I am using Ember.js for my project, and there is a point when I have to remove all the contents or set every property to "" or null for an Ember.Object.

So what is happening is, within the template, there are handlebars tags that link to some of the objects properties ({{myProperty}}),so when the object is emptied or every property set to "" or null, this binding should still exist if the properties are updated to new values.

Is there a way to achieve this? Is there a way to maybe loop through all the properties quickly?

I am using Ember.js for my project, and there is a point when I have to remove all the contents or set every property to "" or null for an Ember.Object.

So what is happening is, within the template, there are handlebars tags that link to some of the objects properties ({{myProperty}}),so when the object is emptied or every property set to "" or null, this binding should still exist if the properties are updated to new values.

Is there a way to achieve this? Is there a way to maybe loop through all the properties quickly?

• javascript
• jquery
• ember.js

2 Answers 2

(started writing this thinking that eachAttribute is a method on Ember.Object, but it's on DS.Model instead. So...)

If your object happens to be an Ember Data DS.Model instance, there is the eachAttribute method, which takes a callback function. So one way to do what you're suggesting might be:

modelobj.eachAttribute(function(propName){
    modelobj.set(propName, null);
});

The only other idea that springs to mind is instantiating a new "blank" instance of your object, and assigning it in the old one's place...I think handlebars bindings would update properly in most cases if you did that.

Would it work for your application to use an {{#if}} statement in the template to conditionally show/hide your properties?

Like this:

{{#if view.showStuff }}
    <p>{{view.myProperty1}}</p>
    <p>{{view.myProperty2}}</p>
    <p>{{view.myProperty3}}</p>
{{else}}
    <p>Not showing content</p>
{{/if}}

If showStuff is true then your properties will be rendered, otherwise it will display the other html.

Example http://jsfiddle/cteegarden/rHafx/1/