Extension ID

com.castsoftware.vuejs

What's new?

Please see Vue.js - 1.1 - Release Notes for more information.

Description

This extension provides support for Vue.js. Vue.js is an open-source JavaScript framework used to build user interface for web application: vuejs.org

In what situation should you install this extension?

If your Web application contains Vue.js source code and you want to view these object types and their links with other objects, then you should install this extension.

Supported Vue.js versions

Version	Support	Comment
v2.x

Supported template definitions

Vue.js has different methods to define a component's template - these methods are shown here: https://vuejsdevelopers.com/2017/03/24/vue-js-component-templates/. The following table shows the methods that are currently supported by Vue.js extension:

Pattern	Support
String
Template literal
X-Templates
Inline
Render functions
JSX
Single page components

CAST AIP compatibility

This extension is compatible with:

CAST AIP release	Supported
8.3.x

Prerequisites

An installation of any compatible release of CAST AIP (see table above)

Dependencies with other extensions

Some CAST extensions require the presence of other CAST extensions in order to function correctly.
The Vue.js extension requires that the following other CAST extensions are also installed:

• HTML5/JavaScript
• Web services linker service (internal technical extension)

Download and installation instructions

Please see:

• Download an extension
• Install an extension

What results can you expect?

Once the analysis/snapshot generation has completed, you can view the results in the normal manner (for example via CAST Enlighten):

Objects

The following specific objects are displayed in CAST Enlighten:

Store

Dispatch

Vue.js extension support Vuex store dispatch methods are used to call shared function.

Here is an example of a classical architecture using this method.

export const FETCH_DATA = "fetchData";

import { FETCH_DATA } from "./actions.type";
import Vue from "vue";
import axios from "axios";
import VueAxios from "vue-axios";


Vue.use(VueAxios, axios);

const actions = {
  [FETCH_DATA]() {
    return return Vue.axios.get('uri/to/data')
  },
};

export default {
  actions
};

import Vue from "vue";
import Vuex from "vuex";

import data from "./data.module";

Vue.use(Vuex);

export default new Vuex.Store({
  modules: {
    data
  }
});

<template>
  <div></div>
</template>

<script>
import { FETCH_DATA } from "@/store/actions.type";

export default {
  name: "StoreExample",
  mounted: function() {
    this.$store.dispatch(FETCH_DATA)
  }
};
</script>

In Enlighten:

Webservices

Axios

The Vue.js extension supports webservices using Axios:

async onLogout() {
      await this.$axios.$post('/api/oauth/logout');
      this.setLogout(true);
      this.setCurrentUser(null);

      try {
        await this.$axios.$get('/api/oauth/me')
      } catch (e) {
        // middleware redirects to login page
      }
    }

Giving the following graph in Enlighten:

Vue-resources

The Vue.js extension supports webservices using vue-resources.

async onLogout() {
      await this.$http.post('/api/oauth/logout');
      this.setLogout(true);
      this.setCurrentUser(null);

      try {
        await this.$http.$get('/api/oauth/me')
      } catch (e) {
        // middleware redirects to login page
      }
    }

Giving the following graph in Enlighten:

Fetch

The Vue.js extension supports webservices using fetch:

async onLogout() {
      await fetch('/api/oauth/logout');
      this.setLogout(true);
      this.setCurrentUser(null);

      try {
        await fetch('/api/oauth/me')
      } catch (e) {
        // middleware redirects to login page
      }
    }

Giving the following graph in Enlighten:

Link transition

Sometimes calls to services are factorized into a function that only concatenates URI parts leading to the following kinds of bottleneck and making it hard to follow which function called a given service:

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Link transition allows the extension to go through the specified functions to make a direct link between the function defining the service URI and the service object. This leads to a better graph without bottlenecks:

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Quality rules

The following structural rules are provided:

Known limitations

Store map function

Currently there are no links to the following store map functions from components using them:

• mapGetters
• mapActions

For example:

// ...
<ToggleSwitch v-model="user.autosave_notes" @change="setAutosaveNotes(user.autosave_notes)" />
// ...
methods: {
    ...mapActions(['deleteUser', 'setShowLanguageTags', 'setAutosaveNotes', 'revokeUserAccess']),
    // ...
  }

const actions = {
  // ...
  setAutosaveNotes({ commit }, flag) {
    return client.put('/user/autosave-notes', { flag }).then(({ data }) => {
      commit(SET_USER, data)
    })
  }
}

No link shown in CAST Enlighten:

Functions passed as properties

In Vue.js components can have properties, which could be functions. Links to those functions are currently unsupported.