app/soc/content/js/blog-081117.js
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:28:07 +0000
changeset 987 6fd5c561b446
parent 501 be89bf307478
child 1307 091a21cf3627
permissions -rw-r--r--
Cache sidebar with a simple caching API We cache the sidebar once for every user, the downside is that once the user meets new access criteria, their sidebar does not get updated. This can be fixed by calling soc.cache.sidebar.flush() when appropriate. Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

/* Copyright 2008 the Melange authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
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function BlogPreview(container) {
  this.container_ = container;
}

BlogPreview.prototype.show = function(url, entries_num, title, title_link) {
  var feed = new google.feeds.Feed(url);
  var preview = this;
  feed.setNumEntries(entries_num)
  feed.load(function(result) {
    preview.render_(result, title, title_link);
  });
}

BlogPreview.prototype.render_ = function(result, title, title_link) {
  if (!result.feed || !result.feed.entries) return;
  while (this.container_.firstChild) {
    this.container_.removeChild(this.container_.firstChild);
  }

  var blog = this.createDiv_(this.container_, "blog");
  var header = this.createElement_("h2", blog, "");
  if (!title) {
    title = result.feed.title;
  }
  if (!title_link) {
    title_link = result.feed.link;
  }
  this.createLink_(header, title_link, title);

  for (var i = 0; i < result.feed.entries.length; i++) {
    var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
    var div = this.createDiv_(blog, "entry");
    var linkDiv = this.createDiv_(div, "title");
    this.createLink_(linkDiv, entry.link, entry.title);
    if (entry.author) {
      this.createDiv_(div, "author", "Posted by " + entry.author);
    }
    this.createDiv_(div, "snippet", entry.contentSnippet);
  }
}

BlogPreview.prototype.createDiv_ = function(parent, className, opt_text) {
  return this.createElement_("div", parent, className, opt_text);
}

BlogPreview.prototype.createLink_ = function(parent, href, text) {
  var link = this.createElement_("a", parent, "", text);
  link.href = href;
  return link;
}

BlogPreview.prototype.createElement_ = function(tagName, parent, className,
                                                opt_text) {
  var div = document.createElement(tagName);
  div.className = className;
  parent.appendChild(div);
  if (opt_text) {
    div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(opt_text));
  }
  return div;
}