Function build

jquery.tmpl.js:281–314

( tmplItem, nested, content )

	//========================== Private helper functions, used by code above ==========================

	function build( tmplItem, nested, content ) {
		// Convert hierarchical content into flat string array
		// and finally return array of fragments ready for DOM insertion
		var frag, ret = content ? jQuery.map( content, function( item ) {
			return (typeof item === "string") ?
				// Insert template item annotations, to be converted to jQuery.data( "tmplItem" ) when elems are inserted into DOM.
				(tmplItem.key ? item.replace( /(<\w+)(?=[\s>])(?![^>]*_tmplitem)([^>]*)/g, "$1 " + tmplItmAtt + "=\"" + tmplItem.key + "\" $2" ) : item) :
				// This is a child template item. Build nested template.
				build( item, tmplItem, item._ctnt );
		}) :
		// If content is not defined, insert tmplItem directly. Not a template item. May be a string, or a string array, e.g. from {{html $item.html()}}.
		tmplItem;
		if ( nested ) {
			return ret;
		}

		// top-level template
		ret = ret.join("");

		// Support templates which have initial or final text nodes, or consist only of text
		// Also support HTML entities within the HTML markup.
		ret.replace( /^\s*([^<\s][^<]*)?(<[\w\W]+>)([^>]*[^>\s])?\s*$/, function( all, before, middle, after) {
			frag = jQuery( middle ).get();

			storeTmplItems( frag );
			if ( before ) {
				frag = unencode( before ).concat(frag);
			}
			if ( after ) {
				frag = frag.concat(unencode( after ));
			}
		});
		return frag ? frag : unencode( ret );
	}

	function unencode( text ) {
		// Use createElement, since createTextNode will not render HTML entities correctly