Platform JavaScript APIs

The Platform JavaScript APIs support the development of JavaScript components for the Pentaho platform:

1. Standardizes in cross-cutting areas, such as data and visualization, but also on lower-level areas, such as configuration, localization and services.
2. Exposes key platform information and services to JavaScript components.

The APIs are organized as follows:

• Visualization

  A unified way to visualize data across the Pentaho suite.

• Data

  Abstractions for data exchange among components, applications and data sources.

• Type

  Types offer out-of-the-box features such as class inheritance, metadata support, configuration, validation and serialization.

• Core

  • Configuration

    Allows types to be configured by third-parties.

  • Type Info

    Provides information about existing types.

  • Instance Info

    Provides information about existing instances.

  • Service

    Service provider AMD/RequireJS loader plugin.

  • Localization

    Resource bundle loader AMD/RequireJS plugin.

  • Language Support

    API building blocks for JavaScript.

  • Environment

    Platform environmental information.

  • Debugging

    Controls the debugging level of components.

• Pentaho Web Platform

  • Pentaho Web Package

    The dependency and versioning unit for JavaScript resources in the Pentaho platform.

  • OSGi Artifacts Deployment

    Deployment of OSGi artifacts on the Pentaho platform.