Function emptySubplotLists

src/plots/plots.js:604–636

* Make a container for collecting subplots we need to display. * * Finds all subplot types we need to enumerate once and caches it, * but makes a new output object each time. * Single-trace subplots (which have no `id`) such as pie, table, etc * do not need to be collected because we just draw

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 * do not need to be collected because we just draw all visible traces.
 */
function emptySubplotLists() {
    var collectableSubplotTypes = Registry.collectableSubplotTypes;
    var out = {};
    var i, j;

    if(!collectableSubplotTypes) {
        collectableSubplotTypes = [];

        var subplotsRegistry = Registry.subplotsRegistry;

        for(var subplotType in subplotsRegistry) {
            var subplotModule = subplotsRegistry[subplotType];
            var subplotAttr = subplotModule.attr;

            if(subplotAttr) {
                collectableSubplotTypes.push(subplotType);

                // special case, currently just for cartesian:
                // we need to enumerate axes, not just subplots
                if(Array.isArray(subplotAttr)) {
                    for(j = 0; j < subplotAttr.length; j++) {
                        Lib.pushUnique(collectableSubplotTypes, subplotAttr[j]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    for(i = 0; i < collectableSubplotTypes.length; i++) {
        out[collectableSubplotTypes[i]] = [];
    }
    return out;
}

/**
 * getFormatObj: use _context to get the format object from locale.