gistfile1.js

	/**
	 * Turn an object into a query-string.
	 * @param obj {Object} The thing to turn into a query string.
	 * @return {String} The query-string serialization.
	 * Note: "lang" refers to YAHOO.lang
	 **/
	var objToQueryString = function (obj, name) {
		if (lang.isNull(obj) || lang.isUndefined(obj)) {
			return name ? encodeURIComponent(name) + '=' : '';
		}
		if (lang.isNumber(obj) || lang.isString(obj)) {
			return encodeURIComponent(name) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(obj);
		}
		if (lang.isArray(obj)) {
			var s = [];
			name = name+'[]';
			for (var i = 0, l = obj.length; i < l; i ++) {
				s.push( objToQueryString(obj[i], name) );
			}
			return s.join('&');
		}
		// now we know it's an object.
		var s = [];
		var begin = name ? name + '[' : '';
		var end = name ? ']' : '';
		for (var i in obj) if (ownProp(obj,i)) {
			s.push(objToQueryString(obj[i], begin + i + end));
		}
		return s.join("&");
	};