Added importScriptURI/importStylesheetURI-like functionality.

diff --git a/resources/mediawiki/mediawiki.js b/resources/mediawiki/mediawiki.js
index 24e0787..feba576 100644 (file)
--- a/resources/mediawiki/mediawiki.js
+++ b/resources/mediawiki/mediawiki.js
@@ -652,15 +652,36 @@ window.mediaWiki = new ( function( $ ) {
                };
                
                /**
-                * Loads one or more modules for future use
+                * Loads an external script or one or more modules for future use
+                * 
+                * @param {mixed} modules either the name of a module, array of modules, or a URL of an external script or style
+                * @param {string} type mime-type to use if calling with a URL of an external script or style; acceptable values
+                * are "text/css" and "text/javascript"; if no type is provided, text/javascript is assumed
                 */
-               this.load = function( modules ) {
+               this.load = function( modules, type ) {
                        // Validate input
                        if ( typeof modules !== 'object' && typeof modules !== 'string' ) {
                                throw new Error( 'dependencies must be a string or an array, not a ' + typeof dependencies )
                        }
-                       // Allow calling with a single dependency as a string
+                       // Allow calling with an external script or single dependency as a string
                        if ( typeof modules === 'string' ) {
+                               // Support adding arbitrary external scripts
+                               if ( modules.substr( 0, 7 ) == 'http://' || modules.substr( 0, 8 ) == 'https://' ) {
+                                       if ( type === 'text/css' ) {
+                                               setTimeout(  function() {
+                                                       $( 'head' ).append( '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' + modules + '" />' );
+                                               }, 0 );
+                                               return true;
+                                       } else if ( type === 'text/javascript' || typeof type === 'undefined' ) {
+                                               setTimeout(  function() {
+                                                       $( 'body' ).append( '<script type="text/javascript" src="' + modules + '"></script>' );
+                                               }, 0 );
+                                               return true;
+                                       }
+                                       // Unknown type
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                               // Called with single module
                                modules = [modules];
                        }
                        // Resolve entire dependency map