Active.System.HTML

Generic base class for building and manipulating HTML markup.

Objects, which have visual representation, are most likely subclasses of this generic HTML class. It provides a set of functions to define attributes, inline styles, stylesheet selectors, DOM events and inner HTML content either as static properties or calls to the object’s methods. Direct or implicit call to ‘toString’ method returns properly formatted HTML markup string, which can be used in document.write() call or assigned to the page innerHTML property.

The two-way linking between original javascript object and it’s DOM counterpart is maintained through the use of unique ID for each object. This allows forwarding DOM events back to the proper javascript master object and, if necessary, updating the correct piece of HTML on the page.

Constructor Syntax

var obj = new Active.System.HTML;

Class Hierarchy

Public Methods

element	Returns a reference to the HTML element.
getAttribute	Returns HTML attribute.
getClass	Returns CSS selector.
getContent	Returns static HTML content.
getEvent	Returns HTML event handler.
getId	Returns unique ID for the object.
getStyle	Returns inline CSS attribute.
getTag	Returns HTML tag for the object.
init	Initializes the object.
refresh	Updates HTML on the page.
refreshClasses	Updates CSS selectors string for an element.
setAttribute	Sets HTML attribute.
setClass	Sets CSS selector.
setContent	Sets static HTML content.
setEvent	Sets HTML event handler.
setId	Sets ID string for an element.
setStyle	Sets inline CSS attribute.
setTag	Sets HTML tag for the object.
toString	Returns HTML markup string for the object.

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