ShadowCastViewModel | API Reference | ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.33

Provides the logic for the ShadowCast widget and component.

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Constructors

ShadowCastViewModel Constructor new ShadowCastViewModel(properties)

Parameter

properties Object

optional

See the properties for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Property Overview

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

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Type	Summary	Class
Date	The calendar date used to calculate the shadow cast.	ShadowCastViewModel
String	The name of the class.	Accessor
DiscreteOptions	The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "discrete".	ShadowCastViewModel
DurationOptions	The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "duration".	ShadowCastViewModel
Number	Time (in milliseconds from midnight of the date) when the shadow cast computation should stop.	ShadowCastViewModel
Number	Time (in milliseconds from midnight of the date) when the shadow cast computation should start.	ShadowCastViewModel
String	The current state of the view model that can be used for rendering the UI of the widget.	ShadowCastViewModel
ThresholdOptions	The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "threshold".	ShadowCastViewModel
Number	The difference in hours between UTC time and the times displayed in the widget.	ShadowCastViewModel
SceneView\|null\|undefined	A reference to the View.	ShadowCastViewModel
String	Type of visualization to use when showing the shadows.	ShadowCastViewModel

Property Details

date Property date Dateautocast

The calendar date used to calculate the shadow cast. This date excludes the time. If a date with a time is set, the time value will be set to midnight (00:00:00) of that date in local system time. If no date is set, then it defaults to the current date in local system time.

Example

widget.viewModel.date = new Date('June 1, 2021');

declaredClass Inherited Property declaredClass Stringreadonly Inherited from Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

discreteOptions Property discreteOptions DiscreteOptionsautocast

The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "discrete".

durationOptions Property durationOptions DurationOptionsautocast

The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "duration".

endTimeOfDay Property endTimeOfDay Number

Time (in milliseconds from midnight of the date) when the shadow cast computation should stop. By default the shadow cast end time is set to 4PM (16 * 3600 * 1000ms).

Default Value:16 * 3600 * 1000

startTimeOfDay Property startTimeOfDay Number

Time (in milliseconds from midnight of the date) when the shadow cast computation should start. By default the shadow cast start time is set to 10AM (10 * 3600 * 1000ms).

Default Value:10 * 3600 * 1000

state Property state Stringreadonly

The current state of the view model that can be used for rendering the UI of the widget.

Value	Description
disabled	widget is being created
ready	widget is ready

Possible Values:"disabled" |"ready"

Default Value:"disabled"

thresholdOptions Property thresholdOptions ThresholdOptionsautocast

The configuration used when the widget's visualizationType is set to "threshold".

utcOffset Property utcOffset Number

The difference in hours between UTC time and the times displayed in the widget.

view Property view SceneView |null |undefined

A reference to the View. This widget is only supported in a SceneView.

visualizationType Property visualizationType String

Type of visualization to use when showing the shadows. There are 3 types of visualization:

"threshold" only displays areas that receive shadows for a period longer than a given threshold value
"duration" displays all areas that receive shadows either in a continuous mode or in 1 hour time intervals
"discrete" mode displays individual shadows cast at a given time interval

Possible Values:"threshold" |"duration" |"discrete"

Default Value:"threshold"

Method Overview

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Return Type	Summary	Class
	Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.	Accessor
Promise<Number>	Returns the time (in milliseconds) spent in shadow for a certain point on the screen.	ShadowCastViewModel
Boolean	Returns true if a named group of handles exist.	Accessor
	Removes a group of handles owned by the object.	Accessor
	Starts the widget.	ShadowCastViewModel
	Stops the widget.	ShadowCastViewModel

Method Details

addHandles Inherited Method addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, addHandles added at 4.25.

Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.

// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
  () => !view.updating,
  () => {
    wkidSelect.disabled = false;
  },
  { once: true }
);

this.addHandles(handle);

// Destroy the object
this.destroy();

Parameters

handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle []

Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.

groupKey *

optional

Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.

getDuration Method getDuration(point){Promise<Number>}

Returns the time (in milliseconds) spent in shadow for a certain point on the screen.

Parameter

point ScreenPoint

The point on the screen for which shadow cast is calculated.

Returns

Type	Description
Promise<Number>	Resolves with the time in milliseconds spent in shadow for the given screenpoint.

hasHandles Inherited Method hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean} Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, hasHandles added at 4.25.

Returns true if a named group of handles exist.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	Returns `true` if a named group of handles exist.

Example

// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
  obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}

removeHandles Inherited Method removeHandles(groupKey) Inherited from Accessor Since: ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.25 Accessor since 4.0, removeHandles added at 4.25.

Removes a group of handles owned by the object.

Parameter

groupKey *

optional

A group key or an array or collection of group keys to remove.

Example

obj.removeHandles(); // removes handles from default group

obj.removeHandles("handle-group");
obj.removeHandles("other-handle-group");

start Method start()

Starts the widget. While running it will automatically perform shadow accumulation.

stop Method stop()

Stops the widget.