/* Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK) */
/* ©2005 Gregory Wild-Smith */
/* www.twilightuniverse.com */
/* Software licenced under a modified X11 licence, see documentation or authors website for more details */
/* @deprecated */

function sack(file){
  this.AjaxFailedAlert = "Your browser does not support the enhanced functionality of this website, and therefore you will have an experience that differs from the intended one.\n";
  this.requestFile = file;
  this.method = "POST";
  this.URLString = "";
  this.encodeURIString = true;
  this.execute = false;
  this.asynchronous = true;

  this.onLoading = function() { };
  this.onLoaded = function() { };
  this.onInteractive = function() { };
  this.onCompletion = function() { };
  this.afterCompletion = function() { };

  this.createAJAX = function() {
    try {
      this.xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        this.xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (err) {
        this.xmlhttp = null;
      }
    }
    if(!this.xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined"){
      this.xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    if (!this.xmlhttp){
      this.failed = true;
    }
  };

  this.setVar = function(name, value){
    if (this.URLString.length < 3){
      this.URLString = name + "=" + value;
    } else {
      this.URLString += "&" + name + "=" + value;
    }
  };

  this.encVar = function(name, value){
    var varString = encodeURIComponent(name) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value);
  return varString;
  };

  this.encodeURLString = function(string){
    varArray = string.split('&');
    for (i = 0; i < varArray.length; i++){
      urlVars = varArray[i].split('=');
      if (urlVars[0].indexOf('amp;') != -1){
        urlVars[0] = urlVars[0].substring(4);
      }
      varArray[i] = this.encVar(urlVars[0],urlVars[1]);
    }
  return varArray.join('&');
  };

  this.runResponse = function(){
    eval(this.response);
  };

  this.runAJAX = function(urlstring){
    DEPRECATED('Please use jQuery.post() or any other of jQuery\'s AJAX methods.');

    this.responseStatus = new Array(2);
    if(this.failed && this.AjaxFailedAlert){
      alert(this.AjaxFailedAlert);
    } else {
      if (urlstring){
        if (this.URLString.length){
          this.URLString = this.URLString + "&" + urlstring;
        } else {
          this.URLString = urlstring;
        }
      }
      if (this.encodeURIString){
        var timeval = new Date().getTime();
        this.URLString = this.encodeURLString(this.URLString);
        this.setVar("rndval", timeval);
      }
      if (this.element) { this.elementObj = document.getElementById(this.element); }
      if (this.xmlhttp) {
        var self = this;
        if (this.method == "GET") {
          var totalurlstring = this.requestFile + "?" + this.URLString;
          this.xmlhttp.open(this.method, totalurlstring, this.asynchronous);
        } else {
          this.xmlhttp.open(this.method, this.requestFile, this.asynchronous);
        }
        if (this.method == "POST"){
          try {
             this.xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
          } catch (e) {}
        }

        this.xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
          switch (self.xmlhttp.readyState){
            case 1:
              self.onLoading();
            break;
            case 2:
              self.onLoaded();
            break;
            case 3:
              self.onInteractive();
            break;
            case 4:
              self.response = self.xmlhttp.responseText;
              self.responseXML = self.xmlhttp.responseXML;
              self.responseStatus[0] = self.xmlhttp.status;
              self.responseStatus[1] = self.xmlhttp.statusText;
              self.onCompletion();
              if(self.execute){ self.runResponse(); }
              if (self.elementObj) {
                var elemNodeName = self.elementObj.nodeName;
                elemNodeName.toLowerCase();
                if (elemNodeName == "input" || elemNodeName == "select" || elemNodeName == "option" || elemNodeName == "textarea"){
                  self.elementObj.value = self.response;
                } else {
                  self.elementObj.innerHTML = self.response;
                }
              }
              self.afterCompletion();
              self.URLString = "";
            break;
          }
        };
        this.xmlhttp.send(this.URLString);
      }
    }
  };
this.createAJAX();
}
