Context

extends Object

The Context is a pointer to an object in the model data, which is used to allow definition of relative bindings, which are resolved relative to the defined object. Context elements are created either by the ListBinding for each list entry or by using createBindingContext.

Constructor Summary

new sap.ui.model.Context(oModel, sPath, oContext)Constructor for Context class.

Method Summary

sap.ui.model.Context.extend(sClassName, oClassInfo?, FNMetaImpl?)Creates a new subclass of class sap.ui.model.Context with name sClassName and enriches it with the information contained in oClassInfo.

sap.ui.model.Context.getMetadata()Returns a metadata object for class sap.ui.model.Context.

getModel()Getter for model

getObject(sPath)Gets the (model dependent) object the context points to or the object with the given relative binding path

getPath(sPath)Getter for path of the context itself or a subpath

getProperty(sPath)Gets the property with the given relative binding path

Methods borrowed from class sap.ui.base.Object

destroy, getInterface, getMetadata

Constructor Detail

new sap.ui.model.Context(oModel, sPath, oContext)

Constructor for Context class.

Parameters:

{sap.ui.model.Model}	oModel	the model
{String}	sPath	the path
{Object}	oContext	the context object

Method Detail

sap.ui.model.Context.extend(sClassName, oClassInfo?, FNMetaImpl?): function

Creates a new subclass of class sap.ui.model.Context with name sClassName and enriches it with the information contained in oClassInfo.

oClassInfo might contain the same kind of information as described in sap.ui.base.Object.extend.

Parameters:

{string}	sClassName	Name of the class being created
{object}	oClassInfo?	Object literal with information about the class
{function}	FNMetaImpl?	Constructor function for the metadata object; if not given, it defaults to `sap.ui.core.ElementMetadata`

Returns:

{function}

Created class / constructor function

sap.ui.model.Context.getMetadata(): sap.ui.base.Metadata

Returns a metadata object for class sap.ui.model.Context.

Returns:

{sap.ui.base.Metadata}

Metadata object describing this class

getModel(): sap.ui.core.Model

Getter for model

Returns:

{sap.ui.core.Model}

the model

getObject(sPath): object

Gets the (model dependent) object the context points to or the object with the given relative binding path

Parameters:

{String}

sPath

the binding path

Returns:

{object}

the context object

getPath(sPath): String

Getter for path of the context itself or a subpath

Parameters:

{String}

sPath

the binding path

Returns:

{String}

the binding path

getProperty(sPath): any

Gets the property with the given relative binding path

Parameters:

{String}

sPath

the binding path

Returns:

{any}

the property value