Class: EMLAttribute

EMLAttribute()

EMLAttribute represents a data attribute within an entity, such as a column variable in a data table, or a feature attribute in a shapefile.

Constructor

new EMLAttribute()

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Members

nodeNameMap :object

The map of lower case to camel case node names needed to deal with parsing issues with $.parseHTML(). Use this until we can figure out issues with $.parseXML().
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Methods

createID()

Set a new UUID on the xmlID property
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defaults() → {object}

Attributes of an EML attribute object
Properties:
Name Type Description
xmlID string The XML id of the attribute
attributeName string The name of the attribute
attributeLabel Array Zero or more human readable labels
attributeDefinition string The definition of the attribute
storageType Array Zero or more storage types
typeSystem Array Zero or more system types for storage type
measurementScale EMLMeasurementScale An EML{Non}NumericDomain or EMLDateTimeDomain object
missingValueCodes EMLMissingValueCodes An EMLMissingValueCodes collection
accuracy EMLAccuracy An EMLAccuracy object
coverage EMLCoverage An EMLCoverage object
methods Array Zero or more EMLMethods objects
references string A reference to another EMLAttribute by id
annotation Array Zero or more EMLAnnotation objects
type string The element type in the DOM
parentModel EML211 The parent model this attribute belongs to
objectXML Element The serialized XML of this EML attribute
objectDOM Element The DOM of this EML attribute
nodeOrder Array The order of the top level XML element nodes
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Returns:
- The EMLAttribute attributes
Type
object

formatXML(xmlString) → {string}

Format the given XML string
Parameters:
Name Type Description
xmlString string The XML string to format
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Returns:
The formatted XML string
Type
string

getEMLPosition(objectDOM, nodeName) → {Element}

Get the DOM node preceding the given nodeName to find what position in the EML document the named node should be appended
Parameters:
Name Type Description
objectDOM Element The DOM of the EML document
nodeName string The name of the node to find the position of
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Returns:
The DOM node to insert the named node after or undefined if the node should be appended to the end of the objectDOM
Type
Element

getParentEML() → {EML211|false}

Climbs up the model heirarchy until it finds the EML model
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Returns:
- Returns the EML 211 Model or false if not found
Type
EML211 | false

initialize()

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isEmpty() → {boolean}

Checks whether the model is just an empty shell
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Returns:
- True if the model is empty, false if it has data
Type
boolean

listenToMissingValueCodes()

Listen to changes on the missingValueCodes collection and trigger a change on this model and the collection
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parse()

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trickleUpChange()

Let the top level package know of attribute changes from this object
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updateDOM(domopt) → {Element}

Copy the original XML and update fields in a DOM object with the current model values
Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
dom Element <optional>
 The original DOM object to update
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Returns:
The updated DOM object
Type
Element

validate()

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validateAnnotations() → {Array}

Validates each of the EMLAnnotation models on this model
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Returns:
- Returns an array of error messages for all the EMLAnnotation models
Type
Array