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data/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.validate.js

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+/*
+* Note: While Microsoft is not the author of this file, Microsoft is
+* offering you a license subject to the terms of the Microsoft Software
+* License Terms for Microsoft ASP.NET Model View Controller 3.
+* Microsoft reserves all other rights. The notices below are provided
+* for informational purposes only and are not the license terms under
+* which Microsoft distributed this file.
+*
+* jQuery validation plug-in 1.7
+*
+* http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
+* http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 Jörn Zaefferer
+*
+* $Id: jquery.validate.js 6403 2009-06-17 14:27:16Z joern.zaefferer $
+*
+*/
+
+(function($) {
+
+$.extend($.fn, {
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/validate
+	validate: function( options ) {
+
+		// if nothing is selected, return nothing; can't chain anyway
+		if (!this.length) {
+			options && options.debug && window.console && console.warn( "nothing selected, can't validate, returning nothing" );
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// check if a validator for this form was already created
+		var validator = $.data(this[0], 'validator');
+		if ( validator ) {
+			return validator;
+		}
+		
+		validator = new $.validator( options, this[0] );
+		$.data(this[0], 'validator', validator); 
+		
+		if ( validator.settings.onsubmit ) {
+		
+			// allow suppresing validation by adding a cancel class to the submit button
+			this.find("input, button").filter(".cancel").click(function() {
+				validator.cancelSubmit = true;
+			});
+			
+			// when a submitHandler is used, capture the submitting button
+			if (validator.settings.submitHandler) {
+				this.find("input, button").filter(":submit").click(function() {
+					validator.submitButton = this;
+				});
+			}
+		
+			// validate the form on submit
+			this.submit( function( event ) {
+				if ( validator.settings.debug )
+					// prevent form submit to be able to see console output
+					event.preventDefault();
+					
+				function handle() {
+					if ( validator.settings.submitHandler ) {
+						if (validator.submitButton) {
+							// insert a hidden input as a replacement for the missing submit button
+							var hidden = $("<input type='hidden'/>").attr("name", validator.submitButton.name).val(validator.submitButton.value).appendTo(validator.currentForm);
+						}
+						validator.settings.submitHandler.call( validator, validator.currentForm );
+						if (validator.submitButton) {
+							// and clean up afterwards; thanks to no-block-scope, hidden can be referenced
+							hidden.remove();
+						}
+						return false;
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+					
+				// prevent submit for invalid forms or custom submit handlers
+				if ( validator.cancelSubmit ) {
+					validator.cancelSubmit = false;
+					return handle();
+				}
+				if ( validator.form() ) {
+					if ( validator.pendingRequest ) {
+						validator.formSubmitted = true;
+						return false;
+					}
+					return handle();
+				} else {
+					validator.focusInvalid();
+					return false;
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		
+		return validator;
+	},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/valid
+	valid: function() {
+        if ( $(this[0]).is('form')) {
+            return this.validate().form();
+        } else {
+            var valid = true;
+            var validator = $(this[0].form).validate();
+            this.each(function() {
+				valid &= validator.element(this);
+            });
+            return valid;
+        }
+    },
+	// attributes: space seperated list of attributes to retrieve and remove
+	removeAttrs: function(attributes) {
+		var result = {},
+			$element = this;
+		$.each(attributes.split(/\s/), function(index, value) {
+			result[value] = $element.attr(value);
+			$element.removeAttr(value);
+		});
+		return result;
+	},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/rules
+	rules: function(command, argument) {
+		var element = this[0];
+		
+		if (command) {
+			var settings = $.data(element.form, 'validator').settings;
+			var staticRules = settings.rules;
+			var existingRules = $.validator.staticRules(element);
+			switch(command) {
+			case "add":
+				$.extend(existingRules, $.validator.normalizeRule(argument));
+				staticRules[element.name] = existingRules;
+				if (argument.messages)
+					settings.messages[element.name] = $.extend( settings.messages[element.name], argument.messages );
+				break;
+			case "remove":
+				if (!argument) {
+					delete staticRules[element.name];
+					return existingRules;
+				}
+				var filtered = {};
+				$.each(argument.split(/\s/), function(index, method) {
+					filtered[method] = existingRules[method];
+					delete existingRules[method];
+				});
+				return filtered;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		var data = $.validator.normalizeRules(
+		$.extend(
+			{},
+			$.validator.metadataRules(element),
+			$.validator.classRules(element),
+			$.validator.attributeRules(element),
+			$.validator.staticRules(element)
+		), element);
+		
+		// make sure required is at front
+		if (data.required) {
+			var param = data.required;
+			delete data.required;
+			data = $.extend({required: param}, data);
+		}
+		
+		return data;
+	}
+});
+
+// Custom selectors
+$.extend($.expr[":"], {
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/blank
+	blank: function(a) {return !$.trim("" + a.value);},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/filled
+	filled: function(a) {return !!$.trim("" + a.value);},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/unchecked
+	unchecked: function(a) {return !a.checked;}
+});
+
+// constructor for validator
+$.validator = function( options, form ) {
+	this.settings = $.extend( true, {}, $.validator.defaults, options );
+	this.currentForm = form;
+	this.init();
+};
+
+$.validator.format = function(source, params) {
+	if ( arguments.length == 1 ) 
+		return function() {
+			var args = $.makeArray(arguments);
+			args.unshift(source);
+			return $.validator.format.apply( this, args );
+		};
+	if ( arguments.length > 2 && params.constructor != Array  ) {
+		params = $.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);
+	}
+	if ( params.constructor != Array ) {
+		params = [ params ];
+	}
+	$.each(params, function(i, n) {
+		source = source.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + i + "\\}", "g"), n);
+	});
+	return source;
+};
+
+$.extend($.validator, {
+	
+	defaults: {
+		messages: {},
+		groups: {},
+		rules: {},
+		errorClass: "error",
+		validClass: "valid",
+		errorElement: "label",
+		focusInvalid: true,
+		errorContainer: $( [] ),
+		errorLabelContainer: $( [] ),
+		onsubmit: true,
+		ignore: [],
+		ignoreTitle: false,
+		onfocusin: function(element) {
+			this.lastActive = element;
+				
+			// hide error label and remove error class on focus if enabled
+			if ( this.settings.focusCleanup && !this.blockFocusCleanup ) {
+				this.settings.unhighlight && this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, element, this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
+				this.errorsFor(element).hide();
+			}
+		},
+		onfocusout: function(element) {
+			if ( !this.checkable(element) && (element.name in this.submitted || !this.optional(element)) ) {
+				this.element(element);
+			}
+		},
+		onkeyup: function(element) {
+			if ( element.name in this.submitted || element == this.lastElement ) {
+				this.element(element);
+			}
+		},
+		onclick: function(element) {
+			// click on selects, radiobuttons and checkboxes
+			if ( element.name in this.submitted )
+				this.element(element);
+			// or option elements, check parent select in that case
+			else if (element.parentNode.name in this.submitted)
+				this.element(element.parentNode);
+		},
+		highlight: function( element, errorClass, validClass ) {
+			$(element).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
+		},
+		unhighlight: function( element, errorClass, validClass ) {
+			$(element).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
+		}
+	},
+
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/setDefaults
+	setDefaults: function(settings) {
+		$.extend( $.validator.defaults, settings );
+	},
+
+	messages: {
+		required: "This field is required.",
+		remote: "Please fix this field.",
+		email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
+		url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
+		date: "Please enter a valid date.",
+		dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
+		number: "Please enter a valid number.",
+		digits: "Please enter only digits.",
+		creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card number.",
+		equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
+		accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
+		maxlength: $.validator.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
+		minlength: $.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
+		rangelength: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
+		range: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
+		max: $.validator.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
+		min: $.validator.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")
+	},
+	
+	autoCreateRanges: false,
+	
+	prototype: {
+		
+		init: function() {
+			this.labelContainer = $(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);
+			this.errorContext = this.labelContainer.length && this.labelContainer || $(this.currentForm);
+			this.containers = $(this.settings.errorContainer).add( this.settings.errorLabelContainer );
+			this.submitted = {};
+			this.valueCache = {};
+			this.pendingRequest = 0;
+			this.pending = {};
+			this.invalid = {};
+			this.reset();
+			
+			var groups = (this.groups = {});
+			$.each(this.settings.groups, function(key, value) {
+				$.each(value.split(/\s/), function(index, name) {
+					groups[name] = key;
+				});
+			});
+			var rules = this.settings.rules;
+			$.each(rules, function(key, value) {
+				rules[key] = $.validator.normalizeRule(value);
+			});
+			
+			function delegate(event) {
+				var validator = $.data(this[0].form, "validator"),
+					eventType = "on" + event.type.replace(/^validate/, "");
+				validator.settings[eventType] && validator.settings[eventType].call(validator, this[0] );
+			}
+			$(this.currentForm)
+				.validateDelegate(":text, :password, :file, select, textarea", "focusin focusout keyup", delegate)
+				.validateDelegate(":radio, :checkbox, select, option", "click", delegate);
+
+			if (this.settings.invalidHandler)
+				$(this.currentForm).bind("invalid-form.validate", this.settings.invalidHandler);
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/form
+		form: function() {
+			this.checkForm();
+			$.extend(this.submitted, this.errorMap);
+			this.invalid = $.extend({}, this.errorMap);
+			if (!this.valid())
+				$(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form", [this]);
+			this.showErrors();
+			return this.valid();
+		},
+		
+		checkForm: function() {
+			this.prepareForm();
+			for ( var i = 0, elements = (this.currentElements = this.elements()); elements[i]; i++ ) {
+				this.check( elements[i] );
+			}
+			return this.valid(); 
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/element
+		element: function( element ) {
+			element = this.clean( element );
+			this.lastElement = element;
+			this.prepareElement( element );
+			this.currentElements = $(element);
+			var result = this.check( element );
+			if ( result ) {
+				delete this.invalid[element.name];
+			} else {
+				this.invalid[element.name] = true;
+			}
+			if ( !this.numberOfInvalids() ) {
+				// Hide error containers on last error
+				this.toHide = this.toHide.add( this.containers );
+			}
+			this.showErrors();
+			return result;
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/showErrors
+		showErrors: function(errors) {
+			if(errors) {
+				// add items to error list and map
+				$.extend( this.errorMap, errors );
+				this.errorList = [];
+				for ( var name in errors ) {
+					this.errorList.push({
+						message: errors[name],
+						element: this.findByName(name)[0]
+					});
+				}
+				// remove items from success list
+				this.successList = $.grep( this.successList, function(element) {
+					return !(element.name in errors);
+				});
+			}
+			this.settings.showErrors
+				? this.settings.showErrors.call( this, this.errorMap, this.errorList )
+				: this.defaultShowErrors();
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/resetForm
+		resetForm: function() {
+			if ( $.fn.resetForm )
+				$( this.currentForm ).resetForm();
+			this.submitted = {};
+			this.prepareForm();
+			this.hideErrors();
+			this.elements().removeClass( this.settings.errorClass );
+		},
+		
+		numberOfInvalids: function() {
+			return this.objectLength(this.invalid);
+		},
+		
+		objectLength: function( obj ) {
+			var count = 0;
+			for ( var i in obj )
+				count++;
+			return count;
+		},
+		
+		hideErrors: function() {
+			this.addWrapper( this.toHide ).hide();
+		},
+		
+		valid: function() {
+			return this.size() == 0;
+		},
+		
+		size: function() {
+			return this.errorList.length;
+		},
+		
+		focusInvalid: function() {
+			if( this.settings.focusInvalid ) {
+				try {
+					$(this.findLastActive() || this.errorList.length && this.errorList[0].element || [])
+					.filter(":visible")
+					.focus()
+					// manually trigger focusin event; without it, focusin handler isn't called, findLastActive won't have anything to find
+					.trigger("focusin");
+				} catch(e) {
+					// ignore IE throwing errors when focusing hidden elements
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		
+		findLastActive: function() {
+			var lastActive = this.lastActive;
+			return lastActive && $.grep(this.errorList, function(n) {
+				return n.element.name == lastActive.name;
+			}).length == 1 && lastActive;
+		},
+		
+		elements: function() {
+			var validator = this,
+				rulesCache = {};
+			
+			// select all valid inputs inside the form (no submit or reset buttons)
+			// workaround $Query([]).add until http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2114 is solved
+			return $([]).add(this.currentForm.elements)
+			.filter(":input")
+			.not(":submit, :reset, :image, [disabled]")
+			.not( this.settings.ignore )
+			.filter(function() {
+				!this.name && validator.settings.debug && window.console && console.error( "%o has no name assigned", this);
+			
+				// select only the first element for each name, and only those with rules specified
+				if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength($(this).rules()) )
+					return false;
+				
+				rulesCache[this.name] = true;
+				return true;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		clean: function( selector ) {
+			return $( selector )[0];
+		},
+		
+		errors: function() {
+			return $( this.settings.errorElement + "." + this.settings.errorClass, this.errorContext );
+		},
+		
+		reset: function() {
+			this.successList = [];
+			this.errorList = [];
+			this.errorMap = {};
+			this.toShow = $([]);
+			this.toHide = $([]);
+			this.currentElements = $([]);
+		},
+		
+		prepareForm: function() {
+			this.reset();
+			this.toHide = this.errors().add( this.containers );
+		},
+		
+		prepareElement: function( element ) {
+			this.reset();
+			this.toHide = this.errorsFor(element);
+		},
+	
+		check: function( element ) {
+			element = this.clean( element );
+			
+			// if radio/checkbox, validate first element in group instead
+			if (this.checkable(element)) {
+				element = this.findByName( element.name )[0];
+			}
+			
+			var rules = $(element).rules();
+			var dependencyMismatch = false;
+			for( method in rules ) {
+				var rule = { method: method, parameters: rules[method] };
+				try {
+					var result = $.validator.methods[method].call( this, element.value.replace(/\r/g, ""), element, rule.parameters );
+					
+					// if a method indicates that the field is optional and therefore valid,
+					// don't mark it as valid when there are no other rules
+					if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" ) {
+						dependencyMismatch = true;
+						continue;
+					}
+					dependencyMismatch = false;
+					
+					if ( result == "pending" ) {
+						this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.errorsFor(element) );
+						return;
+					}
+					
+					if( !result ) {
+						this.formatAndAdd( element, rule );
+						return false;
+					}
+				} catch(e) {
+					this.settings.debug && window.console && console.log("exception occured when checking element " + element.id
+						 + ", check the '" + rule.method + "' method", e);
+					throw e;
+				}
+			}
+			if (dependencyMismatch)
+				return;
+			if ( this.objectLength(rules) )
+				this.successList.push(element);
+			return true;
+		},
+		
+		// return the custom message for the given element and validation method
+		// specified in the element's "messages" metadata
+		customMetaMessage: function(element, method) {
+			if (!$.metadata)
+				return;
+			
+			var meta = this.settings.meta
+				? $(element).metadata()[this.settings.meta]
+				: $(element).metadata();
+			
+			return meta && meta.messages && meta.messages[method];
+		},
+		
+		// return the custom message for the given element name and validation method
+		customMessage: function( name, method ) {
+			var m = this.settings.messages[name];
+			return m && (m.constructor == String
+				? m
+				: m[method]);
+		},
+		
+		// return the first defined argument, allowing empty strings
+		findDefined: function() {
+			for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+				if (arguments[i] !== undefined)
+					return arguments[i];
+			}
+			return undefined;
+		},
+		
+		defaultMessage: function( element, method) {
+			return this.findDefined(
+				this.customMessage( element.name, method ),
+				this.customMetaMessage( element, method ),
+				// title is never undefined, so handle empty string as undefined
+				!this.settings.ignoreTitle && element.title || undefined,
+				$.validator.messages[method],
+				"<strong>Warning: No message defined for " + element.name + "</strong>"
+			);
+		},
+		
+		formatAndAdd: function( element, rule ) {
+			var message = this.defaultMessage( element, rule.method ),
+				theregex = /\$?\{(\d+)\}/g;
+			if ( typeof message == "function" ) {
+				message = message.call(this, rule.parameters, element);
+			} else if (theregex.test(message)) {
+				message = jQuery.format(message.replace(theregex, '{$1}'), rule.parameters);
+			}			
+			this.errorList.push({
+				message: message,
+				element: element
+			});
+			
+			this.errorMap[element.name] = message;
+			this.submitted[element.name] = message;
+		},
+		
+		addWrapper: function(toToggle) {
+			if ( this.settings.wrapper )
+				toToggle = toToggle.add( toToggle.parent( this.settings.wrapper ) );
+			return toToggle;
+		},
+		
+		defaultShowErrors: function() {
+			for ( var i = 0; this.errorList[i]; i++ ) {
+				var error = this.errorList[i];
+				this.settings.highlight && this.settings.highlight.call( this, error.element, this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
+				this.showLabel( error.element, error.message );
+			}
+			if( this.errorList.length ) {
+				this.toShow = this.toShow.add( this.containers );
+			}
+			if (this.settings.success) {
+				for ( var i = 0; this.successList[i]; i++ ) {
+					this.showLabel( this.successList[i] );
+				}
+			}
+			if (this.settings.unhighlight) {
+				for ( var i = 0, elements = this.validElements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
+					this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, elements[i], this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
+				}
+			}
+			this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.toShow );
+			this.hideErrors();
+			this.addWrapper( this.toShow ).show();
+		},
+		
+		validElements: function() {
+			return this.currentElements.not(this.invalidElements());
+		},
+		
+		invalidElements: function() {
+			return $(this.errorList).map(function() {
+				return this.element;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		showLabel: function(element, message) {
+			var label = this.errorsFor( element );
+			if ( label.length ) {
+				// refresh error/success class
+				label.removeClass().addClass( this.settings.errorClass );
+			
+				// check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
+				label.attr("generated") && label.html(message);
+			} else {
+				// create label
+				label = $("<" + this.settings.errorElement + "/>")
+					.attr({"for":  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
+					.addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
+					.html(message || "");
+				if ( this.settings.wrapper ) {
+					// make sure the element is visible, even in IE
+					// actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
+					label = label.hide().show().wrap("<" + this.settings.wrapper + "/>").parent();
+				}
+				if ( !this.labelContainer.append(label).length )
+					this.settings.errorPlacement
+						? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, $(element) )
+						: label.insertAfter(element);
+			}
+			if ( !message && this.settings.success ) {
+				label.text("");
+				typeof this.settings.success == "string"
+					? label.addClass( this.settings.success )
+					: this.settings.success( label );
+			}
+			this.toShow = this.toShow.add(label);
+		},
+		
+		errorsFor: function(element) {
+			var name = this.idOrName(element);
+    		return this.errors().filter(function() {
+				return $(this).attr('for') == name;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		idOrName: function(element) {
+			return this.groups[element.name] || (this.checkable(element) ? element.name : element.id || element.name);
+		},
+
+		checkable: function( element ) {
+			return /radio|checkbox/i.test(element.type);
+		},
+		
+		findByName: function( name ) {
+			// select by name and filter by form for performance over form.find("[name=...]")
+			var form = this.currentForm;
+			return $(document.getElementsByName(name)).map(function(index, element) {
+				return element.form == form && element.name == name && element  || null;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		getLength: function(value, element) {
+			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
+			case 'select':
+				return $("option:selected", element).length;
+			case 'input':
+				if( this.checkable( element) )
+					return this.findByName(element.name).filter(':checked').length;
+			}
+			return value.length;
+		},
+	
+		depend: function(param, element) {
+			return this.dependTypes[typeof param]
+				? this.dependTypes[typeof param](param, element)
+				: true;
+		},
+	
+		dependTypes: {
+			"boolean": function(param, element) {
+				return param;
+			},
+			"string": function(param, element) {
+				return !!$(param, element.form).length;
+			},
+			"function": function(param, element) {
+				return param(element);
+			}
+		},
+		
+		optional: function(element) {
+			return !$.validator.methods.required.call(this, $.trim(element.value), element) && "dependency-mismatch";
+		},
+		
+		startRequest: function(element) {
+			if (!this.pending[element.name]) {
+				this.pendingRequest++;
+				this.pending[element.name] = true;
+			}
+		},
+		
+		stopRequest: function(element, valid) {
+			this.pendingRequest--;
+			// sometimes synchronization fails, make sure pendingRequest is never < 0
+			if (this.pendingRequest < 0)
+				this.pendingRequest = 0;
+			delete this.pending[element.name];
+			if ( valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted && this.form() ) {
+				$(this.currentForm).submit();
+				this.formSubmitted = false;
+			} else if (!valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted) {
+				$(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form", [this]);
+				this.formSubmitted = false;
+			}
+		},
+		
+		previousValue: function(element) {
+			return $.data(element, "previousValue") || $.data(element, "previousValue", {
+				old: null,
+				valid: true,
+				message: this.defaultMessage( element, "remote" )
+			});
+		}
+		
+	},
+	
+	classRuleSettings: {
+		required: {required: true},
+		email: {email: true},
+		url: {url: true},
+		date: {date: true},
+		dateISO: {dateISO: true},
+		dateDE: {dateDE: true},
+		number: {number: true},
+		numberDE: {numberDE: true},
+		digits: {digits: true},
+		creditcard: {creditcard: true}
+	},
+	
+	addClassRules: function(className, rules) {
+		className.constructor == String ?
+			this.classRuleSettings[className] = rules :
+			$.extend(this.classRuleSettings, className);
+	},
+	
+	classRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var classes = $(element).attr('class');
+		classes && $.each(classes.split(' '), function() {
+			if (this in $.validator.classRuleSettings) {
+				$.extend(rules, $.validator.classRuleSettings[this]);
+			}
+		});
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	attributeRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var $element = $(element);
+		
+		for (method in $.validator.methods) {
+			var value = $element.attr(method);
+			if (value) {
+				rules[method] = value;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// maxlength may be returned as -1, 2147483647 (IE) and 524288 (safari) for text inputs
+		if (rules.maxlength && /-1|2147483647|524288/.test(rules.maxlength)) {
+			delete rules.maxlength;
+		}
+		
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	metadataRules: function(element) {
+		if (!$.metadata) return {};
+		
+		var meta = $.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.meta;
+		return meta ?
+			$(element).metadata()[meta] :
+			$(element).metadata();
+	},
+	
+	staticRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var validator = $.data(element.form, 'validator');
+		if (validator.settings.rules) {
+			rules = $.validator.normalizeRule(validator.settings.rules[element.name]) || {};
+		}
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	normalizeRules: function(rules, element) {
+		// handle dependency check
+		$.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
+			// ignore rule when param is explicitly false, eg. required:false
+			if (val === false) {
+				delete rules[prop];
+				return;
+			}
+			if (val.param || val.depends) {
+				var keepRule = true;
+				switch (typeof val.depends) {
+					case "string":
+						keepRule = !!$(val.depends, element.form).length;
+						break;
+					case "function":
+						keepRule = val.depends.call(element, element);
+						break;
+				}
+				if (keepRule) {
+					rules[prop] = val.param !== undefined ? val.param : true;
+				} else {
+					delete rules[prop];
+				}
+			}
+		});
+		
+		// evaluate parameters
+		$.each(rules, function(rule, parameter) {
+			rules[rule] = $.isFunction(parameter) ? parameter(element) : parameter;
+		});
+		
+		// clean number parameters
+		$.each(['minlength', 'maxlength', 'min', 'max'], function() {
+			if (rules[this]) {
+				rules[this] = Number(rules[this]);
+			}
+		});
+		$.each(['rangelength', 'range'], function() {
+			if (rules[this]) {
+				rules[this] = [Number(rules[this][0]), Number(rules[this][1])];
+			}
+		});
+		
+		if ($.validator.autoCreateRanges) {
+			// auto-create ranges
+			if (rules.min && rules.max) {
+				rules.range = [rules.min, rules.max];
+				delete rules.min;
+				delete rules.max;
+			}
+			if (rules.minlength && rules.maxlength) {
+				rules.rangelength = [rules.minlength, rules.maxlength];
+				delete rules.minlength;
+				delete rules.maxlength;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// To support custom messages in metadata ignore rule methods titled "messages"
+		if (rules.messages) {
+			delete rules.messages;
+		}
+		
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	// Converts a simple string to a {string: true} rule, e.g., "required" to {required:true}
+	normalizeRule: function(data) {
+		if( typeof data == "string" ) {
+			var transformed = {};
+			$.each(data.split(/\s/), function() {
+				transformed[this] = true;
+			});
+			data = transformed;
+		}
+		return data;
+	},
+	
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod
+	addMethod: function(name, method, message) {
+		$.validator.methods[name] = method;
+		$.validator.messages[name] = message != undefined ? message : $.validator.messages[name];
+		if (method.length < 3) {
+			$.validator.addClassRules(name, $.validator.normalizeRule(name));
+		}
+	},
+
+	methods: {
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required
+		required: function(value, element, param) {
+			// check if dependency is met
+			if ( !this.depend(param, element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
+			case 'select':
+				// could be an array for select-multiple or a string, both are fine this way
+				var val = $(element).val();
+				return val && val.length > 0;
+			case 'input':
+				if ( this.checkable(element) )
+					return this.getLength(value, element) > 0;
+			default:
+				return $.trim(value).length > 0;
+			}
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/remote
+		remote: function(value, element, param) {
+			if ( this.optional(element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			
+			var previous = this.previousValue(element);
+			if (!this.settings.messages[element.name] )
+				this.settings.messages[element.name] = {};
+			previous.originalMessage = this.settings.messages[element.name].remote;
+			this.settings.messages[element.name].remote = previous.message;
+			
+			param = typeof param == "string" && {url:param} || param; 
+			
+			if ( previous.old !== value ) {
+				previous.old = value;
+				var validator = this;
+				this.startRequest(element);
+				var data = {};
+				data[element.name] = value;
+				$.ajax($.extend(true, {
+					url: param,
+					mode: "abort",
+					port: "validate" + element.name,
+					dataType: "json",
+					data: data,
+					success: function(response) {
+						validator.settings.messages[element.name].remote = previous.originalMessage;
+						var valid = response === true;
+						if ( valid ) {
+							var submitted = validator.formSubmitted;
+							validator.prepareElement(element);
+							validator.formSubmitted = submitted;
+							validator.successList.push(element);
+							validator.showErrors();
+						} else {
+							var errors = {};
+							var message = (previous.message = response || validator.defaultMessage( element, "remote" ));
+							errors[element.name] = $.isFunction(message) ? message(value) : message;
+							validator.showErrors(errors);
+						}
+						previous.valid = valid;
+						validator.stopRequest(element, valid);
+					}
+				}, param));
+				return "pending";
+			} else if( this.pending[element.name] ) {
+				return "pending";
+			}
+			return previous.valid;
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/minlength
+		minlength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength($.trim(value), element) >= param;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/maxlength
+		maxlength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength($.trim(value), element) <= param;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/rangelength
+		rangelength: function(value, element, param) {
+			var length = this.getLength($.trim(value), element);
+			return this.optional(element) || ( length >= param[0] && length <= param[1] );
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/min
+		min: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || value >= param;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/max
+		max: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || value <= param;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/range
+		range: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || ( value >= param[0] && value <= param[1] );
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/email
+		email: function(value, element) {
+			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/email_address_validation/
+			return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/url
+		url: function(value, element) {
+			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/iri/
+			return this.optional(element) || /^(https?|ftp):\/\/(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i.test(value);
+		},
+        
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/date
+		date: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || !/Invalid|NaN/.test(new Date(value));
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateISO
+		dateISO: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^\d{4}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}$/.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/number
+		number: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})+)(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/digits
+		digits: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^\d+$/.test(value);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/creditcard
+		// based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn
+		creditcard: function(value, element) {
+			if ( this.optional(element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			// accept only digits and dashes
+			if (/[^0-9-]+/.test(value))
+				return false;
+			var nCheck = 0,
+				nDigit = 0,
+				bEven = false;
+
+			value = value.replace(/\D/g, "");
+
+			for (var n = value.length - 1; n >= 0; n--) {
+				var cDigit = value.charAt(n);
+				var nDigit = parseInt(cDigit, 10);
+				if (bEven) {
+					if ((nDigit *= 2) > 9)
+						nDigit -= 9;
+				}
+				nCheck += nDigit;
+				bEven = !bEven;
+			}
+
+			return (nCheck % 10) == 0;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/accept
+		accept: function(value, element, param) {
+			param = typeof param == "string" ? param.replace(/,/g, '|') : "png|jpe?g|gif";
+			return this.optional(element) || value.match(new RegExp(".(" + param + ")$", "i")); 
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/equalTo
+		equalTo: function(value, element, param) {
+			// bind to the blur event of the target in order to revalidate whenever the target field is updated
+			// TODO find a way to bind the event just once, avoiding the unbind-rebind overhead
+			var target = $(param).unbind(".validate-equalTo").bind("blur.validate-equalTo", function() {
+				$(element).valid();
+			});
+			return value == target.val();
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+});
+
+// deprecated, use $.validator.format instead
+$.format = $.validator.format;
+
+})(jQuery);
+
+// ajax mode: abort
+// usage: $.ajax({ mode: "abort"[, port: "uniqueport"]});
+// if mode:"abort" is used, the previous request on that port (port can be undefined) is aborted via XMLHttpRequest.abort() 
+;(function($) {
+	var ajax = $.ajax;
+	var pendingRequests = {};
+	$.ajax = function(settings) {
+		// create settings for compatibility with ajaxSetup
+		settings = $.extend(settings, $.extend({}, $.ajaxSettings, settings));
+		var port = settings.port;
+		if (settings.mode == "abort") {
+			if ( pendingRequests[port] ) {
+				pendingRequests[port].abort();
+			}
+			return (pendingRequests[port] = ajax.apply(this, arguments));
+		}
+		return ajax.apply(this, arguments);
+	};
+})(jQuery);
+
+// provides cross-browser focusin and focusout events
+// IE has native support, in other browsers, use event caputuring (neither bubbles)
+
+// provides delegate(type: String, delegate: Selector, handler: Callback) plugin for easier event delegation
+// handler is only called when $(event.target).is(delegate), in the scope of the jquery-object for event.target 
+;(function($) {
+	// only implement if not provided by jQuery core (since 1.4)
+	// TODO verify if jQuery 1.4's implementation is compatible with older jQuery special-event APIs
+	if (!jQuery.event.special.focusin && !jQuery.event.special.focusout && document.addEventListener) {
+		$.each({
+			focus: 'focusin',
+			blur: 'focusout'	
+		}, function( original, fix ){
+			$.event.special[fix] = {
+				setup:function() {
+					this.addEventListener( original, handler, true );
+				},
+				teardown:function() {
+					this.removeEventListener( original, handler, true );
+				},
+				handler: function(e) {
+					arguments[0] = $.event.fix(e);
+					arguments[0].type = fix;
+					return $.event.handle.apply(this, arguments);
+				}
+			};
+			function handler(e) {
+				e = $.event.fix(e);
+				e.type = fix;
+				return $.event.handle.call(this, e);
+			}
+		});
+	};
+	$.extend($.fn, {
+		validateDelegate: function(delegate, type, handler) {
+			return this.bind(type, function(event) {
+				var target = $(event.target);
+				if (target.is(delegate)) {
+					return handler.apply(target, arguments);
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	});
+})(jQuery);