Object.extend  =   function (destination, source) 
 
for  ( var  property  in  source)  {    

          destination[property] 
=  source[property];  }
    
return  destination;}
/**
 * 定义一个全局对象, 属性 Version 在发布的时候会替换为当前版本号
 */
var Prototype = {
  Version: '1.5.0_rc0',
  ScriptFragment: '(?:<script.*?>)((\n|\r|.)*?)(?:<\/script>)',
  emptyFunction: function() {},
  K: function(x) {return x}
}
/** 
 * 创建一种类型,注意其属性 create 是一个方法,返回一个构造函数。
 * 一般使用如下 
 *     var X = Class.create();  返回一个类型,类似于 java 的一个Class实例。
 * 要使用 X 类型,需继续用 new X()来获取一个实例,如同 java 的 Class.newInstance()方法。
 *
 * 返回的构造函数会执行名为 initialize 的方法, initialize 是 Ruby 对象的构造器方法名字。
 * 此时initialize方法还没有定义,其后的代码中创建新类型时会建立相应的同名方法。
 *
 * 如果一定要从java上去理解。你可以理解为用Class.create()创建一个继承java.lang.Class类的类。当然java不允许这样做,因为Class类是final的
 *
 */
var Class = {  
create: 
function(){    //create方法返回一个function
   
return function() {              
       
this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);    }
  }
}


如: var newclass=Class.create();//(typeof(newclass)==function)















/**
 * 创建一个对象,从变量名来思考,本意也许是定义一个抽象类,以后创建新对象都 extend 它。
 * 但从其后代码的应用来看, Abstract 更多是为了保持命名空间清晰的考虑。
 * 也就是说,我们可以给 Abstract 这个对象实例添加新的对象定义。
 *
 * 从java去理解,就是动态给一个对象创建内部类。
 */
var Abstract = new Object();
/** 
 * 获取参数对象的所有属性和方法,有点象多重继承。但是这种继承是动态获得的。
 * 如:
 *     var a = new ObjectA(), b = new ObjectB();
 *     var c = a.extend(b);
 * 此时 c 对象同时拥有 a 和 b 对象的属性和方法。但是与多重继承不同的是,c instanceof ObjectB 将返回false。
 */
Object.extend = function(destination, source) {  
    for (var property in source) 
      destination[property] 
= source[property];  }
 
     
return destination;       //返回的对象拥有两个参变量的所有属性
}


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;
  }
}
/** 
 * 这个方法很有趣,它封装一个javascript函数对象,返回一个新函数对象,新函数对象的主体和原对象相同,但是bind()方法参数将被用作当前对象的对象。
 * 也就是说新函数中的 this 引用被改变为参数提供的对象。
 * 比如:
 *     <input type="text" id="aaa" value="aaa">
 *     <input type="text" id="bbb" value="bbb">
 *     .................
 *     <script>
 *         var aaa = document.getElementById("aaa");
 *         var bbb = document.getElementById("bbb");
*         aaa.showValue = function() {alert(this.value);} 
 *         aaa.showValue2 = aaa.showValue.bind(bbb);
 *     </script>
 *  那么,调用aaa.showValue 将返回"aaa", 但调用aaa.showValue2 将返回"bbb"。
 *
 * apply 是ie5.5后才出现的新方法(Netscape好像很早就支持了)。
 * 该方法更多的资料参考MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/js56jsmthApply.asp
 * 还有一个 call 方法,应用起来和 apply 类似。可以一起研究下。
 */
Function.prototype.bind = function() {
  var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
  return function() {
    return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
  }
}
/** 
 * 和bind一样,不过这个方法一般用做html控件对象的事件处理。所以要传递event对象
 * 注意这时候,用到了 Function.call。它与 Function.apply 的不同好像仅仅是对参数形式的定义。
 * 如同 java 两个过载的方法。
 */
Function.prototype.bindAsEventListener = function(object) {
  var __method = this;
  return function(event) {
    return __method.call(object, event || window.event);
  }
}
/** 
 * 将整数形式RGB颜色值转换为HEX形式
 */
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;
  }
});
/** 
 * 典型 Ruby 风格的函数,将参数中的方法逐个调用,返回第一个成功执行的方法的返回值
 */
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;
  }
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/** 
 * 一个设计精巧的定时执行器
 * 首先由 Class.create() 创建一个 PeriodicalExecuter 类型,
 * 然后用对象直接量的语法形式设置原型。
 *
 * 需要特别说明的是 rgisterCallback 方法,它调用上面定义的函数原型方法bind, 并传递自己为参数。
 * 之所以这样做,是因为 setTimeout 默认总以 window 对象为当前对象,也就是说,如果 registerCallback 方法定义如下的话:
 *     registerCallback: function() {
 *         setTimeout(this.onTimerEvent, this.frequency * 1000);
 *     }
 * 那么,this.onTimeoutEvent 方法执行失败,因为它无法访问 this.currentlyExecuting 属性。
* 而使用了bind以后,该方法才能正确的找到this,也就是PeriodicalExecuter的当前实例。 
 */
var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create();
PeriodicalExecuter.prototype = {
  initialize: function(callback, frequency) {
    this.callback = callback;
    this.frequency = frequency;
    this.currentlyExecuting = false;
    this.registerCallback();
  },
  registerCallback: function() {
    setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
  },
  onTimerEvent: function() {
    if (!this.currentlyExecuting) {
      try {
        this.currentlyExecuting = true;
        this.callback();
      } 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('=');
      params[pair[0]] = pair[1];
      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() {
    return "'" + this.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;
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 = true;
    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 '#<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; 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();
  },
  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 '#<Hash:{' + this.map(function(pair) {
      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;
    do {
      iterator(value);
      value = value.succ();
    } while (this.include(value));
  },
  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);
}
/** 
 * 定义 Ajax 对象, 静态方法 getTransport 方法返回一个 XMLHttp 对象
 */
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--;
  }
});
/** 
 * 我以为此时的Ajax对象起到命名空间的作用。
 * Ajax.Base 声明为一个基础对象类型
 * 注意 Ajax.Base 并没有使用 Class.create() 的方式来创建,我想是因为作者并不希望 Ajax.Base 被库使用者实例化。
 * 作者在其他对象类型的声明中,将会继承于它。
 * 就好像 java 中的私有抽象类
 */
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 封装 XmlHttp
 */
Ajax.Request = Class.create();
/** 
 * 定义四种事件(状态), 参考http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/readystate_1.asp
 */
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 += '&_=';
    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);
   /** 
      * 此处好像强制使用了异步方式,而不是依照 this.options.asynchronous 的值
      */
      this.transport.open(this.options.method, this.url,
        this.options.asynchronous);
   /** 
      * 这里提供了 XmlHttp 传输过程中每个步骤的回调函数
      */
      if (this.options.asynchronous) {
        this.transport.onreadystatechange = this.onStateChange.bind(this);
        setTimeout((function() {this.respondToReadyState(1)}).bind(this), 10);
      }
      this.setRequestHeaders();
      var body = this.options.postBody ? this.options.postBody : parameters;
      this.transport.send(this.options.method == 'post' ? body : null);
    } 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);
      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;
 /**
    * 如果不是 Loading 状态,就调用回调函数
    */
    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);
    }
  },
  /** 
   * 回调函数定义在 this.options 属性中,比如:
      var option = {
         onLoaded : function(req) {...};
         ......
      }
      new Ajax.Request(url, option);
   */
  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);
    }
    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 用于绑定一个html元素与 XmlHttp调用的返回值。类似与 buffalo 的 bind。
 * 如果 options 中有 insertion(from dom.js) 对象的话, insertion 能提供更多的插入控制。
 */
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.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);
  }
});
/** 
 * 这个函数就 Ruby 了。我觉得它的作用主要有两个
 * 1.  大概是 document.getElementById(id) 的最简化调用。
 * 比如:$("aaa") 将返回上 aaa 对象
* 2.  得到对象数组
 * 比如: $("aaa","bbb") 返回一个包括id为"aaa"和"bbb"两个input控件对象的数组。
 */
function $() {
  var results = [], element;
  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    element = arguments[i];
    if (typeof element == 'string')
      element = document.getElementById(element);
    results.push(Element.extend(element));
  }
  return results.length < 2 ? results[0] : results;
}
document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
  var children = ($(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) return element;
  if (!element._extended && element.tagName && element != window) {
    var methods = Element.Methods, cache = Element.extend.cache;
    for (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() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      Element[Element.visible(element) ? 'hide' : 'show'](element);
    }
  },
  hide: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      element.style.display = 'none';
    }
  },
  show: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      element.style.display = '';
    }
  },
  remove: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
  },
  update: function(element, html) {
$(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
  },
  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);
  },
  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;
    return Element.classNames(element).add(className);
  },
  removeClassName: function(element, className) {
    if (!(element = $(element))) return;
    return Element.classNames(element).remove(className);
  },
  // removes whitespace-only text node children
  cleanWhitespace: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    for (var i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++) {
      var node = element.childNodes[i];
      if (node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue))
        Element.remove(node);
    }
  },
  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);
  },
  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];
  },
  getDimensions: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (Element.getStyle(element, 'display') != 'none')
      return {width: element.offsetWidth, height: element.offsetHeight};
    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';
      if (window.opera) {
        element.style.top = 0;
        element.style.left = 0;
      }
    }
  },
  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 = '';
    }
  },
  makeClipping: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element._overflow) return;
    element._overflow = element.style.overflow;
    if ((Element.getStyle(element, 'overflow') || 'visible') != 'hidden')
element.style.overflow = 'hidden';
  },
  undoClipping: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element._overflow) return;
    element.style.overflow = element._overflow;
    element._overflow = undefined;
  }
}
Object.extend(Element, Element.Methods);
var _nativeExtensions = false;
if(!HTMLElement && /Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
  var HTMLElement = {}
  HTMLElement.prototype = document.createElement('div').__proto__;
}
Element.addMethods = function(methods) {
  Object.extend(Element.Methods, methods || {});
  if(typeof HTMLElement != 'undefined') {
    var methods = Element.Methods, cache = Element.extend.cache;
    for (property in methods) {
      var value = methods[property];
      if (typeof value == 'function')
        HTMLElement.prototype[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
    }
    _nativeExtensions = true;
  }
}
Element.addMethods();
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 = '<table><tbody>' + this.content + '</tbody></table>';
    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;
  }
}
function $$() {
  return $A(arguments).map(function(expression) {
    return expression.strip().split(/\s+/).inject([null], function(results, expr) {
var selector = new Selector(expr);
      return results.map(selector.findElements.bind(selector)).flatten();
    });
  }).flatten();
}
/** 
 * 针对 页面元素对象 的工具类,提供一些简单静态方法
 */
var Field = {
 /**
   * 清除参数引用对象的值
   */
  clear: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
      $(arguments[i]).value = '';
  },
  /** 
   * 使参数引用对象获取焦点
   */
  focus: function(element) {
    $(element).focus();
  },
  /** 
   * 判断参数引用对象值是否为空,如为空,返回false, 反之true
   */
  present: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
      if ($(arguments[i]).value == '') return false;
    return true;
  },
  /** 
   * 使选中参数引用对象
   */
  select: function(element) {
    $(element).select();
  },
  /** 
   * 使参数引用对象处于可编辑状态
   */
  activate: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.focus();
    if (element.select)
      element.select();
  }
}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/** 
 * 表单工具类
 */
var Form = {
 /**
   * 将表单元素序列化后的值组合成 QueryString 的形式
   */
  serialize: function(form) {
    var elements = Form.getElements($(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('&');
  },
  /** 
   * 得到表单的所有元素对象
   */
  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;
  },
  /** 
   * 将指定表单的元素置于不可用状态
   */
  disable: function(form) {
    var elements = Form.getElements(form);
    for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
      var element = elements[i];
      element.blur();
      element.disabled = 'true';
    }
  },
  enable: function(form) {
    var elements = Form.getElements(form);
    for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
      var element = elements[i];
      element.disabled = '';
    }
  },
  findFirstElement: function(form) {
    return Form.getElements(form).find(function(element) {
      return element.type != 'hidden' && !element.disabled &&
        ['input', 'select', 'textarea'].include(element.tagName.toLowerCase());
    });
  },
  /** 
   * 使表单的第一个非 hidden 类型而且处于可用状态的元素获得焦点
   */
  focusFirstElement: function(form) {
    Field.activate(Form.findFirstElement(form));
  },
  /* 
   * 重置表单
   */
  reset: function(form) {
    $(form).reset();
  }
}
/** 
 * 表单元素工具类
 */
Form.Element = {
  /**
   * 返回表单元素的值先序列化再进行 URL 编码后的值
   */
  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('&');
    }
  },
  /** 
   *  返回表单元素序列化后的值
   */
  getValue: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var method = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
    var parameter = Form.Element.Serializers[method](element);
if (parameter)
      return parameter[1];
  }
}
/** 
 * prototype 的所谓序列化其实就是将表单的名字和值组合成一个数组
 */
Form.Element.Serializers = {
  input: function(element) {
    switch (element.type.toLowerCase()) {
      case 'submit':
      case 'hidden':
      case 'password':
      case 'text':
        return Form.Element.Serializers.textarea(element);
      case 'checkbox':
      case 'radio':
        return Form.Element.Serializers.inputSelector(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 也没有用 Class.create() 来创建,和Ajax.Base 意图应该一样
 * Abstract.TimedObserver 顾名思义,是套用Observer设计模式来跟踪指定表单元素,
 * 当表单元素的值发生变化的时候,就执行回调函数
 *
 * 我想 Observer 与注册onchange事件相似,不同点在于 onchange 事件是在元素失去焦点的时候才激发。
 * 同样的与 onpropertychange 事件也相似,不过它只关注表单元素的值的变化,而且提供timeout的控制。
 *
 * 除此之外,Observer 的好处大概就在与更面向对象,另外可以动态的更换回调函数,这就比注册事件要灵活一些。
 * Observer 应该可以胜任动态数据校验,或者多个关联下拉选项列表的连动等等
 *
 */
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;
        case 'password':
        case 'text':
        case 'textarea':
        case 'select-one':
        case 'select-multiple':
          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,
  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;
    }
  },
  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) {
    var element = $(element);
    useCapture = useCapture || false;
    if (name == 'keypress' &&
        (navigator.appVersion.match(/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/)
        || element.attachEvent))
      name = 'keydown';
    this._observeAndCache(element, name, observer, useCapture);
  },
  stopObserving: function(element, name, observer, useCapture) {
    var 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) {
      element.detachEvent('on' + name, observer);
    }
  }
});
/* prevent memory leaks in IE */
if (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))
  Event.observe(window, 'unload', Event.unloadCache, false);
var Position = {
  includeScrollOffsets: false,
  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;
  },
  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);
 },
  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;
  },
  clone: function(source, target) {
    source = $(source);
    target = $(target);
    target.style.position = 'absolute';
    var offsets = this.cumulativeOffset(source);
    target.style.top    = offsets[1] + 'px';
    target.style.left   = offsets[0] + 'px';
    target.style.width  = source.offsetWidth + 'px';
    target.style.height = source.offsetHeight + 'px';
  },
  page: function(forElement) {
    var valueT = 0, valueL = 0;
    var element = forElement;
    do {
      valueT += element.offsetTop  || 0;
      valueL += element.offsetLeft || 0;
      if (element.offsetParent==document.body)
        if (Element.getStyle(element,'position')=='absolute') break;
    } while (element = element.offsetParent);
    element = forElement;
    do {
      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);
    target = $(target);
    var delta = [0, 0];
    var parent = null;
    if (Element.getStyle(target,'position') == 'absolute') {
      parent = Position.offsetParent(target);
      delta = Position.page(parent);
    }
    if (parent == document.body) {
      delta[0] -= document.body.offsetLeft;
      delta[1] -= document.body.offsetTop;
    }
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;
  }
}
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];
  }
}
var SelectorLiteAddon=Class.create();
SelectorLiteAddon.prototype = {
  initialize: function(stack) {
   
    this.r=[]; //results
    this.s=[]; //stack of selectors
    this.i=0;  //stack pointer
   
    for (var i=stack.length-1;i>=0;i--) {
   
      var s=["*","",[]];
     
      var t=stack[i];
     
      var cursor=t.length-1;
      do {
       
        var d=t.lastIndexOf("#");
        var p=t.lastIndexOf(".");
        cursor=Math.max(d,p);
       
        if (cursor==-1) {
          s[0]=t.toUpperCase();
         
        } else if (d==-1 || p==cursor) {
          s[2].push(t.substring(p+1));
         
        } else if (!s[1]) {
          s[1]=t.substring(d+1);
        }
        t=t.substring(0,cursor);
      } while (cursor>0);
      this.s[i]=s;
    }
  },
 
  get:function(root) {
    this.explore(root || document,this.i==(this.s.length-1));
    return this.r;
  },
 
  explore:function(elt,leaf) {
   
    var s=this.s[this.i];
   
    var r=[];
   
    if (s[1]) {
   
      e=$(s[1]);     
      if (e && (s[0]=="*" || e.tagName==s[0]) && e.childOf(elt)) {
       r=[e];
      }
     
    } else {
      r=$A(elt.getElementsByTagName(s[0]));
    }
   
    if (s[2].length==1) { //single classname
      r=r.findAll(function(o) {
     
        if (o.className.indexOf(" ")==-1) {
          return o.className==s[2][0];
        } else {
          return o.className.split(/\s+/).include(s[2][0]);
        }
      });
   
    } else if (s[2].length>0) {
 r=r.findAll(function(o) {
     
        if (o.className.indexOf(" ")==-1) {
          return false;
        } else {
       
          var q=o.className.split(/\s+/);
          return s[2].all(function(c) {
            return q.include(c);
          });
        }
      });
    }
   
   
    if (leaf) {
      this.r=this.r.concat(r);
     
    } else {
      ++this.i;
      r.each(function(o) {
        this.explore(o,this.i==(this.s.length-1));
      }.bind(this));
    }
  }
 
}

var $$old=$$;
var $$=function(a,b) {
  if (b || a.indexOf("[")>=0) return $$old.apply(this,arguments);
 
  return new SelectorLiteAddon(a.split(/\s+/)).get();
}