SOURCE CODE: Uize.Widget.FormElements (view docs)

/*______________
|       ______  |   U I Z E    J A V A S C R I P T    F R A M E W O R K
|     /      /  |   ---------------------------------------------------
|    /    O /   |    MODULE : Uize.Widget.FormElements Class
|   /    / /    |
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| /____/ /__/_| | COPYRIGHT : (c)2007-2016 UIZE
|          /___ |   LICENSE : Available under MIT License or GNU General Public License
|_______________|             http://uize.com/license.html
*/

/* Module Meta Data
  type: Class
  importance: 5
  codeCompleteness: 100
  docCompleteness: 0
*/

/*?
  Introduction
    The =Uize.Widget.FormElements= class serves as a thin container widget of =Uize.Widget.FormElement= or =Uize.Widget.Form= widgets.

    *DEVELOPERS:* `Ben Ilegbodu`, original code contributed by `Zazzle Inc.`
*/

Uize.module ({
  name:'Uize.Widget.FormElements',
  required:'Uize.Widget.FormElement',
  builder:function (_superclass) {
    'use strict';

    return _superclass.subclass ({
      instanceMethods:{
        addChild:function (_childName, _childInstanceOrClass, _elementProperties) {
          var
            m = this,
            _parentForm = m.parent,
            _childElement = _superclass.doMy (
              m,
              'addChild',
              [
                _childName,
                _childInstanceOrClass || Uize.Widget.FormElement,
                Uize.copyInto(
                  {
                    value:_parentForm
                      ? (m.parent.get('value') || {})[_childName]
                      : null
                  },
                  _elementProperties
                )
              ]
            )
          ;

          m.fire({name:'Element Added', element:_childElement});

          return _childElement;
        }
      }
    });
  }
});