Class: ConfigClient

Config Client (Finsemble Connect)

This client provides run-time access to Finsemble's configuration. The Config Client functions similar to a global store created with the Distributed Store Client and offers many of the same methods. Values modified at runtime are not persisted.

See the Configuration tutorial for a configuration overview.

Methods

addEventListener
(event, handler)

Name Type Description
event string
handler Function

addListener
(params, fn, cb)

Add a listener to the config at either the root config level or field level. If no field is given, the root config level is used. You can also listen for changes to config fields any number of levels deep -- finsemble.configitem.deeperconfigitem.evendeeperconfigitem

Name Type Description
params fieldOnlyParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

fn any

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified.

cb any optional

Callback to be invoked after the listener is added.

Example
var myFunction = function(err,data){};
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.addListener({ field:'field1' }, myFunction, cb);

addListeners
(params, fn, cb)

Add an array of listeners as objects or strings. If using strings, you must provide a function callback as the second parameter.

Name Type Description
params listenerParam | listenerParam[] | fieldOnlyParam | string[]
Name Type Description
listenerParam
Name Type Description
field string

The data field to listen for.

listener Function

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified. If this is empty, fn is used.

listenerParam
Name Type Description
field string

The data field to listen for.

listener Function

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified. If this is empty, fn is used.

params fieldOnlyParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

fn Function optional

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified.

cb Function optional

Callback to be invoked after the listeners are added.

Example
var myFunction = function(err,data){}
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.addListeners(
	[
		{ field: "field1", listener: myFunction },
		{ field: "field2", listener: myFunction }
	],
	null,
	cb
);

FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.addListeners(
[{ field: "field1" }, { field: "field2", listener: myFunction }],
myFunction,
cb
);

FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.addListeners(["field1", "field2"], myFunction, cb);

getPreferences
(params, callback)

Retrieves all of the preferences set for the application.

Name Type Description
params any optional
callback StandardCallback

The callback to be invoked if the method fails.

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.getPreferences((err, preferences)=> {
		//use preferences.
});

getValue
(params, cb)

Get a value from the config.

Name Type Description
params fieldOnlyParam | string
Name Type Description
params fieldOnlyParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

cb Function

Will return the value if found.

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.getValue({ field:'field1' }, function(err,value){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.getValue('field1', function(err,value){ });

getValues
(fields, cb)

Get multiple values from the config.

Name Type Description
fields fieldOnlyParam[] | string[] optional

An array of field objects. If there are no fields provided, the complete configuration manifest is returned.

Name Type Description
params fieldOnlyParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

cb Function

Will return the value if found.

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.getValues([{ field: 'field1' },{ field2: 'field2' }],function(err,values){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.getValues(['field1','field2'], function(err,values){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.get(null, callback); // returns the complete manifest containing the finsemble property

processAndSet
(params, callback)

Dynamically set config values within the Finsemble configuration. New config properties may be set or existing ones modified. Note that configuration changes will not necessarily dynamically modify the components or services that use the corresponding configuration -- it depends if the component or service handles the corresponding change notifications (either though PubSub or the config's DataStore). Also, these changes do not persist in any config files.

Note: Anytime config is set using this API, the newConfig along with the updated manifest will by published to the PubSub topic "Config.changeNotification". To get these notifications any component or service can subscribe to the topic. An example is shown below.

Note: Anytime config is set using this API, the dataStore underlying configuration 'Finsemble-Configuration-Store' will also be updated. To get these dataStore events a listener can be set as shown in the example below. However, any config modifications made directly though the DataStore will not result in corresponding PubSub notifications.

Name Type Description
params
Name Type Description
newConfig any

Provides the configuration properties to add into the existing configuration under manifest.finsemble. This config must match the Finsemble config requirements as described in the Configuration tutorial. It can include importConfig references to dynamically fetch additional configuration files.

overwrite boolean

If true then overwrite any preexisting config with new config (can only set to true when running from same origin, not cross-domain); if false then newConfig must not match properties of existing config, including service and component configuration.

replace boolean

True specifies any component or service definitions in the new config will place all existing non-system component and service configuration

callback StandardCallback

The callback to be invoked if the method fails.

Example
// Examples using processAndSet()
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.processAndSet({ newConfig: { myNewConfigField: 12345 }, overwrite: false });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.processAndSet(
{
	newConfig: {
		"myNewConfigField": 12345,
		"myNewConfigObject": {
			A: "this is a test",
			B: "more test"
		},
		"importConfig": [
			"$applicationRoot/configs/application/test.json",
		]
	},
	overwrite: true,
 replace: false,
},
	function (err, finsemble) {
		if (err) {
			console.error("ConfigClient.set", err);
		} else {
			console.log("new finsemble config", finsemble);
		}
	}
);

 // example subscribing to PubSub to get notifications of dynamic updates
RouterClient.subscribe("Config.changeNotification", function (err, notify) {
		console.log("set notification", notify.data.newConfig, notify.data.finsemble);
	});

 // example using DataStore to get notifications of dynamic updates
DistributedStoreClient.getStore({ store: 'Finsemble-Configuration-Store', global: true }, function (err, configStore) {
		configStore.addListener({ field: "finsemble" }, function (err, newFinsembleConfig) {
			console.log("new manifest.finsemble configuration", newFinsembleConfig);
		});
});

removeEventListener
(event, handler)

Removes an event listener added by addEventListener

Name Type Description
event any

An event that was used with addEventListener to add a listener

handler any

The handler that was used with addEventListener for the event

removeListener
(params, fn, cb)

Remove a listener from config. If no field is given, we look for a config root listener

Name Type Description
params fieldOnlyParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

fn Function

The listener to remove.

cb Function optional

Returns true if it was successful in removing the listener.

Example
var myFunction = function(err,data){ }
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeListener({
	field:'field1'
}, MyFunction, function(bool){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeListener(MyFunction, function(bool){ });

removeListeners
(params, fn, cb)

Remove an array of listeners from the config

Name Type Description
params listenerParam | listenerParam[]
Name Type Description
listenerParam
Name Type Description
field string

The data field to listen for.

listener Function

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified. If this is empty, fn is used.

listenerParam
Name Type Description
field string

The data field to listen for.

listener Function

The function to be called when the observed piece of config is modified. If this is empty, fn is used.

fn Function optional

The listener to remove

cb Function optional

Returns true if it was successful in removing the listener.

Example
var myFunction = function(err,data){ }
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeListeners({
	field: 'field1'
}, MyFunction, function(bool){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeListeners([{ field:'field1', listener: MyFunction }], function(bool){ });
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeListeners(['field1'], MyFunction, function(bool) { });

removeValue
(params, cb)

Remove a value from the config.

Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

value any optional

Value of the field

cb Function

Returns an error if there is one

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeValue({ field:'field1' }, function(err,bool){ });

removeValues
(params, cb)

Removes multiple values from the config.

Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam[] | string[]
Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

value any

Value of the field

cb Function

Returns an error if there is one.

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.removeValues([{
	field:'field1'
}],
function(err,bool){	});

setPreference
(params, callback)

Sets a value on the configStore and persists that value to storage. On application restart, this value will overwrite any application defaults.

Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

value any optional

Value of the field

callback StandardCallback

The callback to be invoked if the method fails.

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.setPreference({
	field: "finsemble.initialWorkspace",
	value: "Workspace 2"
}, (err, response) => {
		//preference has been set
});

setValue
(params, cb)

Set a value in the config. Setting a value will trigger events that you can listen to using addListener.

Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

value any optional

Value of the field

cb any optional

Optional callback

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.setValue({ field:'field1', value:"new value" });

setValues
(fields, cb)

This will set multiple values in the config.

Name Type Description
fields fieldAndValueParam[] | string[]
Name Type Description
params fieldAndValueParam
Name Type Description
field string

Name of the field

value any

Value of the field

cb any optional

Optional callback

Example
FSBL.Clients.ConfigClient.setValues([{ field:'field1', value: "new value" }]);