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JavascriptHelper:Managing JS files for ASP.NET MVC (With Bundling)

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30 Jun 2012CPOL17 min read 49K   499   20  
JavascriptHelper is a MVC component which allows you to specify that a JavaScript file is needed, wherever you need it and the helper will collection them all up, plus all their dependencies and insert all the (along with their associated CSS files) tags in one spots in the layout.
/// <reference path="jquery-1.5.1.js" />

/*!
** Unobtrusive Ajax support library for jQuery
** Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
*/

/*jslint white: true, browser: true, onevar: true, undef: true, nomen: true, eqeqeq: true, plusplus: true, bitwise: true, regexp: true, newcap: true, immed: true, strict: false */
/*global window: false, jQuery: false */

(function ($) {
    var data_click = "unobtrusiveAjaxClick",
        data_validation = "unobtrusiveValidation";

    function getFunction(code, argNames) {
        var fn = window, parts = (code || "").split(".");
        while (fn && parts.length) {
            fn = fn[parts.shift()];
        }
        if (typeof (fn) === "function") {
            return fn;
        }
        argNames.push(code);
        return Function.constructor.apply(null, argNames);
    }

    function isMethodProxySafe(method) {
        return method === "GET" || method === "POST";
    }

    function asyncOnBeforeSend(xhr, method) {
        if (!isMethodProxySafe(method)) {
            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-HTTP-Method-Override", method);
        }
    }

    function asyncOnSuccess(element, data, contentType) {
        var mode;

        if (contentType.indexOf("application/x-javascript") !== -1) {  // jQuery already executes JavaScript for us
            return;
        }

        mode = (element.getAttribute("data-ajax-mode") || "").toUpperCase();
        $(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-update")).each(function (i, update) {
            var top;

            switch (mode) {
            case "BEFORE":
                top = update.firstChild;
                $("<div />").html(data).contents().each(function () {
                    update.insertBefore(this, top);
                });
                break;
            case "AFTER":
                $("<div />").html(data).contents().each(function () {
                    update.appendChild(this);
                });
                break;
            default:
                $(update).html(data);
                break;
            }
        });
    }

    function asyncRequest(element, options) {
        var confirm, loading, method, duration;

        confirm = element.getAttribute("data-ajax-confirm");
        if (confirm && !window.confirm(confirm)) {
            return;
        }

        loading = $(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-loading"));
        duration = element.getAttribute("data-ajax-loading-duration") || 0;

        $.extend(options, {
            type: element.getAttribute("data-ajax-method") || undefined,
            url: element.getAttribute("data-ajax-url") || undefined,
            beforeSend: function (xhr) {
                var result;
                asyncOnBeforeSend(xhr, method);
                result = getFunction(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-begin"), ["xhr"]).apply(this, arguments);
                if (result !== false) {
                    loading.show(duration);
                }
                return result;
            },
            complete: function () {
                loading.hide(duration);
                getFunction(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-complete"), ["xhr", "status"]).apply(this, arguments);
            },
            success: function (data, status, xhr) {
                asyncOnSuccess(element, data, xhr.getResponseHeader("Content-Type") || "text/html");
                getFunction(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-success"), ["data", "status", "xhr"]).apply(this, arguments);
            },
            error: getFunction(element.getAttribute("data-ajax-failure"), ["xhr", "status", "error"])
        });

        options.data.push({ name: "X-Requested-With", value: "XMLHttpRequest" });

        method = options.type.toUpperCase();
        if (!isMethodProxySafe(method)) {
            options.type = "POST";
            options.data.push({ name: "X-HTTP-Method-Override", value: method });
        }

        $.ajax(options);
    }

    function validate(form) {
        var validationInfo = $(form).data(data_validation);
        return !validationInfo || !validationInfo.validate || validationInfo.validate();
    }

    $("a[data-ajax=true]").live("click", function (evt) {
        evt.preventDefault();
        asyncRequest(this, {
            url: this.href,
            type: "GET",
            data: []
        });
    });

    $("form[data-ajax=true] input[type=image]").live("click", function (evt) {
        var name = evt.target.name,
            $target = $(evt.target),
            form = $target.parents("form")[0],
            offset = $target.offset();

        $(form).data(data_click, [
            { name: name + ".x", value: Math.round(evt.pageX - offset.left) },
            { name: name + ".y", value: Math.round(evt.pageY - offset.top) }
        ]);

        setTimeout(function () {
            $(form).removeData(data_click);
        }, 0);
    });

    $("form[data-ajax=true] :submit").live("click", function (evt) {
        var name = evt.target.name,
            form = $(evt.target).parents("form")[0];

        $(form).data(data_click, name ? [{ name: name, value: evt.target.value }] : []);

        setTimeout(function () {
            $(form).removeData(data_click);
        }, 0);
    });

    $("form[data-ajax=true]").live("submit", function (evt) {
        var clickInfo = $(this).data(data_click) || [];
        evt.preventDefault();
        if (!validate(this)) {
            return;
        }
        asyncRequest(this, {
            url: this.action,
            type: this.method || "GET",
            data: clickInfo.concat($(this).serializeArray())
        });
    });
}(jQuery));

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