Function startingTag

web/static/bower_components/angular/angular.js:1280–1297

* @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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