EXTEND ?

[Boobie]

I switched to using this function to create element:
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function elem(name, attrs, style, text) {
var e = document.create Element(name);
if (attrs) {
for (key in attrs) {
if (key == 'class') {
e.className = attrs[key];
} else if (key == 'id') {
e.id = attrs[key];
} else {
e.setAttribute( key, attrs[key]);
}
}
}
if (style) {
for (key in style) {
e.style[key] = style[key];
}
}
if (text) {
e.appendChild(d ocument.createT extNode(text));
}
return e;
}
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so instead of the "old" way:
var oMyDiv = document.create Element("DIV");
oMyDiv.setAttri bute("id","test id");
oMyDiv.classNam e = "testclass" ;

I use that function :
var oMyDiv = elem('DIV', {'id':'testid', 'class':'testcl ass'});

The rendered source shows this:
<div extend=" function (object) {return Object.extend.a pply(this, [this,
object]); } "
class="testclas s" id="testid">
Question: I don';t understand the "EXTEND" part......anywa ys does it look
legit/right ?
Any if you please put this "extend=" function (object) {return
Object.extend.a pply(this, [this, object]); } "
in English ;)

thanks

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Boobie wrote:

Any if you please put this "extend=" function (object) {return
Object.extend.a pply(this, [this, object]); } "
in English ;)

Here's some info on the Object.apply method:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs...Function:apply
JW

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

"Boobie" <bo********@mai lnull.com> writes:

function elem(name, attrs, style, text) { for (key in attrs) { .... e.setAttribute( key, attrs[key]); .... var oMyDiv = elem('DIV', {'id':'testid', 'class':'testcl ass'});
.... giving:
<div extend=" function (object) {return Object.extend.a pply(this, [this,
object]); } "
class="testclas s" id="testid"> Question: I don';t understand the "EXTEND" part......anywa ys does it look
legit/right ?

It seems you have givent the Object.prototyp e an extra property, i.e.,

Object.prototyp e.extend = function(object ) {
return Object.extend.a pply(this, [this, object]);
};

Since that means that *all* objects inherit the "extend" property,
also your "attrs" object will have it, so it has three attributes:
"id", "class" *and* "extend". The last one is a function, which
gives the value you see when it is converted to a string.

This is a good example of why extending Object.prototyp e is dangerous,
and should only be done with extreme care, since all other code running
in the same environment should know about it.

/L
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