Build in GFX requireIf code into layer file

[guest]

I have a custom build 'mybuild.js' and use GFX. When my application initializes, it has to go back to the server to get VML/SVG require files. It would be great if mybuild.js could already include the VML & SVG code within a conditional block.

[James Burke]

Talking more with Jayant about this, here is what might work:

1) Allow definining a layer.forceRequireIf = [

"dojox.gfx.svg", "dojox.gfx.vml"

]

2) When evaluating dojo.requireIf calls, if the requireIf condition matches, or if the module name is in the forceRequireIf list, go ahead and include it in the build.

3) Wrap the module in a if (requireIfExpression) {} so that the code only executes at runtime if that condition is met.

Once this works, need to document this somehow so others know about it.

[ben hockey]

i believe this functionality can be achieved via dojo/has or some other means now.

i say this could be closed.

[bill]

OK, let's close it.

It sounds like a bad idea in general to bloat your build with both VML and SVG just to avoid one extra network request.

But, if one did want to do it, it seems to me (also) that you could just add "dojox/gfx/svg" etc. to your list of required modules (the modules to go into your mybuild.js layer).