Type: Core

Core contains common functions used in MooTools.

Function: typeOf

Returns the type of an object.

Syntax:

typeOf(obj);

Аргументы:

1. obj - (object) The object to inspect.

Возвращает:

• 'element' - (string) If object is a DOM element node.
• 'elements' - (string) If object is an instance of Elements.
• 'textnode' - (string) If object is a DOM text node.
• 'whitespace' - (string) If object is a DOM whitespace node.
• 'arguments' - (string) If object is an arguments object.
• 'array' - (string) If object is an array.
• 'object' - (string) If object is an object.
• 'string' - (string) If object is a string.
• 'number' - (string) If object is a number.
• 'date' - (string) If object is a date.
• 'boolean' - (string) If object is a boolean.
• 'function' - (string) If object is a function.
• 'regexp' - (string) If object is a regular expression.
• 'class' - (string) If object is a Class (created with new Class or the extend of another class).
• 'collection' - (string) If object is a native HTML elements collection, such as childNodes or getElementsByTagName.
• 'window' - (string) If object is the window object.
• 'document' - (string) If object is the document object.
• 'domevent' - (string) If object is an event.
• 'null' - (string) If object is undefined, null, NaN or none of the above.

Пример:

var myString = 'hello';
typeOf(myString); // returns "string"

Примечание:

This method is equivalent to $type from MooTools 1.2, with the exception that undefined and null values now return 'null' as a string, instead of false.

Function: instanceOf

Checks if an object is an instance of a particular type.

Syntax:

instanceOf(item, object)

Аргументы:

1. item - (mixed) The item to check.
2. object - (mixed) The type to compare it with.

Возвращает:

• (boolean) Whether or not the item is an instance of the object.

Examples:

var foo = [];
instanceOf(foo, Array) // returns true
instanceOf(foo, String) // returns false
 
var myClass = new Class();
var bar = new myClass();
instanceOf(bar, myClass) // returns true

Type

MooTools extends native types, like string, array or number to make them even more useful.

The types MooTools uses are:

• String
• Array
• Number
• Function
• RegExp
• Date
• Boolean

Custom MooTools types are:

• Element
• Elements
• Event

Type method: implement

This method implements a new method to the type's prototype.

Syntax:

myType.implement(name, method);

or

myType.implement(methods);

Аргументы:

1. name - (string) The method name.
2. method - (function) The method function.

or

1. methods - (object) An object with key-value pairs. The key is the method name, the value is the method function.

Возвращает:

• (object) The type.

Examples:

Array.implement('limitTop', function(top){
    for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++){
        if (this[i] > top) this[i] = top;
    }
    return this;
});
 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].limitTop(4); // returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4]

It is also possible to pass an object of methods:

String.implement({
    repeat: function(times){
        var string = '';
        while (times--) string += this;
        return string;
    },
    ftw: function(){
        return this + ' FTW!';
    }
});
 
'moo! '.repeat(3); // returns "moo! moo! moo! "
'MooTools'.ftw(); // returns "MooTools FTW!"
('MooTools'.ftw() + ' ').repeat(2); // returns "MooTools FTW! MooTools FTW! "

Type method: extend

Adds one or more functions to the type. These are static functions that accept for example other types to parse them into the type, or other utility functions that belong to the certain type.

Syntax:

myType.extend(name, method);

or

myType.extend(methods);

Аргументы:

1. name - (string) The method name.
2. method - (function) The method function.

or

1. methods - (object) An object with key-value pairs. The key is the method name, the value is the method function.

Возвращает:

• (object) The type.

Examples:

RegExp.extend('from', function(regexp, flags){
    return new RegExp(regexp, flags);
});
 
Number.extend('parseCurrency', function(currency){
    // takes a string and transforms it into a number to
    // do certain calculations
});

Generics

Most methods of types can be used as generic functions. These are the already existing JavaScript methods, methods MooTools adds, or methods you implemented yourself.

Пример:

var everyArgBiggerThanTwo = function(){
    // Instead of this
    return Array.prototype.every.call(arguments, someFunction);
    // you can use
    return Array.every(arguments, someFunction);
};

This is useful if methods of a certain type should be used as function of another type. As the example above, it is used for the Arguments type, which is not a real array, so arguments.every(fn) would not work. However, Array.every(arguments, fn) does work in MooTools.

Syntax:

Type.methodName(thisArg[, arg1, arg2, ...]);

Аргументы:

1. thisArg - (mixed) This is the subject, which is usually thisArg.method([arg1, arg2, ...]);.
2. arg1, arg2, ... - (mixed) Additional arguments which will be passed as method arguments.

Возвращает:

• (mixed) Anything the method usually returns.

Deprecated Functions

Function: $chk

This method has been deprecated and will have no equivalent in MooTools 1.3.

If you really need this function you can implement it like so:

Пример:

var $chk = function(obj){
    return !!(obj || obj === 0);
};

Function: $clear

This method has been deprecated. Please use clearInterval or clearTimeout instead.

Смотрите также:

• MDC clearTimeout, MDC clearInterval

Function: $defined

This method has been deprecated.

If you really need this function you can implement it like so:

Пример:

var $defined = function(obj){
    return (obj != undefined);
};
 
// or just use it like this:
if(obj != undefined){
    // do something
}

Function: $arguments

This method has been deprecated and will have no equivalent in MooTools 1.3.

If you really need this function you can implement it like so:

Пример:

var $arguments = function(i){
    return function(){
        return arguments[i];
    };
};

Function: $empty

This method has been deprecated. Use Function.from instead.

Пример:

var myFunc = Function.from();
// or better:
var myFunc = function(){};

Function: $lambda

This method has been deprecated. Use Function.from instead.

Пример:

myLink.addEvent('click', Function.from(false)); // prevents a link Element from being clickable

Function: $extend

This method has been deprecated. Please use Object.append instead.

Function: $merge

This method has been deprecated. Please use Object.merge instead.

Function: $each

This method has been deprecated. Please use Array.each or Object.each instead.

Function: $pick

This method has been deprecated. Please use Array.pick instead.

Function: $random

This method has been deprecated. Please use Number.random instead.

Function: $splat

This method has been deprecated. Please use Array.from instead. However $splat does not transform Array-like objects such as NodeList or FileList in arrays, Array.from does.

Function: $time

This method has been deprecated. Please use Date.now() instead.

Syntax:

var time = Date.now();

Возвращает:

• (number) - The current timestamp.

Function: $try

This method has been deprecated. Please use Function.attempt instead.

Function: $type

This method has been deprecated. Please use typeOf instead.