- Author:
- David Nickerson <nickerso@users.sourceforge.net>
- Date:
- 2009-07-16 02:00:03+12:00
- Desc:
- the starting point for the HH tutorial example
- Permanent Source URI:
- https://models.fieldml.org/workspace/a1/rawfile/f6a8f90307388eb4b040ee3566b84d88b59247f7/dojo-presentation/js/dojo/dojox/lang/utils.js
dojo.provide("dojox.lang.utils");
(function(){
var empty = {}, du = dojox.lang.utils;
dojo.mixin(dojox.lang.utils, {
coerceType: function(target, source){
switch(typeof target){
case "number": return Number(eval("(" + source + ")"));
case "string": return String(source);
case "boolean": return Boolean(eval("(" + source + ")"));
}
return eval("(" + source + ")");
},
updateWithObject: function(target, source, conv){
// summary: updates an existing object in place with properties from an "source" object.
// target: Object: the "target" object to be updated
// source: Object: the "source" object, whose properties will be used to source the existed object.
// conv: Boolean?: force conversion to the original type
if(!source){ return target; }
for(var x in target){
if(x in source && !(x in empty)){
var t = target[x];
if(t && typeof t == "object"){
du.updateObject(t, source[x]);
}else{
target[x] = conv ? du.coerceType(t, source[x]) : dojo.clone(source[x]);
}
}
}
return target; // Object
},
updateWithPattern: function(target, source, pattern, conv){
// summary: updates an existing object in place with properties from an "source" object.
// target: Object: the "target" object to be updated
// source: Object: the "source" object, whose properties will be used to source the existed object.
// pattern: Array: an array of properties to be copied
// conv: Boolean?: force conversion to the original type
if(!source || !pattern){ return target; }
for(var x in pattern){
if(x in source && !(x in empty)){
target[x] = conv ? du.coerceType(pattern[x], source[x]) : dojo.clone(source[x]);
}
}
return target; // Object
}
});
})();
