Simple DOM Access

Simple SDA Access

sda.js

var simpleDOMAccessDoc;
var sCurrentNodeKey;
sCurrentNodeKey="root";
var goBottomNode;

/*
Purpose: Returns the current key value.
Used with the next and previous
methods
*/
function getCurrentNodeKey()
{
return(sCurrentNodeKey);
}
/*



Purpose: Sets the current key
value. Used with the next and
previous methods.
*/


function setCurrentNodeKey(sKey)
{
sCurrentNodeKey=sKey;
}


/* purpose: provides navigation
forward through the xml tree.
Rule 1: check for a descendant
Rule 2: check for a sibling
Rule 3: check for parent nodes sibling
*/
function next()
{
   var oNode;
   var oCurrentNode;
   var oOldNode;
   var sRetText;

   oNode=getNode(sCurrentNodeKey);
   sRetText="";
   
   /*Rule 1 - Check for a Descendant */
   oCurrentNode=oNode.firstChild;

   /*Rule 2 - Check for a Sibling */
   if(oCurrentNode==null)
   {
       oCurrentNode=oNode.nextSibling;
   }    
   /*Rule 3 - Check for Parent Node' Sibling */
   if(oCurrentNode==null)
   {
       oCurrentNode=oNode.parentNode;
       while (oCurrentNode!=null)
       {
           oOldNode=oCurrentNode;

           oCurrentNode=oCurrentNode.nextSibling;
           if (oCurrentNode==null)
           {
               oCurrentNode=oOldNode.parentNode;
           }
           else
           {
               sCurrentNodeKey=oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key");
               break;
           }
       }
   }    

   if (oCurrentNode != null)
   {
       sCurrentNodeKey=oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key");
       sRetText=oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key");
   }
   else
   {
       sRetText=oNode.getAttribute("key");
   }
   return(sRetText);
}



/*
Purpose: provides navigation
back through the xml tree.
Rule 1&2- Find Sibling Node - Find the bottom-most child of the sibling*/
Rule 3 - Find Parent Node
*/
function previous()
{
   var oNode;
   var oCurrentNode;
   var oOldNode;
   var sRetText;

   sRetText="";

   /* Rule 1 - Find Sibling - Find the bottom-most child of the sibling*/
   oNode=getNode(sCurrentNodeKey);
   oCurrentNode=oNode.previousSibling;

   /* Rule 2 - Find Siblings bottom of the tree*/
   if (oCurrentNode!=null)
   {
       goBottomNode=null;
       bottomOfTree(oCurrentNode);
       oCurrentNode=goBottomNode;
   }

   /* Rule 3 - Find Parent*/
   if (oCurrentNode==null)
   {
       oOldNode=oCurrentNode;
       oCurrentNode=oNode.parentNode;
       if (oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key")=="root")
       {
           oCurrentNode=oOldNode;
       }
   }
   if (oCurrentNode != null)
   {
       sCurrentNodeKey=oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key");
       sRetText=oCurrentNode.getAttribute("key");
   }
   else
   {
       sRetText=oNode.getAttribute("key");
   }
   return(sRetText);
}



function simpleDOMAccessClass()
{
var sXML;
simpleDOMAccessDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");

sXML="<xml>";
sXML=sXML+"<node parent_key=\'na\' key=\'root\' element_name=\'content\' >";
sXML=sXML+"</node>";
sXML=sXML+"</xml>";

simpleDOMAccessDoc.async = 0;
simpleDOMAccessDoc.loadXML(sXML);
}



/*Purpose: Add a node to the xml tree
1)Search for the parent node
2)Assign attribute values to the new node
3)Insert the new node into the xml tree
*/
function addNode(sParent_Key,sKey,sElementName)
{
   var oNewNode;
   var oParentNode;
   var sCriteria;

   oNewNode=simpleDOMAccessDoc.createElement("node");

   /* 1-Search for Parent Node Match */

   sCriteria="//node[@key $eq$ \ '"+sParent_Key+"\']";

   oParentNode=simpleDOMAccessDoc.selectSingleNode(sCriteria);
   
   /* 2-Insert new Node into Document Object Model (dom) structure*/

   if(oParentNode!=null)
   {
       oNewNode.setAttribute("parent_key",sParent_Key);
       oNewNode.setAttribute("key",sKey);
       oNewNode.setAttribute("element_name",sElementName);
       oParentNode.appendChild(oNewNode);
   }

}


function setAttribute(sKey,sAttribute_Name,sValue)
{
   var oNode;
   
   oNode=getNode(sKey);

   if (oNode != null)
   {
       oNode.setAttribute(sAttribute_Name,sValue);
   }
}



function removeAttribute(sKey,sAttribute_Name)
{
   var oNode;
   
   oNode=getNode(sKey);

   if (oNode != null)
   {
       oNode.removeAttribute(sAttribute_Name);
   }
}



function bottomOfTree(oNode)
{
   goBottomNode=oNode;

   if (oNode.hasChildNodes()>0)
   {
       bottomOfTree(oNode.lastChild);        
   }

}



function traverseTree(oNode)
{
   var oAttribute;
   var sAttribute_Name;
   var sAttribute_Value;
   var sBuffer;
   var i;

   document.write("<dl>");
   do
   {
       sBuffer=" attributes=(";

       for (i=0; i<oNode.attributes.length; i++)
       {
           oAttribute=oNode.attributes[i];
           sAttribute_Name=oAttribute.name;
           sAttribute_Value=oAttribute.value;
           sBuffer=sBuffer+sAttribute_Value+" ";
       }

       sBuffer=sBuffer+")";

       document.write("<dt><ddr>"+oNode.getAttribute("element_name")+" "+sBuffer);

       if (oNode.hasChildNodes()>0)
       {
           traverseTree(oNode.firstChild);        
       }
       oNode=oNode.nextSibling;
   }
   while(oNode != null);
   document.write("</dl>");
}



/*Purpose:locate a specific node in the
xml structure by its "key" value
*/
function getNode(sKey)
{
   var oNode;

   sCriteria="//node[@key $eq$ \ '"+sKey+"\']";

   oNode=simpleDOMAccessDoc.selectSingleNode(sCriteria);

   if(oNode != null)
   {
       return(oNode);
   }
   else
   {
       alert("Node not found");
   }

}



function getSimpleDOMAccessDocument()
{    
   return(simpleDOMAccessDoc);
}


/*Purpose: remove a node from the xml tree
1)Find the node
2)Find the node's parent
3)Invoke the parents removeChild method deleting
the node and its descendants from the xml tree.
*/
function deleteNode(sKey)
{
   var oNode;
   var oParentNode;
   var sParent_Key;

   oNode=getNode(sKey);

   if (oNode != null)
   {
       sParent_Key=oNode.getAttribute("parent_key");
       oParentNode=getNode(sParent_Key);
       if (oParentNode != null)
       {
           oParentNode.removeChild(oNode);
       }
   }
}

var sda=new simpleDOMAccessClass();
sda.addNode=addNode;
sda.getNode=getNode;
sda.traverseTree=traverseTree;
sda.next=next;
sda.previous=previous;
sda.setAttribute=setAttribute;
sda.removeAttribute=removeAttribute;
sda.deleteNode=deleteNode;
sda.getCurrentNodeKey=getCurrentNodeKey;
sda.setCurrentNodeKey=setCurrentNodeKey;

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