remove definition to force reload

[bazjapan]

Posted this on stackoverflow. Thought it best if I post it here too.

For testing purposes I am trying to remove some amd modules and reload updated versions from the server - with the goal of not refreshing the browser.

I am currently doing the following but the browser still doesn't reload the items from the network.

var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName('script');
var context = require.s.contexts['_'];
for (var key in context.defined) {
if(key.indexOf("tests")>-1){
requirejs.undef(key);
for (var i = scripts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
var script = scripts[i];
var attr = script.getAttribute('data-requiremodule')
if (attr === key){
script.parentNode.removeChild(script);
}
}}
It deletes the references from the context and removes the script tags successfully. But alas...

Does anyone know the mechanism to clear all the references from requirejs?

Any help much appreciated

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11899967/require-js-remove-definition-to-force-reload

[jrburke]

requirejs.undef() will remove the module from the defined cache, but any existing modules that have been bound to it are not cleared. Is that what you want to do, also remove any modules that depend on the removed module (and modules that depend on that set, and so on)?

If so, then it is better to just start a new requirejs context:

http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#multiversion

Otherwise, it is too messy to try to unbind the reverse dependency tree.

Closing this as part of bug triage, but we can continue discussion in this ticket. If there is a bug discovered we can reopen.

[bazjapan]

Thanks for the feedback James.