source: Dev/branches/rest-dojo-ui/client/dojo/dom-form.js @ 274

define(["./_base/lang", "./dom", "./io-query", "./json"], function(lang, dom, ioq, json){
        // module:
        //              dojo/dom-form
        // summary:
        //              This module defines form-processing functions.

        /*=====
        dojo.fieldToObject = function(inputNode){
                // summary:
                //              Serialize a form field to a JavaScript object.
                // description:
                //              Returns the value encoded in a form field as
                //              as a string or an array of strings. Disabled form elements
                //              and unchecked radio and checkboxes are skipped. Multi-select
                //              elements are returned as an array of string values.
                // inputNode: DOMNode|String
                // returns: Object
        };
        =====*/

        /*=====
    dojo.formToObject = function(formNode){
        // summary:
        //              Serialize a form node to a JavaScript object.
        // description:
        //              Returns the values encoded in an HTML form as
        //              string properties in an object which it then returns. Disabled form
        //              elements, buttons, and other non-value form elements are skipped.
        //              Multi-select elements are returned as an array of string values.
                // formNode: DOMNode|String
                // returns: Object
        //
        // example:
        //              This form:
        //              |       <form id="test_form">
        //              |               <input type="text" name="blah" value="blah">
        //              |               <input type="text" name="no_value" value="blah" disabled>
        //              |               <input type="button" name="no_value2" value="blah">
        //              |               <select type="select" multiple name="multi" size="5">
        //              |                       <option value="blah">blah</option>
        //              |                       <option value="thud" selected>thud</option>
        //              |                       <option value="thonk" selected>thonk</option>
        //              |               </select>
        //              |       </form>
        //
        //              yields this object structure as the result of a call to
        //              formToObject():
        //
        //              |       {
        //              |               blah: "blah",
        //              |               multi: [
        //              |                       "thud",
        //              |                       "thonk"
        //              |               ]
        //              |       };
    };
        =====*/

        /*=====
    dojo.formToQuery = function(formNode){
        // summary:
        //              Returns a URL-encoded string representing the form passed as either a
        //              node or string ID identifying the form to serialize
                // formNode: DOMNode|String
                // returns: String
    };
        =====*/

        /*=====
    dojo.formToJson = function(formNode, prettyPrint){
        // summary:
        //              Create a serialized JSON string from a form node or string
        //              ID identifying the form to serialize
                // formNode: DOMNode|String
                // prettyPrint: Boolean?
                // returns: String
    };
        =====*/

    function setValue(/*Object*/obj, /*String*/name, /*String*/value){
        // summary:
        //              For the named property in object, set the value. If a value
        //              already exists and it is a string, convert the value to be an
        //              array of values.

        // Skip it if there is no value
        if(value === null){
            return;
        }

        var val = obj[name];
        if(typeof val == "string"){ // inline'd type check
            obj[name] = [val, value];
        }else if(lang.isArray(val)){
            val.push(value);
        }else{
            obj[name] = value;
        }
    }

        var exclude = "file|submit|image|reset|button";

        var form = {
                fieldToObject: function fieldToObject(/*DOMNode|String*/ inputNode){
                        var ret = null;
                        inputNode = dom.byId(inputNode);
                        if(inputNode){
                                var _in = inputNode.name, type = (inputNode.type || "").toLowerCase();
                                if(_in && type && !inputNode.disabled){
                                        if(type == "radio" || type == "checkbox"){
                                                if(inputNode.checked){
                                                        ret = inputNode.value;
                                                }
                                        }else if(inputNode.multiple){
                                                ret = [];
                                                var nodes = [inputNode.firstChild];
                                                while(nodes.length){
                                                        for(var node = nodes.pop(); node; node = node.nextSibling){
                                                                if(node.nodeType == 1 && node.tagName.toLowerCase() == "option"){
                                                                        if(node.selected){
                                                                                ret.push(node.value);
                                                                        }
                                                                }else{
                                                                        if(node.nextSibling){
                                                                                nodes.push(node.nextSibling);
                                                                        }
                                                                        if(node.firstChild){
                                                                                nodes.push(node.firstChild);
                                                                        }
                                                                        break;
                                                                }
                                                        }
                                                }
                                        }else{
                                                ret = inputNode.value;
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                        return ret; // Object
                },

                toObject: function formToObject(/*DOMNode|String*/ formNode){
                        var ret = {}, elems = dom.byId(formNode).elements;
                        for(var i = 0, l = elems.length; i < l; ++i){
                                var item = elems[i], _in = item.name, type = (item.type || "").toLowerCase();
                                if(_in && type && exclude.indexOf(type) < 0 && !item.disabled){
                                        setValue(ret, _in, form.fieldToObject(item));
                                        if(type == "image"){
                                                ret[_in + ".x"] = ret[_in + ".y"] = ret[_in].x = ret[_in].y = 0;
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                        return ret; // Object
                },

                toQuery: function formToQuery(/*DOMNode|String*/ formNode){
                        return ioq.objectToQuery(form.toObject(formNode)); // String
                },

                toJson: function formToJson(/*DOMNode|String*/ formNode, /*Boolean?*/prettyPrint){
                        return json.stringify(form.toObject(formNode), null, prettyPrint ? 4 : 0); // String
                }
        };

    return form;
});