Function getContentFromAnonymousElement

src/prototype/dom/dom.js:1115–1135

(tagName, html, force)

  // tags. So we wrap the string with enclosing HTML (if necessary), stick it
  // in a DIV, then grab the DOM nodes.
  function getContentFromAnonymousElement(tagName, html, force) {
    var t = INSERTION_TRANSLATIONS.tags[tagName], div = DIV;

    var workaround = !!t;
    if (!workaround && force) {
      workaround = true;
      t = ['', '', 0];
    }

    if (workaround) {
      div.innerHTML = ' ' + t[0] + html + t[1];
      div.removeChild(div.firstChild);
      for (var i = t[2]; i--; )
        div = div.firstChild;
    } else {
      div.innerHTML = html;
    }

    return $A(div.childNodes);
    //return SLICE.call(div.childNodes, 0);
  }

  /**
   *  Element.clone(@element, deep) -> Element