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+//******************************************************************************
+// Globals, including constants
+var UI_GLOBAL = {
+    UI_PREFIX: 'ui'
+    , XHTML_DOCTYPE: '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '
+        + '"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" '
+        + '"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">'
+    , XHTML_XMLNS: 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'
+};
+//*****************************************************************************
+// Exceptions
+function UIElementException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'UIElementException';
+}
+function UIArgumentException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'UIArgumentException';
+}
+function PagesetException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'PagesetException';
+}
+function UISpecifierException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'UISpecifierException';
+}
+function CommandMatcherException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'CommandMatcherException';
+}
+//*****************************************************************************
+// UI-Element core
+/**
+ * The UIElement object. This has been crafted along with UIMap to make
+ * specifying UI elements using JSON as simple as possible. Object construction
+ * will fail if 1) a proper name isn't provided, 2) a faulty args argument is
+ * given, or 3) getLocator() returns undefined for a valid permutation of
+ * default argument values. See ui-doc.html for the documentation on the
+ * builder syntax.
+ *
+ * @param uiElementShorthand  an object whose contents conform to the
+ *                            UI-Element builder syntax.
+ *
+ * @return  a new UIElement object
+ * @throws  UIElementException
+ */
+function UIElement(uiElementShorthand)
+{
+    // a shorthand object might look like:
+    //
+    // {
+    //     name: 'topic'
+    //     , description: 'sidebar links to topic categories'
+    //     , args: [
+    //         {
+    //             name: 'name'
+    //             , description: 'the name of the topic'
+    //             , defaultValues: topLevelTopics
+    //         }
+    //     ]
+    //     , getLocator: function(args) {
+    //         return this._listXPath +
+    //             "/a[text()=" + args.name.quoteForXPath() + "]";
+    //     }
+    //     , getGenericLocator: function() {
+    //         return this._listXPath + '/a';
+    //     }
+    //     // maintain testcases for getLocator()
+    //     , testcase1: {
+    //         // defaultValues used if args not specified
+    //         args: { name: 'foo' }
+    //         , xhtml: '<div id="topiclist">'
+    //             + '<ul><li><a expected-result="1">foo</a></li></ul>'
+    //             + '</div>'
+    //     }
+    //     // set a local element variable
+    //     , _listXPath: "//div[@id='topiclist']/ul/li"
+    // }
+    //
+    // name cannot be null or an empty string. Enforce the same requirement for
+    // the description.
+    /**
+     * Recursively returns all permutations of argument-value pairs, given
+     * a list of argument definitions. Each argument definition will have
+     * a set of default values to use in generating said pairs. If an argument
+     * has no default values defined, it will not be included among the
+     * permutations.
+     *
+     * @param args        a list of UIArguments
+     * @param inDocument  the document object to pass to the getDefaultValues()
+     *                    method of each argument.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of associative arrays containing key value pairs
+     */
+    this.permuteArgs = function(args, inDocument) {
+        if (args.length == 0) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        var permutations = [];
+        var arg = args[0];
+        var remainingArgs = args.slice(1);
+        var subsequentPermutations = this.permuteArgs(remainingArgs,
+            inDocument);
+        var defaultValues = arg.getDefaultValues(inDocument);
+        // skip arguments for which no default values are defined. If the
+        // argument is a required one, then no permutations are possible.
+        if (defaultValues.length == 0) {
+            if (arg.required) {
+                return [];
+            }
+            else {
+                return subsequentPermutations;
+            }
+        }
+        for (var i = 0; i < defaultValues.length; ++i) {
+            var value = defaultValues[i];
+            var permutation;
+            if (subsequentPermutations.length == 0) {
+                permutation = {};
+                permutation[arg.name] = value + "";
+                permutations.push(permutation);
+            }
+            else {
+                for (var j = 0; j < subsequentPermutations.length; ++j) {
+                    permutation = clone(subsequentPermutations[j]);
+                    permutation[arg.name] = value + "";
+                    permutations.push(permutation);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return permutations;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of all testcases for this UIElement.
+     */
+    this.getTestcases = function()
+    {
+        return this.testcases;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Run all unit tests, stopping at the first failure, if any. Return true
+     * if no failures encountered, false otherwise. See the following thread
+     * regarding use of getElementById() on XML documents created by parsing
+     * text via the DOMParser:
+     *
+     * http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.javascript/browse_thread/thread/2b1b82b3c53a1282/
+     */
+    this.test = function()
+    {
+        var parser = new DOMParser();
+        var testcases = this.getTestcases();
+        testcaseLoop: for (var i = 0; i < testcases.length; ++i) {
+            var testcase = testcases[i];
+            var xhtml = UI_GLOBAL.XHTML_DOCTYPE + '<html xmlns="'
+                + UI_GLOBAL.XHTML_XMLNS + '">' + testcase.xhtml + '</html>';
+            var doc = parser.parseFromString(xhtml, "text/xml");
+            if (doc.firstChild.nodeName == 'parsererror') {
+                safe_alert('Error parsing XHTML in testcase "' + testcase.name
+                    + '" for UI element "' + this.name + '": ' + "\n"
+                    + doc.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
+            }
+            // we're no longer using the default locators when testing, because
+            // args is now required
+            var locator = parse_locator(this.getLocator(testcase.args));
+            var results;
+            if (locator.type == 'xpath' || (locator.type == 'implicit' &&
+                locator.string.substring(0, 2) == '//')) {
+                // try using the javascript xpath engine to avoid namespace
+                // issues. The xpath does have to be lowercase however, it
+                // seems.
+                results = eval_xpath(locator.string, doc,
+                    { allowNativeXpath: false, returnOnFirstMatch: true });
+            }
+            else {
+                // piece the locator back together
+                locator = (locator.type == 'implicit')
+                    ? locator.string
+                    : locator.type + '=' + locator.string;
+                results = eval_locator(locator, doc);
+            }
+            if (results.length && results[0].hasAttribute('expected-result')) {
+                continue testcaseLoop;
+            }
+            // testcase failed
+            if (is_IDE()) {
+                var msg = 'Testcase "' + testcase.name
+                    + '" failed for UI element "' + this.name + '":';
+                if (!results.length) {
+                    msg += '\n"' + locator + '" did not match any elements!';
+                }
+                else {
+                    msg += '\n' + results[0] + ' was not the expected result!';
+                }
+                safe_alert(msg);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Creates a set of locators using permutations of default values for
+     * arguments used in the locator construction. The set is returned as an
+     * object mapping locators to key-value arguments objects containing the
+     * values passed to getLocator() to create the locator.
+     *
+     * @param opt_inDocument (optional) the document object of the "current"
+     *                       page when this method is invoked. Some arguments
+     *                       may have default value lists that are calculated
+     *                       based on the contents of the page.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of locator strings
+     * @throws  UIElementException
+     */
+    this.getDefaultLocators = function(opt_inDocument) {
+        var defaultLocators = {};
+        if (this.args.length == 0) {
+            defaultLocators[this.getLocator({})] = {};
+        }
+        else {
+            var permutations = this.permuteArgs(this.args, opt_inDocument);
+            if (permutations.length != 0) {
+                for (var i = 0; i < permutations.length; ++i) {
+                    var args = permutations[i];
+                    var locator = this.getLocator(args);
+                    if (!locator) {
+                        throw new UIElementException('Error in UIElement(): '
+                            + 'no getLocator return value for element "' + name
+                            + '"');
+                    }
+                    defaultLocators[locator] = args;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                // try using no arguments. Parse the locator to make sure it's
+                // really good. If it doesn't work, fine.
+                try {
+                    var locator = this.getLocator();
+                    parse_locator(locator);
+                    defaultLocators[locator] = {};
+                }
+                catch (e) {
+                    safe_log('debug', e.message);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return defaultLocators;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Validate the structure of the shorthand notation this object is being
+     * initialized with. Throws an exception if there's a validation error.
+     *
+     * @param uiElementShorthand
+     *
+     * @throws  UIElementException
+     */
+    this.validate = function(uiElementShorthand)
+    {
+        var msg = "UIElement validation error:\n" + print_r(uiElementShorthand);
+        if (!uiElementShorthand.name) {
+            throw new UIElementException(msg + 'no name specified!');
+        }
+        if (!uiElementShorthand.description) {
+            throw new UIElementException(msg + 'no description specified!');
+        }
+        if (!uiElementShorthand.locator
+            && !uiElementShorthand.getLocator
+            && !uiElementShorthand.xpath
+            && !uiElementShorthand.getXPath) {
+            throw new UIElementException(msg + 'no locator specified!');
+        }
+    };
+    this.init = function(uiElementShorthand)
+    {
+        this.validate(uiElementShorthand);
+        this.name = uiElementShorthand.name;
+        this.description = uiElementShorthand.description;
+        // construct a new getLocator() method based on the locator property,
+        // or use the provided function. We're deprecating the xpath property
+        // and getXPath() function, but still allow for them for backwards
+        // compatability.
+        if (uiElementShorthand.locator) {
+            this.getLocator = function(args) {
+                return uiElementShorthand.locator;
+            };
+        }
+        else if (uiElementShorthand.getLocator) {
+            this.getLocator = uiElementShorthand.getLocator;
+        }
+        else if (uiElementShorthand.xpath) {
+            this.getLocator = function(args) {
+                return uiElementShorthand.xpath;
+            };
+        }
+        else {
+            this.getLocator = uiElementShorthand.getXPath;
+        }
+        if (uiElementShorthand.genericLocator) {
+            this.getGenericLocator = function() {
+                return uiElementShorthand.genericLocator;
+            };
+        }
+        else if (uiElementShorthand.getGenericLocator) {
+            this.getGenericLocator = uiElementShorthand.getGenericLocator;
+        }
+        if (uiElementShorthand.getOffsetLocator) {
+            this.getOffsetLocator = uiElementShorthand.getOffsetLocator;
+        }
+        // get the testcases and local variables
+        this.testcases = [];
+        var localVars = {};
+        for (var attr in uiElementShorthand) {
+            if (attr.match(/^testcase/)) {
+                var testcase = uiElementShorthand[attr];
+                if (uiElementShorthand.args &&
+                    uiElementShorthand.args.length && !testcase.args) {
+                    safe_alert('No args defined in ' + attr + ' for UI element '
+                        + this.name + '! Skipping testcase.');
+                    continue;
+                }
+                testcase.name = attr;
+                this.testcases.push(testcase);
+            }
+            else if (attr.match(/^_/)) {
+                this[attr] = uiElementShorthand[attr];
+                localVars[attr] = uiElementShorthand[attr];
+            }
+        }
+        // create the arguments
+        this.args = []
+        this.argsOrder = [];
+        if (uiElementShorthand.args) {
+            for (var i = 0; i < uiElementShorthand.args.length; ++i) {
+                var arg = new UIArgument(uiElementShorthand.args[i], localVars);
+                this.args.push(arg);
+                this.argsOrder.push(arg.name);
+                // if an exception is thrown when invoking getDefaultValues()
+                // with no parameters passed in, assume the method requires an
+                // inDocument parameter, and thus may only be invoked at run
+                // time. Mark the UI element object accordingly.
+                try {
+                    arg.getDefaultValues();
+                }
+                catch (e) {
+                    this.isDefaultLocatorConstructionDeferred = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!this.isDefaultLocatorConstructionDeferred) {
+            this.defaultLocators = this.getDefaultLocators();
+        }
+    };
+    this.init(uiElementShorthand);
+}
+// hang this off the UIElement "namespace". This is a composite strategy.
+UIElement.defaultOffsetLocatorStrategy = function(locatedElement, pageElement) {
+    var strategies = [
+        UIElement.linkXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy
+        , UIElement.preferredAttributeXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy
+        , UIElement.simpleXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy
+    ];
+    for (var i = 0; i < strategies.length; ++i) {
+        var strategy = strategies[i];
+        var offsetLocator = strategy(locatedElement, pageElement);
+        if (offsetLocator) {
+            return offsetLocator;
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+UIElement.simpleXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy = function(locatedElement,
+    pageElement)
+{
+    if (is_ancestor(locatedElement, pageElement)) {
+        var xpath = "";
+        var recorder = Recorder.get(locatedElement.ownerDocument.defaultView);
+        var locatorBuilders = recorder.locatorBuilders;
+        var currentNode = pageElement;
+        while (currentNode != null && currentNode != locatedElement) {
+            xpath = locatorBuilders.relativeXPathFromParent(currentNode)
+                + xpath;
+            currentNode = currentNode.parentNode;
+        }
+        var results = eval_xpath(xpath, locatedElement.ownerDocument,
+            { contextNode: locatedElement });
+        if (results.length > 0 && results[0] == pageElement) {
+            return xpath;
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+UIElement.linkXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy = function(locatedElement, pageElement)
+{
+    if (pageElement.nodeName == 'A' && is_ancestor(locatedElement, pageElement))
+    {
+        var text = pageElement.textContent
+            .replace(/^\s+/, "")
+            .replace(/\s+$/, "");
+        if (text) {
+            var xpath = '/descendant::a[normalize-space()='
+                + text.quoteForXPath() + ']';
+            var results = eval_xpath(xpath, locatedElement.ownerDocument,
+                { contextNode: locatedElement });
+            if (results.length > 0 && results[0] == pageElement) {
+                return xpath;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+// compare to the "xpath:attributes" locator strategy defined in the IDE source
+UIElement.preferredAttributeXPathOffsetLocatorStrategy =
+    function(locatedElement, pageElement)
+{
+    // this is an ordered listing of single attributes
+    var preferredAttributes =  [
+        'name'
+        , 'value'
+        , 'type'
+        , 'action'
+        , 'alt'
+        , 'title'
+        , 'class'
+        , 'src'
+        , 'href'
+        , 'onclick'
+    ];
+    if (is_ancestor(locatedElement, pageElement)) {
+        var xpathBase = '/descendant::' + pageElement.nodeName.toLowerCase();
+        for (var i = 0; i < preferredAttributes.length; ++i) {
+            var name = preferredAttributes[i];
+            var value = pageElement.getAttribute(name);
+            if (value) {
+                var xpath = xpathBase + '[@' + name + '='
+                    + value.quoteForXPath() + ']';
+                var results = eval_xpath(xpath, locatedElement.ownerDocument,
+                    { contextNode: locatedElement });
+                if (results.length > 0 && results[0] == pageElement) {
+                    return xpath;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+};
+/**
+ * Constructs a UIArgument. This is mostly for checking that the values are
+ * valid.
+ *
+ * @param uiArgumentShorthand
+ * @param localVars
+ *
+ * @throws  UIArgumentException
+ */
+function UIArgument(uiArgumentShorthand, localVars)
+{
+    /**
+     * @param uiArgumentShorthand
+     *
+     * @throws  UIArgumentException
+     */
+    this.validate = function(uiArgumentShorthand)
+    {
+        var msg = "UIArgument validation error:\n"
+            + print_r(uiArgumentShorthand);
+        // try really hard to throw an exception!
+        if (!uiArgumentShorthand.name) {
+            throw new UIArgumentException(msg + 'no name specified!');
+        }
+        if (!uiArgumentShorthand.description) {
+            throw new UIArgumentException(msg + 'no description specified!');
+        }
+        if (!uiArgumentShorthand.defaultValues &&
+            !uiArgumentShorthand.getDefaultValues) {
+            throw new UIArgumentException(msg + 'no default values specified!');
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * @param uiArgumentShorthand
+     * @param localVars            a list of local variables
+     */
+    this.init = function(uiArgumentShorthand, localVars)
+    {
+        this.validate(uiArgumentShorthand);
+        this.name = uiArgumentShorthand.name;
+        this.description = uiArgumentShorthand.description;
+        this.required = uiArgumentShorthand.required || false;
+        if (uiArgumentShorthand.defaultValues) {
+            var defaultValues = uiArgumentShorthand.defaultValues;
+            this.getDefaultValues =
+                function() { return defaultValues; }
+        }
+        else {
+            this.getDefaultValues = uiArgumentShorthand.getDefaultValues;
+        }
+        for (var name in localVars) {
+            this[name] = localVars[name];
+        }
+    }
+    this.init(uiArgumentShorthand, localVars);
+}
+/**
+ * The UISpecifier constructor is overloaded. If less than three arguments are
+ * provided, the first argument will be considered a UI specifier string, and
+ * will be split out accordingly. Otherwise, the first argument will be
+ * considered the path.
+ *
+ * @param uiSpecifierStringOrPagesetName  a UI specifier string, or the pageset
+ *                                        name of the UI specifier
+ * @param elementName  the name of the element
+ * @param args         an object associating keys to values
+ *
+ * @return  new UISpecifier object
+ */
+function UISpecifier(uiSpecifierStringOrPagesetName, elementName, args)
+{
+    /**
+     * Initializes this object from a UI specifier string of the form:
+     *
+     *     pagesetName::elementName(arg1=value1, arg2=value2, ...)
+     *
+     * into its component parts, and returns them as an object.
+     *
+     * @return  an object containing the components of the UI specifier
+     * @throws  UISpecifierException
+     */
+    this._initFromUISpecifierString = function(uiSpecifierString) {
+        var matches = /^(.*)::([^\(]+)\((.*)\)$/.exec(uiSpecifierString);
+        if (matches == null) {
+            throw new UISpecifierException('Error in '
+                + 'UISpecifier._initFromUISpecifierString(): "'
+                + this.string + '" is not a valid UI specifier string');
+        }
+        this.pagesetName = matches[1];
+        this.elementName = matches[2];
+        this.args = (matches[3]) ? parse_kwargs(matches[3]) : {};
+    };
+    /**
+     * Override the toString() method to return the UI specifier string when
+     * evaluated in a string context. Combines the UI specifier components into
+     * a canonical UI specifier string and returns it.
+     *
+     * @return   a UI specifier string
+     */
+    this.toString = function() {
+        // empty string is acceptable for the path, but it must be defined
+        if (this.pagesetName == undefined) {
+            throw new UISpecifierException('Error in UISpecifier.toString(): "'
+                + this.pagesetName + '" is not a valid UI specifier pageset '
+                + 'name');
+        }
+        if (!this.elementName) {
+            throw new UISpecifierException('Error in UISpecifier.unparse(): "'
+                + this.elementName + '" is not a valid UI specifier element '
+                + 'name');
+        }
+        if (!this.args) {
+            throw new UISpecifierException('Error in UISpecifier.unparse(): "'
+                + this.args + '" are not valid UI specifier args');
+        }
+        uiElement = UIMap.getInstance()
+            .getUIElement(this.pagesetName, this.elementName);
+        if (uiElement != null) {
+            var kwargs = to_kwargs(this.args, uiElement.argsOrder);
+        }
+        else {
+            // probably under unit test
+            var kwargs = to_kwargs(this.args);
+        }
+        return this.pagesetName + '::' + this.elementName + '(' + kwargs + ')';
+    };
+    // construct the object
+    if (arguments.length < 2) {
+        this._initFromUISpecifierString(uiSpecifierStringOrPagesetName);
+    }
+    else {
+        this.pagesetName = uiSpecifierStringOrPagesetName;
+        this.elementName = elementName;
+        this.args = (args) ? clone(args) : {};
+    }
+}
+function Pageset(pagesetShorthand)
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the page is included in this pageset, false otherwise.
+     * The page is specified by a document object.
+     *
+     * @param inDocument  the document object representing the page
+     */
+    this.contains = function(inDocument)
+    {
+        var urlParts = parseUri(unescape(inDocument.location.href));
+        var path = urlParts.path
+            .replace(/^\//, "")
+            .replace(/\/$/, "");
+        if (!this.pathRegexp.test(path)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        for (var paramName in this.paramRegexps) {
+            var paramRegexp = this.paramRegexps[paramName];
+            if (!paramRegexp.test(urlParts.queryKey[paramName])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!this.pageContent(inDocument)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    this.getUIElements = function()
+    {
+        var uiElements = [];
+        for (var uiElementName in this.uiElements) {
+            uiElements.push(this.uiElements[uiElementName]);
+        }
+        return uiElements;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of UI specifier string stubs representing all UI elements
+     * for this pageset. Stubs contain all required arguments, but leave
+     * argument values blank. Each element stub is paired with the element's
+     * description.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of UI specifier string stubs
+     */
+    this.getUISpecifierStringStubs = function()
+    {
+        var stubs = [];
+        for (var name in this.uiElements) {
+            var uiElement = this.uiElements[name];
+            var args = {};
+            for (var i = 0; i < uiElement.args.length; ++i) {
+                args[uiElement.args[i].name] = '';
+            }
+            var uiSpecifier = new UISpecifier(this.name, uiElement.name, args);
+            stubs.push([
+                UI_GLOBAL.UI_PREFIX + '=' + uiSpecifier.toString()
+                , uiElement.description
+            ]);
+        }
+        return stubs;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Throws an exception on validation failure.
+     */
+    this._validate = function(pagesetShorthand)
+    {
+        var msg = "Pageset validation error:\n"
+            + print_r(pagesetShorthand);
+        if (!pagesetShorthand.name) {
+            throw new PagesetException(msg + 'no name specified!');
+        }
+        if (!pagesetShorthand.description) {
+            throw new PagesetException(msg + 'no description specified!');
+        }
+        if (!pagesetShorthand.paths &&
+            !pagesetShorthand.pathRegexp &&
+            !pagesetShorthand.pageContent) {
+            throw new PagesetException(msg
+                + 'no path, pathRegexp, or pageContent specified!');
+        }
+    };
+    this.init = function(pagesetShorthand)
+    {
+        this._validate(pagesetShorthand);
+        this.name = pagesetShorthand.name;
+        this.description = pagesetShorthand.description;
+        var pathPrefixRegexp = pagesetShorthand.pathPrefix
+            ? RegExp.escape(pagesetShorthand.pathPrefix) : "";
+        var pathRegexp = '^' + pathPrefixRegexp;
+        if (pagesetShorthand.paths != undefined) {
+            pathRegexp += '(?:';
+            for (var i = 0; i < pagesetShorthand.paths.length; ++i) {
+                if (i > 0) {
+                    pathRegexp += '|';
+                }
+                pathRegexp += RegExp.escape(pagesetShorthand.paths[i]);
+            }
+            pathRegexp += ')$';
+        }
+        else if (pagesetShorthand.pathRegexp) {
+            pathRegexp += '(?:' + pagesetShorthand.pathRegexp + ')$';
+        }
+        this.pathRegexp = new RegExp(pathRegexp);
+        this.paramRegexps = {};
+        for (var paramName in pagesetShorthand.paramRegexps) {
+            this.paramRegexps[paramName] =
+                new RegExp(pagesetShorthand.paramRegexps[paramName]);
+        }
+        this.pageContent = pagesetShorthand.pageContent ||
+            function() { return true; };
+        this.uiElements = {};
+    };
+    this.init(pagesetShorthand);
+}
+/**
+ * Construct the UI map object, and return it. Once the object is instantiated,
+ * it binds to a global variable and will not leave scope.
+ *
+ * @return  new UIMap object
+ */
+function UIMap()
+{
+    // the singleton pattern, split into two parts so that "new" can still
+    // be used, in addition to "getInstance()"
+    UIMap.self = this;
+    // need to attach variables directly to the Editor object in order for them
+    // to be in scope for Editor methods
+    if (is_IDE()) {
+        Editor.uiMap = this;
+        Editor.UI_PREFIX = UI_GLOBAL.UI_PREFIX;
+    }
+    this.pagesets = new Object();
+    /**
+     * pageset[pagesetName]
+     *   regexp
+     *   elements[elementName]
+     *     UIElement
+     */
+    this.addPageset = function(pagesetShorthand)
+    {
+        try {
+            var pageset = new Pageset(pagesetShorthand);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            safe_alert("Could not create pageset from shorthand:\n"
+                + print_r(pagesetShorthand) + "\n" + e.message);
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (this.pagesets[pageset.name]) {
+            safe_alert('Could not add pageset "' + pageset.name
+                + '": a pageset with that name already exists!');
+            return false;
+        }
+        this.pagesets[pageset.name] = pageset;
+        return true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * @param pagesetName
+     * @param uiElementShorthand  a representation of a UIElement object in
+     *                            shorthand JSON.
+     */
+    this.addElement = function(pagesetName, uiElementShorthand)
+    {
+        try {
+            var uiElement = new UIElement(uiElementShorthand);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            safe_alert("Could not create UI element from shorthand:\n"
+                + print_r(uiElementShorthand) + "\n" + e.message);
+            return false;
+        }
+        // run the element's unit tests only for the IDE, and only when the
+        // IDE is starting. Make a rough guess as to the latter condition.
+        if (is_IDE() && !editor.selDebugger && !uiElement.test()) {
+            safe_alert('Could not add UI element "' + uiElement.name
+                + '": failed testcases!');
+            return false;
+        }
+        try {
+            this.pagesets[pagesetName].uiElements[uiElement.name] = uiElement;
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            safe_alert("Could not add UI element '" + uiElement.name
+                + "' to pageset '" + pagesetName + "':\n" + e.message);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns the pageset for a given UI specifier string.
+     *
+     * @param uiSpecifierString
+     * @return  a pageset object
+     */
+    this.getPageset = function(uiSpecifierString)
+    {
+        try {
+            var uiSpecifier = new UISpecifier(uiSpecifierString);
+            return this.pagesets[uiSpecifier.pagesetName];
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Returns the UIElement that a UISpecifierString or pageset and element
+     * pair refer to.
+     *
+     * @param pagesetNameOrUISpecifierString
+     * @return  a UIElement, or null if none is found associated with
+     *          uiSpecifierString
+     */
+    this.getUIElement = function(pagesetNameOrUISpecifierString, uiElementName)
+    {
+        var pagesetName = pagesetNameOrUISpecifierString;
+        if (arguments.length == 1) {
+            var uiSpecifierString = pagesetNameOrUISpecifierString;
+            try {
+                var uiSpecifier = new UISpecifier(uiSpecifierString);
+                pagesetName = uiSpecifier.pagesetName;
+                var uiElementName = uiSpecifier.elementName;
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            return this.pagesets[pagesetName].uiElements[uiElementName];
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of pagesets that "contains" the provided page,
+     * represented as a document object. Containership is defined by the
+     * Pageset object's contain() method.
+     *
+     * @param inDocument  the page to get pagesets for
+     * @return            a list of pagesets
+     */
+    this.getPagesetsForPage = function(inDocument)
+    {
+        var pagesets = [];
+        for (var pagesetName in this.pagesets) {
+            var pageset = this.pagesets[pagesetName];
+            if (pageset.contains(inDocument)) {
+                pagesets.push(pageset);
+            }
+        }
+        return pagesets;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of all pagesets.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of pagesets
+     */
+    this.getPagesets = function()
+    {
+        var pagesets = [];
+        for (var pagesetName in this.pagesets) {
+            pagesets.push(this.pagesets[pagesetName]);
+        }
+        return pagesets;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of elements on a page that a given UI specifier string,
+     * maps to. If no elements are mapped to, returns an empty list..
+     *
+     * @param   uiSpecifierString  a String that specifies a UI element with
+     *                             attendant argument values
+     * @param   inDocument         the document object the specified UI element
+     *                             appears in
+     * @return                     a potentially-empty list of elements
+     *                             specified by uiSpecifierString
+     */
+    this.getPageElements = function(uiSpecifierString, inDocument)
+    {
+        var locator = this.getLocator(uiSpecifierString);
+        var results = locator ? eval_locator(locator, inDocument) : [];
+        return results;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns the locator string that a given UI specifier string maps to, or
+     * null if it cannot be mapped.
+     *
+     * @param uiSpecifierString
+     */
+    this.getLocator = function(uiSpecifierString)
+    {
+        try {
+            var uiSpecifier = new UISpecifier(uiSpecifierString);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            safe_alert('Could not create UISpecifier for string "'
+                + uiSpecifierString + '": ' + e.message);
+            return null;
+        }
+        var uiElement = this.getUIElement(uiSpecifier.pagesetName,
+            uiSpecifier.elementName);
+        try {
+            return uiElement.getLocator(uiSpecifier.args);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Finds and returns a UI specifier string given an element and the page
+     * that it appears on.
+     *
+     * @param pageElement  the document element to map to a UI specifier
+     * @param inDocument   the document the element appears in
+     * @return             a UI specifier string, or false if one cannot be
+     *                     constructed
+     */
+    this.getUISpecifierString = function(pageElement, inDocument)
+    {
+        var is_fuzzy_match =
+            BrowserBot.prototype.locateElementByUIElement.is_fuzzy_match;
+        var pagesets = this.getPagesetsForPage(inDocument);
+        for (var i = 0; i < pagesets.length; ++i) {
+            var pageset = pagesets[i];
+            var uiElements = pageset.getUIElements();
+            for (var j = 0; j < uiElements.length; ++j) {
+                var uiElement = uiElements[j];
+                // first test against the generic locator, if there is one.
+                // This should net some performance benefit when recording on
+                // more complicated pages.
+                if (uiElement.getGenericLocator) {
+                    var passedTest = false;
+                    var results =
+                        eval_locator(uiElement.getGenericLocator(), inDocument);
+                    for (var i = 0; i < results.length; ++i) {
+                        if (results[i] == pageElement) {
+                            passedTest = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (!passedTest) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+                var defaultLocators;
+                if (uiElement.isDefaultLocatorConstructionDeferred) {
+                    defaultLocators = uiElement.getDefaultLocators(inDocument);
+                }
+                else {
+                    defaultLocators = uiElement.defaultLocators;
+                }
+                //safe_alert(print_r(uiElement.defaultLocators));
+                for (var locator in defaultLocators) {
+                    var locatedElements = eval_locator(locator, inDocument);
+                    if (locatedElements.length) {
+                        var locatedElement = locatedElements[0];
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    // use a heuristic to determine whether the element
+                    // specified is the "same" as the element we're matching
+                    if (is_fuzzy_match) {
+                        if (is_fuzzy_match(locatedElement, pageElement)) {
+                            return UI_GLOBAL.UI_PREFIX + '=' +
+                                new UISpecifier(pageset.name, uiElement.name,
+                                    defaultLocators[locator]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        if (locatedElement == pageElement) {
+                            return UI_GLOBAL.UI_PREFIX + '=' +
+                                new UISpecifier(pageset.name, uiElement.name,
+                                    defaultLocators[locator]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // ok, matching the element failed. See if an offset
+                    // locator can complete the match.
+                    if (uiElement.getOffsetLocator) {
+                        for (var k = 0; k < locatedElements.length; ++k) {
+                            var offsetLocator = uiElement
+                                .getOffsetLocator(locatedElements[k], pageElement);
+                            if (offsetLocator) {
+                                return UI_GLOBAL.UI_PREFIX + '=' +
+                                    new UISpecifier(pageset.name,
+                                        uiElement.name,
+                                        defaultLocators[locator])
+                                    + '->' + offsetLocator;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a sorted list of UI specifier string stubs representing possible
+     * UI elements for all pagesets, paired the their descriptions. Stubs
+     * contain all required arguments, but leave argument values blank.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of UI specifier string stubs
+     */
+    this.getUISpecifierStringStubs = function() {
+        var stubs = [];
+        var pagesets = this.getPagesets();
+        for (var i = 0; i < pagesets.length; ++i) {
+            stubs = stubs.concat(pagesets[i].getUISpecifierStringStubs());
+        }
+        stubs.sort(function(a, b) {
+            if (a[0] < b[0]) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return a[0] == b[0] ? 0 : 1;
+        });
+        return stubs;
+    }
+}
+UIMap.getInstance = function() {
+    return (UIMap.self == null) ? new UIMap() : UIMap.self;
+}
+//******************************************************************************
+// Rollups
+/**
+ * The Command object isn't available in the Selenium RC. We introduce an
+ * object with the identical constructor. In the IDE, this will be redefined,
+ * which is just fine.
+ *
+ * @param command
+ * @param target
+ * @param value
+ */
+if (typeof(Command) == 'undefined') {
+    function Command(command, target, value) {
+        this.command = command != null ? command : '';
+        this.target = target != null ? target : '';
+        this.value = value != null ? value : '';
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * A CommandMatcher object matches commands during the application of a
+ * RollupRule. It's specified with a shorthand format, for example:
+ *
+ *  new CommandMatcher({
+ *      command: 'click'
+ *      , target: 'ui=allPages::.+'
+ *  })
+ *
+ * which is intended to match click commands whose target is an element in the
+ * allPages PageSet. The matching expressions are given as regular expressions;
+ * in the example above, the command must be "click"; "clickAndWait" would be
+ * acceptable if 'click.*' were used. Here's a more complete example:
+ *
+ *  new CommandMatcher({
+ *      command: 'type'
+ *      , target: 'ui=loginPages::username()'
+ *      , value: '.+_test'
+ *      , updateArgs: function(command, args) {
+ *          args.username = command.value;
+ *      }
+ *  })
+ *
+ * Here, the command and target are fixed, but there is variability in the
+ * value of the command. When a command matches, the username is saved to the
+ * arguments object.
+ */
+function CommandMatcher(commandMatcherShorthand)
+{
+    /**
+     * Ensure the shorthand notation used to initialize the CommandMatcher has
+     * all required values.
+     *
+     * @param commandMatcherShorthand  an object containing information about
+     *                                 the CommandMatcher
+     */
+    this.validate = function(commandMatcherShorthand) {
+        var msg = "CommandMatcher validation error:\n"
+            + print_r(commandMatcherShorthand);
+        if (!commandMatcherShorthand.command) {
+            throw new CommandMatcherException(msg + 'no command specified!');
+        }
+        if (!commandMatcherShorthand.target) {
+            throw new CommandMatcherException(msg + 'no target specified!');
+        }
+        if (commandMatcherShorthand.minMatches &&
+            commandMatcherShorthand.maxMatches &&
+            commandMatcherShorthand.minMatches >
+            commandMatcherShorthand.maxMatches) {
+            throw new CommandMatcherException(msg + 'minMatches > maxMatches!');
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Initialize this object.
+     *
+     * @param commandMatcherShorthand  an object containing information used to
+     *                                 initialize the CommandMatcher
+     */
+    this.init = function(commandMatcherShorthand) {
+        this.validate(commandMatcherShorthand);
+        this.command = commandMatcherShorthand.command;
+        this.target = commandMatcherShorthand.target;
+        this.value = commandMatcherShorthand.value || null;
+        this.minMatches = commandMatcherShorthand.minMatches || 1;
+        this.maxMatches = commandMatcherShorthand.maxMatches || 1;
+        this.updateArgs = commandMatcherShorthand.updateArgs ||
+            function(command, args) { return args; };
+    };
+    /**
+     * Determines whether a given command matches. Updates args by "reference"
+     * and returns true if it does; return false otherwise.
+     *
+     * @param command  the command to attempt to match
+     */
+    this.isMatch = function(command) {
+        var re = new RegExp('^' + this.command + '$');
+        if (! re.test(command.command)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        re = new RegExp('^' + this.target + '$');
+        if (! re.test(command.target)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (this.value != null) {
+            re = new RegExp('^' + this.value + '$');
+            if (! re.test(command.value)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        // okay, the command matches
+        return true;
+    };
+    // initialization
+    this.init(commandMatcherShorthand);
+}
+function RollupRuleException(message)
+{
+    this.message = message;
+    this.name = 'RollupRuleException';
+}
+function RollupRule(rollupRuleShorthand)
+{
+    /**
+     * Ensure the shorthand notation used to initialize the RollupRule has all
+     * required values.
+     *
+     * @param rollupRuleShorthand  an object containing information about the
+     *                             RollupRule
+     */
+    this.validate = function(rollupRuleShorthand) {
+        var msg = "RollupRule validation error:\n"
+            + print_r(rollupRuleShorthand);
+        if (!rollupRuleShorthand.name) {
+            throw new RollupRuleException(msg + 'no name specified!');
+        }
+        if (!rollupRuleShorthand.description) {
+            throw new RollupRuleException(msg + 'no description specified!');
+        }
+        // rollupRuleShorthand.args is optional
+        if (!rollupRuleShorthand.commandMatchers &&
+            !rollupRuleShorthand.getRollup) {
+            throw new RollupRuleException(msg
+                + 'no command matchers specified!');
+        }
+        if (!rollupRuleShorthand.expandedCommands &&
+            !rollupRuleShorthand.getExpandedCommands) {
+            throw new RollupRuleException(msg
+                + 'no expanded commands specified!');
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Initialize this object.
+     *
+     * @param rollupRuleShorthand  an object containing information used to
+     *                             initialize the RollupRule
+     */
+    this.init = function(rollupRuleShorthand) {
+        this.validate(rollupRuleShorthand);
+        this.name = rollupRuleShorthand.name;
+        this.description = rollupRuleShorthand.description;
+        this.pre = rollupRuleShorthand.pre || '';
+        this.post = rollupRuleShorthand.post || '';
+        this.alternateCommand = rollupRuleShorthand.alternateCommand;
+        this.args = rollupRuleShorthand.args || [];
+        if (rollupRuleShorthand.commandMatchers) {
+            // construct the rule from the list of CommandMatchers
+            this.commandMatchers = [];
+            var matchers = rollupRuleShorthand.commandMatchers;
+            for (var i = 0; i < matchers.length; ++i) {
+                if (matchers[i].updateArgs && this.args.length == 0) {
+                    // enforce metadata for arguments
+                    var msg = "RollupRule validation error:\n"
+                        + print_r(rollupRuleShorthand)
+                        + 'no argument metadata provided!';
+                    throw new RollupRuleException(msg);
+                }
+                this.commandMatchers.push(new CommandMatcher(matchers[i]));
+            }
+            // returns false if the rollup doesn't match, or a rollup command
+            // if it does. If returned, the command contains the
+            // replacementIndexes property, which indicates which commands it
+            // substitutes for.
+            this.getRollup = function(commands) {
+                // this is a greedy matching algorithm
+                var replacementIndexes = [];
+                var commandMatcherQueue = this.commandMatchers;
+                var matchCount = 0;
+                var args = {};
+                for (var i = 0, j = 0; i < commandMatcherQueue.length;) {
+                    var matcher = commandMatcherQueue[i];
+                    if (j >= commands.length) {
+                        // we've run out of commands! If the remaining matchers
+                        // do not have minMatches requirements, this is a
+                        // match. Otherwise, it's not.
+                        if (matcher.minMatches > 0) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        ++i;
+                        matchCount = 0; // unnecessary, but let's be consistent
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        if (matcher.isMatch(commands[j])) {
+                            ++matchCount;
+                            if (matchCount == matcher.maxMatches) {
+                                // exhausted this matcher's matches ... move on
+                                // to next matcher
+                                ++i;
+                                matchCount = 0;
+                            }
+                            args = matcher.updateArgs(commands[j], args);
+                            replacementIndexes.push(j);
+                            ++j; // move on to next command
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            //alert(matchCount + ', ' + matcher.minMatches);
+                            if (matchCount < matcher.minMatches) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            // didn't match this time, but we've satisfied the
+                            // requirements already ... move on to next matcher
+                            ++i;
+                            matchCount = 0;
+                            // still gonna look at same command
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                var rollup;
+                if (this.alternateCommand) {
+                    rollup = new Command(this.alternateCommand,
+                        commands[0].target, commands[0].value);
+                }
+                else {
+                    rollup = new Command('rollup', this.name);
+                    rollup.value = to_kwargs(args);
+                }
+                rollup.replacementIndexes = replacementIndexes;
+                return rollup;
+            };
+        }
+        else {
+            this.getRollup = function(commands) {
+                var result = rollupRuleShorthand.getRollup(commands);
+                if (result) {
+                    var rollup = new Command(
+                        result.command
+                        , result.target
+                        , result.value
+                    );
+                    rollup.replacementIndexes = result.replacementIndexes;
+                    return rollup;
+                }
+                return false;
+            };
+        }
+        this.getExpandedCommands = function(kwargs) {
+            var commands = [];
+            var expandedCommands = (rollupRuleShorthand.expandedCommands
+                ? rollupRuleShorthand.expandedCommands
+                : rollupRuleShorthand.getExpandedCommands(
+                    parse_kwargs(kwargs)));
+            for (var i = 0; i < expandedCommands.length; ++i) {
+                var command = expandedCommands[i];
+                commands.push(new Command(
+                    command.command
+                    , command.target
+                    , command.value
+                ));
+            }
+            return commands;
+        };
+    };
+    this.init(rollupRuleShorthand);
+}
+/**
+ *
+ */
+function RollupManager()
+{
+    // singleton pattern
+    RollupManager.self = this;
+    this.init = function()
+    {
+        this.rollupRules = {};
+        if (is_IDE()) {
+            Editor.rollupManager = this;
+        }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Adds a new RollupRule to the repository. Returns true on success, or
+     * false if the rule couldn't be added.
+     *
+     * @param rollupRuleShorthand  shorthand JSON specification of the new
+     *                             RollupRule, possibly including CommandMatcher
+     *                             shorthand too.
+     * @return                     true if the rule was added successfully,
+     *                             false otherwise.
+     */
+    this.addRollupRule = function(rollupRuleShorthand)
+    {
+        try {
+            var rule = new RollupRule(rollupRuleShorthand);
+            this.rollupRules[rule.name] = rule;
+        }
+        catch(e) {
+            smart_alert("Could not create RollupRule from shorthand:\n\n"
+                + e.message);
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a RollupRule by name.
+     *
+     * @param rollupName  the name of the rule to fetch
+     * @return            the RollupRule, or null if it isn't found.
+     */
+    this.getRollupRule = function(rollupName)
+    {
+        return (this.rollupRules[rollupName] || null);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of name-description pairs for use in populating the
+     * auto-populated target dropdown in the IDE. Rules that have an alternate
+     * command defined are not included in the list, as they are not bona-fide
+     * rollups.
+     *
+     * @return  a list of name-description pairs
+     */
+    this.getRollupRulesForDropdown = function()
+    {
+        var targets = [];
+        var names = keys(this.rollupRules).sort();
+        for (var i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) {
+            var name = names[i];
+            if (this.rollupRules[name].alternateCommand) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            targets.push([ name, this.rollupRules[name].description ]);
+        }
+        return targets;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Applies all rules to the current editor commands, asking the user in
+     * each case if it's okay to perform the replacement. The rules are applied
+     * repeatedly until there are no more matches. The algorithm should
+     * remember when the user has declined a replacement, and not ask to do it
+     * again.
+     *
+     * @return  the list of commands with rollup replacements performed
+     */
+    this.applyRollupRules = function()
+    {
+        var commands = editor.getTestCase().commands;
+        var blacklistedRollups = {};
+        // so long as rollups were performed, we need to keep iterating through
+        // the commands starting at the beginning, because further rollups may
+        // potentially be applied on the newly created ones.
+        while (true) {
+            var performedRollup = false;
+            for (var i = 0; i < commands.length; ++i) {
+                // iterate through commands
+                for (var rollupName in this.rollupRules) {
+                    var rule = this.rollupRules[rollupName];
+                    var rollup = rule.getRollup(commands.slice(i));
+                    if (rollup) {
+                        // since we passed in a sliced version of the commands
+                        // array to the getRollup() method, we need to re-add
+                        // the offset to the replacementIndexes
+                        var k = 0;
+                        for (; k < rollup.replacementIndexes.length; ++k) {
+                            rollup.replacementIndexes[k] += i;
+                        }
+                        // build the confirmation message
+                        var msg = "Perform the following command rollup?\n\n";
+                        for (k = 0; k < rollup.replacementIndexes.length; ++k) {
+                            var replacementIndex = rollup.replacementIndexes[k];
+                            var command = commands[replacementIndex];
+                            msg += '[' + replacementIndex + ']: ';
+                            msg += command + "\n";
+                        }
+                        msg += "\n";
+                        msg += rollup;
+                        // check against blacklisted rollups
+                        if (blacklistedRollups[msg]) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        // highlight the potentially replaced rows
+                        for (k = 0; k < commands.length; ++k) {
+                            var command = commands[k];
+                            command.result = '';
+                            if (rollup.replacementIndexes.indexOf(k) != -1) {
+                                command.selectedForReplacement = true;
+                            }
+                            editor.view.rowUpdated(replacementIndex);
+                        }
+                        // get confirmation from user
+                        if (confirm(msg)) {
+                            // perform rollup
+                            var deleteRanges = [];
+                            var replacementIndexes = rollup.replacementIndexes;
+                            for (k = 0; k < replacementIndexes.length; ++k) {
+                                // this is expected to be list of ranges. A
+                                // range has a start, and a list of commands.
+                                // The deletion only checks the length of the
+                                // command list.
+                                deleteRanges.push({
+                                    start: replacementIndexes[k]
+                                    , commands: [ 1 ]
+                                });
+                            }
+                            editor.view.executeAction(new TreeView
+                                .DeleteCommandAction(editor.view,deleteRanges));
+                            editor.view.insertAt(i, rollup);
+                            performedRollup = true;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            // cleverly remember not to try this rollup again
+                            blacklistedRollups[msg] = true;
+                        }
+                        // unhighlight
+                        for (k = 0; k < commands.length; ++k) {
+                            commands[k].selectedForReplacement = false;
+                            editor.view.rowUpdated(k);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (!performedRollup) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return commands;
+    };
+    this.init();
+}
+RollupManager.getInstance = function() {
+    return (RollupManager.self == null)
+        ? new RollupManager()
+        : RollupManager.self;
+}