adds the ability for the user to give map options when reading a WMC document, those options are taken into account with higher priority\n this patch also introduces the new util method isElement, r=me,elemoine, thanks Eric (Closes #2339)

git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@9794 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf

examples/wmc.html

@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@
             } else {
                 map.destroy();
                 try {
-                    map = format.read(text, {map: "map"});
+                    var jsonFormat = new OpenLayers.Format.JSON();
+                    var mapOptions = jsonFormat.read(OpenLayers.Util.getElement('mapOptions').value);
+                    map = format.read(text, {map: mapOptions});
                     map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());
                 } catch(err) {
                     document.getElementById("wmc").value = err;
@@ -133,9 +135,10 @@
            Shows parsing of Web Map Context documents.
     </p>
     <div id="map" class="smallmap"></div>
-        <button onclick="writeWMC();">write</button>
+        <button onclick="writeWMC();">write</button><br />
-        <button onclick="readWMC();">read as new map</button>
+        <button onclick="readWMC();">read as new map</button> with the following extra map options : <input type="text" id="mapOptions" value='{"div": "map", "allOverlays": true}'/><br />
-        <button onclick="readWMC(true);">read and merge</button>
+        <button onclick="readWMC(true);">read and merge</button><br />
+        <button onclick="pasteWMC();">try with another WMC document</button><br />
         <textarea id="wmc">paste WMC doc here</textarea>
     <div id="docs">
         This is an example of parsing WMC documents. <br />

lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC.js

@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC = OpenLayers.Class({
      * data - {String} or {DOMElement} data to read/parse.
      * options - {Object} The options object must contain a map property.  If
      *     the map property is a string, it must be the id of a dom element
-     *     where the new map will be placed.  If the map property is an
+     *     where the new map will be placed. If the map property is an
      *     <OpenLayers.Map>, the layers from the context document will be added
-     *     to the map.
+     *     to the map. If the map property is an object, this will be
+     *     considered as options to create the map with, in most cases, it would
+     *     have a div property.
      *
      * Returns:
      * {<OpenLayers.Map>} A map based on the context.
@@ -95,7 +97,14 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC = OpenLayers.Class({
             if(options.map instanceof OpenLayers.Map) {
                 map = this.mergeContextToMap(context, options.map);
             } else {
-                map = this.contextToMap(context, options.map);
+                var mapOptions = options.map;
+                if(OpenLayers.Util.isElement(mapOptions) ||
+                   typeof mapOptions == "string") {
+                    // we assume mapOptions references a div
+                    // element
+                    mapOptions = {div: mapOptions};
+                }
+                map = this.contextToMap(context, mapOptions);
             }
         } else {
             // not documented as part of the API, provided as a non-API option
@@ -231,17 +240,17 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC = OpenLayers.Class({
      *
      * Parameters:
      * context - {Object} The context object.
-     * id - {String | Element} The dom element or element id that will contain
+     * options - {Object} Default map options.
-     *     the map.
      *
      * Returns:
      * {<OpenLayers.Map>} A map based on the context object.
      */
-    contextToMap: function(context, id) {
+    contextToMap: function(context, options) {
-        var map = new OpenLayers.Map(id, {
+        options = OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
             maxExtent: context.maxExtent,
             projection: context.projection
-        });
+        }, options);
+        var map = new OpenLayers.Map(options);
         map.addLayers(this.getLayersFromContext(context.layersContext));
         map.setCenter(
             context.bounds.getCenterLonLat(),

lib/OpenLayers/Util.js

@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getElement = function() {
     return elements;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Function: isElement
+ * A cross-browser implementation of "e instanceof Element".
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ * o - {Object} The object to test.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * {Boolean}
+ */
+OpenLayers.Util.isElement = function(o) {
+    return !!(o && o.nodeType === 1);
+};
+
 /** 
  * Maintain existing definition of $.
  */

tests/Util.html

@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@
   <script type="text/javascript">
     var isMozilla = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("compatible") == -1);
     var map; 
+
+    function test_isElement(t) {
+        t.plan(3);
+
+        // set up
+        var o;
+
+        // tests
+        o = {};
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.Util.isElement(o), false,
+             "isElement reports that {} isn't an Element");
+        o = document.createElement("div");
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.Util.isElement(o), true,
+             "isElement reports that object returned by createElement is an Element");
+        o = OpenLayers.Util.getElement("map");
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.Util.isElement(o), true,
+             "isElement reports that object returned by getElement is an Element");
+    }
     
     function test_$(t) {
         t.plan(1);