/*
	AJAX Helper class
	-------------------------------------------------
	Copyright by Semaphor.
	If you want to use this library, you are very welcome.
	
*/

function AJAXHelper() {
	this.requests = new Array();	
} // End AJAXHelper

AJAXHelper.prototype.getRequest = function (requestId) {
	return this.requests[requestId]
}

AJAXHelper.prototype.browserSupportsCookies = function () {
	var supportsCookies = false;
	var testId = "test";
	saveCookie(document, testId, "1",1000, "","/");
	cookieValue = loadCookie(document, "test");
	
	if( cookieValue == "1") {
		supportsCookies = true;
		saveCookie(document, testId, "",1, "","/");
	}
	
	return supportsCookies;
}

	/*
		Creates a new request and returns a handle to it.
	*/

AJAXHelper.prototype.createRequest = function (requestId) {

		var request = null;
		
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
			// Mozilla, Safari,...
			request = new XMLHttpRequest();
			if (request.overrideMimeType) {
				request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			}

		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { 
			// IE
			try {
            		request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         		} catch (e) {
            		try {
               		request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            		} catch (e) {
					// Ignore, let the caller decide if the user should be notified. 
				}
			}
      }
	
		this.requests[requestId] = request;
		
		return request;
	} // End getHTTPRequest

var ajaxHelper = new AJAXHelper();