Mashup API

The client-side Mashup API facilitates the use of the Enterprise Portal Client Framework (EPCF) eventing mechanism for the implementation of connections between content items in a page.

For more information, see Client-Side Eventing.

getEventData()

Retrieves a JavaScript object through which a source iView can pass parameters to target iViews.

Parameters

None

Return Value

JavaScript object

Example Example

var eventData = EPCM.getSAPTop().MashupAPI.getEventData();

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EventData.setID(ID)

Stores an iView ID in the EventData object

Parameters

ID – iView ID

Return Value

None

Example Example

var eventData = EPCM.getSAPTop().MashupAPI.getEventData();
eventData.setID("material321");

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EventData.setPortID(portID)

Stores a port ID in the EventData object

Parameters

portID – port ID as defined in ports.xml

Return Value

None

Example Example

var eventData = EPCM.getSAPTop().MashupAPI.getEventData();
eventData.setPortID("inPort1");

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EventData.addData(key,value)

Stores a parameter name and value in the EventData object

Parameters

key – parameter's name as defined in ports.xml; value - parameter's value

Return Value

None

Example Example

var eventData = EPCM.getSAPTop().MashupAPI.getEventData();
eventData.addData("param1","P-100");

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EventData.toString()

Retrieves a string representation of the EventData object

Parameters

None

Return Value

String value of the EventData object in JSON format

Example Example

var eventData = EPCM.getSAPTop().MashupAPI.getEventData();
eventData.setID("material321");
eventData.setPortID("inPort1");
eventData.addData("param1","P-100");
String myEvent = eventData.toString();

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