http://www.jackslocum.com/yui/2006/10/06/domhelper-create-elements-using-dom-html-fragments-or-templates/YAHOO.ext.DomHelper = new function(){
var d = document;
var tempTableEl = null;
this.useDom = false;
var emptyTags = /^(?:base|basefont|br|frame|hr|img|input|isindex|link|meta|nextid|range|spacer|wbr|audioscope|area|param|keygen|col|limittext|spot|tab|over|right|left|choose|atop|of)$/i;
this.applyStyles = function(el, styles){
if(styles){
var D = YAHOO.util.Dom;
if (typeof styles == "string"){
var re = /\s?([a-z\-]*)\:([^;]*);?/gi;
var matches;
while ((matches = re.exec(styles)) != null){
D.setStyle(el, matches[1], matches[2]);
}
}else if (typeof styles == "object"){
for (var style in styles){
D.setStyle(el, style, styles[style]);
}
}else if (typeof styles == "function"){
YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.applyStyles(el, styles.call());
}
}
};
var createHtml = function(o){
var b = '';
b += '<' + o.tag;
for(var attr in o){
if(attr == 'tag' || attr == 'children' || attr == 'html' || typeof o[attr] == 'function') continue;
if(attr == 'style'){
var s = o['style'];
if(typeof s == 'function'){
s = s.call();
}
if(typeof s == 'string'){
b += ' style="' + s + '"';
}else if(typeof s == 'object'){
b += ' style="';
for(var key in s){
if(typeof s[key] != 'function'){
b += key + ':' + s[key] + ';';
}
}
b += '"';
}
}else{
if(attr == 'cls'){
b += ' class="' + o['cls'] + '"';
}else if(attr == 'htmlFor'){
b += ' for="' + o['htmlFor'] + '"';
}else{
b += ' ' + attr + '="' + o[attr] + '"';
}
}
}
if(emptyTags.test(o.tag)){
b += ' />';
}else{
b += '>';
if(o.children){
for(var i = 0, len = o.children.length; i < len; i++) {
b += createHtml(o.children[i], b);
}
}
if(o.html){
b += o.html;
}
b += '</' + o.tag + '>';
}
return b;
}
var createDom = function(o, parentNode){
var el = d.createElement(o.tag);
var useSet = el.setAttribute ? true : false; for(var attr in o){
if(attr == 'tag' || attr == 'children' || attr == 'html' || attr == 'style' || typeof o[attr] == 'function') continue;
if(attr=='cls'){
el.className = o['cls'];
}else{
if(useSet) el.setAttribute(attr, o[attr]);
else el[attr] = o[attr];
}
}
this.applyStyles(el, o.style);
if(o.children){
for(var i = 0, len = o.children.length; i < len; i++) {
createDom(o.children[i], el);
}
}
if(o.html){
el.innerHTML = o.html;
}
if(parentNode){
parentNode.appendChild(el);
}
return el;
};
var insertIntoTable = function(tag, where, el, html){
if(!tempTableEl){
tempTableEl = document.createElement('div');
}
var node;
if(tag == 'table' || tag == 'tbody'){
tempTableEl.innerHTML = '<table><tbody>'+html+'</tbody></table>';
node = tempTableEl.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild;
}else{
tempTableEl.innerHTML = '<table><tbody><tr>'+html+'</tr></tbody></table>';
node = tempTableEl.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild;
}
if(where == 'beforebegin'){
el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el);
return node;
}else if(where == 'afterbegin'){
el.insertBefore(node, el.firstChild);
return node;
}else if(where == 'beforeend'){
el.appendChild(node);
return node;
}else if(where == 'afterend'){
el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el.nextSibling);
return node;
}
}
this.insertHtml = function(where, el, html){
where = where.toLowerCase();
if(el.insertAdjacentHTML){
var tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
if(tag == 'table' || tag == 'tbody' || tag == 'tr'){
return insertIntoTable(tag, where, el, html);
}
if(where == 'beforebegin'){
el.insertAdjacentHTML(where, html);
return el.previousSibling;
}else if(where == 'afterbegin'){
el.insertAdjacentHTML(where, html);
return el.firstChild;
}else if(where == 'beforeend'){
el.insertAdjacentHTML(where, html);
return el.lastChild;
}else if(where == 'afterend'){
el.insertAdjacentHTML(where, html);
return el.nextSibling;
}
throw 'Illegal insertion point -> "' + where + '"';
}
var range = el.ownerDocument.createRange();
var frag;
if(where == 'beforebegin'){
range.setStartBefore(el);
frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
el.parentNode.insertBefore(frag, el);
return el.previousSibling;
}else if(where == 'afterbegin'){
range.selectNodeContents(el);
range.collapse(true);
frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
el.insertBefore(frag, el.firstChild);
return el.firstChild;
}else if(where == 'beforeend'){
range.selectNodeContents(el);
range.collapse(false);
frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
el.appendChild(frag);
return el.lastChild;
}else if(where == 'afterend'){
range.setStartAfter(el);
frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
el.parentNode.insertBefore(frag, el.nextSibling);
return el.nextSibling;
}else{
throw 'Illegal insertion point -> "' + where + '"';
}
};
this.insertBefore = function(el, o, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode;
if(this.useDom){
newNode = createDom(o, null);
el.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, el);
}else{
var html = createHtml(o);
newNode = this.insertHtml('beforeBegin', el, html);
}
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
};
this.insertAfter = function(el, o, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode;
if(this.useDom){
newNode = createDom(o, null);
el.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, el.nextSibling);
}else{
var html = createHtml(o);
newNode = this.insertHtml('afterEnd', el, html);
}
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
};
this.append = function(el, o, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode;
if(this.useDom){
newNode = createDom(o, null);
el.appendChild(newNode);
}else{
var html = createHtml(o);
newNode = this.insertHtml('beforeEnd', el, html);
}
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
};
this.overwrite = function(el, o, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
el.innerHTML = createHtml(o);
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(el.firstChild, true) : el.firstChild;
};
this.createTemplate = function(o){
var html = createHtml(o);
return new YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.Template(html);
};
}();
http://www.jackslocum.com/yui/2006/10/06/domhelper-create-elements-using-dom-html-fragments-or-templates/YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.Template = function(html){
this.html = html;
this.re = /\{(\w+)\}/g;
};
YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.Template.prototype = {
applyTemplate : function(values){
if(this.compiled){
return this.compiled(values);
}
var empty = '';
var fn = function(match, index){
if(typeof values[index] != 'undefined'){
return values[index];
}else{
return empty;
}
}
return this.html.replace(this.re, fn);
},
compile : function(){
var html = this.html;
var re = /\{(\w+)\}/g;
var body = [];
body.push("this.compiled = function(values){ return ");
var result;
var lastMatchEnd = 0;
while ((result = re.exec(html)) != null){
body.push("'", html.substring(lastMatchEnd, result.index), "' + ");
body.push("values['", html.substring(result.index+1,re.lastIndex-1), "'] + ");
lastMatchEnd = re.lastIndex;
}
body.push("'", html.substr(lastMatchEnd), "';};");
eval(body.join(''));
},
insertBefore: function(el, values, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode = YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.insertHtml('beforeBegin', el, this.applyTemplate(values));
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
},
insertAfter : function(el, values, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode = YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.insertHtml('afterEnd', el, this.applyTemplate(values));
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
},
append : function(el, values, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
var newNode = YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.insertHtml('beforeEnd', el, this.applyTemplate(values));
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
},
overwrite : function(el, values, returnElement){
el = YAHOO.util.Dom.get(el);
el.innerHTML = '';
var newNode = YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.insertHtml('beforeEnd', el, this.applyTemplate(values));
return returnElement ? YAHOO.ext.Element.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
}
};
YAHOO.ext.Template = YAHOO.ext.DomHelper.Template;