infiniteZest.com: Source for the Method 'parse(typeName, ns)' in ASP.NET AJAX Library

1 Type.parse = function Type$parse(typeName, ns) {

2 /// <summary locid="M:J#Type.parse" />

3 /// <param name="typeName" type="String" mayBeNull="true"></param>

4 /// <param name="ns" optional="true" mayBeNull="true"></param>

5 /// <returns type="Type" mayBeNull="true"></returns>

6 var e = Function._validateParams(arguments, [

7 {name: "typeName", type: String, mayBeNull: true},

8 {name: "ns", mayBeNull: true, optional: true}

9 ]);

10 if (e) throw e;

11 var fn;

12 if (ns) {

13 fn = Sys.__upperCaseTypes[ns.getName().toUpperCase() + '.' + typeName.toUpperCase()];

14 return fn || null;

15 }

16 if (!typeName) return null;

17 if (!Type.__htClasses) {

18 Type.__htClasses = {};

19 }

20 fn = Type.__htClasses[typeName];

21 if (!fn) {

22 fn = eval(typeName);

23 if (typeof(fn) !== 'function') throw Error.argument('typeName', Sys.Res.notATypeName);

24 Type.__htClasses[typeName] = fn;

25 }

26 return fn;

27 }