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Created January 12, 2011 07:27
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Generic JavaScript and CSS file loader
var fileLoader= {
require:function(s) {
try{
// inserting via DOM fails in Safari 2.0, so brute force approach
if(s.type == "text/javascript") {
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="'+s.url+'"><\/script>');
} else {
document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="'+ s.url +'" />');
}
} catch(e) {
// for xhtml+xml served content, fall back to DOM methods
if(s.type == "text/javascript") {
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.type = 'text/javascript';
script.src = s.url;
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
} else {
var style = document.createElement('link');
style.rel = 'stylesheet';
style.href = s.url;
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(style);
}
}
}
};
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