var Builder = {
NODEMAP: {
AREA: 'map',
CAPTION: 'table',
COL: 'table',
COLGROUP: 'table',
LEGEND: 'fieldset',
OPTGROUP: 'select',
OPTION: 'select',
PARAM: 'object',
TBODY: 'table',
TD: 'table',
TFOOT: 'table',
TH: 'table',
THEAD: 'table',
TR: 'table'
},
node: function(elementName) {
elementName = elementName.toUpperCase();
var parentTag = this.NODEMAP[elementName] || 'div';
var parentElement = document.createElement(parentTag);
parentElement.innerHTML = "<" + elementName + "></" + elementName + ">";
var element = parentElement.firstChild || null;
if(element && (element.tagName != elementName))
element = element.getElementsByTagName(elementName)[0];
if(!element) element = document.createElement(elementName);
if(!element) return;
if(arguments[1])
if(this._isStringOrNumber(arguments[1]) ||
(arguments[1] instanceof Array)) {
this._children(element, arguments[1]);
} else {
var attrs = this._attributes(arguments[1]);
if(attrs.length) {
parentElement.innerHTML = "<" +elementName + " " +
attrs + "></" + elementName + ">";
element = parentElement.firstChild || null;
if(!element) {
element = document.createElement(elementName);
for(attr in arguments[1])
element[attr == 'class' ? 'className' : attr] = arguments[1][attr];
}
if(element.tagName != elementName)
element = parentElement.getElementsByTagName(elementName)[0];
}
}
if(arguments[2])
this._children(element, arguments[2]);
return element;
},
_text: function(text) {
return document.createTextNode(text);
},
_attributes: function(attributes) {
var attrs = [];
for(attribute in attributes)
attrs.push((attribute=='className' ? 'class' : attribute) +
'="' + attributes[attribute].toString().escapeHTML() + '"');
return attrs.join(" ");
},
_children: function(element, children) {
if(typeof children=='object') {
children.flatten().each( function(e) {
if(typeof e=='object')
element.appendChild(e)
else
if(Builder._isStringOrNumber(e))
element.appendChild(Builder._text(e));
});
} else
if(Builder._isStringOrNumber(children))
element.appendChild(Builder._text(children));
},
_isStringOrNumber: function(param) {
return(typeof param=='string' || typeof param=='number');
}
}