Function startingTag

OpenReservation/wwwroot/Scripts/angular.js:1288–1305

* @returns {string} Returns the string representation of the element.

(element)

     * @returns {string} Returns the string representation of the element.
     */
    function startingTag(element) {
        element = jqLite(element).clone();
        try {
            // turns out IE does not let you set .html() on elements which
            // are not allowed to have children. So we just ignore it.
            element.empty();
        } catch (e) {
        }
        var elemHtml = jqLite('<div>').append(element).html();
        try {
            return element[0].nodeType === NODE_TYPE_TEXT
                ? lowercase(elemHtml)
                : elemHtml.match(/^(<[^>]+>)/)[1].replace(/^<([\w\-]+)/,
                    function (match, nodeName) { return '<' + lowercase(nodeName); });
        } catch (e) {
            return lowercase(elemHtml);
        }
    }

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