Can get information about multiple groups and cache them.

assets/js/components/groups/info.js

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/**
+ * Groups information management
+ * 
+ * @author Pierre HUBERT
+ */
+
+ComunicWeb.components.groups.info = {
+
+	/**
+	 * Group information cache
+	 */
+	_cache: {},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get information about a single group
+	 * 
+	 * @param {Number} id The ID of the target group
+	 * @param {Function} callback
+	 */
+	getInfo: function(id, callback){
+
+		//First, check if the group is cached or not
+		if(this._cache[id])
+			return callback(this._cache[id]);
+		
+		//Then query the server, if required
+		ComunicWeb.components.groups.interface.getInfo(id, function(result){
+
+			//Check for errors
+			if(result.error)
+				return callback(result);
+
+			//Save group information
+			ComunicWeb.components.groups.info._cache[id] = result;
+
+			//Call callback
+			callback(result);
+		});
+
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get information about a multiple groups
+	 * 
+	 * @param {Array} list The list of the IDs of the group to get information about
+	 * @param {Function} callback
+	 */
+	getInfoMultiple: function(list, callback){
+
+		//First, check which group are unknown in the cache
+		var toFetch = Array();
+
+		list.forEach(function(id){
+			if(!ComunicWeb.components.groups.info._cache[id])
+				toFetch.push(id);
+		});
+
+		if(toFetch.length == 0){
+			this.getInfoMultiplePreCallback(list, callback);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		//Perform the request over the server
+		ComunicWeb.components.groups.interface.getInfoMultiple(toFetch, function(result){
+
+			//Check for errors
+			if(result.error)
+				return notify("Could not get information about the groups!", "danger");
+			
+			//Process the list of groups
+			for(i in result){
+				
+				//Save group information in the cache
+				ComunicWeb.components.groups.info._cache[result[i].id] = result[i];
+
+			}
+
+			//Call callback
+			ComunicWeb.components.groups.info.getInfoMultiplePreCallback(list, callback);
+
+		});
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Get multiple information pre-callback
+	 * 
+	 * @param {Array} list The list of the IDs of teh group to get information about
+	 * @param {Function} callback
+	 */
+	getInfoMultiplePreCallback: function(list, callback){
+
+		var groupInfo = {};
+
+		list.forEach(function(id){
+			groupInfo[id] = ComunicWeb.components.groups.info._cache[id];
+		});
+
+		//Call callback
+		callback(groupInfo);
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear cache
+	 */
+	clearCache: function(){
+		this._cache = {};
+	}
+
+	
+};
+
+//Register cache cleaner
+ComunicWeb.common.cacheManager.registerCacheCleaner("ComunicWeb.components.groups.info.clearCache");

assets/js/components/groups/interface.js

@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ ComunicWeb.components.groups.interface = {
 		ComunicWeb.common.api.makeAPIrequest(apiURI, params, true, callback);
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get information about multiple groups
+	 * 
+	 * @param {Array} list The IDs of the groups to get
+	 * @param {Function} callback
+	 */
+	getInfoMultiple: function(list, callback){
+		//Perform the request over the API
+		var apiURI = "groups/get_multiple_info";
+		var params = {
+			list: list
+		};
+		ComunicWeb.common.api.makeAPIrequest(apiURI, params, true, callback);
+	},
+
 	/**
 	 * Get advanced information about a group
 	 *