}
};

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 += '&_=';
    }

	// ECSide Debug : 
	//     alert(url+"\n\n"+params+"\n\n"+this.options.onComplete);

    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');
	 //ECSide modify : return json ? json.evalJSON() : null;
      return json ? eval('(' + json + ')') : null;
    } catch (e) { return null }
  },

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

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




/* =================================================================== */

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);
  }
  //ECSide modify :  return Element.extend(element);
  return element;
}


var Form = {
  
  serializeElements: function(elements, getHash) {
    var data = elements.inject({}, function(result, element) {
      if (!element.disabled && element.name) {
        //ECSide modify : var key = element.name, value = $(element).getValue();
		var key = element.name, value =$F(element);
        if (value != null) { 
         	if (key in result) {
            if (result[key].constructor != Array) result[key] = [result[key]];
            result[key].push(value);
          }
          else result[key] = value;
        }
      }
      return result;
    });
    
    return getHash ? data : Hash.toQueryString(data);
  }
};

Form.Methods = {
  serialize: function(form, getHash) {
    return Form.serializeElements(Form.getElements(form), getHash);
  },

  getElements: function(form) {
    return $A($(form).getElementsByTagName('*')).inject([],
      function(elements, child) {
        if (Form.Element.Serializers[child.tagName.toLowerCase()]){
          //ECSide modify : elements.push(Element.extend(child));
		  elements.push(child);
		}
        return elements;
      }
    );
  },
 
  request: function(form, options) {
    form = $(form), options = Object.clone(options || {});

    var params = options.parameters;
	//ECSide modify : options.parameters = form.serialize(true);
	options.parameters = Form.serialize(form,true);

    
    if (params) {
      if (typeof params == 'string') params = params.toQueryParams();
      Object.extend(options.parameters, params);
    }

    //ECSide modify : if (form.hasAttribute('method') && !options.method) {
	if (Form.Element.hasAttribute(form,'method') && !options.method) {
      options.method = form.method;
	}
	//ECSide modify : return new Ajax.Request(form.readAttribute('action'), options);
    return new Ajax.Request(form.action, options);
  }
}

Object.extend(Form, Form.Methods);

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

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

Form.Element.Methods = {
  serialize: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    if (!element.disabled && element.name) {
      //ECSide modify : var value = element.getValue();
	  var value = $F(element);
      if (value != undefined) {
        var pair = {};
        pair[element.name] = value;
        return Hash.toQueryString(pair);
      }
    }
    return '';
  },

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

  /* ECSide add :  */
  hasAttribute : function(element,attributeName){
	return	element.getAttribute(attributeName)!=null;
  }
}

Object.extend(Form.Element, Form.Element.Methods);


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

//ECSide modify : var $F = Form.Element.Methods.getValue;
var $F = Form.Element.getValue;

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

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

  inputSelector: function(element) {
    return element.checked ? element.value : null;
  },

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

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

  selectOne: function(element) {
    var index = element.selectedIndex;
    return index >= 0 ? this.optionValue(element.options[index]) : null;
  },

  selectMany: function(element) {
    var values, length = element.length;
    if (!length) return null;

    for (var i = 0, values = []; i < length; i++) {
      var opt = element.options[i];
      if (opt.selected) values.push(this.optionValue(opt));
    }
    return values;
  },

  optionValue: function(opt) {
    // extend element because hasAttribute may not be native
    //ECSide modify : return Element.extend(opt).hasAttribute('value') ? opt.value : opt.text;
	 return Form.Element.hasAttribute(opt,'value') ? opt.value : opt.text;
  }
}