[#196,bugfix][s]: add back in support for serializing *all* dataset info into state object (and restoring from it) - fixes #196.

* Also minor refactor move dataset restore functionality into multiview (it makes more sense as it is multiview which does the serializing in the first place)
* Improved tests for this!
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Rufus Pollock
2012-08-16 14:28:44 +01:00
parent 211fe9d3ec
commit 70c2676fc0
3 changed files with 42 additions and 32 deletions

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@@ -291,36 +291,6 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
});
// ### Dataset.restore
//
// Restore a Dataset instance from a serialized state. Serialized state for a
// Dataset is an Object like:
//
// <pre>
// {
// backend: {backend type - i.e. value of dataset.backend.__type__}
// dataset: {dataset info needed for loading -- result of dataset.toJSON() would be sufficient but can be simpler }
// // convenience - if url provided and dataste not this be used as dataset url
// url: {dataset url}
// ...
// }
my.Dataset.restore = function(state) {
var dataset = null;
// hack-y - restoring a memory dataset does not mean much ...
if (state.backend === 'memory') {
var datasetInfo = {
records: [{stub: 'this is a stub dataset because we do not restore memory datasets'}]
};
} else {
var datasetInfo = {
url: state.url,
backend: state.backend
};
}
dataset = new recline.Model.Dataset(datasetInfo);
return dataset;
};
// ## <a id="record">A Record</a>
//
// A single record (or row) in the dataset