

/* Reference Article:
Dustin Diaz:
http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/
*/

/* addEvent: simplified event attachment */
function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {
	if (obj.addEventListener) {
		obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );
		EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
	}
	else if (obj.attachEvent) {
		obj["e"+type+fn] = fn;
		obj[type+fn] = function() { obj["e"+type+fn]( window.event ); }
		obj.attachEvent( "on"+type, obj[type+fn] );
		EventCache.add(obj, type, fn);
	}
	else {
		obj["on"+type] = obj["e"+type+fn];
	}
}
	
var EventCache = function(){
	var listEvents = [];
	return {
		listEvents : listEvents,
		add : function(node, sEventName, fHandler){
			listEvents.push(arguments);
		},
		flush : function(){
			var i, item;
			for(i = listEvents.length - 1; i >= 0; i = i - 1){
				item = listEvents[i];
				if(item[0].removeEventListener){
					item[0].removeEventListener(item[1], item[2], item[3]);
				};
				if(item[1].substring(0, 2) != "on"){
					item[1] = "on" + item[1];
				};
				if(item[0].detachEvent){
					item[0].detachEvent(item[1], item[2]);
				};
				item[0][item[1]] = null;
			};
		}
	};
}();
addEvent(window,'unload',EventCache.flush);

/* window 'load' attachment */
function addLoadEvent(func) {
	var oldonload = window.onload;
	if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
		window.onload = func;
	}
	else {
		window.onload = function() {
			oldonload();
			func();
		}
	}
}

/* grab Elements from the DOM by className */
function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

/* toggle an element's display */
function toggle(obj) {
	var el = document.getElementById(obj);
	if ( el.style.display != 'none' ) {
		el.style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		el.style.display = '';
	}
}

/* insert an element after a particular node */
function insertAfter(parent, node, referenceNode) {
	parent.insertBefore(node, referenceNode.nextSibling);
}


//
//	Extending built-in Array object
//	- array.removeDuplicates()
//	- array.empty()
//
Array.prototype.removeDuplicates = function () {
	for(i = 1; i < this.length; i++){
		if(this[i][0] == this[i-1][0]){
			this.splice(i,1);
		}
	}
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Array.prototype.empty = function () {
	for(i = 0; i <= this.length; i++){
		this.shift();
	}
}

/* Array prototype, matches value in array: returns bool */
Array.prototype.inArray = function (value) {
	var i;
	for (i=0; i < this.length; i++) {
		if (this[i] === value) {
			return true;
		}
	}
	return false;
};
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



/* quick getElement reference */
function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
}


/*randomize arrays*/
Array.prototype.randomize = function () {
	var array_copy = new Array();
	var random_array = new Array();
	
	for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
		array_copy[i] = this[i];
		
		while (array_copy.length) {
		var rnd = Math.random() * array_copy.length;
		if (rnd > array_copy.length)
		continue;
		random_array[random_array.length] = array_copy.splice(rnd,1);
	}
		return random_array;
};




/*oPACITY*/

function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
	 if (document.getElementById && !document.getElementById(obj)) {
 
    obj = document.getElementById(obj);
	
  opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
  
  // IE/Win
  obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
  
  // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
  obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  // Older Mozilla and Firefox
  obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
  
  // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
  obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
  
  };
};

function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
  if (document.getElementById && !document.getElementById(objId)) {
	 
    obj = document.getElementById(objId);
    if (opacity <= 100) {
      setOpacity(obj, opacity);
      opacity += 10;
      window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 100);
    }
  }
}


