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/** - * @class Ext.DomHelper - *
The DomHelper class provides a layer of abstraction from DOM and transparently supports creating +Sencha Documentation Project
/**
+ * @class Ext.core.DomHelper
+ * <p>The DomHelper class provides a layer of abstraction from DOM and transparently supports creating
  * elements via DOM or using HTML fragments. It also has the ability to create HTML fragment templates
- * from your DOM building code.
+ * from your DOM building code.</p>
  *
- * DomHelper element specification object
- * A specification object is used when creating elements. Attributes of this object
+ * <p><b><u>DomHelper element specification object</u></b></p>
+ * <p>A specification object is used when creating elements. Attributes of this object
  * are assumed to be element attributes, except for 4 special attributes:
- * 

- * tag : The tag name of the element
- * children : or cnAn array of the
+ * <div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
+ * <li><b><tt>tag</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc">The tag name of the element</div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>children</tt></b> : or <tt>cn</tt><div class="sub-desc">An array of the
  * same kind of element definition objects to be created and appended. These can be nested
- * as deep as you want.
- * cls : The class attribute of the element.
- * This will end up being either the "class" attribute on a HTML fragment or className
- * for a DOM node, depending on whether DomHelper is using fragments or DOM.
- * html : The innerHTML for the element
- * 

+ * as deep as you want.</div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>cls</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc">The class attribute of the element.
+ * This will end up being either the "class" attribute on a HTML fragment or className
+ * for a DOM node, depending on whether DomHelper is using fragments or DOM.</div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>html</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc">The innerHTML for the element</div></li>
+ * </ul></div></p>
  *
- * Insertion methods
- * Commonly used insertion methods:
- * 

- * {@link #append} : 
- * {@link #insertBefore} : 
- * {@link #insertAfter} : 
- * {@link #overwrite} : 
- * {@link #createTemplate} : 
- * {@link #insertHtml} : 
- * 

+ * <p><b><u>Insertion methods</u></b></p>
+ * <p>Commonly used insertion methods:
+ * <div class="mdetail-params"><ul>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #append}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #insertBefore}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #insertAfter}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #overwrite}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #createTemplate}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * <li><b><tt>{@link #insertHtml}</tt></b> : <div class="sub-desc"></div></li>
+ * </ul></div></p>
  *
- * Example
- * This is an example, where an unordered list with 3 children items is appended to an existing
- * element with id 'my-div':

- 

-var dh = Ext.DomHelper; // create shorthand alias
+ * <p><b><u>Example</u></b></p>
+ * <p>This is an example, where an unordered list with 3 children items is appended to an existing
+ * element with id <tt>'my-div'</tt>:<br>
+ <pre><code>
+var dh = Ext.core.DomHelper; // create shorthand alias
 // specification object
 var spec = {
     id: 'my-ul',
@@ -64,89 +50,89 @@ var list = dh.append(
     'my-div', // the context element 'my-div' can either be the id or the actual node
     spec      // the specification object
 );
- 

- * Element creation specification parameters in this class may also be passed as an Array of
+ </code></pre></p>
+ * <p>Element creation specification parameters in this class may also be passed as an Array of
  * specification objects. This can be used to insert multiple sibling nodes into an existing
- * container very efficiently. For example, to add more list items to the example above:

+ * container very efficiently. For example, to add more list items to the example above:<pre><code>
 dh.append('my-ul', [
     {tag: 'li', id: 'item3', html: 'List Item 3'},
     {tag: 'li', id: 'item4', html: 'List Item 4'}
 ]);
- * 

+ * </code></pre></p>
  *
- * Templating
- * The real power is in the built-in templating. Instead of creating or appending any elements,
- * {@link #createTemplate} returns a Template object which can be used over and over to
+ * <p><b><u>Templating</u></b></p>
+ * <p>The real power is in the built-in templating. Instead of creating or appending any elements,
+ * <tt>{@link #createTemplate}</tt> returns a Template object which can be used over and over to
  * insert new elements. Revisiting the example above, we could utilize templating this time:
- * 

+ * <pre><code>
 // create the node
 var list = dh.append('my-div', {tag: 'ul', cls: 'my-list'});
 // get template
 var tpl = dh.createTemplate({tag: 'li', id: 'item{0}', html: 'List Item {0}'});
 
-for(var i = 0; i < 5, i++){
+for(var i = 0; i < 5, i++){
     tpl.append(list, [i]); // use template to append to the actual node
 }
- * 

- * An example using a template:

-var html = '{2}';
+ * </code></pre></p>
+ * <p>An example using a template:<pre><code>
+var html = '<a id="{0}" href="{1}" class="nav">{2}</a>';
 
-var tpl = new Ext.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
-tpl.append('blog-roll', ['link1', 'http://www.jackslocum.com/', "Jack's Site"]);
-tpl.append('blog-roll', ['link2', 'http://www.dustindiaz.com/', "Dustin's Site"]);
- * 

+var tpl = new Ext.core.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
+tpl.append('blog-roll', ['link1', 'http://www.edspencer.net/', "Ed&#39;s Site"]);
+tpl.append('blog-roll', ['link2', 'http://www.dustindiaz.com/', "Dustin&#39;s Site"]);
+ * </code></pre></p>
  *
- * The same example using named parameters:

-var html = '{text}';
+ * <p>The same example using named parameters:<pre><code>
+var html = '<a id="{id}" href="{url}" class="nav">{text}</a>';
 
-var tpl = new Ext.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
+var tpl = new Ext.core.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
 tpl.append('blog-roll', {
     id: 'link1',
-    url: 'http://www.jackslocum.com/',
-    text: "Jack's Site"
+    url: 'http://www.edspencer.net/',
+    text: "Ed&#39;s Site"
 });
 tpl.append('blog-roll', {
     id: 'link2',
     url: 'http://www.dustindiaz.com/',
-    text: "Dustin's Site"
+    text: "Dustin&#39;s Site"
 });
- * 

+ * </code></pre></p>
  *
- * Compiling Templates
- * Templates are applied using regular expressions. The performance is great, but if
+ * <p><b><u>Compiling Templates</u></b></p>
+ * <p>Templates are applied using regular expressions. The performance is great, but if
  * you are adding a bunch of DOM elements using the same template, you can increase
- * performance even further by {@link Ext.Template#compile "compiling"} the template.
- * The way "{@link Ext.Template#compile compile()}" works is the template is parsed and
+ * performance even further by {@link Ext.Template#compile "compiling"} the template.
+ * The way "{@link Ext.Template#compile compile()}" works is the template is parsed and
  * broken up at the different variable points and a dynamic function is created and eval'ed.
  * The generated function performs string concatenation of these parts and the passed
  * variables instead of using regular expressions.
- * 

-var html = '{text}';
+ * <pre><code>
+var html = '<a id="{id}" href="{url}" class="nav">{text}</a>';
 
-var tpl = new Ext.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
+var tpl = new Ext.core.DomHelper.createTemplate(html);
 tpl.compile();
 
 //... use template like normal
- * 

+ * </code></pre></p>
  *
- * Performance Boost
- * DomHelper will transparently create HTML fragments when it can. Using HTML fragments instead
- * of DOM can significantly boost performance.
- * Element creation specification parameters may also be strings. If {@link #useDom} is false,
- * then the string is used as innerHTML. If {@link #useDom} is true, a string specification
- * results in the creation of a text node. Usage:
- * 
-Ext.DomHelper.useDom = true; // force it to use DOM; reduces performance
- * 
+ * <p><b><u>Performance Boost</u></b></p>
+ * <p>DomHelper will transparently create HTML fragments when it can. Using HTML fragments instead
+ * of DOM can significantly boost performance.</p>
+ * <p>Element creation specification parameters may also be strings. If {@link #useDom} is <tt>false</tt>,
+ * then the string is used as innerHTML. If {@link #useDom} is <tt>true</tt>, a string specification
+ * results in the creation of a text node. Usage:</p>
+ * <pre><code>
+Ext.core.DomHelper.useDom = true; // force it to use DOM; reduces performance
+ * </code></pre>
  * @singleton
  */
-Ext.DomHelper = function(){
+Ext.ns('Ext.core');
+Ext.core.DomHelper = function(){
     var tempTableEl = null,
         emptyTags = /^(?:br|frame|hr|img|input|link|meta|range|spacer|wbr|area|param|col)$/i,
         tableRe = /^table|tbody|tr|td$/i,
         confRe = /tag|children|cn|html$/i,
         tableElRe = /td|tr|tbody/i,
-        cssRe = /([a-z0-9-]+)\s*:\s*([^;\s]+(?:\s*[^;\s]+)*);?/gi,
         endRe = /end/i,
         pub,
         // kill repeat to save bytes
@@ -154,18 +140,75 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
         afterend = 'afterend',
         beforebegin = 'beforebegin',
         beforeend = 'beforeend',
-        ts = '',
-        te = '',
-        tbs = ts+'',
-        tbe = ''+te,
-        trs = tbs + '',
-        tre = ''+tbe;
+        ts = '<table>',
+        te = '</table>',
+        tbs = ts+'<tbody>',
+        tbe = '</tbody>'+te,
+        trs = tbs + '<tr>',
+        tre = '</tr>'+tbe;
 
     // private
     function doInsert(el, o, returnElement, pos, sibling, append){
-        var newNode = pub.insertHtml(pos, Ext.getDom(el), createHtml(o));
+        el = Ext.getDom(el);
+        var newNode;
+        if (pub.useDom) {
+            newNode = createDom(o, null);
+            if (append) {
+                el.appendChild(newNode);
+            } else {
+                (sibling == 'firstChild' ? el : el.parentNode).insertBefore(newNode, el[sibling] || el);
+            }
+        } else {
+            newNode = Ext.core.DomHelper.insertHtml(pos, el, Ext.core.DomHelper.createHtml(o));
+        }
         return returnElement ? Ext.get(newNode, true) : newNode;
     }
+    
+    function createDom(o, parentNode){
+        var el,
+            doc = document,
+            useSet,
+            attr,
+            val,
+            cn;
+
+        if (Ext.isArray(o)) {                       // Allow Arrays of siblings to be inserted
+            el = doc.createDocumentFragment(); // in one shot using a DocumentFragment
+            for (var i = 0, l = o.length; i < l; i++) {
+                createDom(o[i], el);
+            }
+        } else if (typeof o == 'string') {         // Allow a string as a child spec.
+            el = doc.createTextNode(o);
+        } else {
+            el = doc.createElement( o.tag || 'div' );
+            useSet = !!el.setAttribute; // In IE some elements don't have setAttribute
+            for (attr in o) {
+                if(!confRe.test(attr)){
+                    val = o[attr];
+                    if(attr == 'cls'){
+                        el.className = val;
+                    }else{
+                        if(useSet){
+                            el.setAttribute(attr, val);
+                        }else{
+                            el[attr] = val;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Ext.core.DomHelper.applyStyles(el, o.style);
+
+            if ((cn = o.children || o.cn)) {
+                createDom(cn, el);
+            } else if (o.html) {
+                el.innerHTML = o.html;
+            }
+        }
+        if(parentNode){
+           parentNode.appendChild(el);
+        }
+        return el;
+    }
 
     // build as innerHTML where available
     function createHtml(o){
@@ -173,43 +216,44 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
             attr,
             val,
             key,
-            cn;
+            cn,
+            i;
 
-        if(typeof o == "string"){
+        if(typeof o == "string"){
             b = o;
         } else if (Ext.isArray(o)) {
-            for (var i=0; i < o.length; i++) {
+            for (i=0; i < o.length; i++) {
                 if(o[i]) {
                     b += createHtml(o[i]);
                 }
-            };
+            }
         } else {
-            b += '<' + (o.tag = o.tag || 'div');
+            b += '<' + (o.tag = o.tag || 'div');
             for (attr in o) {
                 val = o[attr];
                 if(!confRe.test(attr)){
-                    if (typeof val == "object") {
-                        b += ' ' + attr + '="';
+                    if (typeof val == "object") {
+                        b += ' ' + attr + '="';
                         for (key in val) {
                             b += key + ':' + val[key] + ';';
-                        };
-                        b += '"';
+                        }
+                        b += '"';
                     }else{
-                        b += ' ' + ({cls : 'class', htmlFor : 'for'}[attr] || attr) + '="' + val + '"';
+                        b += ' ' + ({cls : 'class', htmlFor : 'for'}[attr] || attr) + '="' + val + '"';
                     }
                 }
-            };
+            }
             // Now either just close the tag or try to add children and close the tag.
             if (emptyTags.test(o.tag)) {
-                b += '/>';
+                b += '/>';
             } else {
-                b += '>';
+                b += '>';
                 if ((cn = o.children || o.cn)) {
                     b += createHtml(cn);
                 } else if(o.html){
                     b += o.html;
                 }
-                b += '';
+                b += '</' + o.tag + '>';
             }
         }
         return b;
@@ -220,11 +264,12 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
         var i = -1,
             el = tempTableEl,
             ns;
-        while(++i < depth){
+        while(++i < depth){
             el = el.firstChild;
         }
 //      If the result is multiple siblings, then encapsulate them into one fragment.
-        if(ns = el.nextSibling){
+        ns = el.nextSibling;
+        if (ns){
             var df = document.createDocumentFragment();
             while(el){
                 ns = el.nextSibling;
@@ -236,8 +281,8 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
         return el;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @ignore
+    /**
+     * @ignore
      * Nasty code for IE's broken table implementation
      */
     function insertIntoTable(tag, where, el, html) {
@@ -246,9 +291,9 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
 
         tempTableEl = tempTableEl || document.createElement('div');
 
-        if(tag == 'td' && (where == afterbegin || where == beforeend) ||
-           !tableElRe.test(tag) && (where == beforebegin || where == afterend)) {
-            return;
+        if(tag == 'td' && (where == afterbegin || where == beforeend) ||
+           !tableElRe.test(tag) && (where == beforebegin || where == afterend)) {
+            return null;
         }
         before = where == beforebegin ? el :
                  where == afterend ? el.nextSibling :
@@ -258,10 +303,10 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
             el = el.parentNode;
         }
 
-        if (tag == 'td' || (tag == 'tr' && (where == beforeend || where == afterbegin))) {
+        if (tag == 'td' || (tag == 'tr' && (where == beforeend || where == afterbegin))) {
             node = ieTable(4, trs, html, tre);
-        } else if ((tag == 'tbody' && (where == beforeend || where == afterbegin)) ||
-                   (tag == 'tr' && (where == beforebegin || where == afterend))) {
+        } else if ((tag == 'tbody' && (where == beforeend || where == afterbegin)) ||
+                   (tag == 'tr' && (where == beforebegin || where == afterend))) {
             node = ieTable(3, tbs, html, tbe);
         } else {
             node = ieTable(2, ts, html, te);
@@ -269,11 +314,31 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
         el.insertBefore(node, before);
         return node;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @ignore
+     * Fix for IE9 createContextualFragment missing method
+     */   
+    function createContextualFragment(html){
+        var div = document.createElement("div"),
+            fragment = document.createDocumentFragment(),
+            i = 0,
+            length, childNodes;
+        
+        div.innerHTML = html;
+        childNodes = div.childNodes;
+        length = childNodes.length;
 
+        for (; i < length; i++) {
+            fragment.appendChild(childNodes[i].cloneNode(true));
+        }
 
+        return fragment;
+    }
+    
     pub = {
-        /**
-         * Returns the markup for the passed Element(s) config.
+        /**
+         * Returns the markup for the passed Element(s) config.
          * @param {Object} o The DOM object spec (and children)
          * @return {String}
          */
@@ -281,62 +346,54 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
             return createHtml(o);
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Applies a style specification to an element.
+        /**
+         * Applies a style specification to an element.
          * @param {String/HTMLElement} el The element to apply styles to
          * @param {String/Object/Function} styles A style specification string e.g. 'width:100px', or object in the form {width:'100px'}, or
          * a function which returns such a specification.
          */
         applyStyles : function(el, styles){
             if (styles) {
-                var matches;
-
                 el = Ext.fly(el);
-                if (typeof styles == "function") {
+                if (typeof styles == "function") {
                     styles = styles.call();
                 }
-                if (typeof styles == "string") {
-                    /**
-                     * Since we're using the g flag on the regex, we need to set the lastIndex.
-                     * This automatically happens on some implementations, but not others, see:
-                     * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2645273/javascript-regular-expression-literal-persists-between-function-calls
-                     * http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/fixing-javascript-regexp
-                     */
-                    cssRe.lastIndex = 0;
-                    while ((matches = cssRe.exec(styles))) {
-                        el.setStyle(matches[1], matches[2]);
-                    }
-                } else if (typeof styles == "object") {
+                if (typeof styles == "string") {
+                    styles = Ext.core.Element.parseStyles(styles);
+                }
+                if (typeof styles == "object") {
                     el.setStyle(styles);
                 }
             }
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Inserts an HTML fragment into the DOM.
+        /**
+         * Inserts an HTML fragment into the DOM.
          * @param {String} where Where to insert the html in relation to el - beforeBegin, afterBegin, beforeEnd, afterEnd.
-         * @param {HTMLElement} el The context element
+         * @param {HTMLElement/TextNode} el The context element
          * @param {String} html The HTML fragment
          * @return {HTMLElement} The new node
          */
         insertHtml : function(where, el, html){
             var hash = {},
                 hashVal,
-                setStart,
                 range,
-                frag,
                 rangeEl,
+                setStart,
+                frag,
                 rs;
 
             where = where.toLowerCase();
             // add these here because they are used in both branches of the condition.
             hash[beforebegin] = ['BeforeBegin', 'previousSibling'];
             hash[afterend] = ['AfterEnd', 'nextSibling'];
-
+            
+            // if IE and context element is an HTMLElement
             if (el.insertAdjacentHTML) {
-                if(tableRe.test(el.tagName) && (rs = insertIntoTable(el.tagName.toLowerCase(), where, el, html))){
+                if(tableRe.test(el.tagName) && (rs = insertIntoTable(el.tagName.toLowerCase(), where, el, html))){
                     return rs;
                 }
+                
                 // add these two to the hash.
                 hash[afterbegin] = ['AfterBegin', 'firstChild'];
                 hash[beforeend] = ['BeforeEnd', 'lastChild'];
@@ -344,19 +401,34 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
                     el.insertAdjacentHTML(hashVal[0], html);
                     return el[hashVal[1]];
                 }
+            // if (not IE and context element is an HTMLElement) or TextNode
             } else {
-                range = el.ownerDocument.createRange();
+                // we cannot insert anything inside a textnode so...
+                if (Ext.isTextNode(el)) {
+                    where = where === 'afterbegin' ? 'beforebegin' : where; 
+                    where = where === 'beforeend' ? 'afterend' : where;
+                }
+                range = Ext.supports.CreateContextualFragment ? el.ownerDocument.createRange() : undefined;
                 setStart = 'setStart' + (endRe.test(where) ? 'After' : 'Before');
                 if (hash[where]) {
-                    range[setStart](el);
-                    frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
+                    if (range) {
+                        range[setStart](el);
+                        frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
+                    } else {
+                        frag = createContextualFragment(html);
+                    }
                     el.parentNode.insertBefore(frag, where == beforebegin ? el : el.nextSibling);
                     return el[(where == beforebegin ? 'previous' : 'next') + 'Sibling'];
                 } else {
                     rangeEl = (where == afterbegin ? 'first' : 'last') + 'Child';
                     if (el.firstChild) {
-                        range[setStart](el[rangeEl]);
-                        frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
+                        if (range) {
+                            range[setStart](el[rangeEl]);
+                            frag = range.createContextualFragment(html);
+                        } else {
+                            frag = createContextualFragment(html);
+                        }
+                        
                         if(where == afterbegin){
                             el.insertBefore(frag, el.firstChild);
                         }else{
@@ -368,59 +440,67 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
                     return el[rangeEl];
                 }
             }
-            throw 'Illegal insertion point -> "' + where + '"';
+            //<debug>
+            Ext.Error.raise({
+                sourceClass: 'Ext.core.DomHelper',
+                sourceMethod: 'insertHtml',
+                htmlToInsert: html,
+                targetElement: el,
+                msg: 'Illegal insertion point reached: "' + where + '"'
+            });
+            //</debug>
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them before el.
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them before el.
          * @param {Mixed} el The context element
          * @param {Object/String} o The DOM object spec (and children) or raw HTML blob
-         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.Element
-         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.Element} The new node
+         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.core.Element
+         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.core.Element} The new node
          */
         insertBefore : function(el, o, returnElement){
             return doInsert(el, o, returnElement, beforebegin);
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them after el.
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them after el.
          * @param {Mixed} el The context element
          * @param {Object} o The DOM object spec (and children)
-         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.Element
-         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.Element} The new node
+         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.core.Element
+         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.core.Element} The new node
          */
         insertAfter : function(el, o, returnElement){
             return doInsert(el, o, returnElement, afterend, 'nextSibling');
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them as the first child of el.
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) and inserts them as the first child of el.
          * @param {Mixed} el The context element
          * @param {Object/String} o The DOM object spec (and children) or raw HTML blob
-         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.Element
-         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.Element} The new node
+         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.core.Element
+         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.core.Element} The new node
          */
         insertFirst : function(el, o, returnElement){
             return doInsert(el, o, returnElement, afterbegin, 'firstChild');
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Creates new DOM element(s) and appends them to el.
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) and appends them to el.
          * @param {Mixed} el The context element
          * @param {Object/String} o The DOM object spec (and children) or raw HTML blob
-         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.Element
-         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.Element} The new node
+         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.core.Element
+         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.core.Element} The new node
          */
         append : function(el, o, returnElement){
             return doInsert(el, o, returnElement, beforeend, '', true);
         },
 
-        /**
-         * Creates new DOM element(s) and overwrites the contents of el with them.
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) and overwrites the contents of el with them.
          * @param {Mixed} el The context element
          * @param {Object/String} o The DOM object spec (and children) or raw HTML blob
-         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.Element
-         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.Element} The new node
+         * @param {Boolean} returnElement (optional) true to return a Ext.core.Element
+         * @return {HTMLElement/Ext.core.Element} The new node
          */
         overwrite : function(el, o, returnElement){
             el = Ext.getDom(el);
@@ -428,10 +508,28 @@ Ext.DomHelper = function(){
             return returnElement ? Ext.get(el.firstChild) : el.firstChild;
         },
 
-        createHtml : createHtml
+        createHtml : createHtml,
+        
+        /**
+         * Creates new DOM element(s) without inserting them to the document.
+         * @param {Object/String} o The DOM object spec (and children) or raw HTML blob
+         * @return {HTMLElement} The new uninserted node
+         */
+        createDom: createDom,
+        
+        /** True to force the use of DOM instead of html fragments @type Boolean */
+        useDom : false,
+        
+        /**
+         * Creates a new Ext.Template from the DOM object spec.
+         * @param {Object} o The DOM object spec (and children)
+         * @return {Ext.Template} The new template
+         */
+        createTemplate : function(o){
+            var html = Ext.core.DomHelper.createHtml(o);
+            return Ext.create('Ext.Template', html);
+        }
     };
     return pub;
 }();
-    
-
-
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+