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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;
+};