AW.CSV.Table

Table data model for comma-separated (or tab-separated) text files.

CSV table is based on AW.HTTP.Request class. It splits the returned text into rows and cells and implements getCount() and getData(col, row) methods to provide the data into the grid control.

Constructor

 var obj = new AW.CSV.Table; 

Hierarchy

Parent Classes: AW.System.Object AW.System.Model AW.HTTP.Request

Properties

async	Indicates whether asynchronous download is permitted.
count	Row count.
data	Cell data.
namespace	Allows to specify namespaces for use in XPath expressions.
parameter	Allows to specify the request arguments/parameters.
password	Sets or retrieves the password.
requestData	Allows to send data with the request.
requestHeader	Sets HTTP request header.
requestMethod	Specifies HTTP request method.
responseHeader	Returns HTTP response header (for example "Content-Type").
responseText	Returns response text.
responseXML	Returns response XML.
URL	Sets or retrieves the remote data URL.
username	Sets or retrieves the user name.

Methods

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clone	Creates an object clone.
defineProperty	Creates get/set methods for the property.
getAsync	Returns async property
getCount	Returns count property
getData	Returns data property
getPassword	Returns password property
getProperty	Returns property value.
getRequestData	Returns requestData property
getRequestMethod	Returns requestMethod property
getResponseHeader	Returns responseHeader property
getResponseText	Returns responseText property
getResponseXML	Returns responseXML property
getURL	Returns URL property
getUsername	Returns username property
init	Initializes the object.
isReady	Returns true if the model data is available.
request	Sends the request.
response	Allows to process the received data.
setAsync	Sets async property
setNamespace	Sets namespace property
setParameter	Sets parameter property
setPassword	Sets password property
setProperty	Assigns property value.
setRequestData	Sets requestData property
setRequestHeader	Sets requestHeader property
setRequestMethod	Sets requestMethod property
setResponseText	Sets responseText property
setResponseXML	Sets responseXML property
setTimeout	Calls the function after the specified delay.
setURL	Sets URL property
setUsername	Sets username property
toString	Converts object to string.

Examples

//  create external data model - CSV text table
var table = new AW.CSV.Table;

//  set data URL - plain text comma-separated file
table.setURL("../data/companies.csv");

//  start asynchronous data retrieval
table.request();

//  create ActiveWidgets Grid javascript object
var obj = new AW.UI.Grid;

//  assign external cell data model
obj.setCellModel(table);

//  set the number of columns, row count is taken from the table
obj.setColumnCount(5);

//  write grid html to the page
document.write(obj);

See also

XML data source