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lib/base/element_view.rb

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+class ElementView
+
+  def initialize
+    @element = nil
+  end
+
+  def draw
+    raise "implement me to return an Element"
+  end
+
+  def create_element name_class
+    name , clazz = name_class.split(".")
+    name = "div" if name.empty?
+    element = $document.create_element(name)
+    return element unless clazz
+    if( clazz.is_a? Array )
+      clazz.each { |c| add_class_or_id( element , cl )}
+    else
+      add_class_or_id element , clazz
+    end
+    element
+  end
+
+  def add_class_or_id element , class_or_id
+    return element unless class_or_id
+    if class_or_id[-1] == "!"
+      element.id = class_or_id[0 ... -1]
+    else
+      element.add_class class_or_id
+    end
+    element
+  end
+
+  def wrap_node_with node , wrapper
+    node.replace_with wrapper
+    node.append_to wrapper
+  end
+
+end

lib/base/list_view.rb

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+require_relative "element_view"
+
+class ListView < ElementView
+
+  def initialize children
+    @children = children
+    @elements = []
+    @container_element = nil
+  end
+
+  def root
+    "div"
+  end
+
+  def draw on
+    @container_element = create_element(self.root)
+    @elements = @children.collect do | c |
+      elem = c.draw(@container_element)
+      elem.append_to(@container_element)
+      elem
+    end
+    @container_element
+  end
+
+end