org.pepstock.charba.client

Class Helpers

java.lang.Object

org.pepstock.charba.client.Helpers

public final class Helpers
extends Object

Singleton object to use the helpers utility of CHART.JS.
It maps the java script object chart.helpers.

Author:

Andrea "Stock" Stocchero

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NativeObject	clone(NativeObject source) Returns a deep copy of source without keeping references on objects and arrays.
static Helpers	get() Singleton method to get the instance
NativeObject	mergeIf(NativeObject target, NativeObject source) Recursively deep copies source properties in the target only if not defined in target. IMPORTANT: target is not cloned and will be updated with source properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

get

public static Helpers get()

Singleton method to get the instance

Returns:

helper instance

mergeIf

public NativeObject mergeIf(NativeObject target,
                            NativeObject source)

Recursively deep copies source properties in the target only if not defined in target.
IMPORTANT: target is not cloned and will be updated with source properties.

Parameters:

target - the target object in which all sources are merged into.

source - object to merge in the target.

Returns:

the target object. If target and source are nulls, an empty native object is returned is returned.

clone

public NativeObject clone(NativeObject source)

Returns a deep copy of source without keeping references on objects and arrays.

Parameters:

source - the object to clone.

Returns:

a clone of source object