Tomes

Evented Storage Agnostic Data API

Problem: You've got data and you want to do something whenever it changes.

Access and modify your data through the Tomes API and you'll get change events.

Play with a live demo here - http://bjornstar.github.com/tomes/

Example

var filmData = {
	cast: [
		{ name: "Mr. Blonde", guns: 1, razors: 1 },
		{ name: "Marvin Nash", ears: [ "left", "right" ], cop: true },
	]
};

var reservoirDogs = Tome.conjure(filmData);

reservoirDogs.cast[1].on('readable', function (marvinNash) {
	console.log(marvinNash.ears.length);
});
// >>> 2

reservoirDogs.cast[1].ears.pop();
// >>> 1

Tomes API

##Tome

###Tome.conjure( data ) Returns a new Tome containing your data.

###Tome.typeOf( data ) Returns data's type as a string. Tomes has types that exist in JSON which are:

• array
• boolean
• null
• number
• object
• string As well as:
• undefined

###Tome.isTome( data ) Returns a boolean indicating whether data is a Tome or not.

###Tome.unTome( tome ) Returns a regular JavaScript version of your Tome.

##TomeTypes

• ArrayTome
• BooleanTome
• NullTome
• NumberTome
• ObjectTome
• StringTome
• UndefinedTome

###Tome.destroy( tome ) Make a tome and all of it's sub-tomes emit destroy. This will not delete anything.

##Methods

###assign( data ) Assign data to a Tome.

###set( key, data ) Assign data to key on a Tome. Set will create a Tome on the key if it does not exist.

###del( key ) Delete a key from a Tome.

###swap( key, tome ) Swap key with tome.

###rename( key, newkey ) Rename key to newkey.

###move( key, tome, [ newkey ] ) Move key to tome. Optionally call it newkey on that tome.

###hide( [ boolean ] ) Hides a Tome. The Tome still exists in this tome, but will neither stringify nor show up in any events. Shows up as a delete in change operations.

###read( ) Get a single change operation from the root Tome, removing it in the process. Returns null if there are no changes.

###readAll( ) Get all change operations from the Tome

###merge( diff ) Applies a change operation or an array of change operations to a Tome.

###getKey( ) Returns a Tome's key.

###getParent( ) Returns a Tome's parent Tome.

###getVersion( ) Returns a Tome's version.

###is( value ) Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the Tome is observably indistinguishable from value (ref). If no value is given, returns whether or not the Tome's value is truthy.

###isDirty( ) Returns whether a Tome has been changed, but the change has not been read.

##Events

###add( key ) Emitted when a Tome receives a new key.

###del( key ) Emitted when a key is deleted from a Tome.

###destroy( ) Emitted when a Tome is deleted. Removes all event listeners for this Tome.

###readable( was ) Emitted every time a Tome or any of its child Tomes are altered. If the Tome was a primitive (ie. string, number, or boolean) the previous value will be emitted as well, but only if it did not change types.

###typeChange( tome, oldType, newType ) Emitted by the root tome when a Tome changes type.