crel.js

//Copyright (C) 2012 Kory Nunn

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/*

    This code is not formatted for readability, but rather run-speed and to assist compilers.

    However, the code's intention should be transparent.

    *** IE SUPPORT ***

    If you require this library to work in IE7, add the following after declaring crel.

    var testDiv = document.createElement('div'),
        testLabel = document.createElement('label');

    testDiv.setAttribute('class', 'a');
    testDiv['className'] !== 'a' ? crel.attrMap['class'] = 'className':undefined;
    testDiv.setAttribute('name','a');
    testDiv['name'] !== 'a' ? crel.attrMap['name'] = function(element, value){
        element.id = value;
    }:undefined;


    testLabel.setAttribute('for', 'a');
    testLabel['htmlFor'] !== 'a' ? crel.attrMap['for'] = 'htmlFor':undefined;



*/

(function (root, factory) {
    if (typeof exports === 'object') {
        module.exports = factory();
    } else if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
        define(factory);
    } else {
        root.crel = factory();
    }
}(this, function () {
    // based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/384286/javascript-isdom-how-do-you-check-if-a-javascript-object-is-a-dom-object
    var isNode = typeof Node === 'object'
        ? function (object) { return object instanceof Node; }
        : function (object) {
            return object
                && typeof object === 'object'
                && typeof object.nodeType === 'number'
                && typeof object.nodeName === 'string';
        };
    var isArray = function(a){ return a instanceof Array; };
    var appendChild = function(element, child) {
      if(!isNode(child)){
          child = document.createTextNode(child);
      }
      element.appendChild(child);
    };


    function crel(){
        var document = window.document,
            args = arguments, //Note: assigned to a variable to assist compilers. Saves about 40 bytes in closure compiler. Has negligable effect on performance.
            element = args[0],
            child,
            settings = args[1],
            childIndex = 2,
            argumentsLength = args.length,
            attributeMap = crel.attrMap;

        element = isNode(element) ? element : document.createElement(element);
        // shortcut
        if(argumentsLength === 1){
            return element;
        }

        if(typeof settings !== 'object' || isNode(settings) || isArray(settings)) {
            --childIndex;
            settings = null;
        }

        // shortcut if there is only one child that is a string
        if((argumentsLength - childIndex) === 1 && typeof args[childIndex] === 'string' && element.textContent !== undefined){
            element.textContent = args[childIndex];
        }else{
            for(; childIndex < argumentsLength; ++childIndex){
                child = args[childIndex];

                if(child == null){
                    continue;
                }

                if (isArray(child)) {
                  for (var i=0; i < child.length; ++i) {
                    appendChild(element, child[i]);
                  }
                } else {
                  appendChild(element, child);
                }
            }
        }

        for(var key in settings){
            if(!attributeMap[key]){
                element.setAttribute(key, settings[key]);
            }else{
                var attr = crel.attrMap[key];
                if(typeof attr === 'function'){
                    attr(element, settings[key]);
                }else{
                    element.setAttribute(attr, settings[key]);
                }
            }
        }

        return element;
    }

    // Used for mapping one kind of attribute to the supported version of that in bad browsers.
    // String referenced so that compilers maintain the property name.
    crel['attrMap'] = {};

    // String referenced so that compilers maintain the property name.
    crel["isNode"] = isNode;

    return crel;
}));