- // we do not need to carry around all the nonsense about backslashing dots in hrns
- // likewise, DOM ids do not like to have dots in them
- // because "#foo.bar" matches an elem named foo with class bar - not an id that is foo.bar
- // so this method gives you a valid DOMID but that cannot be 'reversed' back to retrieve an hrn or the like
- // e.g.
- // input=input="ple.aluiple.host147-82-static\\.93-94-b\\.business\\.telecomitalia\\.it"
- // > "ple.aluiple.host147-82-static\.93-94-b\.business\.telecomitalia\.it"
- // flat_id(input)
- // "ple-aluiple-host147-82-static-93-94-b-business-telecomitalia-it"
- // input="urn:publicid:IDN+ple:nicta+node+planetlab2-research-nicta-com-au"
- // flat_id(input)
- // urn-publicid-IDN-ple-nicta-node-planetlab2-research-nicta-com-au
- flat_id : function (id_in) {
- return id_in.replace(/\\\./g,"-").replace(/\\/g,"-").replace(/\./g,"-").replace(/:/g,'-').replace(/\+/g,'-');
- },
+ // NOTE
+ // at some point in time we used to have a helper function named 'flat_id' here
+ // the goals was to sort of normalize id's but it turned out we can get rid of that
+ // in a nutshell, we would have an id (can be urn, hrn, whatever) and
+ // we want to be able to retrieve a DOM element based on that (e.g. a checkbox)
+ // so we did something like <tag id="some-id-that-comes-from-the-db">
+ // and then $("#some-id-that-comes-from-the-db")
+ // however the syntax for that selector prevents from using some characters in id
+ // and so for some of our ids this won't work
+ // instead of 'flattening' we now do this instead
+ // <tag some_id="then!we:can+use.what$we!want">
+ // and to retrieve it
+ // $("[some_id='then!we:can+use.what$we!want']")
+ // which thanks to the quotes, works; and you can use this with id as well in fact
+ // of course if now we have quotes in the id it's going to squeak, but well..