Aurelia DataTables Recompile - aurelia

Question

I've been exploring Aurelia and so far have loved what I've seen. I've come accross an issue that I'm not really sure how to solve. I used jquery datatables for large results in my current app with angular, using server side fetches. Datatables has a function you can call whenever a new row is added to the table (fnRowCallback - http://legacy.datatables.net/ref#fnRowCallback, or "createdRow" - https://datatables.net/examples/advanced_init/row_callback.html#) - This is really handy as you can recompile the dom after each row (costly I know).
This enables you to reference functions that exist in the current scope (or viewModel) that the datatable exists in. For example:
In my view model:
export class DataTableTest{
test(){
alert('this is a test');
}
}
In the return results from a datatable fetch:
{name:'blah',age:40,actions:"<a click.delegate='test();'>Test</a>"}
For some reason I can't seem to figure out how to recompile an element once it has been added to the dom.
Does anyone have any ideas how you could do this?
UPDATE:
These are the original options I pass to datatables:
var options = {
"fnRowCallback": function (nRow) {
$compile($(nRow).contents())(scope);
}
};
I've tried the following after injecting that compiler service:
"fnRowCallback": function (nRow) {
this.compiler.compile($(nRow).contents()).fragment.innerHTML;
},
But I always get Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'compile' of undefined - I do this in the "attached" function.. If I console.log(this.compiler) outside of these options, it's available. Also, we don't need to return html back to datatables, just run the compile on the contents. Many thanks for all your help!

Answer 1

You can use a compiler service to compile the element:
import {inject, ViewCompiler, ViewResources, Container} from 'aurelia-framework';
/**
* Compiler service
*
* compiles an HTML element with aurelia
*/
#inject(ViewCompiler, ViewResources, Container)
export class Compiler {
viewCompiler: any;
resources: any;
container: any;
constructor(viewCompiler, resources, container) {
this.viewCompiler = viewCompiler;
this.resources = resources;
this.container = container;
}
compile(templateOrFragment, ctx = null, viewSlot = null):any {
if (typeof templateOrFragment === "string") {
var temp = document.createElement('span');
temp.innerHTML = templateOrFragment;
templateOrFragment = temp;
}
var view = this.viewCompiler.compile(templateOrFragment, this.resources).create(this.container, ctx);
return view;
}
}
I use this in Kendo in the cell template callback function (it lets you return a string that will become the cell contents)
function(dataItem) {
var cellctx = { "$item": dataItem, "$parent": ctx };
return this.compiler.compile(templateString, cellctx).fragment.innerHTML;
}
(this happens in Aurelia's bind callback so the ctx is the executionContext)
I just wrap the current data item up in a context and alias it as $item so I can work with it.
Looks something like this:
<kendo-grid>
<kendo-grid-col title="Main Office" field="IsMainOffice">
<kendo-template><img if.bind="$item.IsMainOffice" src="/content/img/accept.png" /></kendo-template>
</kendo-grid-col>
</kendo-grid>