materio-base-d7/sites/all/modules/contrib/fields/hierarchical_select/hierarchical_select_formtoarray.js

/**
 * @file
 * Contains the formToArray method and the method it depends on. Taken from
 * jQuery Form Plugin 2.12. (http://www.malsup.com/jquery/form/)
 */

(function ($) {

/**
 * formToArray() gathers form element data into an array of objects that can
 * be passed to any of the following ajax functions: $.get, $.post, or load.
 * Each object in the array has both a 'name' and 'value' property.  An example of
 * an array for a simple login form might be:
 *
 * [ { name: 'username', value: 'jresig' }, { name: 'password', value: 'secret' } ]
 *
 * It is this array that is passed to pre-submit callback functions provided to the
 * ajaxSubmit() and ajaxForm() methods.
 */
$.fn.formToArray = function(semantic) {
    var a = [];
    if (this.length == 0) return a;

    var form = this[0];
    var els = semantic ? form.getElementsByTagName('*') : form.elements;
    if (!els) return a;
    for(var i=0, max=els.length; i < max; i++) {
        var el = els[i];
        var n = el.name;
        if (!n) continue;

        if (semantic && form.clk && el.type == "image") {
            // handle image inputs on the fly when semantic == true
            if(!el.disabled && form.clk == el)
                a.push({name: n+'.x', value: form.clk_x}, {name: n+'.y', value: form.clk_y});
            continue;
        }

        var v = $.fieldValue(el, true);
        if (v && v.constructor == Array) {
            for(var j=0, jmax=v.length; j < jmax; j++)
                a.push({name: n, value: v[j]});
        }
        else if (v !== null && typeof v != 'undefined')
            a.push({name: n, value: v});
    }

    if (!semantic && form.clk) {
        // input type=='image' are not found in elements array! handle them here
        var inputs = form.getElementsByTagName("input");
        for(var i=0, max=inputs.length; i < max; i++) {
            var input = inputs[i];
            var n = input.name;
            if(n && !input.disabled && input.type == "image" && form.clk == input)
                a.push({name: n+'.x', value: form.clk_x}, {name: n+'.y', value: form.clk_y});
        }
    }
    return a;
};

/**
 * Returns the value of the field element.
 */
$.fieldValue = function(el, successful) {
    var n = el.name, t = el.type, tag = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
    if (typeof successful == 'undefined') successful = true;

    if (successful && (!n || el.disabled || t == 'reset' || t == 'button' ||
        (t == 'checkbox' || t == 'radio') && !el.checked ||
        (t == 'submit' || t == 'image') && el.form && el.form.clk != el ||
        tag == 'select' && el.selectedIndex == -1))
            return null;

    if (tag == 'select') {
        var index = el.selectedIndex;
        if (index < 0) return null;
        var a = [], ops = el.options;
        var one = (t == 'select-one');
        var max = (one ? index+1 : ops.length);
        for(var i=(one ? index : 0); i < max; i++) {
            var op = ops[i];
            if (op.selected) {
                // extra pain for IE...
                var v = $.browser.msie && !(op.attributes['value'].specified) ? op.text : op.value;
                if (one) return v;
                a.push(v);
            }
        }
        return a;
    }
    return el.value;
};

})(jQuery);