DOM element factory

element.js

var element = {
	create: function(tag_type, attributes){
		var el = document.createElement(tag_type)
		  , styles = attributes['style'] || []
		  , i
		  , x
		  , style_string = '';
		
		delete attributes['style'];
		
		for(i in attributes){
			el.setAttribute(i, attributes[i]);
		}
		
		for(x in styles){
			style_string += x+':'+styles[x]+';';
		}
		el.setAttribute('style', style_string);
		return el;
	}
}

element.create('div', {
    id: 'foo',
    class: 'bar',
    style: {
        'position': 'absolute',
        'top': 0,
        'left': 0,
        'background-color': '#000'
    }
});