Callback Methods

Introduction

Typed JSON files can be affected by changes from the client or the server. This page describes callback methods for changes on the server side.

OnData

OnData is the method that is called when the Data property is set, as described in the data bindings section.

The OnData method is usually used to initialize the parts of the view-model that cannot be initialized by setting the Data property. Several examples of this can be found in the KitchenSink repo.

The basic structure for using OnData looks like this:

PersonPage.json.cs

using Starcounter;

namespace MyApp
{
    partial class PersonPage : Json
    {
        protected override void OnData()
        {
            base.OnData();

            // Code to be run when the Data property is set
        }
    }
}

HasChanged

And the same goes for HasChanged - that method is always called when there is a change on a server side. But this time it indicates a change of a value in JSON root class.

To capture a change in a child subtree, it is efficient to define another partial class and use HasChanged method there.

This method implemented in the same way as OnData - all the declaration is happening in the code-behind file. Unlike OnData the method HasChanged is not that commonly used but only when there is a need for auto-committed database transactions every time data updates. There is a quick example on HasChanged usage:

using Starcounter;
using Starcounter.Templates;

namespace ModelChangeEventTestProject
{
    partial class Page2 : Json
    {
        protected override void HasChanged(TValue property)
        {
            base.HasChanged(property);
        }
    }

    [Page2_json.Property2]
    partial class Page2Property2 : Json
    {
        protected override void HasChanged(TValue property)
        {
            base.HasChanged(property);
        }
    }
}

Just to sum up methods purposes:

• OnData - triggered when the data property is changed.

• HasChanged - triggered when the value is changed.