Generating froms from JSON objects

daffl · daffl · commit ee3ea0f03a9e · 2011-03-03T18:16:13.000-07:00
diff --git a/src/dform.converters.js b/src/dform.converters.js
@@ -10,44 +10,101 @@
  */
 (function($)
 {
-	$.dform.converters = {
+	$.dform.options.converters =
+	{
+		"json" :
+		{
+			"types" :
+			{
+				"boolean" :
+				{
+					"type" : "checkbox"
+				},
+				"integer" :
+				{
+					"type" : "text",
+					"validate" : "int"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	};
+
+	$.dform.converters =
+	{
 		"dform" : function(data)
 		{
 			return data;
 		},
-		
+
 		"json" : function(data)
 		{
-			
+			var converters = $.dform.options.converters.json.types;
+			var getElements = function(obj)
+			{
+				var result = [];
+				$.each(data, function(key, value)
+				{
+					var instance = typeof (value);
+					var element;
+					if (instance == 'object')
+					{
+						element =
+						{
+							'type' : 'fieldset',
+							'caption' : key
+						};
+						// element.elements = getElements(value);
+					} else
+					{
+						var baseElement = converters[instance] || { 'type' : 'text' };
+						element = $.extend(baseElement, { 'caption' : key, 'name' : key, 'value' : value });
+					}
+					result.push(element);
+				});
+				return result;
+			};
+			return {
+				"type" : "form",
+				"elements" : getElements(data)
+			};
 		},
-		
+
 		"json-schema" : function(data)
 		{
-			var dform = { elements : [] };
+			var dform =
+			{
+				elements : []
+			};
 
-			for (var propName in schema.properties) {
-			    var property = schema.properties[propName];
-			    var type = property.type;
-			    if (type == "string") {
-			        var value = obj[propName];
-			        if (!value) value = "";
-			        var element = {
-			            "name" : "ui-form-" + propName,
-			            "id" : "ui-form-" + propName,
-			            "caption" : property.title,
-			            "type" : "text",
-			            "value" : value
-			        };
-			        dform.elements.push(element);
-			        dform.elements.push({
-			            "type" : "br"
-			        });
-			    } else if (type == "object") {
-			        var element = jsonSchemaToDForm(property, obj);
-			        element.type = "fieldset";
-			        element.caption = property.title;
-			        dform.elements.push(element);
-			    }
+			for ( var propName in schema.properties)
+			{
+				var property = schema.properties[propName];
+				var type = property.type;
+				if (type == "string")
+				{
+					var value = obj[propName];
+					if (!value)
+						value = "";
+					var element =
+					{
+						"name" : "ui-form-" + propName,
+						"id" : "ui-form-" + propName,
+						"caption" : property.title,
+						"type" : "text",
+						"value" : value
+					};
+					dform.elements.push(element);
+					dform.elements.push(
+					{
+						"type" : "br"
+					});
+				} else if (type == "object")
+				{
+					var element = jsonSchemaToDForm(property, obj);
+					element.type = "fieldset";
+					element.caption = property.title;
+					dform.elements.push(element);
+				}
 			}
 			return dform;
 		}
diff --git a/src/dform.js b/src/dform.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 		{
 			options = $.dform.converters.dform(options);
 			if(converter && $.dform.converters[converter]) {
-				options = $.dform.converters[converter];
+				options = $.dform.converters[converter](options);
 			}
 			// Create element (run builder function for type)
 			var element = $.dform.createElement(options);

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@`
`110`	`110`	`{`
`111`	`111`	`options = $.dform.converters.dform(options);`
`112`	`112`	`if(converter && $.dform.converters[converter]) {`
`113`		`- options = $.dform.converters[converter];`
	`113`	`+ options = $.dform.converters[converter](options);`
`114`	`114`	`}`
`115`	`115`	`// Create element (run builder function for type)`
`116`	`116`	`var element = $.dform.createElement(options);`