feat(virtualRepeat): Infinite scroll and deferred data loading

includes demos for both infinite scroll and deferred loading.

Closes angular#4002.

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoDeferredLoading/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<div ng-controller="AppCtrl as ctrl">
+  <md-content layout="column">
+    <p>
+       Display a list of 50,000 items that load on demand in a viewport of only 7 rows (height=40px).
+       <br/><br/>
+       This demo shows scroll and rendering performance gains when using <code>md-virtual-repeat</code>;
+       achieved with the dynamic reuse of rows visible in the viewport area. Developers are required to
+       explicitly use <code>md-virtual-repeat-container</code> as a wrapping parent container.
+       <br/><br/>
+       To enable load-on-demand behavior, developers must pass in a custom instance of
+       mdVirtualRepeatModel (see the example's source for more info).
+    </p>
+
+    <md-virtual-repeat-container id="vertical-container">
+      <div md-virtual-repeat="item in ctrl.dynamicItems" md-on-demand
+          class="repeated-item" flex>
+        {{item}}
+      </div>
+    </md-virtual-repeat-container>
+  </md-content>
+
+</div>

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoDeferredLoading/script.js

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+    angular
+      .module('virtualRepeatDeferredLoadingDemo', ['ngMaterial'])
+      .controller('AppCtrl', function($timeout) {
+
+        // In this example, we set up our model using a class.
+        // Using a plain object works too. All that matters
+        // is that we implement getItemAtIndex and getLength.
+        var DynamicItems = function() {
+          /**
+           * @type {!Object<?Array>} Data pages, keyed by page number (0-index).
+           */
+          this.loadedPages = {};
+
+          /** @type {number} Total number of items. */
+          this.numItems = 0;
+
+          /** @const {number} Number of items to fetch per request. */
+          this.PAGE_SIZE = 50;
+
+          this.fetchNumItems_();
+        };
+
+        // Required.
+        DynamicItems.prototype.getItemAtIndex = function(index) {
+          var pageNumber = Math.floor(index / this.PAGE_SIZE);
+          var page = this.loadedPages[pageNumber];
+
+          if (page) {
+            return page[index % this.PAGE_SIZE];
+          } else if (page !== null) {
+            this.fetchPage_(pageNumber);
+          }
+        };
+
+        // Required.
+        DynamicItems.prototype.getLength = function() {
+          return this.numItems;
+        };
+
+        DynamicItems.prototype.fetchPage_ = function(pageNumber) {
+          // Set the page to null so we know it is already being fetched.
+          this.loadedPages[pageNumber] = null;
+
+          // For demo purposes, we simulate loading more items with a timed
+          // promise. In real code, this function would likely contain an
+          // $http request.
+          $timeout(angular.noop, 300).then(angular.bind(this, function() {
+            this.loadedPages[pageNumber] = [];
+            var pageOffset = pageNumber * this.PAGE_SIZE;
+            for (var i = pageOffset; i < pageOffset + this.PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
+              this.loadedPages[pageNumber].push(i);
+            }
+          }));
+        };
+
+        DynamicItems.prototype.fetchNumItems_ = function() {
+          // For demo purposes, we simulate loading the item count with a timed
+          // promise. In real code, this function would likely contain an
+          // $http request.
+          $timeout(angular.noop, 300).then(angular.bind(this, function() {
+            this.numItems = 50000;
+          }));
+        };
+
+        this.dynamicItems = new DynamicItems();
+      });
+})();

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoDeferredLoading/style.css

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#vertical-container {
+  height: 292px;
+  width: 400px;
+}
+
+.repeated-item {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  height: 40px;
+  padding-top: 10px;
+}
+
+md-content {
+  margin: 16px;
+}
+
+md-virtual-repeat-container {
+  border: solid 1px grey;
+}
+
+.md-virtual-repeat-container .md-virtual-repeat-offsetter {
+  padding-left: 16px;
+}

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoInfiniteScroll/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<div ng-controller="AppCtrl as ctrl">
+  <md-content layout="column">
+    <p>
+       Display an infinitely growing list of items in a viewport of only 7 rows (height=40px).
+       <br/><br/>
+       This demo shows scroll and rendering performance gains when using <code>md-virtual-repeat</code>;
+       achieved with the dynamic reuse of rows visible in the viewport area. Developers are required to
+       explicitly use <code>md-virtual-repeat-container</code> as a wrapping parent container.
+       <br/><br/>
+       To enable infinite scroll behavior, developers must pass in a custom instance of
+       mdVirtualRepeatModel (see the example's source for more info).
+    </p>
+
+    <md-virtual-repeat-container id="vertical-container">
+      <div md-virtual-repeat="item in ctrl.infiniteItems" md-on-demand
+          class="repeated-item" flex>
+        {{item}}
+      </div>
+    </md-virtual-repeat-container>
+  </md-content>
+
+</div>

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoInfiniteScroll/script.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+    angular
+      .module('virtualRepeatInfiniteScrollDemo', ['ngMaterial'])
+      .controller('AppCtrl', function($timeout) {
+
+        // In this example, we set up our model using a plain object.
+        // Using a class works too. All that matters is that we implement
+        // getItemAtIndex and getLength.
+        this.infiniteItems = {
+          numLoaded_: 0,
+          toLoad_: 0,
+
+          // Required.
+          getItemAtIndex: function(index) {
+            if (index > this.numLoaded_) {
+              this.fetchMoreItems_(index);
+              return null;
+            }
+
+            return index;
+          },
+
+          // Required.
+          // For infinite scroll behavior, we always return a slightly higher
+          // number than the previously loaded items.
+          getLength: function() {
+            return this.numLoaded_ + 5;
+          },
+
+          fetchMoreItems_: function(index) {
+            // For demo purposes, we simulate loading more items with a timed
+            // promise. In real code, this function would likely contain an
+            // $http request.
+
+            if (this.toLoad_ < index) {
+              this.toLoad_ += 20;
+              $timeout(angular.noop, 300).then(angular.bind(this, function() {
+                this.numLoaded_ = this.toLoad_;
+              }));
+            }
+          }
+        };
+      });
+
+})();

src/components/virtualRepeat/demoInfiniteScroll/style.css

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#vertical-container {
+  height: 292px;
+  width: 400px;
+}
+
+.repeated-item {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  height: 40px;
+  padding-top: 10px;
+}
+
+md-content {
+  margin: 16px;
+}
+
+md-virtual-repeat-container {
+  border: solid 1px grey;
+}
+
+.md-virtual-repeat-container .md-virtual-repeat-offsetter {
+  padding-left: 16px;
+}

src/components/virtualRepeat/virtualRepeater.js

@@ -311,6 +311,15 @@ VirtualRepeatContainerController.prototype.handleScroll_ = function() {
  * @param {string=} md-extra-name Evaluates to an additional name to which
  *     the current iterated item can be assigned on the repeated scope. (Needed
  *     for use in md-autocomplete).
+ * @param {boolean=} md-on-demand When present, treats the md-virtual-repeat argument
+ *     as an object that can fetch rows rather than an array.
+ *     NOTE: This object must implement the following interface with two (2) methods:
+ *     getItemAtIndex: function(index) -> item at that index or null if it is not yet
+ *         loaded (It should start downloading the item in that case).
+ *     getLength: function() -> number The data legnth to which the repeater container
+ *         should be sized. Ideally, when the count is known, this method should return it.
+ *         Otherwise, return a higher number than the currently loaded items to produce an
+ *         infinite-scroll behavior.
  */
 function VirtualRepeatDirective($parse) {
   return {
@@ -344,12 +353,16 @@ function VirtualRepeatController($scope, $element, $attrs, $browser, $document,
   this.$document = $document;
   this.$$rAF = $$rAF;
 
+  /** @type {boolean} Whether we are in on-demand mode. */
+  this.onDemand = $attrs.hasOwnProperty('mdOnDemand');
   /** @type {!Function} Backup reference to $browser.$$checkUrlChange */
   this.browserCheckUrlChange = $browser.$$checkUrlChange;
   /** @type {number} Most recent starting repeat index (based on scroll offset) */
   this.newStartIndex = 0;
   /** @type {number} Most recent ending repeat index (based on scroll offset) */
   this.newEndIndex = 0;
+  /** @type {number} Most recent end visible index (based on scroll offset) */
+  this.newVisibleEnd = 0;
   /** @type {number} Previous starting repeat index (based on scroll offset) */
   this.startIndex = 0;
   /** @type {number} Previous ending repeat index (based on scroll offset) */
@@ -403,10 +416,12 @@ VirtualRepeatController.prototype.link_ =
   this.container = container;
   this.transclude = transclude;
   this.repeatName = repeatName;
-  this.repeatListExpression = repeatListExpression;
+  this.rawRepeatListExpression = repeatListExpression;
   this.extraName = extraName;
   this.sized = false;
 
+  this.repeatListExpression = angular.bind(this, this.repeatListExpression_);
+
   this.container.register(this);
 };
 
@@ -434,6 +449,25 @@ VirtualRepeatController.prototype.readItemSize_ = function() {
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns the user-specified repeat list, transforming it into an array-like
+ * object in the case of infinite scroll/dynamic load mode.
+ * @param {!angular.Scope} The scope.
+ * @return {!Array|!Object} An array or array-like object for iteration.
+ */
+VirtualRepeatController.prototype.repeatListExpression_ = function(scope) {
+  var repeatList = this.rawRepeatListExpression(scope);
+
+  if (this.onDemand && repeatList) {
+    var virtualList = new VirtualRepeatModelArrayLike(repeatList);
+    virtualList.$$includeIndexes(this.newStartIndex, this.newVisibleEnd);
+    return virtualList;
+  } else {
+    return repeatList;
+  }
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Called by the container. Informs us that the containers scroll or size has
  * changed.
@@ -467,6 +501,9 @@ VirtualRepeatController.prototype.containerUpdated = function() {
   if (this.newStartIndex !== this.startIndex ||
       this.newEndIndex !== this.endIndex ||
       this.container.getScrollOffset() > this.container.getScrollSize()) {
+    if (this.items instanceof VirtualRepeatModelArrayLike) {
+      this.items.$$includeIndexes(this.newStartIndex, this.newEndIndex);
+    }
     this.virtualRepeatUpdate_(this.items, this.items);
   }
 };
@@ -503,7 +540,7 @@ VirtualRepeatController.prototype.virtualRepeatUpdate_ = function(items, oldItem
   }
 
   this.items = items;
-  if (items !== oldItems) {
+  if (items !== oldItems || lengthChanged) {
     this.updateIndexes_();
   }
 
@@ -684,6 +721,55 @@ VirtualRepeatController.prototype.updateIndexes_ = function() {
   this.newStartIndex = Math.max(0, Math.min(
       itemsLength - containerLength,
       Math.floor(this.container.getScrollOffset() / this.itemSize)));
-  this.newEndIndex = Math.min(itemsLength, this.newStartIndex + containerLength + NUM_EXTRA);
+  this.newVisibleEnd = this.newStartIndex + containerLength + NUM_EXTRA;
+  this.newEndIndex = Math.min(itemsLength, this.newVisibleEnd);
   this.newStartIndex = Math.max(0, this.newStartIndex - NUM_EXTRA);
 };
+
+/**
+ * This VirtualRepeatModelArrayLike class enforces the interface requirements
+ * for infinite scrolling within a mdVirtualRepeatContainer. An object with this
+ * interface must implement the following interface with two (2) methods:
+ *
+ * getItemAtIndex: function(index) -> item at that index or null if it is not yet
+ *     loaded (It should start downloading the item in that case).
+ *
+ * getLength: function() -> number The data legnth to which the repeater container
+ *     should be sized. Ideally, when the count is known, this method should return it.
+ *     Otherwise, return a higher number than the currently loaded items to produce an
+ *     infinite-scroll behavior.
+ *
+ * @usage
+ * <hljs lang="html">
+ *  <md-virtual-repeat-container md-orient-horizontal>
+ *    <div md-virtual-repeat="i in items" md-on-demand>
+ *      Hello {{i}}!
+ *    </div>
+ *  </md-virtual-repeat-container>
+ * </hljs>
+ *
+ */
+function VirtualRepeatModelArrayLike(model) {
+  if (!angular.isFunction(model.getItemAtIndex) ||
+      !angular.isFunction(model.getLength)) {
+    throw Error('When md-on-demand is enabled, the Object passed to md-virtual-repeat must implement ' +
+        'functions getItemAtIndex() and getLength() ');
+  }
+
+  this.model = model;
+}
+
+
+VirtualRepeatModelArrayLike.prototype.$$includeIndexes = function(start, end) {
+  for (var i = start; i < end; i++) {
+    if (!this.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
+      this[i] = this.model.getItemAtIndex(i);
+    }
+  }
+  this.length = this.model.getLength();
+};
+
+
+function abstractMethod() {
+  throw Error('Non-overridden abstract method called.');
+}