[Thyapi-cvs] thyapi/thyfunctions thyajaxcontent.js,NONE,1.1

[Thyamad c. <th...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/thyapi/thyapi/thyfunctions
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv7271/thyfunctions

Added Files:
	thyajaxcontent.js 
Log Message:
Commiting file additions and modification from SVN revision 1937 to 1938...
Changes made by vinicius on 2005-09-12 20:59:10 +0200 (Mon, 12 Sep 2005) corresponding to SVN revision 1938 with message:

ThyAjaxContent functions initial version





--- NEW FILE: thyajaxcontent.js ---
/***************************************************************************\
 * ThyAPI - Thyamad Javascript API - AJAX Change Content Functions           *
 * http://www.thyamad.com                                                    *
 *                                                                           *
 * Copyright (C) 2005 - Vinicius Cubas Brand                                 *
 * Based on DynAPI v3.0b1                                                    *
 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it  *
 *  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published    *
 *  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License,      *
 *  or any later version.                                                    *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but      *
 *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               *
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.                     *
 *  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.              *
 \***************************************************************************/

	/**
	 * Function: thyAjaxChangeContent
	 *
	 *	Changes the innerHTML of an DOM element (e.g. div) with the response of
	 *	a RPC method called through AJAX
	 *
	 * Parameters: 
	 *
	 *	id         - the DOM Element ID
	 *	class      - the CSS Class to be atributed to the DOM Element after content change
	 *	method     - name of the RPC method
	 *	parameters - parameters of the RPC method, defaults an empty array
	 *	protocol   - the protocol to be used, for instance, 'xmlrpc'
	 *	url        - the url to be used
	 */
	function thyAjaxChangeContent(params)
	{
		//Parameter handling
		var defaultParams = {
			protocol : 'xmlrpc',
			parameters : { },
			append : false      //Defined if content will be changed or appended, hidden attribute
		};

		//fill with default values
		for(var i in defaultParams)
		{
			if (params[i] == null && typeof(params[i]) != 'object') //undefined
			{
				params[i] = defaultParams[i];
			}
		}


		var self = this;
		this.DOMElement = dynapi.functions.getElementById(params['id']);
		this.protocol = thyProtocol(params['protocol'],params['url']);
		this.append = params['append'];
		this.CSSClass = params['class'];

		if (!params['class'])
		{
			params['class'] = 'default_read';
		}

		// thyConnector is a Singleton!
		if (!window.thyConnectorObj)
		{
			window.thyConnectorObj = new thyConnector();
			window.thyConnectorObj.setVisible(true);
		}

		if (this.DOMElement)
		{
			var handler = function(response)
			{
				var data = self.protocol.decode(response);

				if (self.append)
				{
					self.DOMElement.innerHTML += data;
				}
				else
				{
					self.DOMElement.innerHTML = data;
				}

				if (self.CSSClass)
				{
					self.DOMElement.className = self.CSSClass;
				}
			}

			var data = this.protocol.encode(params['method'],params['parameters']);

			thyConnectorObj.setContentType(this.protocol.getContentType());
			thyConnectorObj.newRequest(params['class'],params['url'],data,handler);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Function: thyAjaxAppendContent
	 *
	 *	Appends the response of a RPC method to the content of a DOM element
	 *
	 * Parameters:
	 *
	 *	id       - the DOM Element ID
	 *	class    - the CSS Class to be atributed to the DOM Element after content append
	 *	method   - name of the RPC method
	 *	parameters - parameters of the RPC method, defaults an empty array
	 *	protocol - the name of the protocol to be used, for instance, 'xmlrpc'
	 *	url      - the url to be used
	 */
	function thyAjaxAppendContent(params)
	{
		params['append'] = true;
		return thyAjaxChangeContent(params);
	}