StringUnit
StringUnit is a type of Unit that only accepts
string data type as its value. It ensures that at any point of time the value would always be string.
It implements all the String.prototype methods available in the environment/browser, including polyfills.
e.g.:
trim, includes and toLowerCase
, etc., and redirects them to the stored string value inside the Unit, so when you call Unit.includes() , it'll be executed on the Unit's value instead of the Unit instance itself. When we use
String.prototype methods like replace, it doesn't mutate the value of the Unit, similar to how simple String.prototype.replace works. | |
Default value | '' (empty string) |
Value data type | string |
StringUnit can not be used as a drop-in replacement for primitive
string value, since StringUnit is a non-primitive data structure, and the actual string value is stored inside the Unit, which can be accessed viaUnit.value() method. See the below comparisons for more clarity.// initialization
let str = 'Hello';
const unit = new StringUnit({initialValue: 'Hello'});
str === unit // false
str === unit.value() // true
unit + ' World' // 'Hello World'
unit + 1 // 'Hello1'
unit.dispatch('6');
parseInt(unit) // 6
typeof str === 'string' // true
typeof unit === 'object' // true
typeof unit.value() === 'string' // true
// value assignment
str = 'bye';
unit.dispatch('bye');
// value access
console.log(str) // logs 'bye'
console.log(unit.value()) // logs 'bye'
// OR
unit.subscribe(value => console.log(value)) // logs 'bye', will log future values
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