/**
*
* appendDom - Extremely flexible tool for dynamic dom creation.
*   http://byron-adams.com/projects/jquery/appendDom
*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Byron Adams (byron.adams54@gmail.com)
* Dual licensed under the MIT (MIT-LICENSE.txt)
* and GPL (GPL-LICENSE.txt) licenses.
*
* 11/03/09 - Bugs fixed by Patricio Palladino pato89 (at) gmail (dot)com
*
*/
jQuery.fn.appendDom = function(template) {
    return this.each(function() {
        for (element in template) {
            var el = (typeof (template[element].tagName) === 'string') ?
        document.createElement(template[element].tagName) :
        document.createTextNode('');
            delete template[element].tagName;
            for (attrib in template[element]) {
                if (attrib == 'className') {
                    jQuery(el).addClass(template[element][attrib]);
                    delete template[element].className;
                }
                switch (typeof (template[element][attrib])) {
                    case 'string':
                        if (typeof (el[attrib]) === 'string') {
                            el[attrib] = template[element][attrib];
                        } else {
                            el.setAttribute(attrib, template[element][attrib]);
                        }
                        break;
                    case 'function':
                        el[attrib] = template[element][attrib];
                        break;
                    case 'object':
                        if (attrib === 'childNodes') jQuery(el).appendDom(template[element][attrib]);
                        break;
                }
            }
            this.appendChild(el);
        }
    });
};