source: Dev/trunk/src/client/dojox/mvc/Bind.js @ 485

define([
        "dojo/_base/lang",
        "dojo/_base/array"
], function(lang, array){
        var mvc = lang.getObject("dojox.mvc", true);

        return lang.mixin(mvc, {
                bind: function(/*dojo/Stateful*/ source, /*String*/ sourceProp,
                                        /*dojo/Stateful*/ target, /*String*/ targetProp,
                                        /*Function?*/ func, /*Boolean?*/ bindOnlyIfUnequal){
                        // summary:
                        //              Bind the specified property of the target to the specified
                        //              property of the source with the supplied transformation.
                        // source:
                        //              The source dojo/Stateful object for the bind.
                        // sourceProp:
                        //              The name of the source's property whose change triggers the bind.
                        // target:
                        //              The target dojo/Stateful object for the bind whose
                        //              property will be updated with the result of the function.
                        // targetProp:
                        //              The name of the target's property to be updated with the
                        //              result of the function.
                        // func:
                        //              The optional calculation to be performed to obtain the target
                        //              property value.
                        // bindOnlyIfUnequal:
                        //              Whether the bind notification should happen only if the old and
                        //              new values are unequal (optional, defaults to false).
                        var convertedValue;
                        return source.watch(sourceProp, function(prop, oldValue, newValue){
                                convertedValue = lang.isFunction(func) ? func(newValue) : newValue;
                                if(!bindOnlyIfUnequal || convertedValue != target.get(targetProp)){
                                        target.set(targetProp, convertedValue);
                                }
                        });
                },

                bindInputs: function(/*dojo/Stateful[]*/ sourceBindArray, /*Function*/ func){
                        // summary:
                        //              Bind the values at the sources specified in the first argument
                        //              array such that a composing function in the second argument is
                        //              called when any of the values changes.
                        // sourceBindArray:
                        //              The array of dojo/Stateful objects to watch values changes on.
                        // func:
                        //              The composing function that is called when any of the source
                        //              values changes.
                        // tags:
                        //              protected
                        var watchHandles = [];
                        array.forEach(sourceBindArray, function(h){
                                watchHandles.push(h.watch("value", func));
                        });
                        return watchHandles;
                }
        });
});