Class: MarkupLayer

(protected) new MarkupLayer(viewerControl, markReferencesopt)

The MarkupLayer object is used to group together marks and their associated comments. A layer may be persisted to the web tier using PCCViewer.ViewerControl#saveMarkupLayer. Also, a layer may be stored in a PCCViewer.MarkupLayerCollection where it can be retrieved for later use.

When creating a layer, mark references may be added. A mark reference is a JSON object that represents a comment that refers to a mark on another layer. When the current user comments on a mark that does not exist in his layer, then his persisted layer record will contain a reference to the mark while the full mark will exist in another record. Because records might be loaded out of order or in an incomplete set, this parameter provides a way to store the mark reference. If the record containing the full mark loads later then the data stored here can be attached to it.

After creating a layer, marks may be added and removed from it.

The MarkupLayer object also provides an event subscription method, to get notified of other types of information. See PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Attributes	Description
`viewerControl`	string		The PCCViewer.ViewerControl for the loaded document.
`markReferences`	Object \| Array.<Object>	<optional>	The JSON reference node (or an array of them) from the markup layer record.

Example

// Optionally, specify any references to marks on another layer or layers
var markReference = {
     creationDateTime: "2015-06-12T21:20:58.527Z",
     data: {
         "key1": "value1",
         "key2": "value2"
     },
     markUid: "ZZZrOV8yMDE1LTA2LTExVDE5OjU5OjEwLjE3MlpfNDg2dzI5",
     text: "user 1 comment on user 3 mark"
};

// Create a new layer
var layer = new PCCViewer.MarkupLayer(viewerControl, markReference);

//register some events
layer
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarkupLayerCreated, function(ev) {
        alert("Markup layer created.");
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarkupLayerDestroyed, function(ev) {
        alert("Markup layer destroyed.");
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarksAddedToLayer, function(ev) {
        alert("Mark added to layer: " + ev.marks[0].getId());
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarksRemovedFromLayer, function(ev) {
        alert("Mark removed from layer: " + ev.marks[0].getId());
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarkupLayerInteractionModeChanged, function(ev) {
        alert("Layer's interaction mode changed to: " + ev.interactionMode);
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarkupLayerHidden, function(ev) {
        alert("MarkupLayer#hide() called.");
    })
    .on(PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType.MarkupLayerShown, function(ev) {
        alert("MarkupLayer#show() called.");
    });

// Create a new mark
var mark = viewerControl.addMark(1, "HighlightAnnotation");
// Add the mark to the layer
layer.addMarks(mark);
// Determine if a mark is contained in a layer
var markInLayer = layer.hasMark(mark.getId());

Members

(static, readonly) EventType :string

A list of events that can be triggered by the PCCViewer.MarkupLayer object.

Note: This enumeration is for convenience for API developers. Instead of using this enumeration, you can pass string values of the eventType (enumeration values)

Type:

string

Properties:

Name	Type	Description
`MarkupLayerCreated`	string
`MarkupLayerDestroyed`	string
`MarksAddedToLayer`	string
`MarksRemovedFromLayer`	string
`MarkupLayerInteractionModeChanged`	string
`MarkupLayerHidden`	string
`MarkupLayerShown`	string

See:

(readonly) id :Object

Gets the layer's ID.

This property is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

This is an ECMA 5 accessor property that is defined only in browsers supporting ECMA 5. This property is not available in the older browsers like IE8. For the greatest browser compatibility, use the corresponding getter and setter methods.

Type:

Object

See:

PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#getId

Example

var id = MarkupLayer.id;

name :Object

Gets and sets the layer's name.

This property is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Type:

Object

See:

Example

var name = MarkupLayer.name;

originalXmlName :Object

Gets and sets the layer's original XML name.

This property is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Type:

Object

See:

Example

var name = MarkupLayer.originalXmlName;

(readonly) recordId :Object

Gets the ID of web tier record from which this layer was created.

This property is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Type:

Object

See:

PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#getRecordId

Example

var recordId = MarkupLayer.recordId;

(readonly) viewerControl :Object

Gets the viewer control associated with this layer.

This property is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Type:

Object

See:

PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#getViewerControl

Example

var viewerControl = MarkupLayer.viewerControl;

Methods

addMarks(A) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Used to add marks to the layer.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`A`	PCCViewer.Mark \| Array.<PCCViewer.Mark>	{PCCViewer.Mark} object or an array of them.

Returns:

The markup layer Object.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var mark = viewerControl.addMark(1, 'HighlightAnnotation'); // Create a new mark
markupLayer.addMarks(mark);

copyLayers(marks) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Copies marks from other layers to this layer.

Note: This method requires that attributes of each page referenced by the layer marks have been obtained by the viewer prior to calling. Use PCCViewer.ViewerControl#requestPageAttributes to obtain the necessary page attributes before calling this method.

Note: The copied marks are assigned new unique IDs, and any references to the original mark (such as a comment on the mark that is stored in another layer) will not reference the copied mark. A copy of each comment on the mark is put on the copy of the mark in this layer.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`marks`	Array.<PCCViewer.MarkupLayer>	An array of markup layers to copy to this layer.

Throws:

If markupLayers is not an array of markup layers known to the viewer.

Type: Error

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer1 = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var markupLayer2 = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[1]; // Get the second markup layer.
var markupLayer4 = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[3]; // Get the fourth markup layer.
// Concatenate layers 2 and 4 to a single array.
var layersToCopy = markupLayer2.concat(markupLayer4);
// Copy the layers to this layer.
markupLayer1.copyLayers(layersToCopy);

destroy()

This method will remove the layer from the viewer control's markup layer collection. Also, it will de-register any event listeners associated with the layer.

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.destroy();

getData(key) → {string|object}

Gets the data value for the given key, or gets a hash containing all key values, if a key was not provided.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	The key for which to get the data value.

See:

Throws:

If the key argument is null or otherwise not a string.

Type: Error

Returns:

If a key argument was provided, it returns the associated value.
If a key argument was provided, but a value has not been associated with the key, then it returns undefined.
If a key was not provided, it returns a hash object containing all key-value pairs.

Type: string | object

Example

// The key "Username" is set the value "Admin".
layer.setData("Username", "Admin");

// The key "CreatedDate" is set the value "1970-01-01".
layer.setData("CreatedDate", "1970-01-01");

layer.getData("Username"); // returns "Admin"
layer.getData();         // returns {"Username":"Admin", "CreatedDate":"1970-01-01"}
layer.getData("FooBar"); // returns undefined

getDataKeys() → {Array.<string>}

Gets an array of data keys known to this MarkupLayer.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

See:

Returns:

Returns an array of data keys known to this MarkupLayer. If no data is stored, then an empty array will be returned.

Type: Array.<string>

Example

// Returns an empty array before key-value pairs are stored.
layer.getDataKeys(); // returns []

// Returns a list of all keys.
layer.setData("Username", "Admin");
layer.setData("CreatedDate", "1970-01-01");
layer.getDataKeys(); // returns ["Username", "CreatedDate"]

getId() → {string}

Gets the layer's ID.

Returns:

The ID of the layer.

Type: string

getMarkReferences() → {Array.<Object>}

Gets the mark references associated with this layer.

Returns:

An array of mark reference Objects.

Type: Array.<Object>

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var markReferences = markupLayer.getMarkReferences();

getMarks() → {Array.<PCCViewer.Mark>}

Gets the marks associated with this layer.

Returns:

An array of {PCCViewer.Mark} Objects.

Type: Array.<PCCViewer.Mark>

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var marks = markupLayer.getMarks();

getName() → {string}

Gets the layer's name.

Returns:

The name of the layer.

Type: string

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var layerName = markupLayer.getName();

getOriginalXmlName() → {string}

Gets the name of the web tier XML record from which the marks of this layer were originally stored.

Returns:

The name of the web tier XML record from which the marks of this layer were originally stored.

Type: string

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var originalXmlName = markupLayer.getOriginalXmlName();

getRecordId() → {string}

Gets the ID of web tier record from which this layer was created.

Returns:

The layer record ID

Type: string

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var recordId = markupLayer.getRecordId();

getSessionData(key) → {string|object}

Gets the session data value for the given key, or gets a hash containing all key values, if a key was not provided. Unlike PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#getData, this data is not saved with the annotation, it only lasts for the session.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	The key for which to get the data value.

See:

Throws:

If the key argument is null or otherwise not a string.

Type: Error

Returns:

If a key argument was provided, it returns the associated value.
If a key argument was provided, but a value has not been associated with the key, then it returns undefined.
If a key was not provided, it returns a hash object containing all key-value pairs.

Type: string | object

Example

// The key "Username" is set the value "Admin".
layer.setSessionData("Username", "Admin");

// The key "CreatedDate" is set the value "1970-01-01".
layer.setSessionData("CreatedDate", "1970-01-01");

layer.getSessionData("Username"); // returns "Admin"
layer.getSessionData();           // returns {"Username":"Admin", "CreatedDate":"1970-01-01"}
layer.getSessionData("FooBar");   // returns undefined

getSessionDataKeys() → {Array.<string>}

Gets an array of data keys known to this MarkupLayer. Unlike PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#getDataKeys, this data is not saved with the annotation, it only lasts for the session.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

See:

Returns:

Returns an array of data keys known to this MarkupLayer. If no data is stored, then an empty array will be returned.

Type: Array.<string>

Example

// Returns an empty array before key-value pairs are stored.
layer.getSessionDataKeys(); // returns []

// Returns a list of all keys.
layer.setSessionData("Username", "Admin");
layer.setSessionData("CreatedDate", "1970-01-01");
layer.getSessionDataKeys(); // returns ["Username", "CreatedDate"]

getViewerControl() → {PCCViewer.ViewerControl}

Gets the viewer control associated with this layer.

Returns:

A viewer control object.

Type: PCCViewer.ViewerControl

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var viewerControl = markupLayer.getViewerControl();

hasMark(A) → {boolean}

Used to query the layer to see if it contains a particular mark.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`A`	string	mark's id.

Returns:

A true or false indication depending on whether the mark exists in the layer.

Type: boolean

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
var mark = viewerControl.getAllMarks()[0];
var markExistsInLayer = markupLayer.hasMark(mark.getId());

hide() → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Hides all of the marks in the layer.

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called.called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.hide(); // Hide the marks in the layer.

off(eventType, handler) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Unsubscribe an event handler from a specified event type.

Typically, an event is unsubscribed when you no longer want further notification of the event.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`eventType`	string	A string specifying the event type. See PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType for a list and description of all supported events.
`handler`	PCCViewer.Event~eventHandler	A function that was attached previously to the `ViewerControl`. Note: This must be the same function object previously passed to PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#on. It cannot be a different object that is functionally equivalent.

eventType

string

A string specifying the event type. See PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType for a list and description of all supported events.

handler

PCCViewer.Event~eventHandler

A function that was attached previously to the ViewerControl.

Note: This must be the same function object previously passed to PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#on. It cannot be a different object that is functionally equivalent.

See:

PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#on
PCCViewer.ViewerControl#off for more details on unsubscribing event handlers.

Returns:

The MarkupLayer object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

on(eventType, handler) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Subscribe an event handler to an event of a specified type.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`eventType`	string	A string that specifies the event type. This value is case-insensitive. See PCCViewer.MarkupLayer.EventType for a list and description of all supported events.
`handler`	PCCViewer.Event~eventHandler	A function that will be called whenever the event is triggered.

See:

PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#off
PCCViewer.ViewerControl#on for more details on event subscription.

Returns:

The MarkupLayer object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

removeMarks(A) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Used to remove marks from the layer.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`A`	PCCViewer.Mark \| Array.<PCCViewer.Mark>	{PCCViewer.Mark} object or an array of them.

Returns:

The markup layer Object.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getActiveMarkupLayer(); // Get the active markup layer.
var mark = viewerControl.addMark(1, 'HighlightAnnotation'); // Create a new mark
markupLayer.removeMarks(mark); // remove the mark from the active layer

setData(key, value) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Sets the data value for the given key.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Notes:

Overwrites any data value already associated with the given key.
There is no artificial limit imposed on the number of key-value pairs that are stored.
If limits on the number of key-value pairs are required, they should be enforced by calling code.
Setting the value as undefined results in no information for the key being persisted to the server.
The returned data is not mutated or sanitized, which could lead to a security vulnerability if not sanitized properly before use.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	The key for which to set the data value.
`value`	string	This is the value to set for the key. This must be a string or undefined. The maximum length of the string is not limited by this function.

key

string

The key for which to set the data value.

value

string

This is the value to set for the key.

This must be a string or undefined.
The maximum length of the string is not limited by this function.

See:

Returns:

The MarkupLayer object on which the method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

// Get data returns undefined before the key is set.
layer.getData("Username"); // returns undefined

// The key "Username" is set the value "Admin".
layer.setData("Username", "Admin");
layer.getData("Username"); // returns "Admin"

// The key "Username" is overwritten with the value "Guest1".
layer.setData("Username", "Guest1");
layer.getData("Username"); // returns "Guest1"

// The key "Username" is unset, by setting the value to undefined.
layer.setData("Username", undefined);
layer.getData("Username"); // returns undefined

// The value can only be set to a string or undefined.
// All other data types throw.
layer.setData("FooBar", null); // throws
layer.setData("FooBar", 1);    // throws
layer.setData("FooBar", true); // throws
layer.setData("FooBar", {});   // throws
layer.setData("FooBar", []);   // throws

setInteractionMode(interactionMode) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Used to alter the interaction mode of all marks in a layer.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`interactionMode`	string	A string value from the enumeration PCCViewer.Mark.InteractionMode,

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.setInteractionMode(PCCViewer.Mark.InteractionMode.SelectionDisabled);

setName(name) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Sets the layer's name.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`name`	string	The name to apply to this layer.

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.setName('Final Draft');

setOriginalXmlName(name) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Sets the name of the web tier XML record from which the marks of this layer were originally stored. If the layer is not associated with an XML file, the property should be set to an empty string.

When the original XML name is set and a markup layer is saved, the original XML name is saved in the markup layer JSON. When the PCCViewer.ViewerControl#requestMarkupLayerNames method is called, the original XML name will be provided.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`name`	string	The name of the web tier XML record from which the marks of this layer were originally stored.

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.setOriginalXmlName('my marks');

setSessionData(key, value) → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Sets the session data value for the given key. Unlike PCCViewer.MarkupLayer#setData, this data is not saved with the annotation, it only lasts for the session.

This method is defined on all MarkupLayer objects.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

Name	Type	Description
`key`	string	The key for which to set the data value.
`value`	string	This is the value to set for the key. This must be a string or undefined. The maximum length of the string is not limited by this function.

key

string

The key for which to set the data value.

value

string

This is the value to set for the key.

This must be a string or undefined.
The maximum length of the string is not limited by this function.

See:

Returns:

The MarkupLayer object on which the method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

// Get data returns undefined before the key is set.
layer.getSessionData("Username"); // returns undefined

// The key "Username" is set the value "Admin".
layer.setSessionData("Username", "Admin");
layer.getSessionData("Username"); // returns "Admin"

// The key "Username" is overwritten with the value "Guest1".
layer.setSessionData("Username", "Guest1");
layer.getSessionData("Username"); // returns "Guest1"

// The key "Username" is unset, by setting the value to undefined.
layer.setSessionData("Username", undefined);
layer.getSessionData("Username"); // returns undefined

// The value can only be set to a string or undefined.
// All other data types throw.
layer.setSessionData("FooBar", null); // throws
layer.setSessionData("FooBar", 1);    // throws
layer.setSessionData("FooBar", true); // throws
layer.setSessionData("FooBar", {});   // throws
layer.setSessionData("FooBar", []);   // throws

show() → {PCCViewer.MarkupLayer}

Shows all of the marks in the layer.

Returns:

The markup layer Object on which this method was called.

Type: PCCViewer.MarkupLayer

Example

var markupLayer = viewerControl.getMarkupLayerCollection().getAll()[0]; // Get the first markup layer.
markupLayer.show(); // Show the marks in the layer.