Writing ASP Chat using JavaScript and XML (Part 1)

// Messages class
/**
 *  Chat messages processing and formatting class.
 */
function Messages() {
	this.addMessage = Messages_addMessage;
	this.formatMessage = Messages_formatMessage;
	this.getMessages = Messages_getMessages;
	this.formatAll = Messages_formatAll;
	this.replaceNewLine = Messages_replaceNewLine;
	this.formatSysMessage = Messages_formatSysMessage;
	this.addSysMessage = Messages_addSysMessage;
}

/**
 *  Formats all messages in reversing order as HTML.
 *  @return HTML with messages.
 */
function Messages_formatAll() {
	var strMessages = "";
	var objMessages = this.getMessages();
	var items = objMessages.getItems();
	var i = items.length-1;
	for(;i >= 0; i--) {
		var x = items.item(i);
		strMessages += x.text;
		strMessages += "<BR>\n"
	}
	return strMessages;
}

/**
 *  Adds new message and performs message formatting.
 *  @param clientIP IP address of message sender.
 *  @param strNick nick name of sender.
 *  @param strMessage textual message contents.
 *  @param moodType mood type for current message.
 */
function Messages_addMessage(clientIP, strNick, strMessage, moodType) {
	var filter = new IncorrectInputFilter;
	strMessage = filter.processText(strMessage);
	strNick = Server.HTMLEncode(strNick);
	strMessage = Server.HTMLEncode(strMessage);
	strMessage = this.replaceNewLine(strMessage);
	var strFormatted = this.formatMessage(clientIP, strNick, strMessage, moodType);
	this.getMessages().add(strFormatted);
}

/**
 *  Addition of a new system message for the chat.
 */
function Messages_addSysMessage(strMessage) {
	strMessage = Server.HTMLEncode(strMessage);
	var strFormatted = this.formatSysMessage(strMessage);
	this.getMessages().add(strFormatted);
}

/**
 *  Performs single system message formatting.
 *  @param strMessage textual message contents.
 *  @return Formatted message HTML.
 */
function Messages_formatSysMessage(strMessage) {
	var strFormatted = "<font color=\"red\">System: " + strMessage + "</font>";
	return strFormatted;
}

/**
 *  Performs single message formatting.
 *  @param clientIP IP address of message sender.
 *  @param strNick nick name of sender.
 *  @param strMessage textual message contents.
 *  @param moodType mood type for current message.
 *  @return Formatted message HTML.
 */
function Messages_formatMessage(clientIP, strNick, strMessage, moodType) {
	var strFormatted = "<font color=\"#006666\">" + strNick 
		+ " (" + clientIP + "): " + strMessage + "</font>"; 
	if(moodType > 0 && moodType <= 5) {
		strFormatted += " <img src=\"img/mood" + moodType + ".gif\">";
	}
	return strFormatted;
}

/**
 *  Replaces all new line symbols to be visible in HTML.
 */
function Messages_replaceNewLine(source) {
	var re = /\n/g;
	return source.replace(re, "<BR>");
}

/**
 *  Prepares messages store for easy accessing.
 *  @return LimitedXML object with shared messages.
 */
function Messages_getMessages() {
	var objMessages = new LimitedXML("Messages", getMaxMessages())
	return objMessages;
}
// Messages class