Element Factory

• Introduction
• Element Factory Overview
• Element Properties

Introduction

ElementFactory is the API exposed by Dynamo for creating Dynamo Elements. It's use is abstracted in the createElement library.

Element Factory Overview

The ElementFactory object is exposed to the processor's context and is accessible using -

this.elementFactory;

The ElementFactory object has two methods

this.elementFactory.get(ElementOpts);

and

// this internally calls the .get method

this.elementFactory.getAll(this, [ElementOpts]);

The get method returns a single Dynamo Element on which you can call either the describeSync or the describe method of the element. Example usage -

this.elementFactory.get(ElementOpts).describeSync();

Element Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
name	String	The name of the element. This is the name with which the element value will be accessed in the form arguments.
elementType	String	One of the valid element types that have been defined in dynamo constants.
label	String	The label/ placeholder associated with the element
description	String?	The description for the element if needed
args	Object	The element specific options, it is usually different for various elements
asyncValidators	Array?	An array of async functions that would be run to perform some validation on the element
validators	Array?	An array of synchronous validators that will be run to validate the elements value. Includes the validators found in forms and elements.
uid	String	The unique ID for the element
order	Number	Display order on the form for the element. Determines the position of the element on the form
component_uid	String|UUID	Globally unique ID for the element