/* 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];
	}
}
	

/* 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);
}

/* 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;
}