Interface: ApiStateInterface

Methods

addEventListener(type, callback)

Add a callback to be invoked when a certain event occurs

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
type	StateEventType	Type of event to subscribe to
callback	EventListenerCallback	Function to be called when the event fires

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with an EventListenerToken object. The event listener token can be used to remove the event listener by calling removeEventListener.

get()

Retrieve the current state of the viewer

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	API response with data of type ViewerAppState. Description of the current state of the viewer application.

removeEventListener(token)

Remove an event listener

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
token	EventListenerToken	event listener token for event listener to be removed

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	APIResponse with a Boolean data, indicating whether the event listener could be removed.

setBusy(busy [, progress])

Register the API as a busy process of the viewer app

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
busy	Boolean		If true, a busy process will be registered, causing the viewer app to enter busy mode. If false and a busy process of the API had been registered before, it will be removed.
progress	Number	<optional>	Set the percentage of completion in interval [0,1]. If progress bars are displayed, this will influence them.

Returns:

Type	Description
APIResponse	API response with data of type ViewerAppState. Description of the current state of the viewer application.

Members

<readonly> EVENTTYPE

Enum for supported state event types.

Properties:

Name	Type	Default	Description
BUSY		busy	The viewer has entered busy state, which means at least one update process is currently going on.
IDLE		idle	The viewer has entered idle state, which means there are no more update processes going on.
MESSAGE		message	a message which may be displayed to the user
FAILED		failed	a message reporting a fatal error, e.g. the WebGL context was lost and could not be recovered

Type Definitions

StateEventType

Status event type, see EVENTTYPE for values

Type:

• String

ViewerAppState

Viewer state description

Type:

• Object

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
busy	Boolean	true if the viewer is in busy mode, false if the viewer is in idle mode
progress	Number	minimum progress of all processes currently reporting a progress, interval [0,1]
processes	Object.<String, Object>	List of currently active processes
failedStatusMessages	Array	array of status messages corresponding to fatal errors