Serializer

Type classSince 5.3.0

Serializes charts or individual elements into plain objects, which can be saved as JSON.

More info: Serializing / JSON config

Sources

Serializer can be used (imported) via one of the following packages.

TypeScript

// Import Serializer
import * as am5plugins_json from "@amcharts/amcharts5/plugins/json";

// Create Serializer
am5plugins_json.Serializer.new(root, {
  // ... config if applicable
});

JavaScript

<!-- Load Serializer -->
<script src="plugins/json.js"></script>

<script>
// Create Serializer
am5plugins_json.Serializer.new(root, {
  // ... config if applicable
});
</script>

Inheritance

Serializer extends Entity.

Serializer is extended by ChartSerializer.

Settings

Set these settings on a Serializer object using its set() and setAll() methods. Read about settings concept.

#excludeProperties

Type ArraySince 5.3.2

Properties to leave out of the output, e.g. "data".

#excludeSettings

Type Array

Settings to leave out of the output. Ignored when includeSettings is set.

#fullSettings

Type ArraySince 5.7.0

Settings whose plain-object values are written with all their keys.

In other settings, a plain object comes out empty.

#functionsAs

Type "string" | "function"Default "string"

How adapter callbacks are written (see includeAdapters): "string" as their source code, "function" as the functions themselves, which JSON can't hold. ChartSerializer uses "function" unless set.

#includeAdapters

Type undefined | false | trueDefault falseSince 5.15.0

Writes the elements' adapters.

#includeSettings

Type Array

The only settings to write; all others are left out.

#includeStates

Type undefined | false | trueDefault falseSince 5.15.0

Writes the elements' states.

#maxDepth

Type undefined | numberDefault 2

How many levels of nested objects to write; deeper ones are left out.

#runningAnimations

Type undefined | false | trueDefault trueSince 5.20.8

Write an animation started in code that loops forever - a globe that keeps turning, a marker that keeps pulsing - into the animations setting, so the saved chart plays it too. Animations that end (appear(), state changes, zooming) are never written, and neither is one whose easing is a function of its own rather than one of amCharts' easings.

9 inherited items

#animations

Type ArrayInherited from IEntitySettingsSince 5.20.8

Animations the element plays on its own, described as data - so they can be set from a JSON config and saved with it.

Each one animates a setting of the element (or, with target: "dataItem", a value of its data item - a map point's positionOnLine, say). They start when the setting is applied, restart when it changes, and stop when the element is disposed. A saved config keeps what was configured, never a value caught half way through an animation.

sprite.set("animations", [
  { key: "rotation", to: 360, duration: 4000, loops: 0 },
  { key: "scale", from: 1, to: 1.3, duration: 800, loops: 0, yoyo: true, easing: "sine" }
]);

#id

Type undefined | stringInherited from IEntitySettings

A unique ID for looking the element up in root.entitiesById. Setting an ID that another element already has throws an error.

#ignoreThemes

Type undefined | false | trueDefault falseInherited from IEntitySettingsSince 5.15.6

Ignores themes: no theme rule applies to the element, not even one of the default theme.

#stateAnimationDuration

Type undefined | numberDefault 0Inherited from IEntitySettings

How long, in milliseconds, a switch from one state to another animates.

0 switches at once.

#stateAnimationEasing

Type $ease.EasingDefault out(cubic)Inherited from IEntitySettings

Easing of the animated switch from one state to another.

#themes

Type ArrayInherited from IEntitySettings

Themes applied to the element and everything inside it.

#themeTags

Type ArrayInherited from IEntitySettings

Tags that theme rules can target. They also count for the element's children, so a rule can match a child by a tag of its parent.

More info: Themes

#themeTagsSelf

Type ArrayInherited from IEntitySettings

Tags that theme rules can target, like themeTags, but only for this element, not its children.

More info: Themes

#userData

Type anyInherited from IEntitySettings

Any data of your own to keep with the element.

Private settings

These are read-only settings accessible from a Serializer object using its getPrivate() method. Read about private settings.

Serializer does not have any private settings.

Properties

#className

StaticType stringDefault "Serializer"

#classNames

StaticType ArrayDefault Entity.classNames.concat([Serializer.className])

7 inherited items

#adapters

Type AdaptersDefault new Adapters(this)Inherited from Entity

#enableDispose

Type booleanDefault trueInherited from Settings

Set to false to make dispose() do nothing.

#events

Type EventDispatcherDefault this._createEvents()Inherited from Entity

#root

Type RootInherited from EntitySince 5.0.6

The Root the object belongs to.

#states

Type StatesDefault new States(this)Inherited from Entity

#template

Type Template | undefinedInherited from Entity

A Template applied to the object. Its settings apply where the object has none set of its own.

#uid

Type numberDefault ++counterInherited from Settings

A unique number, given to each object as it is created.

Methods

#serialize(source: unknown,
depth: number,
full: boolean,
forceParse: boolean)

Returns unknown

Serializes an object into a plain object.

22 inherited items

#animate(options: AnimationOptions)

Returns AnimationInherited from Settings

Animates a setting from its current value (or from) to to. The setting jumps to from at once. With duration 0, or no value to start from, it is set to to at once and the returned animation is already stopped.

More info: Animations: animating settings

#dispose()

Returns voidInherited from Settings

Disposes the object, freeing everything it holds. A disposed object can't be used again.

#get(key: Key,
fallback: F)

Returns NonNullable | FInherited from Entity

Returns the value of setting key, run through any adapters, or fallback if it is not set.

More info: Settings

#has(key: Key)

Returns booleanInherited from Settings

Returns true if setting key is set.

More info: Settings

#isDisposed()

Returns booleanInherited from Settings

Returns true if the object has been disposed.

#isType(type: string)

Returns thisInherited from Entity

Returns true if the object is of class type or extends it.

#new(root: Root,
settings: ITSettings,
template?: Template)

StaticReturns TInherited from Entity

Creates an instance of the class. Use it instead of new Class().

More info: Getting started: new element syntax

#off(key: Key,
callback?: undefined | (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns voidInherited from SettingsSince 5.9.2

Removes a callback added with on(). Without callback, removes all of them for key.

More info: Events: settings value change

#offDebounced(key: Key,
callback?: undefined | (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns voidInherited from Settings

Removes a callback added with onDebounced(). Without callback, removes all of them for key.

More info: Events: settings value change

#offDebouncedPrivate(key: Key,
callback?: undefined | (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns voidInherited from Settings

Removes a callback added with onPrivateDebounced(). Without callback, removes all of them for key.

More info: Events: settings value change

#offPrivate(key: Key,
callback?: undefined | (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns voidInherited from SettingsSince 5.9.2

Removes a callback added with onPrivate(). Without callback, removes all of them for key.

More info: Events: settings value change

#on(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns IDisposerInherited from Settings

Calls callback each time the value of setting key changes or is removed. Setting the same value again does not call it.

More info: Events: settings value change

#once(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns IDisposerInherited from SettingsSince 5.20.4

Like on(), but the callback is removed after it is called once.

More info: Events: settings value change

#onceDebounced(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void,
debounceDelay: number)

Returns IDisposerInherited from SettingsSince 5.20.4

Like onDebounced(), but the callback is removed after it is called once.

More info: Events: settings value change

#onDebounced(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void,
debounceDelay: number)

Returns IDisposerInherited from Settings

Like on(), but waits until setting key has not changed for debounceDelay milliseconds, then calls callback once with the latest value.

More info: Events: settings value change

#onPrivate(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void)

Returns IDisposerInherited from Settings

Calls callback each time the value of private setting key changes.

More info: Events: settings value change

#onPrivateDebounced(key: Key,
callback: (value: [""], target: this, key: Key) => void,
debounceDelay: number)

Returns IDisposerInherited from Settings

Like onPrivate(), but waits until private setting key has not changed for debounceDelay milliseconds, then calls callback once with the latest value.

More info: Events: settings value change

#remove(key: Key)

Returns voidInherited from Entity

Removes the value set for setting key. The setting goes back to the value from a theme or template, if one has it.

More info: Settings

#removeAll()

Returns voidInherited from Settings

Removes all settings, as remove() does for each one.

More info: Settings

#set(key: Key,
value: Value)

Returns ValueInherited from Entity

Sets setting key to value and returns value. A value set this way overrides themes and templates, and stops any animation of the setting.

More info: Settings

#setAll(settings: Partial)

Returns voidInherited from Settings

Sets several settings at once, from an object of key-value pairs.

More info: Settings

#setTimeout(fn: () => void,
delay: number)

Returns IDisposerInherited from Entity

Calls fn after delay milliseconds, unless the object is disposed first. Disposing the returned disposer cancels it.

Events

Serializer does not have any events.