An
implementation using the DOM Level 2 Tree Walker methods. Builds a
generic filter function and traverses through all elements.
document.getElementsByClass = function(needle) {
function acceptNode(node) {
if (node.hasAttribute("class")) {
var c = " " + node.className + " ";
if (c.indexOf(" " + needle + " ") != -1)
return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
}
return NodeFilter.FILTER_SKIP;
}
var treeWalker = document.createTreeWalker(document.documentElement,
NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, acceptNode, true);
var outArray = new Array();
if (treeWalker) {
var node = treeWalker.nextNode();
while (node) {
outArray.push(node);
node = treeWalker.nextNode();
}
}
return outArray;
}
Uses a pure DOM implementation, tries to make some optimizations for Internet Explorer.
function getElementsByClassName(oElm, strTagName, strClassName){
var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all :
oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
var arrReturnElements = new Array();
strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
var oElement;
for(var i=0; i<arrElements.length; i++){
oElement = arrElements[i];
if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)){
arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
}
}
return (arrReturnElements)
}