dojox.storage

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NOTE: dojox/storage has not yet been converted to the new AMD format. Loading it asynchronously is not advised.

Introduction

dojox/storage provides persistent client-side storage. It unifies HTML5 local databases with emulators for older browsers under a common API.

There are three parts to dojox/storage:
  • Implementations: HTML5, Flash, even cookies
  • Provider: API that abstracts implementations
  • dojox.storage.manager: automatically selects the best implementation available and provides its corresponding Provider

Usage

To use dojox/storage, load dojox/storage and get a provider like so:

dojo.require("dojox.storage");
var storageProvider=null;
dojo.addOnLoad(function(){
    dojox.storage.manager.initialize();
    storageProvider=dojox.storage.manager.getProvider();
});

This will load everything that is needed to use the best available stock dojox/storage implementation.

Examples

The dojox.storage Provider API is like a persistent version of a Java HashMap: you ‘put’ values into storage by assigning them a key, then ‘get’ them later by supplying the same key.

Putting a value

dojo.require("dojox.storage");
var storageProvider=null;
dojo.addOnLoad(function(){
    dojox.storage.manager.initialize();
    storageProvider=dojox.storage.manager.getProvider();
    storageProvider.initialize();
    var myObject={key1:true};
    storageProvider.put("myValue", myObject, function(status, keyName){
            alert("value put in "+keyName);
    });
});

Getting a value

dojo.require("dojox.storage");
var storageProvider=null;
dojo.addOnLoad(function(){
    dojox.storage.manager.initialize();
    storageProvider=dojox.storage.manager.getProvider();
    storageProvider.initialize();
    var myObject = storageProvider.get("myValue");
    alert(myObject.key1);
});
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