node: function()

in tapestry-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/assets/tapestry5/scriptaculous_1_9_0/builder.js [27:78]
38 lines of code
20 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  node: function(elementName) {
    elementName = elementName.toUpperCase();

    // try innerHTML approach
    var parentTag = this.NODEMAP[elementName] || 'div';
    var parentElement = document.createElement(parentTag);
    try { // prevent IE "feature": http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/2707
      parentElement.innerHTML = "<" + elementName + "></" + elementName + ">";
    } catch(e) {}
    var element = parentElement.firstChild || null;

    // see if browser added wrapping tags
    if(element && (element.tagName.toUpperCase() != elementName))
      element = element.getElementsByTagName(elementName)[0];

    // fallback to createElement approach
    if(!element) element = document.createElement(elementName);

    // abort if nothing could be created
    if(!element) return;

    // attributes (or text)
    if(arguments[1])
      if(this._isStringOrNumber(arguments[1]) ||
        (arguments[1] instanceof Array) ||
        arguments[1].tagName) {
          this._children(element, arguments[1]);
        } else {
          var attrs = this._attributes(arguments[1]);
          if(attrs.length) {
            try { // prevent IE "feature": http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/2707
              parentElement.innerHTML = "<" +elementName + " " +
                attrs + "></" + elementName + ">";
            } catch(e) {}
            element = parentElement.firstChild || null;
            // workaround firefox 1.0.X bug
            if(!element) {
              element = document.createElement(elementName);
              for(attr in arguments[1])
                element[attr == 'class' ? 'className' : attr] = arguments[1][attr];
            }
            if(element.tagName.toUpperCase() != elementName)
              element = parentElement.getElementsByTagName(elementName)[0];
          }
        }

    // text, or array of children
    if(arguments[2])
      this._children(element, arguments[2]);

     return $(element);
  },