annotator package

class annotator.App

App is the coordination point for all annotation functionality. App instances manage the configuration of a particular annotation application, and are the starting point for most deployments of Annotator.

annotator.App.prototype.include(module[, options])

Include an extension module. If an options object is supplied, it will be passed to the module at initialisation.

If the returned module instance has a configure function, this will be called with the application registry as a parameter.

Parameters:

• module (Object) –
• options (Object) –

Returns:

Itself.

Return type:

App

annotator.App.prototype.start()

Tell the app that configuration is complete. This binds the various components passed to the registry to their canonical names so they can be used by the rest of the application.

Runs the ‘start’ module hook.

Returns:A promise, resolved when all module ‘start’ hooks have completed. Return type:Promise

annotator.App.prototype.destroy()

Destroy the App. Unbinds all event handlers and runs the ‘destroy’ module hook.

Returns:A promise, resolved when destroyed. Return type:Promise

annotator.App.prototype.runHook(name[, args])

Run the named module hook and return a promise of the results of all the hook functions. You won’t usually need to run this yourself unless you are extending the base functionality of App.

Optionally accepts an array of argument (args) to pass to each hook function.

Returns:A promise, resolved when all hooks are complete. Return type:Promise

annotator.App.extend(object)

Create a new object that inherits from the App class.

For example, here we create a CustomApp that will include the hypothetical mymodules.foo.bar module depending on the options object passed into the constructor:

var CustomApp = annotator.App.extend({
    constructor: function (options) {
        App.apply(this);
        if (options.foo === 'bar') {
            this.include(mymodules.foo.bar);
        }
    }
});

var app = new CustomApp({foo: 'bar'});

Returns:The subclass constructor. Return type:Function