create entities on demand.

fixed changes from code review

Fixed unit tests for entity on demand changes.

install/ui/ipa.js

@@ -131,7 +131,20 @@ var IPA = ( function () {
     };
 
     that.get_entity = function(name) {
-        return that.entities.get(name);
+        var entity = that.entities.get(name);
+        if (!entity){
+            var factory = that.entity_factories[name];
+            try {
+                entity = factory();
+                that.add_entity(entity);
+                entity.init();
+            } catch (e) {
+                /*exceptions thrown by builder just mean that entities
+                  are not to be registered. */
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        return entity;
     };
 
     that.add_entity = function(entity) {
@@ -142,22 +155,6 @@ var IPA = ( function () {
         that.entities.remove(name);
     };
 
-    that.start_entities = function() {
-        var factory;
-        var name;
-        for (name in that.entity_factories) {
-            factory = that.entity_factories[name];
-            try {
-                var entity = factory();
-                that.add_entity(entity);
-                entity.init();
-            } catch (e) {
-                /*exceptions thrown by builder just mean that entities
-                  are not to be registered. */
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
     that.test_dirty = function(){
         if (IPA.current_entity){
             var facet_name =   IPA.current_facet(IPA.current_entity);

install/ui/test/details_tests.js

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ module('details', {
                 return IPA.entity({name:obj_name,
                                    metadata:IPA.metadata.objects.user});
             };
-        IPA.start_entities();
     },
     teardown: function() {
         details_container.remove();

install/ui/test/entity_tests.js

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ module('entity',{
                             columns:['uid']}).
                         build();
                 };
-                IPA.start_entities();
             },
             function(xhr, text_status, error_thrown) {
                 ok(false, "ipa_init() failed: "+error_thrown);

install/ui/test/navigation_tests.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 
 module('navigation', {
+
     setup: function() {
         IPA.ajax_options.async = false;
         IPA.init(
@@ -32,11 +33,14 @@ module('navigation', {
             }
         );
     }
+
 });
 
 test("Testing IPA.navigation.create().", function() {
 
     var entity;
+    var user_mock_called = false;
+    var group_mock_called = false;
 
     IPA.entity_factories.user =  function() {
         var that = IPA.entity({name: 'user',
@@ -59,13 +63,8 @@ test("Testing IPA.navigation.create().", function() {
         return that;
     };
 
-    IPA.start_entities();
-
-    IPA.metadata = {};
     var navigation_container = $('<div id="navigation"/>').appendTo(document.body);
     var entity_container = $('<div id="content"/>').appendTo(document.body);
-    var user_mock_called = false;
-    var group_mock_called = false;
 
     var navigation = IPA.navigation({
         container: navigation_container,

install/ui/webui.js

@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ $(function() {
         $('#loggedinas a').fragment(
             {'user-facet': 'details', 'user-pkey': IPA.whoami_pkey}, 2);
 
-        IPA.start_entities();
-
         IPA.nav = create_navigation();
         IPA.nav.create();
         IPA.nav.update();