Knockout.js Make every nested object an Observable

Question

I am using Knockout.js as a MVVM library to bind my data to some pages. I\'m currently building a library to make REST calls to a web service. My RESTful web service returns

Answer 1

By using Knockout-Plugin we can make child elements observable .We have lot of options to manage how we want our data to make observable.

Here is a sample code :

var data = {
    people: [
        {
            id: 1,
            age: 25,
            child : [
                {id : 1,childname : "Alice"},
                {id : 2,childname : "Wonderland"}
            ]
        }, 
        {id: 2, age: 35}
    ],
    Address:[
        {
            AddressID : 1,
            City : "NewYork",
            cities : [
                {
                    cityId : 1,
                    cityName : "NewYork"
                },
                {
                    cityId :2,
                    cityName : "California"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            AddressID : 2,
            City : "California",
            cities : [
                {
                    cityId :1,
                    cityName : "NewYork"
                },
                {
                    cityId :2,
                    cityName : "California"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    isSelected : true,
    dataID : 6
};
var mappingOptions = {
    people: {
        create: function(options) {
            console.log(options);
            return ko.mapping.fromJS(options.data, childmappingOptions);
        }
    },
    Address: {
        create: function(options) {
            console.log(options);
            return ko.mapping.fromJS(options.data, childmappingOptions);
        }
    }
};
var childmappingOptions = {
    child: {
        create: function(options) {
            return ko.mapping.fromJS(options.data, { observe: ["id","childname"]});
        }
    },
    cities :{
        create: function(options) {
            return ko.mapping.fromJS(options.data, { observe: ["cityId","cityName"]});
        }
    }
};
var r = ko.mapping.fromJS(data, mappingOptions);

I have attached a working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wmqTx/5/