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import BaseLayerView2D from "@arcgis/core/views/2d/layers/BaseLayerView2D.js";
Inheritance:
BaseLayerView2DLayerViewAccessor
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.8

Represents the LayerView of a Layer after it has been added to a Map with a MapView.

This class may be extended to create a custom LayerView for a Layer. A LayerView is created on demand by the MapView when a layer is added the to list of layers of its map.

The subclass can implement multiple functions of the LayerView lifecycle. First, the attach() method is called when the LayerView is about to start drawing the layer's content. Then during the life of the LayerView, the render() method is called during the MapView rendering phase. The render() method has access to a canvas 2d context in which it can render the content available for display. Finally the detach() method is called after the layer is removed from the map. It releases all allocated resources and stops on-going requests.

Example
let TileBorderLayerView2D = BaseLayerView2D.createSubclass({
// Example of a render implementation that draws tile boundaries
render(renderParameters) {
let tileSize = this.layer.tileInfo.size[0];
let state = renderParameters.state;
let pixelRatio = state.pixelRatio;
let width = state.size[0];
let height = state.size[1];
let context = renderParameters.context;
let coords = [0, 0];
context.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,0.25)";
context.fillRect(0, 0, width * pixelRatio, height * pixelRatio);
// apply rotation for everything that will be applied to the canvas
if (state.rotation !== 0) {
context.translate(width * pixelRatio * 0.5, height * pixelRatio * 0.5);
context.rotate((state.rotation * Math.PI) / 180);
context.translate(- width * pixelRatio * 0.5, -height * pixelRatio * 0.5);
}
// Set the style for all the text.
context.font = "24px monospace";
context.fillStyle = "black";
context.shadowBlur = 1;
for (const tile of this.tiles) {
let screenScale = tile.resolution / state.resolution * pixelRatio;
state.toScreenNoRotation(coords, tile.coords);
// Draw the tile boundaries
context.strokeRect(coords[0], coords[1], tileSize * screenScale, tileSize * screenScale);
// Draw the tile information
context.shadowColor = "white";
context.fillText(
tile.level + "/" + tile.row + "/" + tile.col + "/" + tile.world,
coords[0] + 12,
coords[1] + 24,
tileSize * screenScale
);
context.shadowColor = "transparent";
}
}
});
let CustomTileLayer = Layer.createSubclass({
tileInfo: TileInfo.create({ spatialReference: { wkid: 3857 }}),
createLayerView(view) {
if (view.type === "2d") {
return new TileBorderLayerView2D({
view: view,
layer: this
});
}
}
});

Constructors

Constructor

Constructor
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
properties
See the properties table for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Properties

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.
PropertyTypeClass
declaredClass
readonly inherited
layer
readonly
spatialReferenceSupported
readonly inherited
suspended
readonly inherited
Tile[]
uid
readonly inherited
updating
readonly inherited
view
readonly
visible
inherited
visibleAtCurrentScale
readonly inherited
visibleAtCurrentTimeExtent
readonly inherited

declaredClass

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: Accessor

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

layer

readonly Property
Type
Layer

References the layer this LayerView represents.

spatialReferenceSupported

readonlyinherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.23

Indicates if the spatialReference of the MapView or Map component is supported by the layer view. When false layer view will be suspended.

Known Limitations

This property is not supported for layer views of a 3D SceneView or Scene component.

See also

suspended

readonlyinherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView

Value is true if the layer is suspended (i.e., layer will not redraw or update itself when the extent changes).

See also

tiles

Property
Type
Tile[]

The array of Tile objects computed to cover the MapView's visible area. This array is updated when the view is animating or the user is interacting with it. Then if tiles have been added or removed, tilesChanged() is called.

See also

uid

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: IdentifiableMixin
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.33

An automatically generated unique identifier assigned to the instance. The unique id is generated each time the application is loaded.

updating

readonlyinherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView

Indicates if the layer view is making any updates that will impact what is displayed on the map. For example, this value is true when renderer, definitionExpression, filter or effect is changed or if the layer view is in the process of the fetching data.

Watch FeatureLayerView.dataUpdating property instead to only know when the data has been updated (e.g. to run statistics query on all feature available in the layer view).

Default value
false
Example
// Check for the first time layerView.updating becomes false. Then query for
// features that are visible within the view associated with the layer view.
await reactiveUtils.whenOnce(() => !layerView.updating);
const query = layerView.createQuery();
query.geometry = layerView.view.extent;
const result = layerView.queryFeatures(query);

view

readonly Property
Type
MapView
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.28

References the MapView this LayerView belongs to.

Example
// Check for the first time layerView.updating becomes false. Then query for
// features that are visible within the view associated with the layer view.
await reactiveUtils.whenOnce(() => !layerView.updating);
const query = layerView.createQuery();
query.geometry = layerView.view.extent;
const result = layerView.queryFeatures(query);

visible

autocast inherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView

When true, the layer is visible in the view. Value of this property is inherited from the layer.visible unless the developer overrides it. The layerView.visible will take precedence over layer.visible if both properties are set.

Default value
true

visibleAtCurrentScale

readonlyinherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30

When true, the layer is visible in the view at the current scale. This applies to layers that have minScale and maxScale properties set.

Known Limitations

This property isn’t supported for tiled layers in 3D SceneView or in the Scene component

See also
Default value
true

visibleAtCurrentTimeExtent

readonlyinherited Property
Type
boolean
Inherited from: LayerView
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30

When true, the layer is visible in the view's View.timeExtent. This applies to layers that have a Layer.visibilityTimeExtent.

See also
Default value
true

Methods

MethodSignatureClass
attach(): void
detach(): void
emit
inherited
emit<Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type, event?: this["@eventTypes"][Type]): boolean
hasEventListener
inherited
hasEventListener<Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type): boolean
hitTest(mapPoint: Point, screenPoint: ScreenPoint): Promise<ViewHit[] | null | undefined>
isFulfilled
inherited
isFulfilled(): boolean
isRejected
inherited
isRejected(): boolean
isResolved
inherited
isResolved(): boolean
on
inherited
on<Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type, listener: EventedCallback<this["@eventTypes"][Type]>): ResourceHandle
render(renderParameters: RenderParameters): void
requestRender(): void
tilesChanged(added: Tile[], removed: Tile[]): void
when
inherited
when<TResult1 = this, TResult2 = never>(onFulfilled?: OnFulfilledCallback<this, TResult1> | null | undefined, onRejected?: OnRejectedCallback<TResult2> | null | undefined): Promise<TResult1 | TResult2>

attach

Method
Signature
attach (): void

Method called when after the LayerView is created and right before it's asked to draw the layer's content. Typically this method is implemented to start watching property changes on the layer for example.

See also
Returns
void
Example
attach() {
this._propertyHandle = reactiveUtils.watch(
() => this.layer.opacity,
() => this.requestRender()
);
}

detach

Method
Signature
detach (): void

Method called after the layer is removed and the LayerView is about to be removed. Typically, this method is implemented to free resources like watchers.

See also
Returns
void
Example
// remove the watchers on the layer that are added in attach()
detach() {
this._propertyHandle.remove();
this._propertyHandle = null;
}

emit

inherited Method
Signature
emit <Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type, event?: this["@eventTypes"][Type]): boolean
Type parameters
<Type extends EventNames<this>>
Inherited from: EventedMixin

Emits an event on the instance. This method should only be used when creating subclasses of this class.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
type
Type

The name of the event.

event
this["@eventTypes"][Type]

The event payload.

Returns
boolean

true if a listener was notified

hasEventListener

inherited Method
Signature
hasEventListener <Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type): boolean
Type parameters
<Type extends EventNames<this>>
Inherited from: EventedMixin

Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
type
Type

The name of the event.

Returns
boolean

Returns true if the class supports the input event.

hitTest

Method
Signature
hitTest (mapPoint: Point, screenPoint: ScreenPoint): Promise<ViewHit[] | null | undefined>

Method to implement that is responsible for providing objects hit at the specified screen coordinates. This method is called internally by the MapView each time its MapView.hitTest() method is called.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
mapPoint

The point in map units.

screenPoint

The point in screen coordinates.

Returns
Promise<ViewHit[] | null | undefined>

A Promise that resolves to an array of hits.

isFulfilled

inherited Method
Signature
isFulfilled (): boolean
Inherited from: EsriPromiseMixin

isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected). If it is fulfilled, true will be returned.

Returns
boolean

Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).

isRejected

inherited Method
Signature
isRejected (): boolean
Inherited from: EsriPromiseMixin

isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected. If it is rejected, true will be returned.

Returns
boolean

Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been rejected.

isResolved

inherited Method
Signature
isResolved (): boolean
Inherited from: EsriPromiseMixin

isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved. If it is resolved, true will be returned.

Returns
boolean

Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been resolved.

on

inherited Method
Signature
on <Type extends EventNames<this>>(type: Type, listener: EventedCallback<this["@eventTypes"][Type]>): ResourceHandle
Type parameters
<Type extends EventNames<this>>
Inherited from: EventedMixin

Registers an event handler on the instance. Call this method to hook an event with a listener.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
type
Type

An event or an array of events to listen for.

listener
EventedCallback<this["@eventTypes"][Type]>

The function to call when the event fires.

Returns
ResourceHandle

Returns an event handler with a remove() method that should be called to stop listening for the event(s).

PropertyTypeDescription
removeFunctionWhen called, removes the listener from the event.
Example
view.on("click", function(event){
// event is the event handle returned after the event fires.
console.log(event.mapPoint);
});

render

Method
Signature
render (renderParameters: RenderParameters): void

The method to implement that is responsible of drawing the content of the layer. This method is called every time the MapView's state changes, or if requestRender() has been called.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
renderParameters
Returns
void
Example
// Example of a render implementation that draws tile boundaries
render(renderParameters) {
let tileSize = this.layer.tileInfo.size[0];
let state = renderParameters.state;
let pixelRatio = state.pixelRatio;
let width = state.size[0];
let height = state.size[1];
let context = renderParameters.context;
let coords = [0, 0];
context.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,0.25)";
context.fillRect(0, 0, width * pixelRatio, height * pixelRatio);
// apply rotation for everything that will be applied to the canvas
if (state.rotation !== 0) {
context.translate(width * pixelRatio * 0.5, height * pixelRatio * 0.5);
context.rotate((state.rotation * Math.PI) / 180);
context.translate(- width * pixelRatio * 0.5, -height * pixelRatio * 0.5);
}
// Set the style for all the text.
context.font = "24px monospace";
context.fillStyle = "black";
context.shadowBlur = 1;
for (const tile of this.tiles) {
let screenScale = tile.resolution / state.resolution * pixelRatio;
state.toScreenNoRotation(coords, tile.coords);
// Draw the tile boundaries
context.strokeRect(coords[0], coords[1], tileSize * screenScale, tileSize * screenScale);
// Draw the tile information
context.shadowColor = "white";
context.fillText(
tile.level + "/" + tile.row + "/" + tile.col + "/" + tile.world,
coords[0] + 12,
coords[1] + 24,
tileSize * screenScale
);
context.shadowColor = "transparent";
}
}

requestRender

Method
Signature
requestRender (): void

The LayerView can call this method to ask the MapView to schedule a new rendering frame.

Returns
void
Example
// Call requestRender whenever the layer opacity has changed.
attach() {
this._propertyHandle = reactiveUtils.watch(
() => this.layer.opacity,
() => this.requestRender()
);
}

tilesChanged

Method
Signature
tilesChanged (added: Tile[], removed: Tile[]): void

Method to implement, which notifies of tiles being added or removed for the current view state. This function can be implemented to start and stop fetching new data, or allocate and dispose resources.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
added
Tile[]

The tile objects added for the current view viewport.

removed
Tile[]

The tile objects removed from the view viewport.

Returns
void

when

inherited Method
Signature
when <TResult1 = this, TResult2 = never>(onFulfilled?: OnFulfilledCallback<this, TResult1> | null | undefined, onRejected?: OnRejectedCallback<TResult2> | null | undefined): Promise<TResult1 | TResult2>
Type parameters
<TResult1 = this, TResult2 = never>
Inherited from: EsriPromiseMixin

when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created. This method takes two input parameters: an onFulfilled function and an onRejected function. The onFulfilled executes when the instance of the class loads. The onRejected executes if the instance of the class fails to load.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
onFulfilled

The function to call when the promise resolves.

onRejected

The function to execute when the promise fails.

Returns
Promise<TResult1 | TResult2>

Returns a new promise for the result of onFulfilled that may be used to chain additional functions.

Example
// Although this example uses MapView, any class instance that is a promise may use when() in the same way
let view = new MapView();
view.when(function(){
// This function will execute once the promise is resolved
}, function(error){
// This function will execute if the promise is rejected due to an error
});

Type definitions

RenderParameters

Type definition

context

Property
Type
CanvasRenderingContext2D

The canvas 2D context in which to draw content.

pixelRatio

Property
Type
number

The pixel ratio.

state

Property
Type
ViewState

The object that describes view state.

stationary

Property
Type
boolean

The stationary state of the MapView.

Tile

Type definition

Represents a tile reference.

id

Property
Type
string

The tile string identifier in the format level/row/col/world

level

Property
Type
number

The level identifier of the LOD to which the tile belongs

row

Property
Type
number

The row identifier.

col

Property
Type
number

The column identifier.

world

Property
Type
number

When the projection allows world wrapping (e.g. Web Mercator), identifies the instance of the world this tile's level/row/col.

resolution

Property
Type
number

The number of map units per pixel in the tile.

scale

Property
Type
number

The map scale at the tile's level.

coords

Property
Type
[ number, number ]

The coordinates of the top-left corner of the tile as an array of two numbers. The coordinates are in un-normalized map units.

bounds

Property
Type
[ number, number, number, number ]

The bounds of the tile as an array of four numbers that be readily converted to an Extent object.