# Class: Marker

## Marker

WPGMZA.Marker

#### new Marker( [row])

  Base class for markers. Please do not call this constructor directly. Always use createInstance rather than instantiating this class directly. Using createInstance allows this class to be externally extensible.

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Argument | Description
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `row` | object | <optional> | Data to map to this object (eg from the database)

### Extends

- WPGMZA.MapObject

### Methods

#### <static> createInstance( [row])

  Creates an instance of a marker, please always use this function rather than calling the constructor directly.

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Argument | Description
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `row` | object | <optional> | Data to map to this object (eg from the database)

#### <static> getConstructor()

  Returns the contructor to be used by createInstance, depending on the selected maps engine.

  ##### Returns:

  The appropriate contructor
  Type
    function

#### _triggerListeners()

  Handles the logic of triggering listeners
  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#_triggerListeners

#### addEventListener(type, callback [, thisObject] [, useCapture])

  Adds an event listener on this object

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Argument | Description
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `type` | string |  | The event type, or multiple types separated by spaces
  `callback` | function |  | The callback to call when the event fires
  `thisObject` | object | <optional> | The object to use as "this" when firing the callback
  `useCapture` | bool | <optional> | If true, fires the callback on the capture phase, as opposed to bubble phase

  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#addEventListener

#### dispatchEvent(event)

  Fires an event on this object

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `event` | string | WPGMZA.Event | Either the event type as a string, or an instance of WPGMZA.Event

  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#dispatchEvent

#### getAnimation()

  Returns the animation set on this marker (see WPGMZA.Marker ANIMATION_* constants).

#### getDraggable()

  Gets whether this marker is draggable or not

  ##### Returns:

  True if the marker is draggable
  Type
    bool

#### getIcon()

  Gets the marker icon image URL, without the protocol prefix

  ##### Returns:

  The URL to the markers icon image
  Type
    string

#### getPosition()

  Gets the position of the marker

  ##### Returns:

  LatLng literal of this markers position
  Type
    object

#### getVisible()

  Get the marker visibility
  To Do:
    - Implement

#### hasEventListener(type)

  Test for listeners of type on this object

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `type` | string | The event type to test for

  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#hasEventListener

  ##### Returns:

  True if this object has listeners bound for the specified type
  Type
    bool

#### hidePreviousInteractedInfoWindow()

  This function will hide the last info the user interacted with, so that only one InfoWindow can be open at any given moment.

#### off()

  Alias for removeEventListener
  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#off
  See:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#removeEventListener

#### on()

  Alias for addEventListener
  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#on
  See:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#addEventListener

#### onAdded()

  Called when the marker has been added to a map

#### onClick()

  Called when the marker has been clicked

#### onMouseOver()

  Called when the user hovers the mouse over this marker

#### onSelect()

  Called when the marker has been selected, either by the icon being clicked, or from a marker listing

#### openInfoWindow()

  Placeholder for future use

#### panIntoView()

  Centers the map this marker belongs to on this marker

  ##### Throws:

  Marker hasn't been added to a map

#### parseGeometry(string)

  Scans a string for all floating point numbers and build an array of latitude and longitude literals from the matched numbers

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `string` | string | The string to parse numbers from

  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.MapObject#parseGeometry

  ##### Returns:

  An array of LatLng literals parsed from the string
  Type
    array

#### removeEventListener(type [, listener] [, thisObject] [, useCapture])

  Removes event listeners from this object

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Argument | Description
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `type` | string |  | The event type to remove listeners from
  `listener` | function | <optional> | The function to remove. If omitted, all listeners will be removed
  `thisObject` | object | <optional> | Use the parameter to remove listeners bound with the same thisObject
  `useCapture` | bool | <optional> | Remove the capture phase event listener. Otherwise, the bubble phase event listener will be removed.

  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#removeEventListener

#### setAnimation(animation)

  Sets the animation for this marker (see WPGMZA.Marker ANIMATION_* constants).

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `animation` | int | The animation to set.

#### setDraggable(draggable)

  Sets whether the marker is draggable

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `draggable` | bool | Set to true to make this marker draggable

#### setMap(map)

  Sets the map this marker should be displayed on. If it is already on a map, it will be removed from that map first, before being added to the supplied map.

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `map` | WPGMZA.Map | The map to add this markmer to

#### setOptions(options)

  Sets options on this marker

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `options` | object | An object containing the options to be set

#### setPosition(latLng)

  Sets the position of the marker.

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `latLng` | object | WPGMZA.LatLng | The position either as a LatLng literal or instance of WPGMZA.LatLng.

#### setVisible(visible)

  Set the marker visibility. This is used by the store locator etc. and is not a setting. Closes the InfoWindow if the marker is being hidden and the InfoWindow for this marker is open.

  ##### Parameters:

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `visible` | bool | Whether the marker should be visible or not

#### toJSON()

  Overrides MapObject.toJSON, serializes the marker to a JSON object
  Overrides:
    - WPGMZA.MapObject#toJSON

  ##### Returns:

  A JSON representation of this marker
  Type
    object

#### trigger()

  Alias for removeEventListener
  Inherited From:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#trigger
  See:
    - WPGMZA.EventDispatcher#removeEventListener

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