Class PTXMLCompositor

Object
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<private> class PTXMLCompositor

Static class for expanding an XML tree structure into an ordered grouping of JavaScript objects.
Defined in PTXMLCompositor.js

Requires:

- PTDate
- PTMenuItem

Field Detail

nextUID

<private> <static> Number nextUID

URLNodes

<private> <static> Hash URLNodes

VALUE_AUTOSET

<static> <final> String VALUE_AUTOSET

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Constant Field Values

VERSION

<static> <final> Object VERSION

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Constant Field Values

PTXMLCompositor

PTXMLCompositor()

PTXMLCompositor static Object constructor

Returns:
New PTXMLCompositor Object. Author Patrick Corcoran

Requires:
- PTDate
- PTMenuItem

expandComponent

<static>  <private> Object expandComponent(parentNode,node,w)

Expands special component nodes (for example PTTableControl)

Parameters:
parentNode - Parent node (XML DOM Node)
node - Component node (XML DOM Node)
w - XML wrapper instance (PTXMLWrapper object)

Returns:
an object representing a PTStandaloneComponent subclass

expandFromXML

<static> Object expandFromXML(xml,w,obj)

Expands JavaScript objects from XML DOM object

Parameters:
xml - XML DOM object to expand (XML DOM object)
w - XML wrapper instance (PTXMLWrapper object)
obj - existing object whose properties will be expanded from the XML (Optional)

Returns:
an Object created from the input XML

inflateNode

<static>  <private> Object inflateNode(node,obj,w,parentObj,onFinishCompositorID)

Inflates JavaScript properties from a DOM node

Parameters:
node - XML node (XML DOM node)
obj - Object which will receive the properties (Object)
w - XML wrapper instance (PTXMLWrapper object)
parentObj - The parent object of obj (Object)
onFinishCompositorID - Unique ID of event which will be triggered when compositor has finished (string)

Returns:
Object, type dependent upon input xml

inflateObject

<static>  <private> Object inflateObject(objName,node,w,mode,obj)

Inflates a single JavaScript object from a DOM node

Parameters:
objName - Name of the object (string)
node - An XML DOM node (XML DOM object)
w - XML wrapper instance (PTXMLWrapper object)

Returns:
Object or undefined

unescapeTokens

<static>  <private> String unescapeTokens(str)

Finds tokens and unescapes their contents

Parameters:
str - String to unescape (string)

Returns:
a String with the tokens unescaped

Deprecated this method simply returns string argument.