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File: Element.Form.js
/*
Script: Element.Form.js
	Contains Element prototypes to deal with Forms and their elements.

License:
	MIT-style license.
*/

/*
Class: Element
	Custom class to allow all of its methods to be used with any DOM element via the dollar function <$>.
*/

Element.extend({

	/*
	Property: getValue
		Returns the value of the Element, if its tag is textarea, select or input. getValue called on a multiple select will return an array.
	*/

	getValue: function(){
		switch(this.getTag()){
			case 'select':
				var values = [];
				$each(this.options, function(option){
					if (option.selected) values.push($pick(option.value, option.text));
				});
				return (this.multiple) ? values : values[0];
			case 'input': if (!(this.checked && ['checkbox', 'radio'].contains(this.type)) && !['hidden', 'text', 'password'].contains(this.type)) break;
			case 'textarea': return this.value;
		}
		return false;
	},

	getFormElements: function(){
		return $$(this.getElementsByTagName('input'), this.getElementsByTagName('select'), this.getElementsByTagName('textarea'));
	},

	/*
	Property: toQueryString
		Reads the children inputs of the Element and generates a query string, based on their values. Used internally in <Ajax>

	Example:
		(start code)
		<form id="myForm" action="submit.php">
		<input name="email" value="bob@bob.com">
		<input name="zipCode" value="90210">
		</form>

		<script>
		 $('myForm').toQueryString()
		</script>
		(end)

		Returns:
			email=bob@bob.com&zipCode=90210
	*/

	toQueryString: function(){
		var queryString = [];
		this.getFormElements().each(function(el){
			var name = el.name;
			var value = el.getValue();
			if (value === false || !name || el.disabled) return;
			var qs = function(val){
				queryString.push(name + '=' + encodeURIComponent(val));
			};
			if ($type(value) == 'array') value.each(qs);
			else qs(value);
		});
		return queryString.join('&');
	}

});