stringsChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute strings
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
swfURL
The URL to the SWF file of the flash uploader. A copy local to the server that hosts the page on which the uploader appears is recommended.
Default: "flashuploader.swf" with a random GET parameter for IE (to prevent buggy behavior when the SWF is cached).
swfURLChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute swfURL
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
tabElements
The id's or Node
references of the DOM elements that precede
and follow the Select Files
button in the tab order. Specifying
these allows keyboard navigation to and from the Flash player
layer of the uploader.
The two keys corresponding to the DOM elements are:
from
: the id or the Node
reference corresponding to the
DOM element that precedes the Select Files
button in the tab order.to
: the id or the Node
reference corresponding to the
DOM element that follows the Select Files
button in the tab order.Default: null
tabElementsChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute tabElements
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
tabIndex
Number (between -32767 to 32767) indicating the widget's position in the default tab flow. The value is used to set the "tabIndex" attribute on the widget's bounding box. Negative values allow the widget to receive DOM focus programmatically (by calling the focus method), while being removed from the default tab flow. A value of null removes the "tabIndex" attribute from the widget's bounding box.
Default: null
tabIndexChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute tabIndex
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
uploadURL
The URL to which file upload requested are POSTed. Only used if a different url is not passed to the upload method call.
Default: ""
uploadURLChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute uploadURL
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
visible
Boolean indicating whether or not the Widget is visible.
Default: TRUE
visibleChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute visible
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
width
String with units, or number, representing the width of the Widget. If a number is provided, the default unit, defined by the Widgets DEF_UNIT, property is used.
Default: EMPTY_STR
widthChange
Fires when the value for the configuration attribute width
is
changed. You can listen for the event using the on
method if you
wish to be notified before the attribute's value has changed, or
using the after
method if you wish to be notified after the
attribute's value has changed.
e
EventFacade
alluploadscomplete
Signals that the upload process of the entire file list has been completed.
event
Event
The event object for the alluploadscomplete
.
click
Signals that a mouse has been clicked over the Select Files
button.
event
Event
The event object for the click
event.
destroy
Lifecycle event for the destroy phase, fired prior to destruction. Invoking the preventDefault method on the event object provided to subscribers will prevent destruction from proceeding.
Subscribers to the "after" moment of this event, will be notified after destruction is complete (and as a result cannot prevent destruction).
e
EventFacade
Event object
fileselect
Signals that files have been selected.
event
Event
The event object for the fileselect
with the
following payload:
Array
of files selected by the user, encapsulated
in Y.FileFlash objects.fileuploadstart
Signals that an upload of a specific file has started.
event
Event
The event object for the fileuploadstart
with the
following payload:
init
Lifecycle event for the init phase, fired prior to initialization. Invoking the preventDefault() method on the event object provided to subscribers will prevent initialization from occuring.
Subscribers to the "after" momemt of this event, will be notified after initialization of the object is complete (and therefore cannot prevent initialization).
e
EventFacade
Event object, with a cfg property which refers to the configuration object passed to the constructor.
mousedown
Signals that a mouse button has been pressed over the Select Files
button.
event
Event
The event object for the mousedown
event.
mouseenter
Signals that a mouse has begun hovering over the Select Files
button.
event
Event
The event object for the mouseenter
event.
mouseleave
Signals that a mouse has stopped hovering over the Select Files
button.
event
Event
The event object for the mouseleave
event.
mouseup
Signals that a mouse button has been released over the Select Files
button.
event
Event
The event object for the mouseup
event.
render
Lifecycle event for the render phase, fired prior to rendering the UI for the widget (prior to invoking the widget's renderer method).
Subscribers to the "on" moment of this event, will be notified before the widget is rendered.
Subscribers to the "after" moment of this event, will be notified after rendering is complete.
e
EventFacade
The Event Facade
totaluploadprogress
Reports on the total upload progress of the file list.
event
Event
The event object for the totaluploadprogress
with the
following payload:
uploadcomplete
Signals that a single file upload has been completed.
event
Event
The event object for the uploadcomplete
with the
following payload:
Y.File
whose upload has been completed.uploaderror
Signals that a error has occurred in a specific file's upload process.
event
Event
The event object for the uploaderror
with the
following payload:
uploadprogress
Reports on upload progress of a specific file.
event
Event
The event object for the uploadprogress
with the
following payload:
uploadstart
Signals that an upload of multiple files has been started.
event
Event
The event object for the uploadstart
.
widget:contentUpdate
Notification event, which widget implementations can fire, when they change the content of the widget. This event has no default behavior and cannot be prevented, so the "on" or "after" moments are effectively equivalent (with on listeners being invoked before after listeners).
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EventFacade
The Event Facade