+
+/**
+ * name: $.fn.formValues
+ * example: $('#frmLogin').formValues('sButton')
+ * docs: Gets form values and creates a key=>value array of the found values.
+ * Optionally adds the button which is clicked if you provide it.
+ * Only does this for ENABLED elements in the order of the form.
+ */
+$.fn.formValues = function(sButton) {
+ var a = [];
+ var ok = {INPUT:true, TEXTAREA:true, OPTION:true};
+
+ // Loop the shite
+ $('*', this).each(function() {
+ // Skip elements not of the types in ok
+ if (!ok[this.tagName.toUpperCase()])
+ return;
+
+ // Skip disabled elements
+ if (this.disabled)
+ return;
+
+ // Skip submit buttons and image elements
+ if ((this.type == 'submit') || (this.type == 'image'))
+ return;
+
+ // Skip non-selected options
+ var oParent = this.parentNode;
+ var sNn = oParent.nodeName.toUpperCase();
+ if (((sNn == 'SELECT') || (sNn == 'OPTGROUP')) && (!this.selected))
+ return;
+
+ // Skip non-checked nodes
+ if (((this.type == 'radio') || (this.type == 'checkbox')) && (!this.checked))
+ return;
+
+ // If we come here, everything is fine
+ var sKey = this.name || this.id || oParent.name || oParent.id;
+ var sValue = this.value;
+
+ // If we don't have an ID, and the parent is an OPTGROUP,
+ // get the NAME or ID of the OPTGROUP's parent
+ if ((!sKey) && (sNn == 'OPTGROUP') && (oParent = oParent.parentNode))
+ sKey = oParent.name || oParent.id;
+
+ // Add the data
+ a.push({ name: sKey, value: sValue });
+ });
+
+ // Add submit button if needed
+ if (sButton && (sButton !== null)) {
+ var el = $(sButton).get(0);
+ a.push({
+ name: el.name || el.id || el.parentNode.name || el.parentNode.id,
+ value: el.value
+ });
+ }
+
+ // Done
+ return a;
+};
+
+/**
+ * name: $.fn.update
+ * example: $('someJQueryObject').update('sURL', 'sAction', 'aValues', 'fCallback');
+ * docs: Calls sURL with sAction and sends the aValues
+ * Puts the results from that call in the jQuery object and calls fCallback
+ */
+$.fn.update = function(sURL, sMethod, aValues, fCallback) {
+ var el = this;
+
+ // Process
+ $.xml(
+ sMethod || "GET",
+ sURL || "",
+ $.param(aValues),
+ function(sResult) {
+ sResult = $.httpData(sResult);
+
+ // Update the element with the new HTML
+ el.html(sResult);
+
+ // Evaluate the scripts AFTER this (so you can allready modify the new HTML!)
+ el.html(sResult).find("script").each(function(){
+ try { $.eval( this.text || this.textContent || this.innerHTML || "" ); } catch(e) { }
+ });
+
+ // And call the callback handler :)
+ if (fCallback && (fCallback.constructor == Function))
+ fCallback();
+ }
+ );
+};
+
+/**
+ * name: $.fn.serialize
+ * example: $('someJQueryObject').serialize('sButton', 'fCallback');
+ * docs: Calls the form's action with the correct method and the serialized values.
+ * Optionally adds the button which is clicked if you provide it.
+ * When there are results, the fCallback function is called.
+ */
+$.fn.serialize = function(sButton, fCallback) {
+ var el = this.get(0);
+
+ // Process
+ $.xml(
+ el.method || "GET",
+ el.action || "",
+ $.param(this.formValues(sButton)),
+ function(sResult) {
+ if (fCallback && (fCallback.constructor == Function))
+ fCallback($.httpData(sResult));
+ }
+ );
+};