Considerations for Compiling and Rendering the Asset Model

Compile an asset in the context of a channel to return a flattened string of the asset content. You can use two compiling types:

• standard compiling
• rendering

Rendering accounts for superContent and design. Use rendering only for user representation and manipulation of content, as opposed to sending and publishing content.

• IF an asset contains content:

  • FOR EACH placeholder block or slot in the content:

    • REPLACE the placeholder with the compiled string from the block or slot

  • RETURN replaced content

• ELSE:

  • IF an asset contains views:

    • IF an asset contains a view for the specified channel:

      • RETURN the compiled channel view

    • ELSE IF an asset contains an HTML view:

      • RETURN the compiled HTML view

    • ELSE:

      • RETURN empty string

• IF an asset contains content, design, or superContent:

  • IF an asset contains superContent and superContent is not empty:

    • usedContent = superContent

  • ELSE IF an asset contains content and content is not empty:

    • usedContent = content

  • ELSE IF an asset contains design and design is not empty:

    • usedContent = design

  • ELSE:

    • RETURN empty string

  • FOR EACH placeholder block or slot in the content:

    • REPLACE the placeholder with the rendered string from the block or slot

  • RETURN replaced content

• ELSE:

  • IF an asset contains views:

    • IF an asset contains a view for the specified channel:

      • RETURN the rendered channel view

    • ELSE IF there is an HTML view:

      • RETURN the rendered HTML view

    • ELSE:

      • RETURN empty string

This JavaScript code example creates a full compiler.