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Jul 16, 2012
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David Schnur
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Writing plugins
---------------
## Writing plugins ##
All you need to do to make a new plugin is creating an init function
and a set of options (if needed), stuffing it into an object and
putting it in the $.plot.plugins array. For example:
function myCoolPluginInit(plot) {
```
js
function
myCoolPluginInit
(
plot
)
{
plot
.
coolstring
=
"Hello!"
;
};
};
$.plot.plugins.push({ init: myCoolPluginInit, options: { ... } });
$
.
plot
.
plugins
.
push
({
init
:
myCoolPluginInit
,
options
:
{
...
}
});
// if $.plot is called, it will return a plot object with the
// attribute "coolstring"
// if $.plot is called, it will return a plot object with the
// attribute "coolstring"
```
Now, given that the plugin might run in many different places, it's
a good idea to avoid leaking names. The usual trick here is wrap the
...
...
@@ -21,37 +22,38 @@ this: (function () { inner code ... })(). To make it even more robust
in case $ is not bound to jQuery but some other Javascript library, we
can write it as
(function ($) {
```
js
(
function
(
$
)
{
// plugin definition
// ...
})(jQuery);
})(
jQuery
);
```
There's a complete example below, but you should also check out the
plugins bundled with Flot.
Complete example
----------------
## Complete example ##
Here is a simple debug plugin which alerts each of the series in the
plot. It has a single option that control whether it is enabled and
how much info to output:
(function ($) {
```
js
(
function
(
$
)
{
function
init
(
plot
)
{
var
debugLevel
=
1
;
function
checkDebugEnabled
(
plot
,
options
)
{
if
(
options
.
debug
)
{
debugLevel
=
options
.
debug
;
plot
.
hooks
.
processDatapoints
.
push
(
alertSeries
);
}
}
function
alertSeries
(
plot
,
series
,
datapoints
)
{
var
msg
=
"series "
+
series
.
label
;
if (debugLevel > 1)
if
(
debugLevel
>
1
)
{
msg
+=
" with "
+
series
.
data
.
length
+
" points"
;
alert
(
msg
);
}
...
...
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@ how much info to output:
name
:
"simpledebug"
,
version
:
"0.1"
});
})(jQuery);
})(
jQuery
);
```
We also define "name" and "version". It's not used by Flot, but might
be helpful for other plugins in resolving dependencies.
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...
@@ -75,7 +78,9 @@ be helpful for other plugins in resolving dependencies.
Put the above in a file named "jquery.flot.debug.js", include it in an
HTML page and then it can be used with:
```
js
$
.
plot
(
$
(
"#placeholder"
),
[...],
{
debug
:
2
});
```
This simple plugin illustrates a couple of points:
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@@ -88,8 +93,7 @@ The two last points are important because there may be multiple plots
on the same page, and you'd want to make sure they are not mixed up.
Shutting down a plugin
----------------------
## Shutting down a plugin ##
Each plot object has a shutdown hook which is run when plot.shutdown()
is called. This usually mostly happens in case another plot is made on
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...
@@ -107,8 +111,7 @@ garbage collected yet, and worse, if your handler eventually runs, it
may overwrite stuff on a completely different plot.
Some hints on the options
-------------------------
## Some hints on the options ##
Plugins should always support appropriate options to enable/disable
them because the plugin user may have several plots on the same page
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...
@@ -120,14 +123,16 @@ If the plugin needs options that are specific to each series, like the
points or lines options in core Flot, you can put them in "series" in
the options object, e.g.
var options = {
```
js
var
options
=
{
series
:
{
downsample
:
{
algorithm
:
null
,
maxpoints
:
1000
}
}
}
}
```
Then they will be copied by Flot into each series, providing default
values in case none are specified.
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