I guess a similar technique that does work would be:
$('otherDiv').appendChild(new Element("div"));
Basically I just want to a create a class that creates an Element
object and then do some other things with the Element object before it
returns it.
On Apr 25, 3:54 pm, Ken Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Travis wrote:
> > I'm having some problems with a class I am creating. My end goal is
> > to be able to instantiate a class and use its return value as a
> > particular object.
>
> > So far, here's my code:
>
> > SomeDiv = Class.create ({...});
>
> > Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
> > $('otherDiv').appendChild(new SomeDiv());
> > });
>
> > Firebug says: "Node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the
> > hierarchy" so my guess is that it is not creating the div object. Any
> > suggestions? Thanks!
>
> Travis,
>
> Not sure exactly what functionality you're trying to achieve, but using
> the "new" keyword will always return an object of that instance.
> Element#appendChild requires that the argument given be a DOM Element.
> You'll need to do something along these lines:
>
> SomeDiv = Class.create({
> initialize: function(msgNode) {
> this.node = new Element("div");
> this.msg = $(msgNode);
> // add some custom method to our node
> this.node.manipulate = this.manipulate.bind(this);
> // garbage collect
> Event.observe(window, 'unload', function() {
> this.node.manipulate = null;
> }.bind(this));
> },
> manipulate: function(style, html) {
> // do stuff to the node
> this.node.setStyle(style);
> this.node.update(html);
> this.msg.update('manipulated');
> }
>
> });
>
> Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
> $('otherDiv').appendChild(new SomeDiv().node);
>
> });
>
> - Ken Snyder- Hide quoted text -
>
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