temp-prototype.js

/* TEMPORARY TESTING VERSION INCLUDING NEW SUPERCALLS FROM
   http://github.com/tjcrowder/prototype/commit/79d3e1dfd32220299f0a5aceacfc6fd3ffa2a089
*/ 
/*  Prototype JavaScript framework, version 1.6.1
 *  (c) 2005-2009 Sam Stephenson
 *
 *  Prototype is freely distributable under the terms of an MIT-style license.
 *  For details, see the Prototype web site: http://www.prototypejs.org/
 *
 *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Prototype = {
  Version: '1.6.1',

  Browser: (function(){
    var ua = navigator.userAgent;
    var isOpera = Object.prototype.toString.call(window.opera) == '[object Opera]';
    return {
      IE:             !!window.attachEvent && !isOpera,
      Opera:          isOpera,
      WebKit:         ua.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') > -1,
      Gecko:          ua.indexOf('Gecko') > -1 && ua.indexOf('KHTML') === -1,
      MobileSafari:   /Apple.*Mobile.*Safari/.test(ua)
    }
  })(),

  BrowserFeatures: {
    XPath: !!document.evaluate,
    SelectorsAPI: !!document.querySelector,
    ElementExtensions: (function() {
      var constructor = window.Element || window.HTMLElement;
      return !!(constructor && constructor.prototype);
    })(),
    SpecificElementExtensions: (function() {
      if (typeof window.HTMLDivElement !== 'undefined')
        return true;

      var div = document.createElement('div');
      var form = document.createElement('form');
      var isSupported = false;

      if (div['__proto__'] && (div['__proto__'] !== form['__proto__'])) {
        isSupported = true;
      }

      div = form = null;

      return isSupported;
    })()
  },

  ScriptFragment: '<script[^>]*>([\\S\\s]*?)<\/script>',
  JSONFilter: /^\/\*-secure-([\s\S]*)\*\/\s*$/,

  emptyFunction: function() { },
  K: function(x) { return x }
};

if (Prototype.Browser.MobileSafari)
  Prototype.BrowserFeatures.SpecificElementExtensions = false;


var Abstract = { };


var Try = {
  these: function() {
    var returnValue;

    for (var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      var lambda = arguments[i];
      try {
        returnValue = lambda();
        break;
      } catch (e) { }
    }

    return returnValue;
  }
};

/* Based on Alex Arnell's inheritance implementation. */

var Class = (function() {
  function subclass() {};
  function create() {
    var parent = null, properties = $A(arguments);
    if (Object.isFunction(properties[0]))
      parent = properties.shift();

    function klass() {
      this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
    }

    Object.extend(klass, Class.Methods);
    klass.superclass = parent;
    klass.subclasses = [];

    if (parent) {
      subclass.prototype = parent.prototype;
      klass.prototype = new subclass;
      parent.subclasses.push(klass);
    }

    for (var i = 0; i < properties.length; i++)
      klass.addMethods(properties[i]);

    if (!klass.prototype.initialize)
      klass.prototype.initialize = Prototype.emptyFunction;

    klass.prototype.constructor = klass;
    return klass;
  }

  function addMethods(source) {
    var ancestor   = this.superclass && this.superclass.prototype;
    var properties = Object.keys(source);

    if (!Object.keys({ toString: true }).length) {
      if (source.toString != Object.prototype.toString)
        properties.push("toString");
      if (source.valueOf != Object.prototype.valueOf)
        properties.push("valueOf");
    }

    for (var i = 0, length = properties.length; i < length; i++) {
      var property = properties[i], value = source[property];
      if (Object.isFunction(value)) {
        if (ancestor && value.argumentNames().first() == "$super") {
          var method = value;
          value = (function(m) {
            return function() { return ancestor[m].apply(this, arguments); };
          })(property).wrap(method);

          value.valueOf = method.valueOf.bind(method);
          value.toString = method.toString.bind(method);
        }

        var baseValue = ancestor && ancestor[property];
        if (Object.isFunction(baseValue)) {
          value.$super = baseValue;
        }

        for (var subIndex = this.subclasses.length - 1; subIndex >= 0; --subIndex) {
          var subValue = this.subclasses[subIndex].prototype[property];
          if (Object.isFunction(subValue)) {
              subValue.$super = value;
          }
        }
      }
      this.prototype[property] = value;
    }

    return this;
  }

  return {
    create: create,
    Methods: {
      addMethods: addMethods
    }
  };
})();
(function() {

  var _toString = Object.prototype.toString;

  function extend(destination, source) {
    for (var property in source)
      destination[property] = source[property];
    return destination;
  }

  function inspect(object) {
    try {
      if (isUndefined(object)) return 'undefined';
      if (object === null) return 'null';
      return object.inspect ? object.inspect() : String(object);
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof RangeError) return '...';
      throw e;
    }
  }

  function toJSON(object) {
    var type = typeof object;
    switch (type) {
      case 'undefined':
      case 'function':
      case 'unknown': return;
      case 'boolean': return object.toString();
    }

    if (object === null) return 'null';
    if (object.toJSON) return object.toJSON();
    if (isElement(object)) return;

    var results = [];
    for (var property in object) {
      var value = toJSON(object[property]);
      if (!isUndefined(value))
        results.push(property.toJSON() + ': ' + value);
    }

    return '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
  }

  function toQueryString(object) {
    return $H(object).toQueryString();
  }

  function toHTML(object) {
    return object && object.toHTML ? object.toHTML() : String.interpret(object);
  }

  function keys(object) {
    var results = [];
    for (var property in object)
      results.push(property);
    return results;
  }

  function values(object) {
    var results = [];
    for (var property in object)
      results.push(object[property]);
    return results;
  }

  function clone(object) {
    return extend({ }, object);
  }

  function isElement(object) {
    return !!(object && object.nodeType == 1);
  }

  function isArray(object) {
    return _toString.call(object) == "[object Array]";
  }


  function isHash(object) {
    return object instanceof Hash;
  }

  function isFunction(object) {
    return typeof object === "function";
  }

  function isString(object) {
    return _toString.call(object) == "[object String]";
  }

  function isNumber(object) {
    return _toString.call(object) == "[object Number]";
  }

  function isUndefined(object) {
    return typeof object === "undefined";
  }

  extend(Object, {
    extend:        extend,
    inspect:       inspect,
    toJSON:        toJSON,
    toQueryString: toQueryString,
    toHTML:        toHTML,
    keys:          keys,
    values:        values,
    clone:         clone,
    isElement:     isElement,
    isArray:       isArray,
    isHash:        isHash,
    isFunction:    isFunction,
    isString:      isString,
    isNumber:      isNumber,
    isUndefined:   isUndefined
  });
})();
Object.extend(Function.prototype, (function() {
  var slice = Array.prototype.slice;

  function update(array, args) {
    var arrayLength = array.length, length = args.length;
    while (length--) array[arrayLength + length] = args[length];
    return array;
  }

  function merge(array, args) {
    array = slice.call(array, 0);
    return update(array, args);
  }

  function argumentNames() {
    var names = this.toString().match(/^[\s\(]*function[^(]*\(([^)]*)\)/)[1]
      .replace(/\/\/.*?[\r\n]|\/\*(?:.|[\r\n])*?\*\//g, '')
      .replace(/\s+/g, '').split(',');
    return names.length == 1 && !names[0] ? [] : names;
  }

  function bind(context) {
    if (arguments.length < 2 && Object.isUndefined(arguments[0])) return this;
    var __method = this, args = slice.call(arguments, 1);
    return function() {
      var a = merge(args, arguments);
      return __method.apply(context, a);
    }
  }

  function bindAsEventListener(context) {
    var __method = this, args = slice.call(arguments, 1);
    return function(event) {
      var a = update([event || window.event], args);
      return __method.apply(context, a);
    }
  }

  function curry() {
    if (!arguments.length) return this;
    var __method = this, args = slice.call(arguments, 0);
    return function() {
      var a = merge(args, arguments);
      return __method.apply(this, a);
    }
  }

  function delay(timeout) {
    var __method = this, args = slice.call(arguments, 1);
    timeout = timeout * 1000
    return window.setTimeout(function() {
      return __method.apply(__method, args);
    }, timeout);
  }

  function defer() {
    var args = update([0.01], arguments);
    return this.delay.apply(this, args);
  }

  function wrap(wrapper) {
    var __method = this;
    return function() {
      var a = update([__method.bind(this)], arguments);
      return wrapper.apply(this, a);
    }
  }

  function methodize() {
    if (this._methodized) return this._methodized;
    var __method = this;
    return this._methodized = function() {
      var a = update([this], arguments);
      return __method.apply(null, a);
    };
  }

  return {
    argumentNames:       argumentNames,
    bind:                bind,
    bindAsEventListener: bindAsEventListener,
    curry:               curry,
    delay:               delay,
    defer:               defer,
    wrap:                wrap,
    methodize:           methodize
  }
})());


Date.prototype.toJSON = function() {
  return '"' + this.getUTCFullYear() + '-' +
    (this.getUTCMonth() + 1).toPaddedString(2) + '-' +
    this.getUTCDate().toPaddedString(2) + 'T' +
    this.getUTCHours().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getUTCMinutes().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getUTCSeconds().toPaddedString(2) + 'Z"';
};


RegExp.prototype.match = RegExp.prototype.test;

RegExp.escape = function(str) {
  return String(str).replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|[\]\/\\])/g, '\\$1');
};
var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create({
  initialize: function(callback, frequency) {
    this.callback = callback;
    this.frequency = frequency;
    this.currentlyExecuting = false;

    this.registerCallback();
  },

  registerCallback: function(%

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