createDom: New module

Author: Gabriel Schulhof

js/index.php

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 	'jquery.hashchange.js',
 	'widgets/page.js',
 	'jquery.mobile.core.js',
+	'jquery.mobile.createDom.js',
 	'widgets/loader.js',
 	'events/navigate.js',
 	'navigation/path.js',

js/jquery.mobile.createDom.js

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//>>excludeStart("jqmBuildExclude", pragmas.jqmBuildExclude);
+//>>description: Create an array of DOM elements from a JSON description
+//>>label: createDom
+//>>group: Core
+
+define( [ "jquery.mobile.core" ], function( $ ) {
+//>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");
+(function( $, undefined ) {
+
+//el can be one of two things:
+// 1. { tagname: [ { attr: value, ... }, [ children ]] }
+// 2. "a string"
+function mkEl( el ) {
+	var ret, key, idx, attr, children, child;
+
+	if ( $.type( el ) === "string" ) {
+		ret = document.createTextNode( el );
+	} else {
+		for ( key in el ) {
+			ret = document.createElement( key );
+			for( idx in el[ key ] ) {
+				if ( $.type( el[ key ][ idx ] ) === "object" ) {
+					for( attr in el[ key ][ idx ] ) {
+						ret.setAttribute( attr, el[ key ][ idx ][ attr ] );
+					}
+				} else if ( $.type( el[ key ][ idx ] ) === "array" ) {
+					children = mkChildren( el[ key ][ idx ] );
+					for( child in children ) {
+						ret.appendChild( children[ child ] );
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+function mkChildren( c ) {
+	var ret = [], idx;
+
+	for ( idx in c ) {
+		ret.push( mkEl( c[ idx ] ) );
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+$.mobile.createDom = function( j ) {
+	return ( ( $.type( j ) === "object" ) ? mkEl( j ) :
+		( ( $.type( j ) === "array" ) ? mkChildren( j ) :
+			undefined ) );
+};
+
+})( jQuery );
+//>>excludeStart("jqmBuildExclude", pragmas.jqmBuildExclude);
+});
+//>>excludeEnd("jqmBuildExclude");