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Classes

Extension

EdgelessClipboardEdgelessTextConfig

Understanding Extensions

Extensions provide a way to extend the functionality of a system using dependency injection. They allow you to register services, implementations, and factories in the DI container, which can then be retrieved and used by different parts of the application.

Extensions are particularly useful for:

  • Registering different implementations for different types
  • Creating pluggable architecture where components can be added or removed
  • Managing dependencies between different parts of the application

Usage Example: Fruit Processing System

Let's consider a fruit processing system where different types of fruits need different processing methods. We'll show how to implement this using extensions.

Step 1: Define the interfaces

ts
interface FruitProcessor {
  process(fruit: Fruit): void;
}

interface Fruit {
  type: string;
  // other properties
}

Step 2: Create a service identifier

ts
import { createIdentifier } from '@blocksuite/global/di';

const FruitProcessorProvider = createIdentifier<FruitProcessor>('fruit-processor-provider');

Step 3: Create implementations

ts
class AppleProcessor implements FruitProcessor {
  process(fruit: Fruit): void {
    console.log('Slicing apple');
    // Apple-specific processing
  }
}

class BananaProcessor implements FruitProcessor {
  process(fruit: Fruit): void {
    console.log('Peeling banana');
    // Banana-specific processing
  }
}

Step 4: Create an extension factory

ts
const FruitProcessorExtension = (
  fruitType: string,
  implementation: new () => FruitProcessor
): ExtensionType => {
  return {
    setup: di => {
      di.addImpl(FruitProcessorProvider(fruitType), implementation);
    }
  };
};

Step 5: Create concrete extensions

ts
export const AppleProcessorExtension = FruitProcessorExtension('apple', AppleProcessor);
export const BananaProcessorExtension = FruitProcessorExtension('banana', BananaProcessor);

Step 6: Use the extensions

ts
import { Container } from '@blocksuite/global/di';

class FruitProcessingSystem {
  provider: ServiceProvider;

  constructor(extensions: ExtensionType[]) {
    const container = new Container();

    // Set up all extensions
    extensions.forEach(ext => ext.setup(container));

    // Create a provider from the container
    this.provider = container.provider();
  }

  processFruit(fruit: Fruit) {
    // Get the appropriate processor based on fruit type
    const processor = this.provider.get(FruitProcessorProvider(fruit.type));

    // Process the fruit
    processor.process(fruit);
  }
}

// Initialize the system with extensions
const system = new FruitProcessingSystem([
  AppleProcessorExtension,
  BananaProcessorExtension
]);

// Use the system
system.processFruit({ type: 'apple' });  // Output: Slicing apple
system.processFruit({ type: 'banana' }); // Output: Peeling banana

Note: We deliberately used a non-block specific example here. In BlockSuite, the extension pattern can be applied to any entity that can be configured by third parties, not just blocks. This includes different tools in the whiteboard, different column types in database blocks, and many other extensible components. The pattern remains the same regardless of what you're extending.

Extends
Constructors
Properties
key

readonly static key: "affine:edgeless-text" = 'affine:edgeless-text'

Overrides

EdgelessClipboardConfig.key

Accessors
Methods
createBlock()

createBlock(edgelessText): Promise<string | null>

Parameters
edgelessText

BlockSnapshot

Returns

Promise<string | null>

Overrides

EdgelessClipboardConfig.createBlock

Other

EdgelessTextBlockComponent

Extends
Constructors
Other
childrenContainer
checkWidthOverflow()

checkWidthOverflow(width): boolean

Parameters
width

number

Returns

boolean

connectedCallback()

connectedCallback(): void

Returns

void

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.connectedCallback

getCSSTransform()

getCSSTransform(): string

Returns

string

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.getCSSTransform

getRenderingRect()

getRenderingRect(): object

Returns

object

h

h: number

rotate

rotate: number

w

w: number | undefined

x

x: number = bound.x

y

y: number = bound.y

zIndex

zIndex: string

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.getRenderingRect

renderGfxBlock()

renderGfxBlock(): TemplateResult<1>

Returns

TemplateResult<1>

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.renderGfxBlock

renderPageContent()

renderPageContent(): TemplateResult<1>

Returns

TemplateResult<1>

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.renderPageContent

tryFocusEnd()

tryFocusEnd(): void

Returns

void

attributes
controllers
dev-mode
lifecycle
properties
rendering
styles
styles

static styles: CSSResult

Array of styles to apply to the element. The styles should be defined using the css tag function, via constructible stylesheets, or imported from native CSS module scripts.

Note on Content Security Policy:

Element styles are implemented with <style> tags when the browser doesn't support adopted StyleSheets. To use such <style> tags with the style-src CSP directive, the style-src value must either include 'unsafe-inline' or nonce-<base64-value> with <base64-value> replaced be a server-generated nonce.

To provide a nonce to use on generated <style> elements, set window.litNonce to a server-generated nonce in your page's HTML, before loading application code:

html
<script>
  // Generated and unique per request:
  window.litNonce = 'a1b2c3d4';
</script>
Nocollapse
Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.styles

updates
firstUpdated()

firstUpdated(props): void

Invoked when the element is first updated. Implement to perform one time work on the element after update.

ts
firstUpdated() {
  this.renderRoot.getElementById('my-text-area').focus();
}

Setting properties inside this method will trigger the element to update again after this update cycle completes.

Parameters
props

Map<string, unknown>

Returns

void

Overrides

GfxBlockComponent.firstUpdated

Variables

EdgelessTextInteraction

const EdgelessTextInteraction: ExtensionType


edgelessTextToolbarConfig

const edgelessTextToolbarConfig: object

Type Declaration

actions

readonly actions: [{ content: (ctx) => TemplateResult<1> | null; id: "a.font"; }, { content: (ctx) => TemplateResult<1> | null; id: "b.text-color"; }, { content: (ctx) => TemplateResult<1> | null; id: "c.font-style"; }, { content: (ctx) => TemplateResult<1> | null; id: "d.font-size"; when: boolean; }, { content: (ctx) => TemplateResult<1> | null; id: "e.alignment"; }]

when()

readonly when: (ctx) => boolean

Parameters
ctx

ToolbarContext

Returns

boolean


edgelessTextToolbarExtension

const edgelessTextToolbarExtension: ExtensionType