The Patternslib storage utility API

Patternslib includes a simple storage utility which you can use to store data for a pattern. The implementation is similar to the Web storage mechanism introduced in HTML5 (and in fact uses that as the underlying storage), but offers multiple named storages and a few extensions that make it easier to use in patterns.

Example

   var store = require("../core/store");

   if (store.supported)
       alert("Your browser does not support storage.");
   else {
       var storage = store.local("mypattern");
       storage.set("key", true);
       alert("The stored value is: " + storage.get("key"));
   }

The Store API

  • store.supported

    A boolean flag indicating if the browser supports web storage.

  • store.local(name)

    • name (String): identifier for the storage section. This should almost always be the name of the pattern.

    Return a local storage instance. Local storage is persistant accross multiple browser sessions and tabs, and will survive a browser restart.

  • store.session(name)

    Parameters:

    • name (String): identifier for the storage section. This should almost always be the name of the pattern.

    Return a session storage instance. Session storage is tied to a single browser session. If a browser has multiple tabs open on the same website each tab will be seen as a different session. Session storage is not guaranteed to survive a browser restart.

Storage instance

The API for a storage instance mimicks the HTML5 Storage interface It differs in that it adds a method to remove all data for a pattern, can return all data as a single javascript object and can store all values that can be JSON serialized instead of only strings.

  • storage.get(name)

    Parameters:

    • name (String): name of the stored variable to retrieve

    Retrieve (a copy of) a stored value from the storage. If no value for the given name was stored, null will be returned.

  • storage.set(name, value)

    Parameters:

    • name (String): name of the variable to store
    • value (Object): value to store. Can be any type that is JSON serializable.

    Store a variable. This will replace an existing value if already present. Throws QuoteExceededError: This exception is thrown if the browser can not store this value.

  • storage.remove(name)

    Parameters:

    • name (String): name of the variable to remove

    Remove a variable from the storage. Unknown names are silently ignored.

  • storage.clear()

    This method removes all variables stored for the pattern.

  • storage.all()

    This method returns an object containing a copy of all stored data. Please note that this is only a copy: modifications made to the returned object will not be stored.

    Returns an object with all the stored data.

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