OpenLayers.Strategy.Save

A strategy that commits newly created or modified features. By default the strategy waits for a call to save before persisting changes. By configuring the strategy with the auto option, changes can be saved automatically.

Inherits from

OpenLayers.Strategy

Summary

OpenLayers.Strategy.Save	A strategy that commits newly created or modified features.
Properties
events	{OpenLayers.Events} An events object that handles all events on the strategy object.
events	{OpenLayers.Events} Events instance for triggering this protocol events.
auto	{Boolean \| Number} Auto-save.
timer	{Number} The id of the timer.
Constructor
OpenLayers.Strategy.Save	Create a new Save strategy.
Functions
activate	Activate the strategy.
deactivate	Deactivate the strategy.
triggerSave	Registered as a listener.
save	Tell the layer protocol to commit unsaved features.
onCommit	Called after protocol commit.

Properties

events

{OpenLayers.Events} An events object that handles all events on the strategy object.

Register a listener for a particular event with the following syntax

strategy.events.register(type, obj, listener);

Supported event types

start	Triggered before saving
success	Triggered after a successful transaction
fail	Triggered after a failed transaction

events

{OpenLayers.Events} Events instance for triggering this protocol events.

auto

{Boolean | Number} Auto-save. Default is false. If true, features will be saved immediately after being added to the layer and with each modification or deletion. If auto is a number, features will be saved on an interval provided by the value (in seconds).

timer

{Number} The id of the timer.

Constructor

OpenLayers.Strategy.Save

Create a new Save strategy.

Parameters

options

{Object} Optional object whose properties will be set on the instance.

Functions

activate

activate: function()

Activate the strategy. Register any listeners, do appropriate setup.

Returns

{Boolean} The strategy was successfully activated.

deactivate

deactivate: function()

Deactivate the strategy. Unregister any listeners, do appropriate tear-down.

Returns

{Boolean} The strategy was successfully deactivated.

triggerSave

triggerSave: function( event )

Registered as a listener. Calls save if a feature has insert, update, or delete state.

Parameters

event

{Object} The event this function is listening for.

save

save: function( features )

Tell the layer protocol to commit unsaved features. If the layer projection differs from the map projection, features will be transformed into the layer projection before being committed.

Parameters

features

{Array} Features to be saved. If null, then default is all features in the layer. Features are assumed to be in the map projection.

onCommit

onCommit: function( response )

Called after protocol commit.

Parameters

response

{OpenLayers.Protocol.Response} A response object.