Of course! I can't believe I forgot to list the property in the attributes
list or the publish block. It wasn't the presence of "reflect" that was
making it work in the second example, it was simply the fact that it was
now listed in one of the places needed to publish a property. Thanks, Eric!
@Ian, it actually seems to work just with publish:{myObj:{}} even with the
ambiguity: http://jsbin.com/tecayaho/7/edit?html,console,output
2014-06-06 8:14 GMT-06:00 Ian MacLeod <[email protected]>:
> However, you do have to hint objects via the value field:
>
> publish: {myObj: {value: {}}
>
> It's ambiguous with an options object otherwise :(
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Eric Bidelman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The property only needs to be published (and hint as an objected) for it
>> to be [de]serialized correctly. For example, you can publish `fullName` in
>> attributes="" and things work marvelously: http://jsbin.com/tecayaho/3/
>> edit
>>
>> From the doc
>> <http://www.polymer-project.org/docs/polymer/polymer.html#attrreflection>s,
>> objects/arrays never reflect...even if you publish them with `reflect:
>> true`:
>>
>> The property value is serialized to a string based on its data type. A
>> few types get special treatment:
>>
>> -
>>
>> If the property value is an object, array, or function, the value is
>> never reflected, whether or not reflectis true.
>>
>> Also note, your binding should be {{fullName.first}} in the template :)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Clayton Watts <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the docs (http://www.polymer-project.
>>> org/docs/polymer/polymer.html#attrhinting) could be clearer about the
>>> fact that to create an element like the x-name shown that can accept an
>>> array or object written in the DOM as a string, you must use a publish
>>> block and set reflect to true. (The word 'reflect' doesn't immediately seem
>>> to indicate its necessity for input as well as output).
>>>
>>> See this not working jsbin: http://jsbin.com/
>>> tecayaho/1/edit?html,console,output
>>> and this working one: http://jsbin.com/tecayaho/2/edit?html,console,
>>> output
>>>
>>> This also means one has to include the property in the publish block AND
>>> in the created callback. Is there any way around that?
>>>
>>> Clayton
>>>
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