- },
-
- // Serialize an array of form elements or a set of
- // key/values into a query string
- param: function( a ) {
- var s = [],
- param_traditional = jQuery.param.traditional;
-
- function add( key, value ){
- // If value is a function, invoke it and return its value
- value = jQuery.isFunction(value) ? value() : value;
- s[ s.length ] = encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value);
- }
-
- // If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array
- // of form elements
- if ( jQuery.isArray(a) || a.jquery ) {
- // Serialize the form elements
- jQuery.each( a, function() {
- add( this.name, this.value );
- });
-
- } else {
- // Encode parameters from object, recursively. If
- // jQuery.param.traditional is set, encode the "old" way
- // (the way 1.3.2 or older did it)
- jQuery.each( a, function buildParams( prefix, obj ) {
-
- if ( jQuery.isArray(obj) ) {
- jQuery.each( obj, function(i,v){
- // Due to rails' limited request param syntax, numeric array
- // indices are not supported. To avoid serialization ambiguity
- // issues, serialized arrays can only contain scalar values. php
- // does not have this issue, but we should go with the lowest
- // common denominator
- add( prefix + ( param_traditional ? "" : "[]" ), v );
- });
-
- } else if ( typeof obj == "object" ) {
- if ( param_traditional ) {
- add( prefix, obj );
-
- } else {
- jQuery.each( obj, function(k,v){
- buildParams( prefix ? prefix + "[" + k + "]" : k, v );
- });
- }
- } else {
- add( prefix, obj );
- }
- });
- }
- // Return the resulting serialization
- return s.join("&").replace(r20, "+");