Another IE Gotcha - Dynamically Created Radio Buttons

Another IE Gotcha - Dynamically Created Radio Buttons

goog.dom.createDom_ = function(doc, args) {
  var tagName = args[0];
  var attributes = args[1];

  // Internet Explorer is dumb: http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/
  //                            dhtml/reference/properties/name_2.asp
  // Also does not allow setting of 'type' attribute on 'input' or 'button'.
  if (goog.userAgent.IE && attributes && (attributes.name || attributes.type)) {
    var tagNameArr = ['<', tagName];
    if (attributes.name) {
      tagNameArr.push(' name="', goog.string.htmlEscape(attributes.name),
                      '"');
    }
    if (attributes.type) {
      tagNameArr.push(' type="', goog.string.htmlEscape(attributes.type),
                      '"');
      // Create copy of attribute map to remove 'type' without mutating argument
      attributes = goog.cloneObject(attributes);
      delete attributes.type;
    }
    tagNameArr.push('>');
    tagName = tagNameArr.join('');
  }

  var element = doc.createElement(tagName);

  if (attributes) {
    if (goog.isString(attributes)) {
      element.className = attributes;
    } else {
      goog.dom.setProperties(element, attributes);
    }
  }

  if (args.length > 2) {
    var childHandler = function(child) {
      // TODO: More coercion, ala MochiKit?
      if (child) {
        element.appendChild(goog.isString(child) ?
            doc.createTextNode(child) : child);
      }
    };

    for (var i = 2; i < args.length; i++) {
      var arg = args[i];
      // TODO: Fix isArrayLike to return false for a text node.
      if (goog.isArrayLike(arg) && !goog.dom.isNodeLike(arg)) {
        // If the argument is a node list, not a real array, use a clone,
        // because forEach can't be used to mutate a NodeList.
        goog.array.forEach(goog.dom.isNodeList(arg) ?
            goog.array.clone(arg) : arg,
            childHandler);
      } else {
        childHandler(arg);
      }
    }
  }

  return element;
};