first attempt at loading portal details, and displaying in the sidebar once loaded

code/portal_detail.js

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+/// PORTAL DETAIL //////////////////////////////////////
+// code to retrieve the new potal detail data from the servers
+
+
+// anonymous function wrapper for the code - any variables/functions not placed into 'window' will be private
+(function(){
+
+var cache;
+
+
+window.portalDetail = function() {};
+
+window.portalDetail.setup = function() {
+  cache = new DataCache();
+
+  cache.startExpireInterval(20);
+}
+
+window.portalDetail.get = function(guid) {
+  return cache.get(guid);
+}
+
+window.portalDetail.isFresh = function(guid) {
+  return cache.isFresh(guid);
+}
+
+
+var handleResponse = function(guid, data, success) {
+
+  if (success) {
+    cache.store(guid,data);
+
+    //FIXME..? better way of handling sidebar refreshing...
+
+    if (guid == selectedPortal) {
+      renderPortalDetails(guid);
+    }
+  }
+
+  window.runHooks ('portalDetailLoaded', {guid:guid, success:success, details:data});
+}
+
+window.portalDetail.request = function(guid) {
+
+  window.postAjax('getPortalDetails', {guid:guid},
+    function(data,textStatus,jqXHR) { handleResponse(guid, data, true); },
+    function() { handleResponse(guid, undefined, false); }
+  );
+}
+
+
+
+})(); // anonumous wrapper function end
+
+