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• __collection special property
• __names special property

__collection special property

There is a special property __collection of each child property of Data object. Using this property you can navigate through collection of child properties of current property.

Example (simple)

Let's assume that you have the following folder structure on your file system:

Data
    Poland.json
    Ukraine.json

And inside each .json file in this example you have the following structure:

{
    "details": {
        "flag":    "flag.png",
        "date":    "1st of February",
        "address": "Main street"
    }
}

And your template may look like this:

<ul>
    {{# Data.__collection }}
        <li>
            <img src="{{ flag }}"/>
            On {{ date }} at {{ address }}
        </li>
    {{/ Data.__collection }}
</ul>

Finally, the html rendered by Solidify Engine will look like this:

<ul>
    <li>
        <img src="poland.png"/>
        On 1st of February in Warsaw
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="ukraine.png"/>
        On 1st of March in Kyiv
    </li>
</ul>

Example (nested)

You can also use nested __collection properties.

Let's assume that you have the following folder structure on you file system:

Data
    year1999
        Poland.json
        Ukraine.json
    year2001
        Bulgaria.json
        Romania.json
    year2020
        Denmark.json
        Spain.json

And inside each .json file in this example you have the following structure:

{
    "details": {
        "flag":    "flag.png",
        "date":    "1st of February",
        "address": "Main street"
    }
}

And your template may look like this:

<ul>
    {{# Data.__collection }}
        {{# __collection }}
            <li>
                <img src="{{ flag }}"/>
                On {{ date }} at {{ address }}
            </li>
        {{/ __collection }}
    {{/ Data.__collection }}
</ul>

Finally, the html rendered by Solidify Engine will look like this:

<ul>
    <li>
        <img src="poland.png"/>
        On 1st of February in Warsaw
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="ukraine.png"/>
        On 1st of March in Kyiv
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="bulgaria.png"/>
        On 1st of April in Sofia
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="romania.png"/>
        On 1st of May in Bucharest
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="denmark.png"/>
        On 1st of June in Copenhagen
    </li>
    <li>
        <img src="spain.png"/>
        On 1st of July in Madrid
    </li>
</ul>

__names special property

There is a special property __names of each child property of Data object. Using this property you can navigate through names of child properties of current property.

Example (simple)

Let's assume that you have the following folders structure on you file system:

Data
    Poland.json
    Ukraine.json

And inside each .json file in this example you have the following structure:

{
    "details": {
        "flag":    "flag.png",
        "date":    "1st of February",
        "address": "Main street"
    }
}

And your template may look like this:

<ul>
    {{# Data.__names }}
        <li>
            {{ . }}
        </li>
    {{/ Data.__names }}
</ul>

Finally, the html rendered by Solidify Engine will look like this:

<ul>
    <li>
        Poland
    </li>
    <li>
        Ukraine
    </li>
</ul>

Example (nested)

You can also use __names together with nested __collection properties.

Let's assume that you have the following folder structure on you file system:

Data
    year1999
        Poland.json
        Ukraine.json
    year2001
        Bulgaria.json
        Romania.json
    year2020
        Denmark.json
        Spain.json

And inside each .json file in this example you have the following structure:

{
    "details": {
        "flag":    "flag.png",
        "date":    "1st of February",
        "address": "Main street"
    }
}

And your template may look like this:

<ul>
    {{# Data.__collection }}
        {{# __names }}
            <li>
                {{ . }}
            </li>
        {{/ __names }}
    {{/ Data.__collection }}
</ul>

Finally, the html rendered by Solidify Engine will look like this:

<ul>
    <li>
        Poland
    </li>
    <li>
        Ukraine
    </li>
    <li>
        Bulgaria
    </li>
    <li>
        Romania
    </li>
    <li>
        Denmark
    </li>
    <li>
        Spain
    </li>
</ul>

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