More trip planner testing with colors
[busui.git] / labs / openlayers / lib / OpenLayers / Format / XML.js
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+/* Copyright (c) 2006-2010 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the Clear BSD license.  
+ * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the
+ * full text of the license. */
+
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Format.XML
+ * Read and write XML.  For cross-browser XML generation, use methods on an
+ *     instance of the XML format class instead of on <code>document<end>.
+ *     The DOM creation and traversing methods exposed here all mimic the
+ *     W3C XML DOM methods.  Create a new parser with the
+ *     <OpenLayers.Format.XML> constructor.
+ *
+ * Inherits from:
+ *  - <OpenLayers.Format>
+ */
+OpenLayers.Format.XML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: namespaces
+     * {Object} Mapping of namespace aliases to namespace URIs.  Properties
+     *     of this object should not be set individually.  Read-only.  All
+     *     XML subclasses should have their own namespaces object.  Use
+     *     <setNamespace> to add or set a namespace alias after construction.
+     */
+    namespaces: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: namespaceAlias
+     * {Object} Mapping of namespace URI to namespace alias.  This object
+     *     is read-only.  Use <setNamespace> to add or set a namespace alias.
+     */
+    namespaceAlias: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: defaultPrefix
+     * {String} The default namespace alias for creating element nodes.
+     */
+    defaultPrefix: null,
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: readers
+     * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
+     *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function
+     *     name.  The function will be applied in the scope of this parser
+     *     with two arguments: the node being read and a context object passed
+     *     from the parent.
+     */
+    readers: {},
+    
+    /**
+     * Property: writers
+     * As a compliment to the <readers> property, this structure contains public
+     *     writing functions grouped by namespace alias and named like the
+     *     node names they produce.
+     */
+    writers: {},
+
+    /**
+     * Property: xmldom
+     * {XMLDom} If this browser uses ActiveX, this will be set to a XMLDOM
+     *     object.  It is not intended to be a browser sniffing property.
+     *     Instead, the xmldom property is used instead of <code>document<end>
+     *     where namespaced node creation methods are not supported. In all
+     *     other browsers, this remains null.
+     */
+    xmldom: null,
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.XML
+     * Construct an XML parser.  The parser is used to read and write XML.
+     *     Reading XML from a string returns a DOM element.  Writing XML from
+     *     a DOM element returns a string.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * options - {Object} Optional object whose properties will be set on
+     *     the object.
+     */
+    initialize: function(options) {
+        if(window.ActiveXObject) {
+            this.xmldom = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
+        }
+        OpenLayers.Format.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [options]);
+        // clone the namespace object and set all namespace aliases
+        this.namespaces = OpenLayers.Util.extend({}, this.namespaces);
+        this.namespaceAlias = {};
+        for(var alias in this.namespaces) {
+            this.namespaceAlias[this.namespaces[alias]] = alias;
+        }
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: destroy
+     * Clean up.
+     */
+    destroy: function() {
+        this.xmldom = null;
+        OpenLayers.Format.prototype.destroy.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: setNamespace
+     * Set a namespace alias and URI for the format.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * alias - {String} The namespace alias (prefix).
+     * uri - {String} The namespace URI.
+     */
+    setNamespace: function(alias, uri) {
+        this.namespaces[alias] = uri;
+        this.namespaceAlias[uri] = alias;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: read
+     * Deserialize a XML string and return a DOM node.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * text - {String} A XML string
+     
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} A DOM node
+     */
+    read: function(text) {
+        var index = text.indexOf('<');
+        if(index > 0) {
+            text = text.substring(index);
+        }
+        var node = OpenLayers.Util.Try(
+            OpenLayers.Function.bind((
+                function() {
+                    var xmldom;
+                    /**
+                     * Since we want to be able to call this method on the prototype
+                     * itself, this.xmldom may not exist even if in IE.
+                     */
+                    if(window.ActiveXObject && !this.xmldom) {
+                        xmldom = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
+                    } else {
+                        xmldom = this.xmldom;
+                        
+                    }
+                    xmldom.loadXML(text);
+                    return xmldom;
+                }
+            ), this),
+            function() {
+                return new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/xml');
+            },
+            function() {
+                var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
+                req.open("GET", "data:" + "text/xml" +
+                         ";charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(text), false);
+                if(req.overrideMimeType) {
+                    req.overrideMimeType("text/xml");
+                }
+                req.send(null);
+                return req.responseXML;
+            }
+        );
+
+        if(this.keepData) {
+            this.data = node;
+        }
+
+        return node;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: write
+     * Serialize a DOM node into a XML string.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} A DOM node.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The XML string representation of the input node.
+     */
+    write: function(node) {
+        var data;
+        if(this.xmldom) {
+            data = node.xml;
+        } else {
+            var serializer = new XMLSerializer();
+            if (node.nodeType == 1) {
+                // Add nodes to a document before serializing. Everything else
+                // is serialized as is. This may need more work. See #1218 .
+                var doc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null);
+                if (doc.importNode) {
+                    node = doc.importNode(node, true);
+                }
+                doc.appendChild(node);
+                data = serializer.serializeToString(doc);
+            } else {
+                data = serializer.serializeToString(node);
+            }
+        }
+        return data;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: createElementNS
+     * Create a new element with namespace.  This node can be appended to
+     *     another node with the standard node.appendChild method.  For
+     *     cross-browser support, this method must be used instead of
+     *     document.createElementNS.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI for the element.
+     * name - {String} The qualified name of the element (prefix:localname).
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {Element} A DOM element with namespace.
+     */
+    createElementNS: function(uri, name) {
+        var element;
+        if(this.xmldom) {
+            if(typeof uri == "string") {
+                element = this.xmldom.createNode(1, name, uri);
+            } else {
+                element = this.xmldom.createNode(1, name, "");
+            }
+        } else {
+            element = document.createElementNS(uri, name);
+        }
+        return element;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: createTextNode
+     * Create a text node.  This node can be appended to another node with
+     *     the standard node.appendChild method.  For cross-browser support,
+     *     this method must be used instead of document.createTextNode.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * text - {String} The text of the node.
+     * 
+     * Returns: 
+     * {DOMElement} A DOM text node.
+     */
+    createTextNode: function(text) {
+        var node;
+        if (typeof text !== "string") {
+            text = String(text);
+        }
+        if(this.xmldom) {
+            node = this.xmldom.createTextNode(text);
+        } else {
+            node = document.createTextNode(text);
+        }
+        return node;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getElementsByTagNameNS
+     * Get a list of elements on a node given the namespace URI and local name.
+     *     To return all nodes in a given namespace, use '*' for the name
+     *     argument.  To return all nodes of a given (local) name, regardless
+     *     of namespace, use '*' for the uri argument.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} Node on which to search for other nodes.
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI.
+     * name - {String} Local name of the tag (without the prefix).
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {NodeList} A node list or array of elements.
+     */
+    getElementsByTagNameNS: function(node, uri, name) {
+        var elements = [];
+        if(node.getElementsByTagNameNS) {
+            elements = node.getElementsByTagNameNS(uri, name);
+        } else {
+            // brute force method
+            var allNodes = node.getElementsByTagName("*");
+            var potentialNode, fullName;
+            for(var i=0, len=allNodes.length; i<len; ++i) {
+                potentialNode = allNodes[i];
+                fullName = (potentialNode.prefix) ?
+                           (potentialNode.prefix + ":" + name) : name;
+                if((name == "*") || (fullName == potentialNode.nodeName)) {
+                    if((uri == "*") || (uri == potentialNode.namespaceURI)) {
+                        elements.push(potentialNode);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return elements;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getAttributeNodeNS
+     * Get an attribute node given the namespace URI and local name.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} Node on which to search for attribute nodes.
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI.
+     * name - {String} Local name of the attribute (without the prefix).
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} An attribute node or null if none found.
+     */
+    getAttributeNodeNS: function(node, uri, name) {
+        var attributeNode = null;
+        if(node.getAttributeNodeNS) {
+            attributeNode = node.getAttributeNodeNS(uri, name);
+        } else {
+            var attributes = node.attributes;
+            var potentialNode, fullName;
+            for(var i=0, len=attributes.length; i<len; ++i) {
+                potentialNode = attributes[i];
+                if(potentialNode.namespaceURI == uri) {
+                    fullName = (potentialNode.prefix) ?
+                               (potentialNode.prefix + ":" + name) : name;
+                    if(fullName == potentialNode.nodeName) {
+                        attributeNode = potentialNode;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return attributeNode;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getAttributeNS
+     * Get an attribute value given the namespace URI and local name.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} Node on which to search for an attribute.
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI.
+     * name - {String} Local name of the attribute (without the prefix).
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} An attribute value or and empty string if none found.
+     */
+    getAttributeNS: function(node, uri, name) {
+        var attributeValue = "";
+        if(node.getAttributeNS) {
+            attributeValue = node.getAttributeNS(uri, name) || "";
+        } else {
+            var attributeNode = this.getAttributeNodeNS(node, uri, name);
+            if(attributeNode) {
+                attributeValue = attributeNode.nodeValue;
+            }
+        }
+        return attributeValue;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getChildValue
+     * Get the textual value of the node if it exists, or return an
+     *     optional default string.  Returns an empty string if no first child
+     *     exists and no default value is supplied.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The element used to look for a first child value.
+     * def - {String} Optional string to return in the event that no
+     *     first child value exists.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The value of the first child of the given node.
+     */
+    getChildValue: function(node, def) {
+        var value = def || "";
+        if(node) {
+            for(var child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
+                switch(child.nodeType) {
+                    case 3: // text node
+                    case 4: // cdata section
+                        value += child.nodeValue;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return value;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: concatChildValues
+     * *Deprecated*. Use <getChildValue> instead.
+     *
+     * Concatenate the value of all child nodes if any exist, or return an
+     *     optional default string.  Returns an empty string if no children
+     *     exist and no default value is supplied.  Not optimized for large
+     *     numbers of child nodes.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The element used to look for child values.
+     * def - {String} Optional string to return in the event that no
+     *     child exist.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The concatenated value of all child nodes of the given node.
+     */
+    concatChildValues: function(node, def) {
+        var value = "";
+        var child = node.firstChild;
+        var childValue;
+        while(child) {
+            childValue = child.nodeValue;
+            if(childValue) {
+                value += childValue;
+            }
+            child = child.nextSibling;
+        }
+        if(value == "" && def != undefined) {
+            value = def;
+        }
+        return value;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: isSimpleContent
+     * Test if the given node has only simple content (i.e. no child element
+     *     nodes).
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} An element node.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Boolean} The node has no child element nodes (nodes of type 1). 
+     */
+    isSimpleContent: function(node) {
+        var simple = true;
+        for(var child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
+            if(child.nodeType === 1) {
+                simple = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return simple;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: contentType
+     * Determine the content type for a given node.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement}
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Integer} One of OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE.{EMPTY,SIMPLE,COMPLEX,MIXED}
+     *     if the node has no, simple, complex, or mixed content.
+     */
+    contentType: function(node) {
+        var simple = false,
+            complex = false;
+            
+        var type = OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE.EMPTY;
+
+        for(var child=node.firstChild; child; child=child.nextSibling) {
+            switch(child.nodeType) {
+                case 1: // element
+                    complex = true;
+                    break;
+                case 8: // comment
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    simple = true;
+            }
+            if(complex && simple) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if(complex && simple) {
+            type = OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE.MIXED;
+        } else if(complex) {
+            return OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE.COMPLEX;
+        } else if(simple) {
+            return OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE.SIMPLE;
+        }
+        return type;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: hasAttributeNS
+     * Determine whether a node has a particular attribute matching the given
+     *     name and namespace.
+     * 
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} Node on which to search for an attribute.
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI.
+     * name - {String} Local name of the attribute (without the prefix).
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {Boolean} The node has an attribute matching the name and namespace.
+     */
+    hasAttributeNS: function(node, uri, name) {
+        var found = false;
+        if(node.hasAttributeNS) {
+            found = node.hasAttributeNS(uri, name);
+        } else {
+            found = !!this.getAttributeNodeNS(node, uri, name);
+        }
+        return found;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: setAttributeNS
+     * Adds a new attribute or changes the value of an attribute with the given
+     *     namespace and name.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} Element node on which to set the attribute.
+     * uri - {String} Namespace URI for the attribute.
+     * name - {String} Qualified name (prefix:localname) for the attribute.
+     * value - {String} Attribute value.
+     */
+    setAttributeNS: function(node, uri, name, value) {
+        if(node.setAttributeNS) {
+            node.setAttributeNS(uri, name, value);
+        } else {
+            if(this.xmldom) {
+                if(uri) {
+                    var attribute = node.ownerDocument.createNode(
+                        2, name, uri
+                    );
+                    attribute.nodeValue = value;
+                    node.setAttributeNode(attribute);
+                } else {
+                    node.setAttribute(name, value);
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw "setAttributeNS not implemented";
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: createElementNSPlus
+     * Shorthand for creating namespaced elements with optional attributes and
+     *     child text nodes.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * name - {String} The qualified node name.
+     * options - {Object} Optional object for node configuration.
+     *
+     * Valid options:
+     * uri - {String} Optional namespace uri for the element - supply a prefix
+     *     instead if the namespace uri is a property of the format's namespace
+     *     object.
+     * attributes - {Object} Optional attributes to be set using the
+     *     <setAttributes> method.
+     * value - {String} Optional text to be appended as a text node.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Element} An element node.
+     */
+    createElementNSPlus: function(name, options) {
+        options = options || {};
+        // order of prefix preference
+        // 1. in the uri option
+        // 2. in the prefix option
+        // 3. in the qualified name
+        // 4. from the defaultPrefix
+        var uri = options.uri || this.namespaces[options.prefix];
+        if(!uri) {
+            var loc = name.indexOf(":");
+            uri = this.namespaces[name.substring(0, loc)];
+        }
+        if(!uri) {
+            uri = this.namespaces[this.defaultPrefix];
+        }
+        var node = this.createElementNS(uri, name);
+        if(options.attributes) {
+            this.setAttributes(node, options.attributes);
+        }
+        var value = options.value;
+        if(value != null) {
+            node.appendChild(this.createTextNode(value));
+        }
+        return node;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: setAttributes
+     * Set multiple attributes given key value pairs from an object.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {Element} An element node.
+     * obj - {Object || Array} An object whose properties represent attribute
+     *     names and values represent attribute values.  If an attribute name
+     *     is a qualified name ("prefix:local"), the prefix will be looked up
+     *     in the parsers {namespaces} object.  If the prefix is found,
+     *     setAttributeNS will be used instead of setAttribute.
+     */
+    setAttributes: function(node, obj) {
+        var value, uri;
+        for(var name in obj) {
+            if(obj[name] != null && obj[name].toString) {
+                value = obj[name].toString();
+                // check for qualified attribute name ("prefix:local")
+                uri = this.namespaces[name.substring(0, name.indexOf(":"))] || null;
+                this.setAttributeNS(node, uri, name, value);
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: readNode
+     * Shorthand for applying one of the named readers given the node
+     *     namespace and local name.  Readers take two args (node, obj) and
+     *     generally extend or modify the second.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The node to be read (required).
+     * obj - {Object} The object to be modified (optional).
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object} The input object, modified (or a new one if none was provided).
+     */
+    readNode: function(node, obj) {
+        if(!obj) {
+            obj = {};
+        }
+        var group = this.readers[node.namespaceURI ? this.namespaceAlias[node.namespaceURI]: this.defaultPrefix];
+        if(group) {
+            var local = node.localName || node.nodeName.split(":").pop();
+            var reader = group[local] || group["*"];
+            if(reader) {
+                reader.apply(this, [node, obj]);
+            }
+        }
+        return obj;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: readChildNodes
+     * Shorthand for applying the named readers to all children of a node.
+     *     For each child of type 1 (element), <readSelf> is called.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The node to be read (required).
+     * obj - {Object} The object to be modified (optional).
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {Object} The input object, modified.
+     */
+    readChildNodes: function(node, obj) {
+        if(!obj) {
+            obj = {};
+        }
+        var children = node.childNodes;
+        var child;
+        for(var i=0, len=children.length; i<len; ++i) {
+            child = children[i];
+            if(child.nodeType == 1) {
+                this.readNode(child, obj);
+            }
+        }
+        return obj;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: writeNode
+     * Shorthand for applying one of the named writers and appending the
+     *     results to a node.  If a qualified name is not provided for the
+     *     second argument (and a local name is used instead), the namespace
+     *     of the parent node will be assumed.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * name - {String} The name of a node to generate.  If a qualified name
+     *     (e.g. "pre:Name") is used, the namespace prefix is assumed to be
+     *     in the <writers> group.  If a local name is used (e.g. "Name") then
+     *     the namespace of the parent is assumed.  If a local name is used
+     *     and no parent is supplied, then the default namespace is assumed.
+     * obj - {Object} Structure containing data for the writer.
+     * parent - {DOMElement} Result will be appended to this node.  If no parent
+     *     is supplied, the node will not be appended to anything.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} The child node.
+     */
+    writeNode: function(name, obj, parent) {
+        var prefix, local;
+        var split = name.indexOf(":");
+        if(split > 0) {
+            prefix = name.substring(0, split);
+            local = name.substring(split + 1);
+        } else {
+            if(parent) {
+                prefix = this.namespaceAlias[parent.namespaceURI];
+            } else {
+                prefix = this.defaultPrefix;
+            }
+            local = name;
+        }
+        var child = this.writers[prefix][local].apply(this, [obj]);
+        if(parent) {
+            parent.appendChild(child);
+        }
+        return child;
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getChildEl
+     * Get the first child element.  Optionally only return the first child
+     *     if it matches the given name and namespace URI.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The parent node.
+     * name - {String} Optional node name (local) to search for.
+     * uri - {String} Optional namespace URI to search for.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} The first child.  Returns null if no element is found, if
+     *     something significant besides an element is found, or if the element
+     *     found does not match the optional name and uri.
+     */
+    getChildEl: function(node, name, uri) {
+        return node && this.getThisOrNextEl(node.firstChild, name, uri);
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: getNextEl
+     * Get the next sibling element.  Optionally get the first sibling only
+     *     if it matches the given local name and namespace URI.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The node.
+     * name - {String} Optional local name of the sibling to search for.
+     * uri - {String} Optional namespace URI of the sibling to search for.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} The next sibling element.  Returns null if no element is
+     *     found, something significant besides an element is found, or the
+     *     found element does not match the optional name and uri.
+     */
+    getNextEl: function(node, name, uri) {
+        return node && this.getThisOrNextEl(node.nextSibling, name, uri);
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * Method: getThisOrNextEl
+     * Return this node or the next element node.  Optionally get the first
+     *     sibling with the given local name or namespace URI.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The node.
+     * name - {String} Optional local name of the sibling to search for.
+     * uri - {String} Optional namespace URI of the sibling to search for.
+     *
+     * Returns:
+     * {DOMElement} The next sibling element.  Returns null if no element is
+     *     found, something significant besides an element is found, or the
+     *     found element does not match the query.
+     */
+    getThisOrNextEl: function(node, name, uri) {
+        outer: for(var sibling=node; sibling; sibling=sibling.nextSibling) {
+            switch(sibling.nodeType) {
+                case 1: // Element
+                    if((!name || name === (sibling.localName || sibling.nodeName.split(":").pop())) &&
+                       (!uri || uri === sibling.namespaceURI)) {
+                        // matches
+                        break outer;
+                    }
+                    sibling = null;
+                    break outer;
+                case 3: // Text
+                    if(/^\s*$/.test(sibling.nodeValue)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                case 4: // CDATA
+                case 6: // ENTITY_NODE
+                case 12: // NOTATION_NODE
+                case 10: // DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
+                case 11: // DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
+                    sibling = null;
+                    break outer;
+            } // ignore comments and processing instructions
+        }
+        return sibling || null;
+    },
+    
+    /**
+     * APIMethod: lookupNamespaceURI
+     * Takes a prefix and returns the namespace URI associated with it on the given
+     *     node if found (and null if not). Supplying null for the prefix will
+     *     return the default namespace.
+     *
+     * For browsers that support it, this calls the native lookupNamesapceURI
+     *     function.  In other browsers, this is an implementation of
+     *     http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#Node3-lookupNamespaceURI.
+     *
+     * For browsers that don't support the attribute.ownerElement property, this
+     *     method cannot be called on attribute nodes.
+     *     
+     * Parameters:
+     * node - {DOMElement} The node from which to start looking.
+     * prefix - {String} The prefix to lookup or null to lookup the default namespace.
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The namespace URI for the given prefix.  Returns null if the prefix
+     *     cannot be found or the node is the wrong type.
+     */
+    lookupNamespaceURI: function(node, prefix) {
+        var uri = null;
+        if(node) {
+            if(node.lookupNamespaceURI) {
+                uri = node.lookupNamespaceURI(prefix);
+            } else {
+                outer: switch(node.nodeType) {
+                    case 1: // ELEMENT_NODE
+                        if(node.namespaceURI !== null && node.prefix === prefix) {
+                            uri = node.namespaceURI;
+                            break outer;
+                        }
+                        var len = node.attributes.length;
+                        if(len) {
+                            var attr;
+                            for(var i=0; i<len; ++i) {
+                                attr = node.attributes[i];
+                                if(attr.prefix === "xmlns" && attr.name === "xmlns:" + prefix) {
+                                    uri = attr.value || null;
+                                    break outer;
+                                } else if(attr.name === "xmlns" && prefix === null) {
+                                    uri = attr.value || null;
+                                    break outer;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        uri = this.lookupNamespaceURI(node.parentNode, prefix);
+                        break outer;
+                    case 2: // ATTRIBUTE_NODE
+                        uri = this.lookupNamespaceURI(node.ownerElement, prefix);
+                        break outer;
+                    case 9: // DOCUMENT_NODE
+                        uri = this.lookupNamespaceURI(node.documentElement, prefix);
+                        break outer;
+                    case 6: // ENTITY_NODE
+                    case 12: // NOTATION_NODE
+                    case 10: // DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
+                    case 11: // DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE
+                        break outer;
+                    default: 
+                        // TEXT_NODE (3), CDATA_SECTION_NODE (4), ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE (5),
+                        // PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE (7), COMMENT_NODE (8)
+                        uri =  this.lookupNamespaceURI(node.parentNode, prefix);
+                        break outer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return uri;
+    },
+    
+    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.XML" 
+
+});     
+
+OpenLayers.Format.XML.CONTENT_TYPE = {EMPTY: 0, SIMPLE: 1, COMPLEX: 2, MIXED: 3};
+
+/**
+ * APIFunction: OpenLayers.Format.XML.lookupNamespaceURI
+ * Takes a prefix and returns the namespace URI associated with it on the given
+ *     node if fo