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+'use strict';
+
+var Record = function(jid, child) {
+  this.creator = jid;
+  this.creationDate = new Date; //FIXME: non-standard?
+  this.update(jid, child);
+}
+
+Record.prototype = {
+  update: function(jid, child) {
+    this.rid = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'rid') || this.rid;
+    this.type = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'type') || this.type;
+    this.version = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'version') || this.version || 0;
+    this.parent = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'parent') || this.parent;
+    this.primaryWeight = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'primary-weight') || this.primaryWeight || 0;
+
+    this.lastModifiedDate = new Date; //FIXME: non-standard?
+    this.lastModifiedBy = jid; // only in 10.5.1
+
+    if (this.type === 'element' || this.type === 'attr') {
+      this.ns = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'ns') || this.ns;
+      this.name = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'name') || this.name;
+    }
+
+    if (this.type === 'text' || this.type === 'attr' || this.type === 'comment')
+      this.chdata = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'chdata') || this.chdata;
+
+    if (this.type === 'processinginstruction') {
+      this.pitarget = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'pitarget') || this.pitarget;
+      this.pidata = child.getAttributeNS(null, 'pidata') || this.pidata;
+    }
+  },
+  toDOM: function(records, dom) {
+    var element;
+    if (this.parent)
+      dom = records[this.parent].dom;
+
+    switch (this.type) {
+      case 'processinginstruction':
+        element = document.createProcessingInstruction(this.pitarget, this.pidata);
+        break;
+      case 'element':
+        if (this.ns)
+          element = document.createElementNS(this.ns, this.name);
+        else
+          element = document.createElement(this.name);
+        break;
+      case 'attr':
+        if (this.ns === 'xml') //FIXME: it’s ugly.
+          this.dom = document.createAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace', 'xml:' + this.name);
+        else if (this.ns)
+          this.dom = document.createAttributeNS(this.ns, this.name);
+        else
+          this.dom = document.createAttribute(this.name);
+        this.dom.value = this.chdata;
+        dom.setAttributeNodeNS(this.dom);
+        return;
+      case 'text':
+        element = document.createTextNode(this.chdata);
+        break;
+      case 'comment':
+        element = document.createComment(this.chdata);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    dom.appendChild(element);
+    this.dom = element;
+  },
+  remove: function(records) {
+    if (this.parent)
+      var parentNode = records[this.parent].dom;
+
+    switch (this.type) {
+      case 'processinginstruction':
+        //TODO
+        break;
+      case 'element':
+        if (this.dom.children.length)
+          return; //TODO: use a better error reporting system.
+        parentNode.removeChild(this.dom);
+        break;
+      case 'attr':
+        parentNode.removeAttributeNS(this.ns, this.name);
+        break;
+      case 'text':
+      case 'comment':
+        parentNode.removeChild(this.node);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+};