/*** Useage:
*  call inspect on an object to recursively inspect its nodes.
*  this requires a textarea to be present that has been assigned
*  to the variable debug_viewer such as:
*  <textarea id="debug_viewer"></textarea>
*  debug_viewer = getElementById("debug_viewer");
*  Must be global in scope.
*
*
*
*******************************************/


function print_atts(obj, indent)
{ 
  if(!indent)
    indent = "";
  if(!obj.attributes)
    return;
  var num = obj.attributes.length;
  print(indent + "It has " + num + " attributes and they are:", false);
  for(var x = 0; x < num; x++)
  {
    print(indent + obj.attributes[x].name + ": " + obj.attributes[x].value, false);
  }
}

function inspect(object, indent)
{ 
  if(!indent)
    indent = "";

  print(indent + "Inspecting " + object.tagName);
  print_atts(object, indent);
  if(object.hasChildNodes)
  {
    for(var x = 0; x < object.childNodes.length; x++)
    {
      inspect(object.childNodes[x], indent + "  ");
    }
  }
}


function print(message, overwrite)
{
  if(overwrite) debug_viewer.value = message + "\n";
  else debug_viewer.value += message + "\n";
    
}