function createObject() {
	var req;
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
		req = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
		req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} else {
		alert('Problem creating the XMLHttpRequest object');
	}
	return req;

}

var http = createObject();

function sndReq(vote,id_num,units) {
	var theUL = document.getElementById('unit_ul'+id_num); // the UL
	
	// switch UL with a loading div
	theUL.innerHTML = '<div class="loading"></div>';
	
    http.open('get', 'infusions/blogs/rating/rpc.php?j='+vote+'&q='+id_num+'&c='+units);
    http.onreadystatechange = handleResponse;
    http.send(null);	
}

function handleResponse() {
  if(http.readyState == 4){
		if (http.status == 200){
       	
        var response = http.responseText;
        var update = new Array();

        if(response.indexOf('|') != -1) {
            update = response.split('|');
            changeText(update[0], update[1]);
        }
		}
    }
}

function changeText( div2show, text ) {
    // Detect Browser
    var IE = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
    var DOM = 0; 
    if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >=5) {DOM=1};

    // Grab the content from the requested "div" and show it in the "container"
    if (DOM) {
        var viewer = document.getElementById(div2show);
        viewer.innerHTML = text;
    }  else if(IE) {
        document.all[div2show].innerHTML = text;
    }
}

/* =============================================================== */
var ratingAction = {
		'a.rater' : function(element){
			element.onclick = function(){

			var parameterString = this.href.replace(/.*\?(.*)/, "$1"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1&q=2&t=127.0.0.1&c=5');
			var parameterTokens = parameterString.split("&"); // onclick="sndReq('j=1,q=2,t=127.0.0.1,c=5');
			var parameterList = new Array();

			for (j = 0; j < parameterTokens.length; j++) {
				var parameterName = parameterTokens[j].replace(/(.*)=.*/, "$1"); // j
				var parameterValue = parameterTokens[j].replace(/.*=(.*)/, "$1"); // 1
				parameterList[parameterName] = parameterValue;
			}
			var theratingID = parameterList['q'];
			var theVote = parameterList['j'];
			var theunits = parameterList['c'];
			
			//for testing	alert('sndReq('+theVote+','+theratingID+','+theuserIP+','+theunits+')'); return false;
			sndReq(theVote,theratingID,theunits); return false;		
			}
		}
		
	};
Behaviour.register(ratingAction);