Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

What Is the Lightning Component Framework?
Quick Start
Creating Components
Component Names
Create Aura Components in the Developer Console
Create Aura Components Using Salesforce CLI
Component Markup
Component Namespace
Component Bundles
Component IDs
HTML in Components
CSS in Components
Component Attributes
Supported aura:attribute Types
Basic Types
Function Type
Object Types
Standard and Custom Object Types
Collection Types
Custom Apex Class Types
Framework-Specific Types
Using Expressions
Component Composition
Component Body
Component Facets
Controlling Access
Using Object-Oriented Development
Best Practices for Conditional Markup
Aura Component Versioning for Managed Packages
Base Components with Minimum API Version Requirements
Validations for Aura Component Code
Using Labels
Localization
Working with Base Lightning Components
Supporting Accessibility
Writing Documentation for the Component Library
Using Components
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components with Lightning Testing Service
Debugging
Performance
Reference
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Object Types

An attribute can have a type corresponding to an Object. For example:

1<aura:attribute name="data" type="Object" />

We recommend using type="Map" instead of type="Object" to avoid some deserialization issues on the server. For example, when an attribute of type="Object" is serialized to the server, everything is converted to a string. Deep expressions, such as v.data.property can throw an exception when they are evaluated as a string on the server. Using type="Map" avoids these exceptions for deep expressions, and other deserialization issues.

Warning

Checking for Types

To determine a variable type, use typeof or a standard JavaScript method instead. The instanceof operator is unreliable due to the potential presence of multiple windows or frames.