/* Reference Article: http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/ */

/* addEvent: simplified event attachment */
function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.addEventListener) {
		obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
		EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
	}
	else if (obj.attachEvent) {
		obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function() { obj["e"+type+fn]( window.event ); }
		obj.attachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
		EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
	}
	else {
		obj["on"+type] = obj["e"+type+fn];
	}
}
	
var EventCache = function(){
	var listEvents = [];
	return {
		listEvents : listEvents,
		add : function(node, sEventName, fHandler) {
			listEvents.push(arguments);
			return undefined;
		},
		flush : function(){
			var i, item;
			for(i = listEvents.length - 1; i >= 0; i = i - 1){
				item = listEvents[i];
				if(item[0].removeEventListener){
					item[0].removeEventListener(item[1], item[2], item[3]);
				};
				if(item[1].substring(0, 2) != "on"){
					item[1] = "on" + item[1];
				};
				if(item[0].detachEvent){
					item[0].detachEvent(item[1], item[2]);
				};
				item[0][item[1]] = null;
			};
			return undefined;
		}
	};
}();
addEvent(window,'unload',EventCache.flush);

/* window 'load' attachment */
function addLoadEvent(func) {
	var oldonload = window.onload;
	if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
		window.onload = func;
	}
	else {
		window.onload = function() {
			oldonload();
			func();
		}
	}
}

/* grab Elements from the DOM by className */
function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}


/* insert an element after a particular node */
function insertAfter(parent, node, referenceNode) {
	parent.insertBefore(node, referenceNode.nextSibling);
}


/* get, set, and delete cookies */
function getCookie( name ) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
	var len = start + name.length + 1;
	if ( ( !start ) && ( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) ) {
		return null;
	}
	if ( start == -1 ) return null;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
	if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}
	
function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );
	if ( expires ) {
		expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
	}
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	document.cookie = name+"="+escape( value ) +
		( ( expires ) ? ";expires="+expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}
	
function deleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
	if ( getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
			( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
			( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
			";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

/* quick getElement reference */
function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
}

/* Object-oriented Helper functions. */
function clone(object) {
	function F() {}
	F.prototype = object;
	return new F;
}

function extend(subClass, superClass) {
  var F = function() {};
  F.prototype = superClass.prototype;
  subClass.prototype = new F();
  subClass.prototype.constructor = subClass;

	subClass.superclass = superClass.prototype;
	if(superClass.prototype.constructor == Object.prototype.constructor) {
		superClass.prototype.constructor = superClass;
  }
}

function augment(receivingClass, givingClass) {
  if(arguments[2]) { // Only give certain methods.
    for(var i = 2, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
      receivingClass.prototype[arguments[i]] = givingClass.prototype[arguments[i]];
    }
  } 
  else { // Give all methods.
    for(methodName in givingClass.prototype) { 
      if(!receivingClass.prototype[methodName]) {
        receivingClass.prototype[methodName] = givingClass.prototype[methodName];
      }
    }
  }
}