Example of the form serialization code. DON'T USE DIRECTLY, GPLv3!!!

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+/**
+ * (C) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn, 2009, released under GPLv3
+ * 
+ * Retrieves the data to send in the request, and optionally the request
+ * method, from an (X)HTML form.  TODO: select[multiple] elements
+ * 
+ * @param f : HTMLFormElement
+ * @param bUseFormMethod: optional boolean
+ *   If <code>true</code>, the form's request method becomes the
+ *   <code>HTTPRequest</code> object's request method. The default
+ *   is <code>false</code>.
+ * @return boolean
+ */
+getDataFromForm = function(f, bUseFormMethod) {
+  var result = false, es, len;
+
+  if (f && (es = f.elements) && (len = es.length))
+  {
+    if (bUseFormMethod) this.method = f.method;
+    
+    var aData = [];
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
+    {
+      var o = es[i];
+      if (o.name)
+      {
+        aData.push(esc(o.name) + "=" + esc(o.value != "" ? o.value : ""));
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.data = aData.join("&");
+    result = true;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};