dojox.mobile.parser handles arrays differently than dojo.parser

[Javier Pedemonte]

dojo.parser expects array attributes in the form of "'A','B','C','D','E'", using split() to generate the array.

On the other hand, dojox.mobile.parser expects array attrs in the form of "['A','B','C','D','E']", using fromJson() to generate the array.

This leads to an issue when trying to load a SpinWheel. To see for yourself, edit the test_SpinWheel-custom.html file and replace "dojox.mobile.parser" with "dojo.parser". Load and you'll see that the some of the SpinWheelSlots are rendered incorrectly.

[bill]

Are you talking about the slotClasses and slotProps parameters?

[Javier Pedemonte]

The labels attribute to SpinWheelSlot?.

[bill]

Ah I see. Since it's declared as an array (ie, default value is []), I'd say that dojox.mobile.parser needs to be updated to work like dojo.parser.

If it was declared as null then JSON for the value would be appropriate.

[ykami]

Bill, I tried "'A','B','C','D','E'" using dojo.parser. But the resulted value seems to be ["'A'","'B'","'C'","'D'","'E'"]. (Looks like we need to give "A,B,C,D,E" to get our expected ['A','B','C','D','E']) Is it the expected behavior?

jhpedemonte, I recommend you specify like this:

data-dojo-props="labels:['A','B','C','D','E']"

Both parsers should handle it in the same way.

[Javier Pedemonte]

The problem isn't with which array format I'm using. The problem is that all the docs for SpinWheel? and SpinWheelSlot? show an array format for labels that works with dojox.mobile.parser but not with dojo.parser.

ykami, if that is the answer, then that means you guys have to update the mobile documentation with the correct array format.

[bill]

Replying to ykami:

Bill, I tried "'A','B','C','D','E'" using dojo.parser. But the resulted value seems to be ["'A'","'B'","'C'","'D'","'E'"]. (Looks like we need to give "A,B,C,D,E" to get our expected ['A','B','C','D','E']) Is it the expected behavior?

Yup, that's the expected behavior. All dojo.parser supports (outside of data-dojo-props) is arrays of simple strings (i.e. strings that don't contain commas).

[ykami]

In [27511]:

Fixes #14567 !strict Array type property value should be like "A,B,C", not ['A','B','C']. Thanks, jhpedemonte and Bill.