Accessing module binding information from within a module about knockout-amd-helpers

[rniemeyer]

Are you using "data" for anything? Could you pass the id as part of data, then set it on your module in initialize, then read it on dispose?

[vishnurk]

Thanks for the response.

I'm using data already to pass global init data into the module.

I have module config details maintained within a config file - including details needed for the amd plugin + additional details(for ex - id, storage key).

The idea is to make the module capable of loading/saving session data from/to local browser storage on initialize/dispose using a key(which comes from configuration).

Also, I find myself throwing in console.log statements for view model level debugging. The 'knockoutJS context debugger' in chrome is unable to drill down to the individual view model details. This might be an unrelated question, thought I'd just mention it to get your feedback.

[rniemeyer]

Hello- There is not a great way within the module JavaScript code to reach up to the parent and read the moduleInfo object unless you were to require your "app" level module from within your child module, which I personally wouldn't really want to do.

My thought would be to find a way to pass it in with the data. You have some flexibility:

You can include it with your data like:

this.moduleInfo=ko.observable(
{ data: {
      something: "test",
     id: "moduleId"
  },
  name: "modulevm",
  template: "moduleTmpl"
}
);

otherwise, if your "data" is already separate, you can actually pass an array to data and make initialize take multiple arguments like:

this.moduleInfo=ko.observable(
{ data: [{ something: "test" }, "myModuleId" ],
  name: "modulevm",
  template: "moduleTmpl"
}
);

Then, have your initialize look like:

this.initialize  = function(data, moduleId) {
    this.moduleId = moduleId;
};

I think that this last option might be a good choice for your scenario.

[vishnurk]

Thanks for the suggestions.