11 Ağustos 2007 Cumartesi

Practical.JavaScript.DOM.Scripting.and.Ajax.Projects


TITLE : Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Frank Zammetti (Author) PUBLISHER : Apress publisher
ISBN : 1590598164
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : April 16, 2007 LANGUAGE : English
FORMAT : PDF
SIZE : 05 x 2.88 MB
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Practical JavaScript, DOM, and Ajax Projects is ideal for web developers already experienced in JavaScript who want to take their knowledge to the next level. It presents ten complete example projects for you to learn from and adapt for use in your own work. The book starts with a quick recap of the fundamentals of modern JavaScript development before moving right along to the applications. For each application, you are taken through the planning, design, and implementation stages. There's something for everyone here--a utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag-and-drop shopping cart, and more!
Over the course of the book, author Frank Zammetti covers JavaScript best practices, Ajax techniques, and some of the most popular JavaScript libraries, such as Prototype, Script.aculo.us, and the Yahoo YUI. One of the main premises of this book is to help you learn by example so you can then apply your knowledge to your own projects. This book will save you countless hours of development time and help further your JavaScript knowledge!

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ajax in practice


Ajax in Practice provides example-rich coverage of Ajax packed with ready-to-use code and practical recipes for common and not-so-common tasks. Ajax developers now face the move from Ajax-as-theory to Ajax-in-practice. Ajax in Practice guides web developers through the transition from learning about Ajax to successfully applying Ajax-driven techniques in real-world development scenarios. Ajax gives web developers the potential to create rich user-centered internet applications. But Ajax also adds a new level of complexity and sophistication to those applications. Ajax in Practice tackles Ajax head-on, providing countless hands-on techniques and tons of reusable code to address the specific issues developers face when building Ajax-driven solutions. After a brief overview of Ajax, this book takes the reader through dozens of working examples, all presented in an easy-to-use cookbook format. Readers will learn how to implement drag-and-drop interfaces and will discover how to create effective nagigation strategies for their applications. Unlike a traditional cookbook, though, Ajax in Practice provides a thorough discussion of each technique presented and shows how the individual components can be connected to create powerful solutions. A fun "mash-up" chapter concludes the book. Throughout Ajax in Practice, the examples chosen are interesting, entertaining, and practical.


beginning ajax with asp.net


Author(s): Wallace B. McClure, Scott Cate, Paul Glavich, Craig Shoemaker Publisher: Wrox Year: Sep 2006 ISBN: 047178544X Language: English Pages: 428 File type: PDF Size (for download): 6.8 MB

Ajax is a set of technologies that will revolutionize the way that web-based applications are designed. It revolutionizes the way that applications are used, provides users a responsive application, and provides developers with the alternatives for building their applications. We believe that this book will meet your needs regarding programming Ajax on the ASP.NET platform.
People interested in this book will be developers who are working in the ASP.NET environment and are looking to create a more responsive and modern application using technologies that are very similar to the desktop methodologies. Developers who are looking to improve the user experience of their existing applications, develop new applications, develop internal line-of-business applications, and those who want to bulk up with the latest technology that developers all over the world are talking about will find what they are looking for here.
This book is for programmers who use ASP.NET and are just starting to use Ajax technologies. This book will assist developers working on ASP.NET-based applications who want to improve their applications and skills, by providing a background in Ajax for them before delving into how to apply Ajax to their applications.
TABLE OF CONTENT: Chapter 1: Introduction to Ajax on ASP.NET Chapter
2: Introduction to DHTML Chapter
3: JavaScript and the Document Object Model Chapter
4: The XMLHttpRequest Object Chapter
5: Data Communication: XML, XSLT, and JSON Chapter
6: What Is Built into ASP.NET Chapter
7: Ajax.NET Professional Library Chapter
8: Anatomy of Ajax.NET Pro Library Chapter
9: Other Ajax Frameworks for .NET Chapter
10: Atlas Client Script Chapter
11: Atlas Controls Chapter
12: Atlas Integration with ASP.NET Services Chapter
13: Debugging
password: ganelon


The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP (Paperback)


With over 3 million users worldwide, Adobe's Dreamweaver is the most popular web development software in the world, and it just took another step forward with CS3, the new version released in 2007. Having come a long way from it's humble beginnings as a as a simple web design tool, CS3 allows you to rapidly put together standards compliant web sites and dynamic web sites with server -side languages and Ajax, and much more.

What youll learn:
* How to set up your ideal development environment, using Mac OSX/Windows, Apache (and IIS on Windows,) Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin
* Creating standards compliant web sites using CS3's XHTML and CSS features
* Creating dynamic web applications using CS3's PHP and Spry Ajax server behaviors
* Building several real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more.
* Creating an interface design in Fireworks CS3 and importing it into Dreamweaver CS3.
* How use Dreamweaver CS3's XML functionality, to consume RSS feeds, and create Spry data sets
* Using includes, templates and master detail pages.
* How to publish your site after you've created it


10 Ağustos 2007 Cuma

a simple ajax edit in place

/*

Author: Snyke ( http://www.Snyke.net )
Description: In-Situ Editing of text paragraphs on click.
Based on 'Edit-in-Place with Ajax' of 24ways.org
@params string element, parameters (get)
-------
Note :
-------

This code require Prototype JavaScript Framework [ http://prototype.conio.net/ ]
Which is also included in this library
*/
function editinplace(obj, params)
{
Element.hide(obj);
var textarea = '<div id="' + obj.id +
'_editor"><textarea class="editable" id="' + obj.id +
'_edit" name="' + obj.id + '" rows="4" cols="60">' +
obj.innerHTML + '</textarea>';
var button = '<div><input id="' + obj.id +
'_save" type="button" value="Save" /> <input id="' +
obj.id + '_cancel" type="button" value="Cancel" /></div></div>';
new Insertion.After(obj, textarea + button);
Event.observe(obj.id + '_save', 'click', function(){saveChanges(obj, params)}, false);
Event.observe(obj.id + '_cancel', 'click', function(){cleanUp(obj)}, false);
}
function saveChanges(obj, params)
{
var new_content = escape($F(obj.id + '_edit'));
obj.innerHTML = "<img src='thm/img/loading.gif'> Saving...";
cleanUp(obj, true);
var success = function(t){editComplete(t, obj);}
var failure = function(t){editFailed(t, obj);}
var url = 'index.php';
var pars = '&' + params + '&amp;amp;amp;ajax=editinplace&id=' + obj.id + '&content=' + new_content;
var myAjax = new Ajax.Request(url, {method:'post', postBody:pars, onSuccess:success, onFailure:failure});
}
function cleanUp(obj, keepEditable)
{
Element.remove(obj.id+'_editor');
Element.show(obj);
//new Effect.Highlight(obj, { duration: 3.0 });
}
function editComplete(t, obj)
{
obj.innerHTML = t.responseText;
}
function editFailed(t, obj)
{
obj.innerHTML = 'Could not save...';
cleanUp(obj);
}


Ajax Navigation

author: Michael , http://javascript.internet.com/ajax/ajax-navigation.html

<html>

<head>

<script language="javascript">

var please_wait = "Please wait while the page is opening....";


function open_url(url, target) {

if ( ! document.getElementById) {

return false;

}


if (please_wait != null) {

document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = please_wait;

}


if (window.ActiveXObject) {

link = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

} else if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {

link = new XMLHttpRequest();

}


if (link == undefined) {

return false;

}

link.onreadystatechange = function() { response(url, target); }

link.open("GET", url, true);

link.send(null);

}


function response(url, target)

{

if (link.readyState == 4) {

document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = (link.status == 200) ? link.responseText : "Ooops!! A broken link! Please contact the webmaster of this website ASAP and give him the fallowing errorcode: " + link.status;

}

}


function set_loading_message(msg)

{

please_wait = msg;

}

</script>

</head>


<body>

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="open_url('page-1.html','my_site_content');">Go to page 1</a><br />

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="open_url('page-2.html','my_site_content');">Go to page 2</a><br />

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="open_url('page-3.html','my_site_content');">Go to page 3</a><br />

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="open_url('page-4.html','my_site_content');">Go to page 4</a><br />

<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="open_url('xxxx.html','my_site_content');">Broken Link</a><br />


<div id="my_site_content">

</div>

</body>

</html>


Prototype JavaScript framework v1.5

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Prototype JavaScript framework, version 1.5.0_rc1 [ prototype.js ]
* (c) 2005 Sam Stephenson
*
* Prototype is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
* For details, see the Prototype web site: http://prototype.conio.net/
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Prototype = {
Version: '1.5.0_rc1',
ScriptFragment: '(?:)((\n|\r|.)*?)(?:<\/script>)',

emptyFunction: function() {},
K: function(x) {return x}
}

var Class = {
create: function() {
return function() {
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
}
}
}

var Abstract = new Object();

Object.extend = function(destination, source) {
for (var property in source) {
destination[property] = source[property];
}
return destination;
}

Object.extend(Object, {
inspect: function(object) {
try {
if (object == undefined) return 'undefined';
if (object == null) return 'null';
return object.inspect ? object.inspect() : object.toString();
} catch (e) {
if (e instanceof RangeError) return '...';
throw e;
}
},

keys: function(object) {
var keys = [];
for (var property in object)
keys.push(property);
return keys;
},

values: function(object) {
var values = [];
for (var property in object)
values.push(object[property]);
return values;
},

clone: function(object) {
return Object.extend({}, object);
}
});

Function.prototype.bind = function() {
var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
return function() {
return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
}
}

Function.prototype.bindAsEventListener = function(object) {
var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
return function(event) {
return __method.apply(object, [( event || window.event)].concat(args).concat($A(arguments)));
}
}

Object.extend(Number.prototype, {
toColorPart: function() {
var digits = this.toString(16);
if (this < 16) return '0' + digits;
return digits;
},

succ: function() {
return this + 1;
},

times: function(iterator) {
$R(0, this, true).each(iterator);
return this;
}
});

var Try = {
these: function() {
var returnValue;

for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var lambda = arguments[i];
try {
returnValue = lambda();
break;
} catch (e) {}
}

return returnValue;
}
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create();
PeriodicalExecuter.prototype = {
initialize: function(callback, frequency) {
this.callback = callback;
this.frequency = frequency;
this.currentlyExecuting = false;

this.registerCallback();
},

registerCallback: function() {
this.timer = setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
},

stop: function() {
if (!this.timer) return;
clearInterval(this.timer);
this.timer = null;
},

onTimerEvent: function() {
if (!this.currentlyExecuting) {
try {
this.currentlyExecuting = true;
this.callback(this);
} finally {
this.currentlyExecuting = false;
}
}
}
}
Object.extend(String.prototype, {
gsub: function(pattern, replacement) {
var result = '', source = this, match;
replacement = arguments.callee.prepareReplacement(replacement);

while (source.length > 0) {
if (match = source.match(pattern)) {
result += source.slice(0, match.index);
result += (replacement(match) || '').toString();
source = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
} else {
result += source, source = '';
}
}
return result;
},

sub: function(pattern, replacement, count) {
replacement = this.gsub.prepareReplacement(replacement);
count = count === undefined ? 1 : count;

return this.gsub(pattern, function(match) {
if (--count < 0) return match[0];
return replacement(match);
});
},

scan: function(pattern, iterator) {
this.gsub(pattern, iterator);
return this;
},

truncate: function(length, truncation) {
length = length || 30;
truncation = truncation === undefined ? '...' : truncation;
return this.length > length ?
this.slice(0, length - truncation.length) + truncation : this;
},

strip: function() {
return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
},

stripTags: function() {
return this.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
},

stripScripts: function() {
return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), '');
},

extractScripts: function() {
var matchAll = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img');
var matchOne = new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'im');
return (this.match(matchAll) || []).map(function(scriptTag) {
return (scriptTag.match(matchOne) || ['', ''])[1];
});
},

evalScripts: function() {
return this.extractScripts().map(function(script) { return eval(script) });
},

escapeHTML: function() {
var div = document.createElement('div');
var text = document.createTextNode(this);
div.appendChild(text);
return div.innerHTML;
},

unescapeHTML: function() {
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = this.stripTags();
return div.childNodes[0] ? div.childNodes[0].nodeValue : '';
},

toQueryParams: function() {
var pairs = this.match(/^\??(.*)$/)[1].split('&');
return pairs.inject({}, function(params, pairString) {
var pair = pairString.split('=');
var value = pair[1] ? decodeURIComponent(pair[1]) : undefined;
params[decodeURIComponent(pair[0])] = value;
return params;
});
},

toArray: function() {
return this.split('');
},

camelize: function() {
var oStringList = this.split('-');
if (oStringList.length == 1) return oStringList[0];

var camelizedString = this.indexOf('-') == 0
? oStringList[0].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + oStringList[0].substring(1)
: oStringList[0];

for (var i = 1, len = oStringList.length; i < len; i++) {
var s = oStringList[i];
camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
}

return camelizedString;
},

inspect: function(useDoubleQuotes) {
var escapedString = this.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
if (useDoubleQuotes)
return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
else
return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
}
});

String.prototype.gsub.prepareReplacement = function(replacement) {
if (typeof replacement == 'function') return replacement;
var template = new Template(replacement);
return function(match) { return template.evaluate(match) };
}

String.prototype.parseQuery = String.prototype.toQueryParams;

var Template = Class.create();
Template.Pattern = /(^|.|\r|\n)(#\{(.*?)\})/;
Template.prototype = {
initialize: function(template, pattern) {
this.template = template.toString();
this.pattern = pattern || Template.Pattern;
},

evaluate: function(object) {
return this.template.gsub(this.pattern, function(match) {
var before = match[1];
if (before == '\\') return match[2];
return before + (object[match[3]] || '').toString();
});
}
}

var $break = new Object();
var $continue = new Object();

var Enumerable = {
each: function(iterator) {
var index = 0;
try {
this._each(function(value) {
try {
iterator(value, index++);
} catch (e) {
if (e != $continue) throw e;
}
});
} catch (e) {
if (e != $break) throw e;
}
},

all: function(iterator) {
var result = true;
this.each(function(value, index) {
result = result && !!(iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
if (!result) throw $break;
});
return result;
},

any: function(iterator) {
var result = false;
this.each(function(value, index) {
if (result = !!(iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index))
throw $break;
});
return result;
},

collect: function(iterator) {
var results = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
results.push(iterator(value, index));
});
return results;
},

detect: function (iterator) {
var result;
this.each(function(value, index) {
if (iterator(value, index)) {
result = value;
throw $break;
}
});
return result;
},

findAll: function(iterator) {
var results = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
if (iterator(value, index))
results.push(value);
});
return results;
},

grep: function(pattern, iterator) {
var results = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
var stringValue = value.toString();
if (stringValue.match(pattern))
results.push((iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index));
})
return results;
},

include: function(object) {
var found = false;
this.each(function(value) {
if (value == object) {
found = true;
throw $break;
}
});
return found;
},

inject: function(memo, iterator) {
this.each(function(value, index) {
memo = iterator(memo, value, index);
});
return memo;
},

invoke: function(method) {
var args = $A(arguments).slice(1);
return this.collect(function(value) {
return value[method].apply(value, args);
});
},

max: function(iterator) {
var result;
this.each(function(value, index) {
value = (iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
if (result == undefined || value >= result)
result = value;
});
return result;
},

min: function(iterator) {
var result;
this.each(function(value, index) {
value = (iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index);
if (result == undefined || value < result)
result = value;
});
return result;
},

partition: function(iterator) {
var trues = [], falses = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
((iterator || Prototype.K)(value, index) ?
trues : falses).push(value);
});
return [trues, falses];
},

pluck: function(property) {
var results = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
results.push(value[property]);
});
return results;
},

reject: function(iterator) {
var results = [];
this.each(function(value, index) {
if (!iterator(value, index))
results.push(value);
});
return results;
},

sortBy: function(iterator) {
return this.collect(function(value, index) {
return {value: value, criteria: iterator(value, index)};
}).sort(function(left, right) {
var a = left.criteria, b = right.criteria;
return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
}).pluck('value');
},

toArray: function() {
return this.collect(Prototype.K);
},

zip: function() {
var iterator = Prototype.K, args = $A(arguments);
if (typeof args.last() == 'function')
iterator = args.pop();

var collections = [this].concat(args).map($A);
return this.map(function(value, index) {
return iterator(collections.pluck(index));
});
},

inspect: function() {
return '#';
}
}

Object.extend(Enumerable, {
map: Enumerable.collect,
find: Enumerable.detect,
select: Enumerable.findAll,
member: Enumerable.include,
entries: Enumerable.toArray
});
var $A = Array.from = function(iterable) {
if (!iterable) return [];
if (iterable.toArray) {
return iterable.toArray();
} else {
var results = [];
for (var i = 0; i < iterable.length; i++)
results.push(iterable[i]);
return results;
}
}

Object.extend(Array.prototype, Enumerable);

if (!Array.prototype._reverse)
Array.prototype._reverse = Array.prototype.reverse;

Object.extend(Array.prototype, {
_each: function(iterator) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
iterator(this[i]);
},

clear: function() {
this.length = 0;
return this;
},

first: function() {
return this[0];
},

last: function() {
return this[this.length - 1];
},

compact: function() {
return this.select(function(value) {
return value != undefined || value != null;
});
},

flatten: function() {
return this.inject([], function(array, value) {
return array.concat(value && value.constructor == Array ?
value.flatten() : [value]);
});
},

without: function() {
var values = $A(arguments);
return this.select(function(value) {
return !values.include(value);
});
},

indexOf: function(object) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
if (this[i] == object) return i;
return -1;
},

reverse: function(inline) {
return (inline !== false ? this : this.toArray())._reverse();
},

reduce: function() {
return this.length > 1 ? this : this[0];
},

uniq: function() {
return this.inject([], function(array, value) {
return array.include(value) ? array : array.concat([value]);
});
},

inspect: function() {
return '[' + this.map(Object.inspect).join(', ') + ']';
}
});
var Hash = {
_each: function(iterator) {
for (var key in this) {
var value = this[key];
if (typeof value == 'function') continue;

var pair = [key, value];
pair.key = key;
pair.value = value;
iterator(pair);
}
},

keys: function() {
return this.pluck('key');
},

values: function() {
return this.pluck('value');
},

merge: function(hash) {
return $H(hash).inject($H(this), function(mergedHash, pair) {
mergedHash[pair.key] = pair.value;
return mergedHash;
});
},

toQueryString: function() {
return this.map(function(pair) {
return pair.map(encodeURIComponent).join('=');
}).join('&');
},

inspect: function() {
return '# return pair.map(Object.inspect).join(': ');
}).join(', ') + '}>';
}
}

function $H(object) {
var hash = Object.extend({}, object || {});
Object.extend(hash, Enumerable);
Object.extend(hash, Hash);
return hash;
}
ObjectRange = Class.create();
Object.extend(ObjectRange.prototype, Enumerable);
Object.extend(ObjectRange.prototype, {
initialize: function(start, end, exclusive) {
this.start = start;
this.end = end;
this.exclusive = exclusive;
},

_each: function(iterator) {
var value = this.start;
while (this.include(value)) {
iterator(value);
value = value.succ();
}
},

include: function(value) {
if (value < this.start)
return false;
if (this.exclusive)
return value < this.end;
return value <= this.end;
}
});

var $R = function(start, end, exclusive) {
return new ObjectRange(start, end, exclusive);
}

var Ajax = {
getTransport: function() {
return Try.these(
function() {return new XMLHttpRequest()},
function() {return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP')},
function() {return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP')}
) || false;
},

activeRequestCount: 0
}

Ajax.Responders = {
responders: [],

_each: function(iterator) {
this.responders._each(iterator);
},

register: function(responderToAdd) {
if (!this.include(responderToAdd))
this.responders.push(responderToAdd);
},

unregister: function(responderToRemove) {
this.responders = this.responders.without(responderToRemove);
},

dispatch: function(callback, request, transport, json) {
this.each(function(responder) {
if (responder[callback] && typeof responder[callback] == 'function') {
try {
responder[callback].apply(responder, [request, transport, json]);
} catch (e) {}
}
});
}
};

Object.extend(Ajax.Responders, Enumerable);

Ajax.Responders.register({
onCreate: function() {
Ajax.activeRequestCount++;
},

onComplete: function() {
Ajax.activeRequestCount--;
}
});

Ajax.Base = function() {};
Ajax.Base.prototype = {
setOptions: function(options) {
this.options = {
method: 'post',
asynchronous: true,
contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
parameters: ''
}
Object.extend(this.options, options || {});
},

responseIsSuccess: function() {
return this.transport.status == undefined
|| this.transport.status == 0
|| (this.transport.status >= 200 && this.transport.status < 300);
},

responseIsFailure: function() {
return !this.responseIsSuccess();
}
}

Ajax.Request = Class.create();
Ajax.Request.Events =
['Uninitialized', 'Loading', 'Loaded', 'Interactive', 'Complete'];

Ajax.Request.prototype = Object.extend(new Ajax.Base(), {
initialize: function(url, options) {
this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
this.setOptions(options);
this.request(url);
},

request: function(url) {
var parameters = this.options.parameters || '';
if (parameters.length > 0) parameters += '&_=';

/* Simulate other verbs over post */
if (this.options.method != 'get' && this.options.method != 'post') {
parameters += (parameters.length > 0 ? '&' : '') + '_method=' + this.options.method;
this.options.method = 'post';
}

try {
this.url = url;
if (this.options.method == 'get' && parameters.length > 0)
this.url += (this.url.match(/\?/) ? '&' : '?') + parameters;

Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onCreate', this, this.transport);

this.transport.open(this.options.method, this.url,
this.options.asynchronous);

if (this.options.asynchronous)
setTimeout(function() { this.respondToReadyState(1) }.bind(this), 10);

this.transport.onreadystatechange = this.onStateChange.bind(this);
this.setRequestHeaders();

var body = this.options.postBody ? this.options.postBody : parameters;
this.transport.send(this.options.method == 'post' ? body : null);

/* Force Firefox to handle ready state 4 for synchronous requests */
if (!this.options.asynchronous && this.transport.overrideMimeType)
this.onStateChange();

} catch (e) {
this.dispatchException(e);
}
},

setRequestHeaders: function() {
var requestHeaders =
['X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest',
'X-Prototype-Version', Prototype.Version,
'Accept', 'text/javascript, text/html, application/xml, text/xml, */*'];

if (this.options.method == 'post') {
requestHeaders.push('Content-type', this.options.contentType);

/* Force "Connection: close" for Mozilla browsers to work around
* a bug where XMLHttpReqeuest sends an incorrect Content-length
* header. See Mozilla Bugzilla #246651.
*/
if (this.transport.overrideMimeType)
requestHeaders.push('Connection', 'close');
}

if (this.options.requestHeaders)
requestHeaders.push.apply(requestHeaders, this.options.requestHeaders);

for (var i = 0; i < requestHeaders.length; i += 2)
this.transport.setRequestHeader(requestHeaders[i], requestHeaders[i+1]);
},

onStateChange: function() {
var readyState = this.transport.readyState;
if (readyState != 1)
this.respondToReadyState(this.transport.readyState);
},

header: function(name) {
try {
return this.transport.getResponseHeader(name);
} catch (e) {}
},

evalJSON: function() {
try {
return eval('(' + this.header('X-JSON') + ')');
} catch (e) {}
},

evalResponse: function() {
try {
return eval(this.transport.responseText);
} catch (e) {
this.dispatchException(e);
}
},

respondToReadyState: function(readyState) {
var event = Ajax.Request.Events[readyState];
var transport = this.transport, json = this.evalJSON();

if (event == 'Complete') {
try {
(this.options['on' + this.transport.status]
|| this.options['on' + (this.responseIsSuccess() ? 'Success' : 'Failure')]
|| Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
} catch (e) {
this.dispatchException(e);
}

if ((this.header('Content-type') || '').match(/^text\/javascript/i))
this.evalResponse();
}

try {
(this.options['on' + event] || Prototype.emptyFunction)(transport, json);
Ajax.Responders.dispatch('on' + event, this, transport, json);
} catch (e) {
this.dispatchException(e);
}

/* Avoid memory leak in MSIE: clean up the oncomplete event handler */
if (event == 'Complete')
this.transport.onreadystatechange = Prototype.emptyFunction;
},

dispatchException: function(exception) {
(this.options.onException || Prototype.emptyFunction)(this, exception);
Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onException', this, exception);
}
});

Ajax.Updater = Class.create();

Object.extend(Object.extend(Ajax.Updater.prototype, Ajax.Request.prototype), {
initialize: function(container, url, options) {
this.containers = {
success: container.success ? $(container.success) : $(container),
failure: container.failure ? $(container.failure) :
(container.success ? null : $(container))
}

this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
this.setOptions(options);

var onComplete = this.options.onComplete || Prototype.emptyFunction;
this.options.onComplete = (function(transport, object) {
this.updateContent();
onComplete(transport, object);
}).bind(this);

this.request(url);
},

updateContent: function() {
var receiver = this.responseIsSuccess() ?
this.containers.success : this.containers.failure;
var response = this.transport.responseText;

if (!this.options.evalScripts)
response = response.stripScripts();

if (receiver) {
if (this.options.insertion) {
new this.options.insertion(receiver, response);
} else {
Element.update(receiver, response);
}
}

if (this.responseIsSuccess()) {
if (this.onComplete)
setTimeout(this.onComplete.bind(this), 10);
}
}
});

Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater = Class.create();
Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater.prototype = Object.extend(new Ajax.Base(), {
initialize: function(container, url, options) {
this.setOptions(options);
this.onComplete = this.options.onComplete;

this.frequency = (this.options.frequency || 2);
this.decay = (this.options.decay || 1);

this.updater = {};
this.container = container;
this.url = url;

this.start();
},

start: function() {
this.options.onComplete = this.updateComplete.bind(this);
this.onTimerEvent();
},

stop: function() {
this.updater.options.onComplete = undefined;
clearTimeout(this.timer);
(this.onComplete || Prototype.emptyFunction).apply(this, arguments);
},

updateComplete: function(request) {
if (this.options.decay) {
this.decay = (request.responseText == this.lastText ?
this.decay * this.options.decay : 1);

this.lastText = request.responseText;
}
this.timer = setTimeout(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this),
this.decay * this.frequency * 1000);
},

onTimerEvent: function() {
this.updater = new Ajax.Updater(this.container, this.url, this.options);
}
});
function $() {
var results = [], element;
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
element = arguments[i];
if (typeof element == 'string')
element = document.getElementById(element);
results.push(Element.extend(element));
}
return results.reduce();
}

document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
var children = ($(parentElement) || document.body).getElementsByTagName('*');
return $A(children).inject([], function(elements, child) {
if (child.className.match(new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)")))
elements.push(Element.extend(child));
return elements;
});
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

if (!window.Element)
var Element = new Object();

Element.extend = function(element) {
if (!element) return;
if (_nativeExtensions || element.nodeType == 3) return element;

if (!element._extended && element.tagName && element != window) {
var methods = Object.clone(Element.Methods), cache = Element.extend.cache;

if (element.tagName == 'FORM')
Object.extend(methods, Form.Methods);
if (['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA', 'SELECT'].include(element.tagName))
Object.extend(methods, Form.Element.Methods);

for (var property in methods) {
var value = methods[property];
if (typeof value == 'function')
element[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
}
}

element._extended = true;
return element;
}

Element.extend.cache = {
findOrStore: function(value) {
return this[value] = this[value] || function() {
return value.apply(null, [this].concat($A(arguments)));
}
}
}

Element.Methods = {
visible: function(element) {
return $(element).style.display != 'none';
},

toggle: function(element) {
element = $(element);
Element[Element.visible(element) ? 'hide' : 'show'](element);
return element;
},

hide: function(element) {
$(element).style.display = 'none';
return element;
},

show: function(element) {
$(element).style.display = '';
return element;
},

remove: function(element) {
element = $(element);
element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
return element;
},

update: function(element, html) {
$(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
return element;
},

replace: function(element, html) {
element = $(element);
if (element.outerHTML) {
element.outerHTML = html.stripScripts();
} else {
var range = element.ownerDocument.createRange();
range.selectNodeContents(element);
element.parentNode.replaceChild(
range.createContextualFragment(html.stripScripts()), element);
}
setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
return element;
},

inspect: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var result = '<' + element.tagName.toLowerCase();
$H({'id': 'id', 'className': 'class'}).each(function(pair) {
var property = pair.first(), attribute = pair.last();
var value = (element[property] || '').toString();
if (value) result += ' ' + attribute + '=' + value.inspect(true);
});
return result + '>';
},

recursivelyCollect: function(element, property) {
element = $(element);
var elements = [];
while (element = element[property])
if (element.nodeType == 1)
elements.push(Element.extend(element));
return elements;
},

ancestors: function(element) {
return $(element).recursivelyCollect('parentNode');
},

descendants: function(element) {
element = $(element);
return $A(element.getElementsByTagName('*'));
},

previousSiblings: function(element) {
return $(element).recursivelyCollect('previousSibling');
},

nextSiblings: function(element) {
return $(element).recursivelyCollect('nextSibling');
},

siblings: function(element) {
element = $(element);
return element.previousSiblings().reverse().concat(element.nextSiblings());
},

match: function(element, selector) {
element = $(element);
if (typeof selector == 'string')
selector = new Selector(selector);
return selector.match(element);
},

up: function(element, expression, index) {
return Selector.findElement($(element).ancestors(), expression, index);
},

down: function(element, expression, index) {
return Selector.findElement($(element).descendants(), expression, index);
},

previous: function(element, expression, index) {
return Selector.findElement($(element).previousSiblings(), expression, index);
},

next: function(element, expression, index) {
return Selector.findElement($(element).nextSiblings(), expression, index);
},

getElementsBySelector: function() {
var args = $A(arguments), element = $(args.shift());
return Selector.findChildElements(element, args);
},

getElementsByClassName: function(element, className) {
element = $(element);
return document.getElementsByClassName(className, element);
},

getHeight: function(element) {
element = $(element);
return element.offsetHeight;
},

classNames: function(element) {
return new Element.ClassNames(element);
},

hasClassName: function(element, className) {
if (!(element = $(element))) return;
return Element.classNames(element).include(className);
},

addClassName: function(element, className) {
if (!(element = $(element))) return;
Element.classNames(element).add(className);
return element;
},

removeClassName: function(element, className) {
if (!(element = $(element))) return;
Element.classNames(element).remove(className);
return element;
},

observe: function() {
Event.observe.apply(Event, arguments);
return $A(arguments).first();
},

stopObserving: function() {
Event.stopObserving.apply(Event, arguments);
return $A(arguments).first();
},

// removes whitespace-only text node children
cleanWhitespace: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var node = element.firstChild;
while (node) {
var nextNode = node.nextSibling;
if (node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue))
element.removeChild(node);
node = nextNode;
}
return element;
},

empty: function(element) {
return $(element).innerHTML.match(/^\s*$/);
},

childOf: function(element, ancestor) {
element = $(element), ancestor = $(ancestor);
while (element = element.parentNode)
if (element == ancestor) return true;
return false;
},

scrollTo: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var x = element.x ? element.x : element.offsetLeft,
y = element.y ? element.y : element.offsetTop;
window.scrollTo(x, y);
return element;
},

getStyle: function(element, style) {
element = $(element);
var value = element.style[style.camelize()];
if (!value) {
if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle) {
var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(style) : null;
} else if (element.currentStyle) {
value = element.currentStyle[style.camelize()];
}
}

if (window.opera && ['left', 'top', 'right', 'bottom'].include(style))
if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') == 'static') value = 'auto';

return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
},

setStyle: function(element, style) {
element = $(element);
for (var name in style)
element.style[name.camelize()] = style[name];
return element;
},

getDimensions: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (Element.getStyle(element, 'display') != 'none')
return {width: element.offsetWidth, height: element.offsetHeight};

// All *Width and *Height properties give 0 on elements with display none,
// so enable the element temporarily
var els = element.style;
var originalVisibility = els.visibility;
var originalPosition = els.position;
els.visibility = 'hidden';
els.position = 'absolute';
els.display = '';
var originalWidth = element.clientWidth;
var originalHeight = element.clientHeight;
els.display = 'none';
els.position = originalPosition;
els.visibility = originalVisibility;
return {width: originalWidth, height: originalHeight};
},

makePositioned: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var pos = Element.getStyle(element, 'position');
if (pos == 'static' || !pos) {
element._madePositioned = true;
element.style.position = 'relative';
// Opera returns the offset relative to the positioning context, when an
// element is position relative but top and left have not been defined
if (window.opera) {
element.style.top = 0;
element.style.left = 0;
}
}
return element;
},

undoPositioned: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (element._madePositioned) {
element._madePositioned = undefined;
element.style.position =
element.style.top =
element.style.left =
element.style.bottom =
element.style.right = '';
}
return element;
},

makeClipping: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (element._overflow) return;
element._overflow = element.style.overflow || 'auto';
if ((Element.getStyle(element, 'overflow') || 'visible') != 'hidden')
element.style.overflow = 'hidden';
return element;
},

undoClipping: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (!element._overflow) return;
element.style.overflow = element._overflow == 'auto' ? '' : element._overflow;
element._overflow = null;
return element;
}
}

// IE is missing .innerHTML support for TABLE-related elements
if(document.all){
Element.Methods.update = function(element, html) {
element = $(element);
var tagName = element.tagName.toUpperCase();
if (['THEAD','TBODY','TR','TD'].indexOf(tagName) > -1) {
var div = document.createElement('div');
switch (tagName) {
case 'THEAD':
case 'TBODY':
div.innerHTML = '

' + html.stripScripts() + '
';
depth = 2;
break;
case 'TR':
div.innerHTML = '' + html.stripScripts() + '
';
depth = 3;
break;
case 'TD':
div.innerHTML = '
' + html.stripScripts() + '
';
depth = 4;
}
$A(element.childNodes).each(function(node){
element.removeChild(node)
});
depth.times(function(){ div = div.firstChild });

$A(div.childNodes).each(
function(node){ element.appendChild(node) });
} else {
element.innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
}
setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
return element;
}
}

Object.extend(Element, Element.Methods);

var _nativeExtensions = false;

if (!window.HTMLElement && /Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
/* Emulate HTMLElement, HTMLFormElement, HTMLInputElement, HTMLTextAreaElement,
and HTMLSelectElement in Safari */
['', 'Form', 'Input', 'TextArea', 'Select'].each(function(tag) {
var klass = window['HTML' + tag + 'Element'] = {};
klass.prototype = document.createElement(tag ? tag.toLowerCase() : 'div').__proto__;
});
}

Element.addMethods = function(methods) {
Object.extend(Element.Methods, methods || {});

function copy(methods, destination) {
var cache = Element.extend.cache;
for (var property in methods) {
var value = methods[property];
destination[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
}
}

if (typeof HTMLElement != 'undefined') {
copy(Element.Methods, HTMLElement.prototype);
copy(Form.Methods, HTMLFormElement.prototype);
[HTMLInputElement, HTMLTextAreaElement, HTMLSelectElement].each(function(klass) {
copy(Form.Element.Methods, klass.prototype);
});
_nativeExtensions = true;
}
}

var Toggle = new Object();
Toggle.display = Element.toggle;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.Insertion = function(adjacency) {
this.adjacency = adjacency;
}

Abstract.Insertion.prototype = {
initialize: function(element, content) {
this.element = $(element);
this.content = content.stripScripts();

if (this.adjacency && this.element.insertAdjacentHTML) {
try {
this.element.insertAdjacentHTML(this.adjacency, this.content);
} catch (e) {
var tagName = this.element.tagName.toLowerCase();
if (tagName == 'tbody' || tagName == 'tr') {
this.insertContent(this.contentFromAnonymousTable());
} else {
throw e;
}
}
} else {
this.range = this.element.ownerDocument.createRange();
if (this.initializeRange) this.initializeRange();
this.insertContent([this.range.createContextualFragment(this.content)]);
}

setTimeout(function() {content.evalScripts()}, 10);
},

contentFromAnonymousTable: function() {
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = '' + this.content + '
';
return $A(div.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].childNodes);
}
}

var Insertion = new Object();

Insertion.Before = Class.create();
Insertion.Before.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('beforeBegin'), {
initializeRange: function() {
this.range.setStartBefore(this.element);
},

insertContent: function(fragments) {
fragments.each((function(fragment) {
this.element.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment, this.element);
}).bind(this));
}
});

Insertion.Top = Class.create();
Insertion.Top.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('afterBegin'), {
initializeRange: function() {
this.range.selectNodeContents(this.element);
this.range.collapse(true);
},

insertContent: function(fragments) {
fragments.reverse(false).each((function(fragment) {
this.element.insertBefore(fragment, this.element.firstChild);
}).bind(this));
}
});

Insertion.Bottom = Class.create();
Insertion.Bottom.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('beforeEnd'), {
initializeRange: function() {
this.range.selectNodeContents(this.element);
this.range.collapse(this.element);
},

insertContent: function(fragments) {
fragments.each((function(fragment) {
this.element.appendChild(fragment);
}).bind(this));
}
});

Insertion.After = Class.create();
Insertion.After.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.Insertion('afterEnd'), {
initializeRange: function() {
this.range.setStartAfter(this.element);
},

insertContent: function(fragments) {
fragments.each((function(fragment) {
this.element.parentNode.insertBefore(fragment,
this.element.nextSibling);
}).bind(this));
}
});

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Element.ClassNames = Class.create();
Element.ClassNames.prototype = {
initialize: function(element) {
this.element = $(element);
},

_each: function(iterator) {
this.element.className.split(/\s+/).select(function(name) {
return name.length > 0;
})._each(iterator);
},

set: function(className) {
this.element.className = className;
},

add: function(classNameToAdd) {
if (this.include(classNameToAdd)) return;
this.set(this.toArray().concat(classNameToAdd).join(' '));
},

remove: function(classNameToRemove) {
if (!this.include(classNameToRemove)) return;
this.set(this.select(function(className) {
return className != classNameToRemove;
}).join(' '));
},

toString: function() {
return this.toArray().join(' ');
}
}

Object.extend(Element.ClassNames.prototype, Enumerable);
var Selector = Class.create();
Selector.prototype = {
initialize: function(expression) {
this.params = {classNames: []};
this.expression = expression.toString().strip();
this.parseExpression();
this.compileMatcher();
},

parseExpression: function() {
function abort(message) { throw 'Parse error in selector: ' + message; }

if (this.expression == '') abort('empty expression');

var params = this.params, expr = this.expression, match, modifier, clause, rest;
while (match = expr.match(/^(.*)\[([a-z0-9_:-]+?)(?:([~\|!]?=)(?:"([^"]*)"|([^\]\s]*)))?\]$/i)) {
params.attributes = params.attributes || [];
params.attributes.push({name: match[2], operator: match[3], value: match[4] || match[5] || ''});
expr = match[1];
}

if (expr == '*') return this.params.wildcard = true;

while (match = expr.match(/^([^a-z0-9_-])?([a-z0-9_-]+)(.*)/i)) {
modifier = match[1], clause = match[2], rest = match[3];
switch (modifier) {
case '#': params.id = clause; break;
case '.': params.classNames.push(clause); break;
case '':
case undefined: params.tagName = clause.toUpperCase(); break;
default: abort(expr.inspect());
}
expr = rest;
}

if (expr.length > 0) abort(expr.inspect());
},

buildMatchExpression: function() {
var params = this.params, conditions = [], clause;

if (params.wildcard)
conditions.push('true');
if (clause = params.id)
conditions.push('element.id == ' + clause.inspect());
if (clause = params.tagName)
conditions.push('element.tagName.toUpperCase() == ' + clause.inspect());
if ((clause = params.classNames).length > 0)
for (var i = 0; i < clause.length; i++)
conditions.push('Element.hasClassName(element, ' + clause[i].inspect() + ')');
if (clause = params.attributes) {
clause.each(function(attribute) {
var value = 'element.getAttribute(' + attribute.name.inspect() + ')';
var splitValueBy = function(delimiter) {
return value + ' && ' + value + '.split(' + delimiter.inspect() + ')';
}

switch (attribute.operator) {
case '=': conditions.push(value + ' == ' + attribute.value.inspect()); break;
case '~=': conditions.push(splitValueBy(' ') + '.include(' + attribute.value.inspect() + ')'); break;
case '|=': conditions.push(
splitValueBy('-') + '.first().toUpperCase() == ' + attribute.value.toUpperCase().inspect()
); break;
case '!=': conditions.push(value + ' != ' + attribute.value.inspect()); break;
case '':
case undefined: conditions.push(value + ' != null'); break;
default: throw 'Unknown operator ' + attribute.operator + ' in selector';
}
});
}

return conditions.join(' && ');
},

compileMatcher: function() {
this.match = new Function('element', 'if (!element.tagName) return false; \
return ' + this.buildMatchExpression());
},

findElements: function(scope) {
var element;

if (element = $(this.params.id))
if (this.match(element))
if (!scope || Element.childOf(element, scope))
return [element];

scope = (scope || document).getElementsByTagName(this.params.tagName || '*');

var results = [];
for (var i = 0; i < scope.length; i++)
if (this.match(element = scope[i]))
results.push(Element.extend(element));

return results;
},

toString: function() {
return this.expression;
}
}

Object.extend(Selector, {
matchElements: function(elements, expression) {
var selector = new Selector(expression);
return elements.select(selector.match.bind(selector));
},

findElement: function(elements, expression, index) {
if (typeof expression == 'number') index = expression, expression = false;
return Selector.matchElements(elements, expression || '*')[index || 0];
},

findChildElements: function(element, expressions) {
return expressions.map(function(expression) {
return expression.strip().split(/\s+/).inject([null], function(results, expr) {
var selector = new Selector(expr);
return results.inject([], function(elements, result) {
return elements.concat(selector.findElements(result || element));
});
});
}).flatten();
}
});

function $$() {
return Selector.findChildElements(document, $A(arguments));
}
var Form = {
reset: function(form) {
$(form).reset();
return form;
}
};

Form.Methods = {
serialize: function(form) {
var elements = Form.getElements($(form));
var queryComponents = new Array();

for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var queryComponent = Form.Element.serialize(elements[i]);
if (queryComponent)
queryComponents.push(queryComponent);
}

return queryComponents.join('&');
},

getElements: function(form) {
form = $(form);
var elements = new Array();

for (var tagName in Form.Element.Serializers) {
var tagElements = form.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
for (var j = 0; j < tagElements.length; j++)
elements.push(tagElements[j]);
}
return elements;
},

getInputs: function(form, typeName, name) {
form = $(form);
var inputs = form.getElementsByTagName('input');

if (!typeName && !name)
return inputs;

var matchingInputs = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
var input = inputs[i];
if ((typeName && input.type != typeName) ||
(name && input.name != name))
continue;
matchingInputs.push(input);
}

return matchingInputs;
},

disable: function(form) {
form = $(form);
var elements = Form.getElements(form);
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
element.blur();
element.disabled = 'true';
}
return form;
},

enable: function(form) {
form = $(form);
var elements = Form.getElements(form);
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
element.disabled = '';
}
return form;
},

findFirstElement: function(form) {
return Form.getElements(form).find(function(element) {
return element.type != 'hidden' && !element.disabled &&
['input', 'select', 'textarea'].include(element.tagName.toLowerCase());
});
},

focusFirstElement: function(form) {
form = $(form);
Field.activate(Form.findFirstElement(form));
return form;
}
}

Object.extend(Form, Form.Methods);

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Form.Element = {
focus: function(element) {
$(element).focus();
return element;
},

select: function(element) {
$(element).select();
return element;
}
}

Form.Element.Methods = {
serialize: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var method = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
var parameter = Form.Element.Serializers[method](element);

if (parameter) {
var key = encodeURIComponent(parameter[0]);
if (key.length == 0) return;

if (parameter[1].constructor != Array)
parameter[1] = [parameter[1]];

return parameter[1].map(function(value) {
return key + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value);
}).join('&');
}
},

getValue: function(element) {
element = $(element);
var method = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
var parameter = Form.Element.Serializers[method](element);

if (parameter)
return parameter[1];
},

clear: function(element) {
$(element).value = '';
return element;
},

present: function(element) {
return $(element).value != '';
},

activate: function(element) {
element = $(element);
element.focus();
if (element.select)
element.select();
return element;
},

disable: function(element) {
element = $(element);
element.disabled = '';
return element;
},

enable: function(element) {
element = $(element);
element.blur();
element.disabled = 'true';
return element;
}
}

Object.extend(Form.Element, Form.Element.Methods);
var Field = Form.Element;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Form.Element.Serializers = {
input: function(element) {
switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
case 'checkbox':
case 'radio':
return Form.Element.Serializers.inputSelector(element);
default:
return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
}
return false;
},

inputSelector: function(element) {
if (element.checked)
return [element.name, element.value];
},

textarea: function(element) {
return [element.name, element.value];
},

select: function(element) {
return Form.Element.Serializers[element.type == 'select-one' ?
'selectOne' : 'selectMany'](element);
},

selectOne: function(element) {
var value = '', opt, index = element.selectedIndex;
if (index >= 0) {
opt = element.options[index];
value = opt.value || opt.text;
}
return [element.name, value];
},

selectMany: function(element) {
var value = [];
for (var i = 0; i < element.length; i++) {
var opt = element.options[i];
if (opt.selected)
value.push(opt.value || opt.text);
}
return [element.name, value];
}
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var $F = Form.Element.getValue;

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.TimedObserver = function() {}
Abstract.TimedObserver.prototype = {
initialize: function(element, frequency, callback) {
this.frequency = frequency;
this.element = $(element);
this.callback = callback;

this.lastValue = this.getValue();
this.registerCallback();
},

registerCallback: function() {
setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
},

onTimerEvent: function() {
var value = this.getValue();
if (this.lastValue != value) {
this.callback(this.element, value);
this.lastValue = value;
}
}
}

Form.Element.Observer = Class.create();
Form.Element.Observer.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.TimedObserver(), {
getValue: function() {
return Form.Element.getValue(this.element);
}
});

Form.Observer = Class.create();
Form.Observer.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.TimedObserver(), {
getValue: function() {
return Form.serialize(this.element);
}
});

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

Abstract.EventObserver = function() {}
Abstract.EventObserver.prototype = {
initialize: function(element, callback) {
this.element = $(element);
this.callback = callback;

this.lastValue = this.getValue();
if (this.element.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'form')
this.registerFormCallbacks();
else
this.registerCallback(this.element);
},

onElementEvent: function() {
var value = this.getValue();
if (this.lastValue != value) {
this.callback(this.element, value);
this.lastValue = value;
}
},

registerFormCallbacks: function() {
var elements = Form.getElements(this.element);
for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
this.registerCallback(elements[i]);
},

registerCallback: function(element) {
if (element.type) {
switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
case 'checkbox':
case 'radio':
Event.observe(element, 'click', this.onElementEvent.bind(this));
break;
default:
Event.observe(element, 'change', this.onElementEvent.bind(this));
break;
}
}
}
}

Form.Element.EventObserver = Class.create();
Form.Element.EventObserver.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.EventObserver(), {
getValue: function() {
return Form.Element.getValue(this.element);
}
});

Form.EventObserver = Class.create();
Form.EventObserver.prototype = Object.extend(new Abstract.EventObserver(), {
getValue: function() {
return Form.serialize(this.element);
}
});
if (!window.Event) {
var Event = new Object();
}

Object.extend(Event, {
KEY_BACKSPACE: 8,
KEY_TAB: 9,
KEY_RETURN: 13,
KEY_ESC: 27,
KEY_LEFT: 37,
KEY_UP: 38,
KEY_RIGHT: 39,
KEY_DOWN: 40,
KEY_DELETE: 46,
KEY_HOME: 36,
KEY_END: 35,
KEY_PAGEUP: 33,
KEY_PAGEDOWN: 34,

element: function(event) {
return event.target || event.srcElement;
},

isLeftClick: function(event) {
return (((event.which) && (event.which == 1)) ||
((event.button) && (event.button == 1)));
},

pointerX: function(event) {
return event.pageX || (event.clientX +
(document.documentElement.scrollLeft || document.body.scrollLeft));
},

pointerY: function(event) {
return event.pageY || (event.clientY +
(document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop));
},

stop: function(event) {
if (event.preventDefault) {
event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation();
} else {
event.returnValue = false;
event.cancelBubble = true;
}
},

// find the first node with the given tagName, starting from the
// node the event was triggered on; traverses the DOM upwards
findElement: function(event, tagName) {
var element = Event.element(event);
while (element.parentNode && (!element.tagName ||
(element.tagName.toUpperCase() != tagName.toUpperCase())))
element = element.parentNode;
return element;
},

observers: false,

_observeAndCache: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
if (!this.observers) this.observers = [];
if (element.addEventListener) {
this.observers.push([element, name, observer, useCapture]);
element.addEventListener(name, observer, useCapture);
} else if (element.attachEvent) {
this.observers.push([element, name, observer, useCapture]);
element.attachEvent('on' + name, observer);
}
},

unloadCache: function() {
if (!Event.observers) return;
for (var i = 0; i < Event.observers.length; i++) {
Event.stopObserving.apply(this, Event.observers[i]);
Event.observers[i][0] = null;
}
Event.observers = false;
},

observe: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
element = $(element);
useCapture = useCapture || false;

if (name == 'keypress' &&
(navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
|| element.attachEvent))
name = 'keydown';

Event._observeAndCache(element, name, observer, useCapture);
},

stopObserving: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
element = $(element);
useCapture = useCapture || false;

if (name == 'keypress' &&
(navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
|| element.detachEvent))
name = 'keydown';

if (element.removeEventListener) {
element.removeEventListener(name, observer, useCapture);
} else if (element.detachEvent) {
try {
element.detachEvent('on' + name, observer);
} catch (e) {}
}
}
});

/* prevent memory leaks in IE */
if (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))
Event.observe(window, 'unload', Event.unloadCache, false);
var Position = {
// set to true if needed, warning: firefox performance problems
// NOT neeeded for page scrolling, only if draggable contained in
// scrollable elements
includeScrollOffsets: false,

// must be called before calling withinIncludingScrolloffset, every time the
// page is scrolled
prepare: function() {
this.deltaX = window.pageXOffset
|| document.documentElement.scrollLeft
|| document.body.scrollLeft
|| 0;
this.deltaY = window.pageYOffset
|| document.documentElement.scrollTop
|| document.body.scrollTop
|| 0;
},

realOffset: function(element) {
var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
do {
valueT += element.scrollTop || 0;
valueL += element.scrollLeft || 0;
element = element.parentNode;
} while (element);
return [valueL, valueT];
},

cumulativeOffset: function(element) {
var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
do {
valueT += element.offsetTop || 0;
valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
element = element.offsetParent;
} while (element);
return [valueL, valueT];
},

positionedOffset: function(element) {
var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
do {
valueT += element.offsetTop || 0;
valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
element = element.offsetParent;
if (element) {
p = Element.getStyle(element, 'position');
if (p == 'relative' || p == 'absolute') break;
}
} while (element);
return [valueL, valueT];
},

offsetParent: function(element) {
if (element.offsetParent) return element.offsetParent;
if (element == document.body) return element;

while ((element = element.parentNode) && element != document.body)
if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') != 'static')
return element;

return document.body;
},

// caches x/y coordinate pair to use with overlap
within: function(element, x, y) {
if (this.includeScrollOffsets)
return this.withinIncludingScrolloffsets(element, x, y);
this.xcomp = x;
this.ycomp = y;
this.offset = this.cumulativeOffset(element);

return (y >= this.offset[1] &&
y < this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
x >= this.offset[0] &&
x < this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
},

withinIncludingScrolloffsets: function(element, x, y) {
var offsetcache = this.realOffset(element);

this.xcomp = x + offsetcache[0] - this.deltaX;
this.ycomp = y + offsetcache[1] - this.deltaY;
this.offset = this.cumulativeOffset(element);

return (this.ycomp >= this.offset[1] &&
this.ycomp < this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight &&
this.xcomp >= this.offset[0] &&
this.xcomp < this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth);
},

// within must be called directly before
overlap: function(mode, element) {
if (!mode) return 0;
if (mode == 'vertical')
return ((this.offset[1] + element.offsetHeight) - this.ycomp) /
element.offsetHeight;
if (mode == 'horizontal')
return ((this.offset[0] + element.offsetWidth) - this.xcomp) /
element.offsetWidth;
},

page: function(forElement) {
var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;

var element = forElement;
do {
valueT += element.offsetTop || 0;
valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;

// Safari fix
if (element.offsetParent==document.body)
if (Element.getStyle(element,'position')=='absolute') break;

} while (element = element.offsetParent);

element = forElement;
do {
if (!window.opera || element.tagName=='BODY') {
valueT -= element.scrollTop || 0;
valueL -= element.scrollLeft || 0;
}
} while (element = element.parentNode);

return [valueL, valueT];
},

clone: function(source, target) {
var options = Object.extend({
setLeft: true,
setTop: true,
setWidth: true,
setHeight: true,
offsetTop: 0,
offsetLeft: 0
}, arguments[2] || {})

// find page position of source
source = $(source);
var p = Position.page(source);

// find coordinate system to use
target = $(target);
var delta = [0, 0];
var parent = null;
// delta [0,0] will do fine with position: fixed elements,
// position:absolute needs offsetParent deltas
if (Element.getStyle(target,'position') == 'absolute') {
parent = Position.offsetParent(target);
delta = Position.page(parent);
}

// correct by body offsets (fixes Safari)
if (parent == document.body) {
delta[0] -= document.body.offsetLeft;
delta[1] -= document.body.offsetTop;
}

// set position
if(options.setLeft) target.style.left = (p[0] - delta[0] + options.offsetLeft) + 'px';
if(options.setTop) target.style.top = (p[1] - delta[1] + options.offsetTop) + 'px';
if(options.setWidth) target.style.width = source.offsetWidth + 'px';
if(options.setHeight) target.style.height = source.offsetHeight + 'px';
},

absolutize: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (element.style.position == 'absolute') return;
Position.prepare();

var offsets = Position.positionedOffset(element);
var top = offsets[1];
var left = offsets[0];
var width = element.clientWidth;
var height = element.clientHeight;

element._originalLeft = left - parseFloat(element.style.left || 0);
element._originalTop = top - parseFloat(element.style.top || 0);
element._originalWidth = element.style.width;
element._originalHeight = element.style.height;

element.style.position = 'absolute';
element.style.top = top + 'px';;
element.style.left = left + 'px';;
element.style.width = width + 'px';;
element.style.height = height + 'px';;
},

relativize: function(element) {
element = $(element);
if (element.style.position == 'relative') return;
Position.prepare();

element.style.position = 'relative';
var top = parseFloat(element.style.top || 0) - (element._originalTop || 0);
var left = parseFloat(element.style.left || 0) - (element._originalLeft || 0);

element.style.top = top + 'px';
element.style.left = left + 'px';
element.style.height = element._originalHeight;
element.style.width = element._originalWidth;
}
}

// Safari returns margins on body which is incorrect if the child is absolutely
// positioned. For performance reasons, redefine Position.cumulativeOffset for
// KHTML/WebKit only.
if (/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
Position.cumulativeOffset = function(element) {
var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
do {
valueT += element.offsetTop || 0;
valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
if (element.offsetParent == document.body)
if (Element.getStyle(element, 'position') == 'absolute') break;

element = element.offsetParent;
} while (element);

return [valueL, valueT];
}
}

Element.addMethods();


Basic Ajax Syntax

/*
------------------
Basic Ajax Syntax
------------------

The basic framework of an Ajax-enabled web page. The following
JavaScript shows how to send a request for an XML file and how
to receive that request. Of course, in a real life scenario,
you'll have to implement better error trapping and actually do
something with the XML that gets returned.
*/


// Function to "handle" the response
function myHandler()
{
// Was the request successful?
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200)
{
// Did the request return a result?
if (this.responseXML != null && this.responseXML.getElementById("stuff").firstChild.data)
{
doSomething(this.responseXML.getElementById("stuff").firstChild.data);
}
}
}

var myRequest; // Variable to hold request object

if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
myRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // Standards-compliant browsers
} else if (window.ActiveXObject)
{
myRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); // For IE
}

myRequest.onreadystatechange = myHandler;

// "getStuff.php" can be anything that returns an XML file
myRequest.open("GET", "getStuff.php", true);


Detecting Ajax Support

/*
check if your browser/javascript supports Ajax.
For this we can use prototype’s getTransport method.
*/

function AjaxIsSupported ()
{
return (Ajax.getTransport());
}

/*
You can include this onload of your page. Make sure that
before checking this , to include the prototype.js in your page

This will actually check for XML parsers in IE / FF with
browser specific methods.
*/