AJAX - The Complete Reference

PART II

Chapter 9: Site and Application Architecture with Ajax 443

rating received. So a request would be made indicating the desire to receive the template

dynamically.

var options = { method: "POST",

outputTarget : "ratingResult" + ratingOptions.id,

template : "dynamic",

templateRender : "client",

payload : ratingOptions.payloadValue + "=" + rating };

Template

Specified By

Render

Location Description Example

Server

(returning

template

string)

Client Server generates the

template contents and

passes it back as part

of the JSON packet as

templateText. The library

is able to use the data

immediately but cannot

cache it.

http://ajaxref.com/ch9/templatesc1.html

Server Server The AjaxTCR library does

nothing and the developer

is required to perform all

template translations on the

server.

http://ajaxref.com/ch9/templatess.html

TABLE 9-1 Summary of Template Usage Patterns (continued)

FIGURE 9-6 Exploring basic client templates