Data
Strings and Template rendering
Here is an example of strings management:
//Checks whether it is a string or not:
var myString = "Hello, CrossBrowdy!";
if (CB_isString(myString)) { CB_console("It is a string!"); }
else { CB_console("It is not a string!"); }
//Returns the given element if it is a string or an empty string otherwise:
var a = CB_forceString("a"); //Returns: "a".
var b = CB_forceString(123); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var c = CB_forceString(0xFF); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var d = CB_forceString([1, 2, 3]); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var e = CB_forceString([]); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var f = CB_forceString({ "property" : "value" }); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var g = CB_forceString({}); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var h = CB_forceString(null); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var i = CB_forceString(undefined); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var j = CB_forceString(NaN); //Returns: "" (empty string).
//Parses a given element as a string, returning an empty string if not possible:
var a = CB_parseString("a"); //Returns: "a".
var b = CB_parseString(123); //Returns: "123" (string).
var c = CB_parseString(0xFF); //Returns: "255" (string).
var d = CB_parseString([1, 2, 3]); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var e = CB_parseString([]); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var f = CB_parseString({ "property" : "value" }); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var g = CB_parseString({}); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var h = CB_parseString(null); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var i = CB_parseString(undefined); //Returns: "" (empty string).
var j = CB_parseString(NaN); //Returns: "" (empty string).
//Trims undesired strings from a string, case sensitive:
//NOTE: functions below are equivalent to 'CB_Arrays.trim', 'CB_Arrays.ltrim' and 'CB_Arrays.rtrim'.
var myFruit = " watermelon ";
var stringTrimmed = CB_trim(myFruit); //Strips spaces. Returns: "watermelon".
var stringTrimmed_2 = CB_trim(myFruit, "n"); //Trims "n". Returns: " watermelon ".
var stringTrimmed_3 = CB_trim(myFruit, [" ", "l", "e", "n"]); //Trims spaces, "l", "e" and "n". Returns: "watermelo".
var stringTrimmed_4 = CB_trim(myFruit, [" ", "wat", "on"]); //Trims spaces, "wat" and "on". Returns: "ermel".
var stringTrimmed_5 = CB_ltrim(myFruit); //Trims spaces in the left. Returns: "watermelon ".
var stringTrimmed_6 = CB_ltrim(myFruit, [" ", "w", "ate", "o"]); //Trims spaces, "w", "ate" and "o" in the left. Returns: "rmelon ".
var stringTrimmed_7 = CB_rtrim(myFruit); //Trims spaces in the right. Returns: " watermelon".
var stringTrimmed_8 = CB_rtrim(myFruit, [" ", "l", "n", "o"]); //Trims spaces, "l", "n" and "o" in the right. Returns: " waterme".
//Replacing strings easily (with the regular expression generated by 'CB_regularExpressionString'):
var myString = "Line1\nLine2\nLINE3";
var myString_2 = myString.replace(CB_regularExpressionString("e"), "A"); //Replaces first occurrence of "e" by "A". Returns: "LinA1\nLine2\nLINE3".
var myString_3 = myString.replace(CB_regularExpressionString("e", true), "A"); //Replaces all occurrences of "e" by "A". Returns: "LinA1\nLinA2\nLINE3".
var myString_4 = myString.replace(CB_regularExpressionString("e", true, true), "A"); //Replaces all occurrences of "e" by "A", case insensitive. Returns: "LinA1\nLinA2\nLINA3".
var myString_5 = myString.replace(CB_regularExpressionString("e", false, true), "A"); //Replaces first occurrence of "e" by "A", case insensitive. Returns: "LinA1\nLine2\nLINE3".
//Another easy way to replaces all the given occurrence from a given string or array of strings ("myString" could be an array of strings, with as many levels as we wish):
var myString_6 = CB_replaceAll(myString, "e", "A"); //Replaces all occurrences of "e" by "A". Returns: "LinA1\nLinA2\nLINE3".
var myString_7 = CB_replaceAll(myString, "e", "A", true); //Replaces all occurrences of "e" by "A", case insensitive. Returns: "LinA1\nLinA2\nLINA3".
var myString_8 = CB_replaceAll(myString, ["e", "o", "i"], "A"); //Replaces all occurrences of "e", "o" and "h" by "A". Returns: "LAnA1\nLAnA2\nLINE3".
var myString_9 = CB_replaceAll(myString, ["e", "o", "i"], "A", true); //Replaces all occurrences of "e", "o" and "h" by "A", case insensitive. Returns: "LAnA1\nLAnA2\nLANA3".
//Combine two sets of URI parameters (the same can be done with 'CB_Net.combineURIParameters'):
var parametersCombined = CB_combineURIParameters("parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2", "parameter3=value3¶meter4=value4"); //Returns 'parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2¶meter3=value3¶meter4=value4'.
var parametersCombined_2 = CB_combineURIParameters("?parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2", "?parameter3=value3¶meter4=value4"); //Returns 'parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2¶meter3=value3¶meter4=value4'.
var parametersCombined_3 = CB_combineURIParameters("??parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2&&", "???¶meter3=value3¶meter4=value4&"); //Returns 'parameter1=value1¶meter2=value2¶meter3=value3¶meter4=value4'.
//Other functions:
var myHTML = CB_nl2br(myString); //Replaces "\n" by "<br />". Returns: "Line1<br />Line2<br />LINE3". Equivalent to 'CB_nlToBr'.
var myString_6 = CB_br2nl(myHTML); //Replaces "<br />" by "\n". Returns: "Line1\nLine2\nLINE3". Equivalent to 'CB_brToNl'.
CrossBrowdy can also manage templates. If available, it will use the Handlebars.js library (not included by default) to render them. Otherwise, it will fallback automatically to a simple rendering method (just replacing variables with their value, without processing control structures, etc.). Here is an example of template rendering management:
//Places the template desired in a string:
var templateAsString = "Hello, {{name}}! Welcome to {{locations.first}}."; //Just an example, it could come from a file.
//Sets an object with the information for rendering the template:
var JSONObject = { "name" : "CrossBrowdy", "locations" : { "first" : "Wonderland" } };
//Renders the string (it will use Handlebars.js if available or fallback automatically to vanilla JavaScript otherwise):
var templateAsString_rendered = CB_renderString(templateAsString, JSONObject); //If Handlebar.js is not available, it will only replace variables with their values, without processing control structures, etc.
CB_console(templateAsString_rendered); //Shows: "Hello, CrossBrowdy! Welcome to Wonderland.".
//We can avoid using Handlebars.js, forcing vanilla JavaScript processing (it will only replace variables with their values, without processing control structures, etc.):
var templateAsString_rendered_2 = CB_renderString(templateAsString, JSONObject, true); //In this case, it would contain the same as 'templateAsString_rendered'.
//When using vanilla JavaScript processing, we can also define a maximum depth level for reading the JSON object (for performance purposes):
var templateAsString_rendered_3 = CB_renderString(templateAsString, JSONObject, true, 20); //In this case, it would contain the same as 'templateAsString_rendered'.
//It is also possible to get the string of the desired path in a JSON object this way:
//NOTE: when dealing with any kind of values (not only strings), 'CB_getValueIndex' can be a better option.
var name = CB_getValuePath(JSONObject, "name"); //Returns "CrossBrowdy".
var locations = CB_getValuePath(JSONObject, "locations"); //Returns an empty string (as a string could not be found in the given path).
var locationsFirst = CB_getValuePath(JSONObject, "locations.first"); //Default separator is dot ("."). Returns "Wonderland".
var locationsFirst_2 = CB_getValuePath(JSONObject, "locations@first", "@"); //Using "@" as separator. Returns "Wonderland".
var unexisting = CB_getValuePath(JSONObject, "this.path.does.not.exist"); //Returns an empty string (as a string could not be found in the given path).
Check the API documentation to read more about some global functions and variables.
