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JavaScript Code Generator

Autometa DOM (AM_DOM) is an open-source (LGPL v2.1) object-oriented JavaScript library for recent versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, Gecko (Mozilla, Firebird) and KHTML (Konqueror, Safari).

The goal of AM_DOM is to reduce/remove the need for browser-specific tests in application code. The current AM_DOM implementation works towards this goal by dynamically generating and evaluating code specific to the detected browser.

Object-oriented Javascript closures are used to combine the best features of both the W3C and Microsoft DOMs, to provide a uniformly named interface to equivalent features and to add missing functionality.

For example, AM_DOM supports:

• (Konqueror) anonymous callbacks in setTimeout()
• (Mozilla) IE-style getBoundingClientRect()
• (Mozilla) IE-style scriptable element-click event
• (Mozilla) IE-style toElement/fromElement event syntax

Community input is required to evolve the interface into a worthy integration of browser-specific DOMs. Until a web-based support forum is available, please email questions and comments to dom@autometa.com.

Library Download:

• v0.91, 11/08/03
  • closures with no parameters can be evaluated in numeric context without the function call operator ().
• v0.90, 11/06/03
• initial release

Sample Applications:

• Grid: Policy Map
• Chart: Voter Turnout
• Tooltip: Java Components

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