Building a Chat Web App With Signal R, Part 2: Listing 5
The KnockOut peopleViewModel.
function peopleViewModel() {
people(mappedPeople); this.hub = $.connection.personHub;
} this.people = ko.observableArray([]);
this.newPersonFirstName = ko.observable();
this.newPersonLastName = ko.observable();
this.newPersonEmail = ko.observable();
var people = this.people;
var self = this;
var notify = true;
this.init = function () {
this.hub.server.getAll();
}
this.hub.client.allPeopleRetrieved = function (allPeople) {
var mappedPeople = $.map(allPeople, function (person) {
return new personViewModel(person.Id, person.FirstName,
person.LastName, person.Email, self)
});
people(mappedPeople);
}
this.hub.client.personUpdated = function (updatedPerson) {
var person = ko.utils.arrayFilter(people(),
function(value) {
return value.id == updatedPerson.Id;
})[0];
notify = false;
person.firstName(updatedPerson.FirstName);
person.lastName(updatedPerson.LastName);
person.email(updatedPerson.Email);
notify = true;
};
this.hub.client.raiseError = function (error) {
$("#error").text(error);
}
this.hub.client.personCreated = function (newPerson) {
people.push(new personViewModel(newPerson.Id, newPerson.FirstName, newPerson.LastName,
newPerson.Email, self));
};
this.hub.client.personRemoved = function (id) {
var person = ko.utils.arrayFilter(people(), function(value) {
return value.id == id;
})[0];
people.remove(person);
}
this.createPerson = function () {
var person = { firstName: this.newPersonFirstName(), lastname: this.newPersonLastName(), email: this.newPersonEmail() };
this.hub.server.add(person).done(function () {
console.log('Person saved!');
}).fail(function (error) {
console.warn(error);
});
this.newPersonEmail('');
this.newPersonFirstName('');
this.newPersonLastName('');
}
this.deletePerson = function (id) {
this.hub.server.delete(id);
}
this.updatePerson = function (person) {
if (notify) {
this.hub.server.update(person);
}
}
}
About the Author
Eric Vogel is a Senior Software Developer for Red Cedar Solutions Group in Okemos, Michigan. He is the president of the Greater Lansing User Group for .NET. Eric enjoys learning about software architecture and craftsmanship, and is always looking for ways to create more robust and testable applications. Contact him at [email protected].