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Below is an example class member that we can disect to show the syntax of a class member (the lookupComponent method as viewed from the Ext.button.Button class in this case).

lookupComponent ( item ) : Ext.Component
protected

Called when a raw config object is added to this container either during initialization of the items config, or when new items are added), or {@link #insert inserted.

This method converts the passed object into an instanced child component.

This may be overridden in subclasses when special processing needs to be applied to child creation.

Parameters

item :  Object

The config object being added.

Returns
Ext.Component

The component to be added.

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Ext.String singleton

Hierarchy

Ext.String

Summary

A collection of useful static methods to deal with strings.

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properties

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Instance Methods

addCharacterEntities ( newEntities )

Adds a set of character entity definitions to the set used by Ext.String#htmlEncode and Ext.String#htmlDecode.

This object should be keyed by the entity name sequence, with the value being the textual representation of the entity.

 Ext.String.addCharacterEntities({
     'Ü':'Ü',
     'ç':'ç',
     'ñ':'ñ',
     'è':'è'
 });
 var s = Ext.String.htmlEncode("A string with entities: èÜçñ");

Note: the values of the character entities defined on this object are expected to be single character values. As such, the actual values represented by the characters are sensitive to the character encoding of the JavaScript source file when defined in string literal form. Script tags referencing server resources with character entities must ensure that the 'charset' attribute of the script node is consistent with the actual character encoding of the server resource.

The set of character entities may be reset back to the default state by using the Ext.String#resetCharacterEntities method

Parameters

newEntities :  Object

The set of character entities to add to the current definitions.

capitalize ( string ) : String

Capitalize the first letter of the given string.

Parameters

string :  String

Returns

:String

createRegex ( value, [startsWith], [endsWith], [ignoreCase] ) : RegExp

Creates a RegExp given a string value and optional flags. For example, the following two regular expressions are equivalent.

 var regex1 = Ext.String.createRegex('hello');

 var regex2 = /^hello$/i;

The following two regular expressions are also equivalent:

 var regex1 = Ext.String.createRegex('world', false, false, false);

 var regex2 = /world/;

Available since: 5.0.0

Parameters

value :  String/RegExp

The String to convert to a RegExp.

startsWith :  Boolean (optional)

Pass false to allow a match to start anywhere in the string. By default the value will match only at the start of the string.

Defaults to: true

endsWith :  Boolean (optional)

Pass false to allow the match to end before the end of the string. By default the value will match only at the end of the string.

Defaults to: true

ignoreCase :  Boolean (optional)

Pass false to make the RegExp case sensitive (removes the 'i' flag).

Defaults to: true

Returns

:RegExp

createVarName ( s ) : String

Converts a string of characters into a legal, parse-able JavaScript var name as long as the passed string contains at least one alphabetic character. Non alphanumeric characters, and leading non alphabetic characters will be removed.

Parameters

s :  String

A string to be converted into a var name.

Returns

:String

A legal JavaScript var name.

ellipsis ( value, length, [word] ) : String

Truncate a string and add an ellipsis ('...') to the end if it exceeds the specified length.

Parameters

value :  String

The string to truncate.

length :  Number

The maximum length to allow before truncating.

word :  Boolean (optional)

true to try to find a common word break.

Defaults to: false

Returns

:String

The converted text.

endsWith ( s, end, [ignoreCase] )

Checks if a string ends with a substring

Parameters

s :  String

The original string

end :  String

The substring to check

ignoreCase :  Boolean (optional)

True to ignore the case in the comparison

Defaults to: false

escape ( string ) : String

Escapes the passed string for ' and .

Parameters

string :  String

The string to escape.

Returns

:String

The escaped string.

escapeRegex ( string ) : String

Escapes the passed string for use in a regular expression.

Parameters

string :  String

The string to escape.

Returns

:String

The escaped string.

format ( string, values ) : String

Allows you to define a tokenized string and pass an arbitrary number of arguments to replace the tokens. Each token must be unique, and must increment in the format {0}, {1}, etc. Example usage:

var cls = 'my-class',
    text = 'Some text';
var s = Ext.String.format('<div class="{0}">{1}</div>', cls, text);
// s now contains the string: '<div class="my-class">Some text</div>'

Parameters

string :  String

The tokenized string to be formatted.

values :  Mixed...

The values to replace tokens {0}, {1}, etc in order.

Returns

:String

The formatted string.

fromCodePoint ( codePoint ) : String

Creates a string created by using the specified sequence of code points.

Parameters

codePoint :  Number...

Codepoints from which to build the string.

Returns

:String

A string built from the sequence of code points passed.

hasHtmlCharacters ( s ) : Boolean
private pri

Checks if a string has values needing to be html encoded.

Parameters

s :  String

The string to test

Returns

:Boolean

true if the string contains HTML characters

htmlDecode ( value ) : String

Convert certain characters (&, <, >, ', and ") from their HTML character equivalents.

Parameters

value :  String

The string to decode.

Returns

:String

The decoded text.

htmlEncode ( value ) : String

Convert certain characters (&, <, >, ', and ") to their HTML character equivalents for literal display in web pages.

Parameters

value :  String

The string to encode.

Returns

:String

The encoded text.

insert ( s, value, index ) : String

Inserts a substring into a string.

Parameters

s :  String

The original string.

value :  String

The substring to insert.

index :  Number

The index to insert the substring. Negative indexes will insert from the end of the string. Example:

Ext.String.insert("abcdefg", "h", -1); // abcdefhg

Returns

:String

The value with the inserted substring

leftPad ( string, size, [character] ) : String

Pads the left side of a string with a specified character. This is especially useful for normalizing number and date strings. Example usage:

var s = Ext.String.leftPad('123', 5, '0');
// s now contains the string: '00123'

Parameters

string :  String

The original string.

size :  Number

The total length of the output string.

character :  String (optional)

The character with which to pad the original string.

Defaults to: ' '

Returns

:String

The padded string.

repeat ( pattern, count, sep )

Returns a string with a specified number of repetitions a given string pattern. The pattern be separated by a different string.

 var s = Ext.String.repeat('---', 4); // = '------------'
 var t = Ext.String.repeat('--', 3, '/'); // = '--/--/--'

Parameters

pattern :  String

The pattern to repeat.

count :  Number

The number of times to repeat the pattern (may be 0).

sep :  String

An option string to separate each pattern.

resetCharacterEntities

Resets the set of character entity definitions used by Ext.String#htmlEncode and Ext.String#htmlDecode back to the default state.

splitWords ( words )

Splits a string of space separated words into an array, trimming as needed. If the words are already an array, it is returned.

Parameters

words :  String/Array

startsWith ( s, start, [ignoreCase] )

Checks if a string starts with a substring

Parameters

s :  String

The original string

start :  String

The substring to check

ignoreCase :  Boolean (optional)

True to ignore the case in the comparison

Defaults to: false

toggle ( string, value, other ) : String

Utility function that allows you to easily switch a string between two alternating values. The passed value is compared to the current string, and if they are equal, the other value that was passed in is returned. If they are already different, the first value passed in is returned. Note that this method returns the new value but does not change the current string.

// alternate sort directions
sort = Ext.String.toggle(sort, 'ASC', 'DESC');

// instead of conditional logic:
sort = (sort === 'ASC' ? 'DESC' : 'ASC');

Parameters

string :  String

The current string.

value :  String

The value to compare to the current string.

other :  String

The new value to use if the string already equals the first value passed in.

Returns

:String

The new value.

trim ( string ) : String

Trims whitespace from either end of a string, leaving spaces within the string intact. Example:

var s = '  foo bar  ';
alert('-' + s + '-');                   //alerts "- foo bar -"
alert('-' + Ext.String.trim(s) + '-');  //alerts "-foo bar-"

Parameters

string :  String

The string to trim.

Returns

:String

The trimmed string.

uncapitalize ( string ) : String

Uncapitalize the first letter of a given string.

Parameters

string :  String

Returns

:String

urlAppend ( url, string ) : String

Appends content to the query string of a URL, handling logic for whether to place a question mark or ampersand.

Parameters

url :  String

The URL to append to.

string :  String

The content to append to the URL.

Returns

:String

The resulting URL

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