as universally approved on discussions on dev list, replace new Object() with {}. all tests pass ff & ie6

git-svn-id: http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers@3814 dc9f47b5-9b13-0410-9fdd-eb0c1a62fdaf

lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Bounds.js

@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ OpenLayers.Bounds = OpenLayers.Class({
      *                       merely a copy of this one.
      */
     wrapDateLine: function(maxExtent, options) {    
-        options = options || new Object();
+        options = options || {};
         
         var leftTolerance = options.leftTolerance || 0;
         var rightTolerance = options.rightTolerance || 0;

lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Class.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ OpenLayers.Class = function() {
             this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
         }
     }
-    var extended = new Object();
+    var extended = {};
     var parent;
     for(var i=0; i<arguments.length; ++i) {
         if(typeof arguments[i] == "function") {

lib/OpenLayers/Control/MouseToolbar.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OpenLayers.Control.MouseToolbar = OpenLayers.Class(
     draw: function() {
         OpenLayers.Control.prototype.draw.apply(this, arguments); 
         OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults.prototype.draw.apply(this, arguments);
-        this.buttons = new Object();
+        this.buttons = {};
         var sz = new OpenLayers.Size(28,28);
         var centered = new OpenLayers.Pixel(OpenLayers.Control.MouseToolbar.X,0);
         this._addButton("zoombox", "drag-rectangle-off.png", "drag-rectangle-on.png", centered, sz, "Shift->Drag to zoom to area");

lib/OpenLayers/Events.js

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ OpenLayers.Event = {
 
         //if observers cache has not yet been created, create it
         if (!this.observers) {
-            this.observers = new Object();
+            this.observers = {};
         }
 
         //if not already assigned, make a new unique cache ID
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ OpenLayers.Events = OpenLayers.Class({
         this.element    = element;
         this.eventTypes = eventTypes;
         this.fallThrough = fallThrough;
-        this.listeners  = new Object();
+        this.listeners  = {};
 
         // keep a bound copy of handleBrowserEvent() so that we can
         // pass the same function to both Event.observe() and .stopObserving()
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ OpenLayers.Events = OpenLayers.Class({
 
         // prep evt object with object & div references
         if (evt == null) {
-            evt = new Object();
+            evt = {};
         }
         evt.object = this.object;
         evt.element = this.element;

lib/OpenLayers/Feature.js

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ OpenLayers.Feature = OpenLayers.Class({
     initialize: function(layer, lonlat, data) {
         this.layer = layer;
         this.lonlat = lonlat;
-        this.data = (data != null) ? data : new Object();
+        this.data = (data != null) ? data : {};
         this.id = OpenLayers.Util.createUniqueID(this.CLASS_NAME + "_"); 
     },
 

lib/OpenLayers/Feature/Vector.js

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.Vector = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Feature, {
         this.lonlat = null;
         this.geometry = geometry;
         this.state = null;
-        this.attributes = new Object();
+        this.attributes = {};
         if (attributes) {
             this.attributes = OpenLayers.Util.extend(this.attributes,
                                                      attributes);

lib/OpenLayers/Layer.js

@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer = OpenLayers.Class({
     addOptions: function (newOptions) {
         
         if (this.options == null) {
-            this.options = new Object();
+            this.options = {};
         }
         
         // update our copy for clone
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer = OpenLayers.Class({
         //  resolution-related properties that we find in either the layer's
         //  'options' array or from the map.
         //
-        var confProps = new Object();        
+        var confProps = {};        
         for(var i=0; i < props.length; i++) {
             var property = props[i];
             confProps[property] = this.options[property] || this.map[property];

lib/OpenLayers/Layer/HTTPRequest.js

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer, {
         newArguments = [name, options];
         OpenLayers.Layer.prototype.initialize.apply(this, newArguments);
         this.url = url;
-        this.params = OpenLayers.Util.extend( new Object(), params);
+        this.params = OpenLayers.Util.extend( {}, params);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.HTTPRequest = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer, {
         
         // create a new params hashtable with all the layer params and the 
         // new params together. then convert to string
-        var allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend(new Object(), this.params);
+        var allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, this.params);
         allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend(allParams, newParams);
         var paramsString = OpenLayers.Util.getParameterString(allParams);
         

lib/OpenLayers/Layer/MapServer.js

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Grid, {
 
         // create a new params hashtable with all the layer params and the 
         // new params together. then convert to string
-        var allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend(new Object(), this.params);
+        var allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, this.params);
         allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend(allParams, newParams);
         // ignore parameters that are already in the url search string
         var urlParams = OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject(

lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Text.js

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Text = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Markers, {
                         }
                     }
                     if (set) {
-                      var data = new Object();
+                      var data = {};
                       if (url != null) {
                           data.icon = new OpenLayers.Icon(url, 
                                                           iconSize, 

lib/OpenLayers/Util.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /**
  * Namespace: Util
  */
-OpenLayers.Util = new Object();
+OpenLayers.Util = {};
 
 /** 
  * Function: getElement
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createAlphaImageDiv = function(id, px, sz, imgURL,
  * {Object} A new Object with all the same keys but uppercased
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject = function (object) {
-    var uObject = new Object();
+    var uObject = {};
     for (var key in object) {
         uObject[key.toUpperCase()] = object[key];
     }
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getArgs = function(url) {
         return {};
     }
         
-    var args = new Object();
+    var args = {};
     pairs = query.split(/[&;]/);
     for(var i = 0; i < pairs.length; ++i) {
         keyValue = pairs[i].split('=');
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.pagePosition = function(forElement) {
  * {Boolean} Whether or not the two URLs are equivalent
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl = function(url1, url2, options) {
-    options = options || new Object();
+    options = options || {};
 
     OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(options, {
         ignoreCase: true,
@@ -1041,9 +1041,9 @@ OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl = function(url1, url2, options) {
  *          and ready for comparison
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject = function(url, options) {
-    options = options || new Object();
+    options = options || {};
 
-    var urlObject = new Object();
+    var urlObject = {};
   
     if (options.ignoreCase) {
         url = url.toLowerCase();