Ajax (部分二：prototype.js代碼前半部)本身作的，總結頁面向後臺傳Form值、單個值和後臺向前臺傳一個或是一組值

附錄prototype.js的代碼：

Prototype = {
  Version: '1.5.1_rc4',

  Browser: {
    IE:     !!(window.attachEvent && !window.opera),
    Opera:  !!window.opera,
    WebKit: navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') > -1,
    Gecko:  navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('KHTML') == -1
  },

  BrowserFeatures: {
    XPath: !!document.evaluate,
    ElementExtensions: !!window.HTMLElement,
    SpecificElementExtensions:
      (document.createElement('div').__proto__ !==
       document.createElement('form').__proto__)
  },

  ScriptFragment: '<mce:script[^><!--
]*>([/u0001-/uFFFF]*?)
// --></mce:script>',
  JSONFilter: /^///*-secure-/s*(.*)/s*/*///s*$/,

  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;
    }
  },

  toJSON: function(object) {
    var type = typeof object;
    switch(type) {
      case 'undefined':
      case 'function':
      case 'unknown': return;
      case 'boolean': return object.toString();
    }
    if (object === null) return 'null';
    if (object.toJSON) return object.toJSON();
    if (object.ownerDocument === document) return;
    var results = [];
    for (var property in object) {
      var value = Object.toJSON(object[property]);
      if (value !== undefined)
        results.push(property.toJSON() + ': ' + value);
    }
    return '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
  },

  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() {
    return this.toPaddedString(2, 16);
  },

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

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

  toPaddedString: function(length, radix) {
    var string = this.toString(radix || 10);
    return '0'.times(length - string.length) + string;
  },

  toJSON: function() {
    return isFinite(this) ? this.toString() : 'null';
  }
});

Date.prototype.toJSON = function() {
  return '"' + this.getFullYear() + '-' +
    (this.getMonth() + 1).toPaddedString(2) + '-' +
    this.getDate().toPaddedString(2) + 'T' +
    this.getHours().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getMinutes().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getSeconds().toPaddedString(2) + '"';
};

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

    for (var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < 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, {
  interpret: function(value) {
    return value == null ? '' : String(value);
  },
  specialChar: {
    '/b': '//b',
    '/t': '//t',
    '/n': '//n',
    '/f': '//f',
    '/r': '//r',
    '//': '////'
  }
});

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 += String.interpret(replacement(match));
        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 self = arguments.callee;
    self.text.data = this;
    return self.div.innerHTML;
  },

  unescapeHTML: function() {
    var div = document.createElement('div');
    div.innerHTML = this.stripTags();
    return div.childNodes[0] ? (div.childNodes.length > 1 ?
      $A(div.childNodes).inject('', function(memo, node) { return memo+node.nodeValue }) :
      div.childNodes[0].nodeValue) : '';
  },

  toQueryParams: function(separator) {
    var match = this.strip().match(/([^?#]*)(#.*)?$/);
    if (!match) return {};

    return match[1].split(separator || '&').inject({}, function(hash, pair) {
      if ((pair = pair.split('='))[0]) {
        var key = decodeURIComponent(pair.shift());
        var value = pair.length > 1 ? pair.join('=') : pair[0];
        if (value != undefined) value = decodeURIComponent(value);

        if (key in hash) {
          if (hash[key].constructor != Array) hash[key] = [hash[key]];
          hash[key].push(value);
        }
        else hash[key] = value;
      }
      return hash;
    });
  },

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

  succ: function() {
    return this.slice(0, this.length - 1) +
      String.fromCharCode(this.charCodeAt(this.length - 1) + 1);
  },

  times: function(count) {
    var result = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) result += this;
    return result;
  },

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

    var camelized = this.charAt(0) == '-'
      ? parts[0].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[0].substring(1)
      : parts[0];

    for (var i = 1; i < len; i++)
      camelized += parts[i].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + parts[i].substring(1);

    return camelized;
  },

  capitalize: function() {
    return this.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + this.substring(1).toLowerCase();
  },

  underscore: function() {
    return this.gsub(/::/, '/').gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/([a-z/d])([A-Z])/,'#{1}_#{2}').gsub(/-/,'_').toLowerCase();
  },

  dasherize: function() {
    return this.gsub(/_/,'-');
  },

  inspect: function(useDoubleQuotes) {
    var escapedString = this.gsub(/[/x00-/x1f//]/, function(match) {
      var character = String.specialChar[match[0]];
      return character ? character : '//u00' + match[0].charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
    });
    if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '//"') + '"';
    return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '///'') + "'";
  },

  toJSON: function() {
    return this.inspect(true);
  },

  unfilterJSON: function(filter) {
    return this.sub(filter || Prototype.JSONFilter, '#{1}');
  },

  evalJSON: function(sanitize) {
    var json = this.unfilterJSON();
    try {
      if (!sanitize || (/^("(//.|[^"///n/r])*?"|[,:{}/[/]0-9./-+Eaeflnr-u /n/r/t])+?$/.test(json)))
        return eval('(' + json + ')');
    } catch (e) { }
    throw new SyntaxError('Badly formed JSON string: ' + this.inspect());
  },

  include: function(pattern) {
    return this.indexOf(pattern) > -1;
  },

  startsWith: function(pattern) {
    return this.indexOf(pattern) === 0;
  },

  endsWith: function(pattern) {
    var d = this.length - pattern.length;
    return d >= 0 && this.lastIndexOf(pattern) === d;
  },

  empty: function() {
    return this == '';
  },

  blank: function() {
    return /^/s*$/.test(this);
  }
});

if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit || Prototype.Browser.IE) Object.extend(String.prototype, {
  escapeHTML: function() {
    return this.replace(/&/g,'&').replace(/</g,'<').replace(/>/g,'>');
  },
  unescapeHTML: function() {
    return this.replace(/&/g,'&').replace(/</g,'<').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;

Object.extend(String.prototype.escapeHTML, {
  div:  document.createElement('div'),
  text: document.createTextNode('')
});

with (String.prototype.escapeHTML) div.appendChild(text);

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 + String.interpret(object[match[3]]);
    });
  }
}

var $break = {}, $continue = new Error('"throw $continue" is deprecated, use "return" instead');

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

  eachSlice: function(number, iterator) {
    var index = -number, slices = [], array = this.toArray();
    while ((index += number) < array.length)
      slices.push(array.slice(index, index+number));
    return slices.map(iterator);
  },

  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 || Prototype.K)(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;
  },

  inGroupsOf: function(number, fillWith) {
    fillWith = fillWith === undefined ? null : fillWith;
    return this.eachSlice(number, function(slice) {
      while(slice.length < number) slice.push(fillWith);
      return slice;
    });
  },

  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.map(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.map(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.map();
  },

  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));
    });
  },

  size: function() {
    return this.toArray().length;
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '#<Enumerable:' + this.toArray().inspect() + '>';
  }
}

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, length = iterable.length; i < length; i++)
      results.push(iterable[i]);
    return results;
  }
}

if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit) {
  $A = Array.from = function(iterable) {
    if (!iterable) return [];
    if (!(typeof iterable == 'function' && iterable == '[object NodeList]') &&
      iterable.toArray) {
      return iterable.toArray();
    } else {
      var results = [];
      for (var i = 0, length = iterable.length; i < 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, length = this.length; i < 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 != 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, length = this.length; i < 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(sorted) {
    return this.inject([], function(array, value, index) {
      if (0 == index || (sorted ? array.last() != value : !array.include(value)))
        array.push(value);
      return array;
    });
  },

  clone: function() {
    return [].concat(this);
  },

  size: function() {
    return this.length;
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '[' + this.map(Object.inspect).join(', ') + ']';
  },

  toJSON: function() {
    var results = [];
    this.each(function(object) {
      var value = Object.toJSON(object);
      if (value !== undefined) results.push(value);
    });
    return '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
  }
});

Array.prototype.toArray = Array.prototype.clone;

function $w(string) {
  string = string.strip();
  return string ? string.split(//s+/) : [];
}

if (Prototype.Browser.Opera){
  Array.prototype.concat = function() {
    var array = [];
    for (var i = 0, length = this.length; i < length; i++) array.push(this[i]);
    for (var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      if (arguments[i].constructor == Array) {
        for (var j = 0, arrayLength = arguments[i].length; j < arrayLength; j++)
          array.push(arguments[i][j]);
      } else {
        array.push(arguments[i]);
      }
    }
    return array;
  }
}
var Hash = function(object) {
  if (object instanceof Hash) this.merge(object);
  else Object.extend(this, object || {});
};

Object.extend(Hash, {
  toQueryString: function(obj) {
    var parts = [];
    parts.add = arguments.callee.addPair;

    this.prototype._each.call(obj, function(pair) {
      if (!pair.key) return;
      var value = pair.value;

      if (value && typeof value == 'object') {
        if (value.constructor == Array) value.each(function(value) {
          parts.add(pair.key, value);
        });
        return;
      }
      parts.add(pair.key, value);
    });

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

  toJSON: function(object) {
    var results = [];
    this.prototype._each.call(object, function(pair) {
      var value = Object.toJSON(pair.value);
      if (value !== undefined) results.push(pair.key.toJSON() + ': ' + value);
    });
    return '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
  }
});

Hash.toQueryString.addPair = function(key, value, prefix) {
  key = encodeURIComponent(key);
  if (value === undefined) this.push(key);
  else this.push(key + '=' + (value == null ? '' : encodeURIComponent(value)));
}

Object.extend(Hash.prototype, Enumerable);
Object.extend(Hash.prototype, {
  _each: function(iterator) {
    for (var key in this) {
      var value = this[key];
      if (value && value == Hash.prototype[key]) 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(this, function(mergedHash, pair) {
      mergedHash[pair.key] = pair.value;
      return mergedHash;
    });
  },

  remove: function() {
    var result;
    for(var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      var value = this[arguments[i]];
      if (value !== undefined){
        if (result === undefined) result = value;
        else {
          if (result.constructor != Array) result = [result];
          result.push(value)
        }
      }
      delete this[arguments[i]];
    }
    return result;
  },

  toQueryString: function() {
    return Hash.toQueryString(this);
  },

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

  toJSON: function() {
    return Hash.toJSON(this);
  }
});

function $H(object) {
  if (object instanceof Hash) return object;
  return new Hash(object);
};

// Safari iterates over shadowed properties
if (function() {
  var i = 0, Test = function(value) { this.key = value };
  Test.prototype.key = 'foo';
  for (var property in new Test('bar')) i++;
  return i > 1;
}()) Hash.prototype._each = function(iterator) {
  var cache = [];
  for (var key in this) {
    var value = this[key];
    if ((value && value == Hash.prototype[key]) || cache.include(key)) continue;
    cache.push(key);
    var pair = [key, value];
    pair.key = key;
    pair.value = value;
    iterator(pair);
  }
};
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(responder) {
    if (!this.include(responder))
      this.responders.push(responder);
  },

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

  dispatch: function(callback, request, transport, json) {
    this.each(function(responder) {
      if (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',
      encoding:     'UTF-8',
      parameters:   ''
    }
    Object.extend(this.options, options || {});

    this.options.method = this.options.method.toLowerCase();
    if (typeof this.options.parameters == 'string')
      this.options.parameters = this.options.parameters.toQueryParams();
  }
}

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

Ajax.Request.prototype = Object.extend(new Ajax.Base(), {
  _complete: false,

  initialize: function(url, options) {
    this.transport = Ajax.getTransport();
    this.setOptions(options);
    this.request(url);
  },

  request: function(url) {
    this.url = url;
    this.method = this.options.method;
    var params = Object.clone(this.options.parameters);

    if (!['get', 'post'].include(this.method)) {
      // simulate other verbs over post
      params['_method'] = this.method;
      this.method = 'post';
    }

    this.parameters = params;

    if (params = Hash.toQueryString(params)) {
      // when GET, append parameters to URL
      if (this.method == 'get')
        this.url += (this.url.include('?') ? '&' : '?') + params;
      else if (/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent))
        params += '&_=';
    }

    try {
      if (this.options.onCreate) this.options.onCreate(this.transport);
      Ajax.Responders.dispatch('onCreate', this, this.transport);

      this.transport.open(this.method.toUpperCase(), 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();

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

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

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

  onStateChange: function() {
    var readyState = this.transport.readyState;
    if (readyState > 1 && !((readyState == 4) && this._complete))
      this.respondToReadyState(this.transport.readyState);
  },

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

    if (this.method == 'post') {
      headers['Content-type'] = this.options.contentType +
        (this.options.encoding ? '; charset=' + this.options.encoding : '');

      /* Force "Connection: close" for older Mozilla browsers to work
       * around a bug where XMLHttpRequest sends an incorrect
       * Content-length header. See Mozilla Bugzilla #246651.
       */
      if (this.transport.overrideMimeType &&
          (navigator.userAgent.match(/Gecko//(/d{4})/) || [0,2005])[1] < 2005)
            headers['Connection'] = 'close';
    }

    // user-defined headers
    if (typeof this.options.requestHeaders == 'object') {
      var extras = this.options.requestHeaders;

      if (typeof extras.push == 'function')
        for (var i = 0, length = extras.length; i < length; i += 2)
          headers[extras[i]] = extras[i+1];
      else
        $H(extras).each(function(pair) { headers[pair.key] = pair.value });
    }

    for (var name in headers)
      this.transport.setRequestHeader(name, headers[name]);
  },

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

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

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

      var contentType = this.getHeader('Content-type');
      if (contentType && contentType.strip().
        match(/^(text|application)//(x-)?(java|ecma)script(;.*)?$/i))
          this.evalResponse();
    }

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

    if (state == 'Complete') {
      // avoid memory leak in MSIE: clean up
      this.transport.onreadystatechange = Prototype.emptyFunction;
    }
  },

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

  evalJSON: function() {
    try {
      var json = this.getHeader('X-JSON');
      return json ? json.evalJSON() : null;
    } catch (e) { return null }
  },

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

  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.container = {
      success: (container.success || 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, param) {
      this.updateContent();
      onComplete(transport, param);
    }).bind(this);

    this.request(url);
  },

  updateContent: function() {
    var receiver = this.container[this.success() ? 'success' : 'failure'];
    var response = this.transport.responseText;

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

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

    if (this.success()) {
      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 $(element) {
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    for (var i = 0, elements = [], length = arguments.length; i < length; i++)
      elements.push($(arguments[i]));
    return elements;
  }
  if (typeof element == 'string')
    element = document.getElementById(element);
  return Element.extend(element);
}

if (Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath) {
  document._getElementsByXPath = function(expression, parentElement) {
    var results = [];
    var query = document.evaluate(expression, $(parentElement) || document,
      null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
    for (var i = 0, length = query.snapshotLength; i < length; i++)
      results.push(query.snapshotItem(i));
    return results;
  };

  document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
    var q = ".//*[contains(concat(' ', @class, ' '), ' " + className + " ')]";
    return document._getElementsByXPath(q, parentElement);
  }

} else document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
  var children = ($(parentElement) || document.body).getElementsByTagName('*');
  var elements = [], child;
  for (var i = 0, length = children.length; i < length; i++) {
    child = children[i];
    if (Element.hasClassName(child, className))
      elements.push(Element.extend(child));
  }
  return elements;
};

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

if (!window.Element) var Element = {};

Element.extend = function(element) {
  var F = Prototype.BrowserFeatures;
  if (!element || !element.tagName || element.nodeType == 3 ||
   element._extended || F.SpecificElementExtensions || element == window)
    return element;

  var methods = {}, tagName = element.tagName, cache = Element.extend.cache,
   T = Element.Methods.ByTag;

  // extend methods for all tags (Safari doesn't need this)
  if (!F.ElementExtensions) {
    Object.extend(methods, Element.Methods),
    Object.extend(methods, Element.Methods.Simulated);
  }

  // extend methods for specific tags
  if (T[tagName]) Object.extend(methods, T[tagName]);

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

  element._extended = Prototype.emptyFunction;
  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) {
    html = typeof html == 'undefined' ? '' : html.toString();
    $(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
    return element;
  },

  replace: function(element, html) {
    element = $(element);
    html = typeof html == 'undefined' ? '' : html.toString();
    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) {
    return $A($(element).getElementsByTagName('*')).each(Element.extend);
  },

  firstDescendant: function(element) {
    element = $(element).firstChild;
    while (element && element.nodeType != 1) element = element.nextSibling;
    return $(element);
  },

  immediateDescendants: function(element) {
    if (!(element = $(element).firstChild)) return [];
    while (element && element.nodeType != 1) element = element.nextSibling;
    if (element) return [element].concat($(element).nextSiblings());
    return [];
  },

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

  up: function(element, expression, index) {
    element = $(element);
    if (arguments.length == 1) return $(element.parentNode);
    var ancestors = element.ancestors();
    return expression ? Selector.findElement(ancestors, expression, index) :
      ancestors[index || 0];
  },

  down: function(element, expression, index) {
    element = $(element);
    if (arguments.length == 1) return element.firstDescendant();
    var descendants = element.descendants();
    return expression ? Selector.findElement(descendants, expression, index) :
      descendants[index || 0];
  },

  previous: function(element, expression, index) {
    element = $(element);
    if (arguments.length == 1) return $(Selector.handlers.previousElementSibling(element));
    var previousSiblings = element.previousSiblings();
    return expression ? Selector.findElement(previousSiblings, expression, index) :
      previousSiblings[index || 0];
  },

  next: function(element, expression, index) {
    element = $(element);
    if (arguments.length == 1) return $(Selector.handlers.nextElementSibling(element));
    var nextSiblings = element.nextSiblings();
    return expression ? Selector.findElement(nextSiblings, expression, index) :
      nextSiblings[index || 0];
  },

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

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

  readAttribute: function(element, name) {
    element = $(element);
    if (Prototype.Browser.IE) {
      if (!element.attributes) return null;
      var t = Element._attributeTranslations;
      if (t.values[name]) return t.values[name](element, name);
      if (t.names[name])  name = t.names[name];
      var attribute = element.attributes[name];
      return attribute ? attribute.nodeValue : null;
    }
    return element.getAttribute(name);
  },

  getHeight: function(element) {
    return $(element).getDimensions().height;
  },

  getWidth: function(element) {
    return $(element).getDimensions().width;
  },

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

  hasClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    var elementClassName = element.className;
    if (elementClassName.length == 0) return false;
    if (elementClassName == className ||
        elementClassName.match(new RegExp("(^|//s)" + className + "(//s|$)")))
      return true;
    return false;
  },

  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;
  },

  toggleClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    Element.classNames(element)[element.hasClassName(className) ? 'remove' : 'add'](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.blank();
  },

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

  scrollTo: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var pos = Position.cumulativeOffset(element);
    window.scrollTo(pos[0], pos[1]);
    return element;
  },

  getStyle: function(element, style) {
    element = $(element);
    style = style == 'float' ? 'cssFloat' : style.camelize();
    var value = element.style[style];
    if (!value) {
      var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
      value = css ? css[style] : null;
    }
    if (style == 'opacity') return value ? parseFloat(value) : 1.0;
    return value == 'auto' ? null : value;
  },

  getOpacity: function(element) {
    return $(element).getStyle('opacity');
  },

  setStyle: function(element, styles, camelized) {
    element = $(element);
    var elementStyle = element.style;

    for (var property in styles)
      if (property == 'opacity') element.setOpacity(styles[property])
      else
        elementStyle[(property == 'float' || property == 'cssFloat') ?
          (elementStyle.styleFloat === undefined ? 'cssFloat' : 'styleFloat') :
          (camelized ? property : property.camelize())] = styles[property];

    return element;
  },

  setOpacity: function(element, value) {
    element = $(element);
    element.style.opacity = (value == 1 || value === '') ? '' :
      (value < 0.00001) ? 0 : value;
    return element;
  },

  getDimensions: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var display = $(element).getStyle('display');
    if (display != 'none' && display != null) // Safari bug
      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;
    var originalDisplay = els.display;
    els.visibility = 'hidden';
    els.position = 'absolute';
    els.display = 'block';
    var originalWidth = element.clientWidth;
    var originalHeight = element.clientHeight;
    els.display = originalDisplay;
    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;
  },