DMX 5 base types and API

Version History

3.0.1 -- Jun 6, 2023

• Improvement:
  • In case of a dropped WebSocket connection an alert is shown and the page is reloaded

3.0 -- May 19, 2023

Version 3.0 of the dmx-api library extends/modifies the API in order to support a wider variety of frontend applications. Additionally, depending on application type, the launch time is reduced as less data is transferred from server (#497, #501). This required some breaking changes in the library's init() function.

• BREAKING CHANGES
  • changed behavior of the library's init() function:
    • The client-side type cache is not fully pre-populated by default anymore. Instead the application pass topicTypes config to pre-populate selectively, or pass all. Depending on application type this results in less data transfer at application launch.
    • The SVG utility for FontAwesome icons is not initialized by default anymore. Instead an application can initialize it on-demand (by calling dmx.icons.init()). Applications who don't need it launch quicker as downloading the FontAwesome SVG data (450K) is omitted.
  • rename class Type -> DMXType
  • remove getPosition() from ViewTopic. Use the new pos getter instead.
• Improvement:
  • The library's init() function optionally opens the WebSocket for client-synchronization (if messageHandler config is passed). The application no longer depends on dmx-websocket module then.
  • Vanilla axios http instance (without error interceptor set by application) is exported as rpc._http.
• Model:
  • change Type's newFormModel():
    • object parameter is now optional
    • add allChildren parameter (optional)
  • add (optional) level parameter to CompDef's emptyChildInstance()
  • add panX, panY, zoom, bgImageUrl getters to Topicmap
  • add updateTopic(), updateAssoc() to Topicmap (part of dmx-topicmap-panel protocol)
  • add pos getter to ViewTopic
• RPC:
  • add getTopicType() and getAssocType()
  • add includeChildren parameter to getTopicmap()
  • add includeChildren and includeAssocChildren parameters to getAssignedWorkspace()
  • add getMemberships() to get the members of a workspace
  • add bulkUpdateUserMemberships() and bulkUpdateWorkspaceMemberships()
  • add deleteWorkspace()
  • change updateTopic(): returns Topic plus directives (formerly just directives)
  • change login(): returned promise resolves with username (formerly undefined)
• Utils:
  • add stripHtml()
• Fix:
  • fixed a bug where nested entities loose their child values while update request (thanks to @gevlish)

2.1 -- Jun 13, 2021

• Model:
  • add class RoleType
  • add isEditable getter to DMXObject
  • add isRoleType getter to DMXObject
  • add asRoleType() to Topic
  • add arrowShape and hollow getters to Player
  • add isNoneditable getter to Type
• RPC:
  • add getAllRoleTypes()
  • add getTopicTypeImplicitly(), getAssocTypeImplicitly(), getRoleTypeImplicitly()
  • add getConfigDefs(), getConfigTopic(), updateConfigTopic()
• Utils:
  • add formatFileSize()
  • add round()
• Fixes:
  • Model: fix TopicType.newTopicModel() regarding identity attributes
  • Model: _newInstance() fills in 0 object value as is (not as '')
  • Type cache: initTypeCache action returns promise

2.0 -- Dec 30, 2020

• BREAKING CHANGES
  • rename restClient -> rpc
  • various dm5 -> dmx renamings
  • Model:
    • replace various DMXObject, Type, CompDef methods by getters
    • drop various DMXObject, Topic, Type methods
• Feature:
  • SVG icon utility (for FontAwesome 4.7)
  • support for SameSite cookie attribute
• Model:
  • add newFormModel() to Type
  • add getOtherPlayerId() to Assoc
• RPC:
  • add query()
• Chore:
  • adapt URLs to github.com/dmx-systems
  • remove /dist from repo
  • code run through eslint

1.0 -- Aug 4, 2020

• Feature: Configurable Icon Renderers
  • new config option: iconRenderers
• Model:
  • drop toExternalForm() method from Type class
• REST client:
  • add getTopicByValue(), getTopicsByValue()
  • add queryTopics()
  • add getAdminWorkspaceId()
  • generic getPermissions() method
• Global:
  • add isAdmin()
• Fix:
  • Model: fillChildren() when multi-value is empty array

0.37 -- Mar 30, 2020

• Remove "Geomaps" API
• Model:
  • add assignToWorkspace() to DMXObject
• REST client:
  • add assignToWorkspace() method

0.36 -- Nov 21, 2019

• Model:
  • add equals() to DMXObject
  • add hasObject(id) and hasVisibleObject() to Topicmap
  • Fix: TopicType's newTopicModel() initializes typeUri of all child topic's (recursively)
• REST client:
  • add getPrivateWorkspace() method
  • add searchChildTopics boolean param (optional) to queryTopicsFulltext()
  • clears the permission cache on login()/logout()
• Type cache: add getAllTopicTypes(), getAllAssocTypes(), getAllDataTypes(), getAllRoleTypes() methods
• Utils: add deleteCookie()

0.35 -- Aug 26, 2019

• Utils: fulltextQuery() supports single-letter whole-word search

0.34 -- Aug 23, 2019

• Utils: add param allowSingleLetterSearch to fulltextQuery()

0.33 -- Aug 15, 2019

• Model: add getRelatedTopicsWithoutChilds() to DMXObject
• REST client:
  • add getRelatedTopicsWithoutChilds()
  • suppress error handler for certain requests
• Utils: add fulltextQuery()

0.32 -- Jul 22, 2019

• Several API and JSON renamings:
  • "AssocDef" -> "CompDef" (composition definition)
  • "Role" -> "Player"
  • "Childs" -> "Children"
• REST client:
  • createTopicmap(): drop isPrivate param, add viewProps param
  • Rename searchTopics() -> queryTopicsFulltext()
• Change license to AGPL-3.0

0.31 -- May 27, 2019

• Support for icon color and background color
• Support for role types
• REST client: support for authorization methods
• Model: replace DMXObject getType() by type getter

0.30 -- Apr 22, 2019

• Model: topic/assoc hide implies unpin
• REST client: Topicmap setTopicPositions() does x/y rounding
• REST client: adapt to server-side Topicmaps API (setTopicPositions() sends object)

0.29 -- Apr 1, 2019

• Support for assoc visibility
• Support for topicmap pan/zoom state
• Support for geomap center/zoom state

0.28 -- Mar 2, 2019

• Support for retrieving topic/assoc meta data (timestamps, creator/modifier, workspace assignment, ...)

0.27 -- Jan 29, 2019

• Model: more support for assocs with assoc players
• Type cache: exported as dm5.typeCache
• Library is build as UMD and advertised via unpkg field (package.json)
• Change license to GPL-3.0-or-later

0.26 -- Jan 5, 2019

• Model: consolidate DMXObject, Player, and Topicmap

0.25 -- Dec 21, 2018

• Various changes in Model, REST client, and Type cache

0.24 -- Nov 24, 2018

• Model:
  • add isTopicType(), isAssocType() to Type
  • adapt Type.isComposite() to new data type dmx.core.composite
  • drop indexModes from Type
  • drop getIdentityAssocDefs() from Type
  • Fix: topicmap ViewAssoc reactivity
  • Fix: AssocRole getPlayer() for topic 0
• REST client:
  • add createUserAccount()

0.23 -- Nov 7, 2018

• Support for geomaps (new model class Geomap, new REST client methods getGeomap() and getDomainTopics())
• Model: new methods in Type: isValue(), isIdentity(), getIdentityAssocDefs()
• Utils: new method debounce()

0.22 -- Oct 21, 2018

• Model:
  • new methods in Topicmap: filterTopics(), filterAssocs()
  • new method in Assoc: getColor()
  • dropped method in Topicmap: visibleTopicIds(). Use the more generic filterTopics() instead.

0.21 -- Oct 6, 2018

• Model: add Topicmap.visibleTopicIds()
• Model fix: Topicmap reactivity

0.20 -- Aug 18, 2018

• Model:
  • Drop assoc types "Aggregation Definition" and "Aggregation"
  • "Cardinality" definition makes use of type system
  • Drop concept "Parent Cardinality"
• REST client:
  • New function: createAssocType()
  • createTopic() and createAssoc() return directives too
  • Config property onHttpError is optional
• Type cache: fix synchronization of UPDATE_TYPE directives

0.19 -- Jul 31, 2018

• Change type URI prefixes dm4 -> dmx
• Add GitLab CI/CD

0.18 -- Jul 17, 2018

• Model extension: AssocRole.getPlayerId(), Topicmap.getObject(id), Topicmap.getPosition(id)
• Type cache: process delete-type directives

0.17 -- Jun 20, 2018

• Support for backend "multi" API:
  • New in REST client: hideMulti(), deleteMulti(), setTopicPositions()
• Model: new in ViewTopic/ViewAssoc: isPinned(), setPinned()

0.16 -- May 1, 2018

• Distribute in pre-compiled form

0.15 -- Apr 10, 2018

• Init option onHttpError allows the host application to handle HTTP errors.

0.14 -- Apr 7, 2018

• Model: class ViewAssoc is exported
• REST client fix: createTopicmap() returns a Topic object

0.13 -- Mar 25, 2018

• Model: Topicmap.revealTopic()'s pos param is optional. If not given it's up to the topicmap renderer to position the topic.
• Utils: clone() for deep-cloning arbitrary objects
• Depends on module clone instead lodash.clonedeep

0.12 -- Mar 10, 2018

• Model + REST client: support for "view props"
• Model: new in ViewTopic/ViewAssoc: fetchObject()
• Utils: isEmpty()
• Utils fix: instantiateChilds() has no side effect

0.11 -- Feb 21, 2018

• Model: new in DeepaMehtaObject: isTopic(), isAssoc(), clone()
• REST client: logout() returns a promise.

0.10 -- Feb 3, 2018

• Support for access control

0.9 -- Jan 13, 2018

• Support for cardinality "many"

0.8 -- Dec 5, 2017

• Support for "relating associations"

0.7 -- Nov 19, 2017

• Client-synchronization for types

0.6 -- Oct 19, 2017

• Create/edit types

0.5 -- Oct 3, 2017

• Create topicmaps/workspaces

0.4 -- Jul 17, 2017

0.3 -- Jun 30, 2017

0.2 -- Jun 14, 2017

0.1 -- Apr 28, 2017

Jörg Richter
Jun 6, 2023