text: /**
   * ====================================================================
   * About
   * ====================================================================
   * Sarissa is an ECMAScript library acting as a cross-browser wrapper for native XML APIs.
   * The library supports Gecko based browsers like Mozilla and Firefox,
   * Internet Explorer (5.5+ with MSXML3.0+), Konqueror, Safari and a little of Opera
   * @version 0.9.6.1
   * @author: Manos Batsis, mailto: mbatsis at users full stop sourceforge full stop net
   * ====================================================================
   * Licence
   * ====================================================================
   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or
   * the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published by
   * the Free Software Foundation (your choice between the two).
   *
   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   * GNU General Public License or GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
   *
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   * or GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not,
   * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
   * or visit http://www.gnu.org
   *
   */
  /**
   * <p>Sarissa is a utility class. Provides "static" methods for DOMDocument and 
   * XMLHTTP objects, DOM Node serializatrion to XML strings and other goodies.</p>
   * @constructor
   */
  function Sarissa(){};
  /** @private */
  Sarissa.PARSED_OK = "Document contains no parsing errors";
  /**
   * Tells you whether transformNode and transformNodeToObject are available. This functionality
   * is contained in sarissa_ieemu_xslt.js and is deprecated. If you want to control XSLT transformations
   * use the XSLTProcessor
   * @deprecated
   * @type boolean
   */
  Sarissa.IS_ENABLED_TRANSFORM_NODE = false;
  /**
   * tells you whether XMLHttpRequest (or equivalent) is available
   * @type boolean
   */
  Sarissa.IS_ENABLED_XMLHTTP = false;
  /**
   * tells you whether selectNodes/selectSingleNode is available
   * @type boolean
   */
  Sarissa.IS_ENABLED_SELECT_NODES = false;
  var _sarissa_iNsCounter = 0;
  var _SARISSA_IEPREFIX4XSLPARAM = "";
  var _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_IMPLEMENTATION = document.implementation && true;
  var _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_CREATE_DOCUMENT = _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_IMPLEMENTATION && document.implementation.createDocument;
  var _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_FEATURE = _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_IMPLEMENTATION && document.implementation.hasFeature;
  var _SARISSA_IS_MOZ = _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_CREATE_DOCUMENT && _SARISSA_HAS_DOM_FEATURE;
  var _SARISSA_IS_SAFARI = (navigator.userAgent && navigator.vendor && (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("applewebkit") != -1 || navigator.vendor.indexOf("Apple") != -1));
  var _SARISSA_IS_IE = document.all && window.ActiveXObject && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("msie") > -1  && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("opera") == -1;
  if(!window.Node || !window.Node.ELEMENT_NODE){
      var Node = {ELEMENT_NODE: 1, ATTRIBUTE_NODE: 2, TEXT_NODE: 3, CDATA_SECTION_NODE: 4, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE: 5,  ENTITY_NODE: 6, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: 7, COMMENT_NODE: 8, DOCUMENT_NODE: 9, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE: 10, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE: 11, NOTATION_NODE: 12};
  };
  
  // IE initialization
  if(_SARISSA_IS_IE){
      // for XSLT parameter names, prefix needed by IE
      _SARISSA_IEPREFIX4XSLPARAM = "xsl:";
      // used to store the most recent ProgID available out of the above
      var _SARISSA_DOM_PROGID = "";
      var _SARISSA_XMLHTTP_PROGID = "";
      /**
       * Called when the Sarissa_xx.js file is parsed, to pick most recent
       * ProgIDs for IE, then gets destroyed.
       * @param idList an array of MSXML PROGIDs from which the most recent will be picked for a given object
       * @param enabledList an array of arrays where each array has two items; the index of the PROGID for which a certain feature is enabled
       */
      pickRecentProgID = function (idList, enabledList){
          // found progID flag
          var bFound = false;
          for(var i=0; i < idList.length && !bFound; i++){
              try{
                  var oDoc = new ActiveXObject(idList[i]);
                  o2Store = idList[i];
                  bFound = true;
                  for(var j=0;j<enabledList.length;j++)
                      if(i <= enabledList[j][1])
                          Sarissa["IS_ENABLED_"+enabledList[j][0]] = true;
              }catch (objException){
                  // trap; try next progID
              };
          };
          if (!bFound)
              throw "Could not retreive a valid progID of Class: " + idList[idList.length-1]+". (original exception: "+e+")";
          idList = null;
          return o2Store;
      };
      // pick best available MSXML progIDs
      _SARISSA_DOM_PROGID = pickRecentProgID(["Msxml2.DOMDocument.5.0", "Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0", "Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0", "MSXML2.DOMDocument", "MSXML.DOMDocument", "Microsoft.XMLDOM"], [["SELECT_NODES", 2],["TRANSFORM_NODE", 2]]);
      _SARISSA_XMLHTTP_PROGID = pickRecentProgID(["Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP", "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"], [["XMLHTTP", 4]]);
      _SARISSA_THREADEDDOM_PROGID = pickRecentProgID(["Msxml2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.5.0", "MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.4.0", "MSXML2.FreeThreadedDOMDocument.3.0"]);
      _SARISSA_XSLTEMPLATE_PROGID = pickRecentProgID(["Msxml2.XSLTemplate.5.0", "Msxml2.XSLTemplate.4.0", "MSXML2.XSLTemplate.3.0"], [["XSLTPROC", 2]]);
      // we dont need this anymore
      pickRecentProgID = null;
      //============================================
      // Factory methods (IE)
      //============================================
      // see non-IE version
      Sarissa.getDomDocument = function(sUri, sName){
          var oDoc = new ActiveXObject(_SARISSA_DOM_PROGID);
          // if a root tag name was provided, we need to load it in the DOM
          // object
          if (sName){
              // if needed, create an artifical namespace prefix the way Moz
              // does
              if (sUri){
                  oDoc.loadXML("<a" + _sarissa_iNsCounter + ":" + sName + " xmlns:a" + _sarissa_iNsCounter + "=\"" + sUri + "\" />");
                  // don't use the same prefix again
                  ++_sarissa_iNsCounter;
              }
              else
                  oDoc.loadXML("<" + sName + "/>");
          };
          return oDoc;
      };
      // see non-IE version   
      Sarissa.getParseErrorText = function (oDoc) {
          var parseErrorText = Sarissa.PARSED_OK;
          if(oDoc.parseError != 0){
              parseErrorText = "XML Parsing Error: " + oDoc.parseError.reason + 
                  "\nLocation: " + oDoc.parseError.url + 
                  "\nLine Number " + oDoc.parseError.line + ", Column " + 
                  oDoc.parseError.linepos + 
                  ":\n" + oDoc.parseError.srcText +
                  "\n";
              for(var i = 0;  i < oDoc.parseError.linepos;i++){
                  parseErrorText += "-";
              };
              parseErrorText +=  "^\n";
          };
          return parseErrorText;
      };
      // see non-IE version
      Sarissa.setXpathNamespaces = function(oDoc, sNsSet) {
          oDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
          oDoc.setProperty("SelectionNamespaces", sNsSet);
      };   
      /**
       * Basic implementation of Mozilla's XSLTProcessor for IE. 
       * Reuses the same XSLT stylesheet for multiple transforms
       * @constructor
       */
      XSLTProcessor = function(){
          this.template = new ActiveXObject(_SARISSA_XSLTEMPLATE_PROGID);
          this.processor = null;
      };
      /**
       * Impoprts the given XSLT DOM and compiles it to a reusable transform
       * @argument xslDoc The XSLT DOMDocument to import
       */
      XSLTProcessor.prototype.importStylesheet = function(xslDoc){
          // convert stylesheet to free threaded
          var converted = new ActiveXObject(_SARISSA_THREADEDDOM_PROGID); 
          converted.loadXML(xslDoc.xml);
          this.template.stylesheet = converted;
          this.processor = this.template.createProcessor();
          // (re)set default param values
          this.paramsSet = new Array();
      };
      /**
       * Transform the given XML DOM
       * @argument sourceDoc The XML DOMDocument to transform
       * @return The transformation result as a DOM Document
       */
      XSLTProcessor.prototype.transformToDocument = function(sourceDoc){
          this.processor.input = sourceDoc;
          var outDoc = new ActiveXObject(_SARISSA_DOM_PROGID);
          this.processor.output = outDoc; 
          this.processor.transform();
          return outDoc;
      };
      /**
       * Set global XSLT parameter of the imported stylesheet
       * @argument nsURI The parameter namespace URI
       * @argument name The parameter base name
       * @argument value The new parameter value
       */
      XSLTProcessor.prototype.setParameter = function(nsURI, name, value){
          /* nsURI is optional but cannot be null */
          if(nsURI){
              this.processor.addParameter(name, value, nsURI);
          }else{
              this.processor.addParameter(name, value);
          };
          /* update updated params for getParameter */
          if(!this.paramsSet[""+nsURI]){
              this.paramsSet[""+nsURI] = new Array();
          };
          this.paramsSet[""+nsURI][name] = value;
      };
      /**
       * Gets a parameter if previously set by setParameter. Returns null
       * otherwise
       * @argument name The parameter base name
       * @argument value The new parameter value
       * @return The parameter value if reviously set by setParameter, null otherwise
       */
      XSLTProcessor.prototype.getParameter = function(nsURI, name){
          nsURI = nsURI || "";
          if(nsURI in this.paramsSet && name in this.paramsSet[nsURI]){
              return this.paramsSet[nsURI][name];
          }else{
              return null;
          };
      };
  }
  else{ /* end IE initialization, try to deal with real browsers now ;-) */
      if(_SARISSA_HAS_DOM_CREATE_DOCUMENT){
          /**
           * <p>Ensures the document was loaded correctly, otherwise sets the
           * parseError to -1 to indicate something went wrong. Internal use</p>
           * @private
           */
          Sarissa.__handleLoad__ = function(oDoc){
              if (!oDoc.documentElement || oDoc.documentElement.tagName == "parsererror")
                  oDoc.parseError = -1;
              Sarissa.__setReadyState__(oDoc, 4);
          };
          /**
          * <p>Attached by an event handler to the load event. Internal use.</p>
          * @private
          */
          _sarissa_XMLDocument_onload = function(){
              Sarissa.__handleLoad__(this);
          };
          /**
           * <p>Sets the readyState property of the given DOM Document object.
           * Internal use.</p>
           * @private
           * @argument oDoc the DOM Document object to fire the
           *          readystatechange event
           * @argument iReadyState the number to change the readystate property to
           */
          Sarissa.__setReadyState__ = function(oDoc, iReadyState){
              oDoc.readyState = iReadyState;
              if (oDoc.onreadystatechange != null && typeof oDoc.onreadystatechange == "function")
                  oDoc.onreadystatechange();
          };
          Sarissa.getDomDocument = function(sUri, sName){
              var oDoc = document.implementation.createDocument(sUri?sUri:"", sName?sName:"", null);
              oDoc.addEventListener("load", _sarissa_XMLDocument_onload, false);
              return oDoc;
          };
          if(window.XMLDocument){
              /**
              * <p>Emulate IE's onreadystatechange attribute</p>
              */
  	    try {
                XMLDocument.prototype.onreadystatechange = null;
  	    } catch(err) {
  	      // May fail on Chrome 43+
  	    }
              /**
              * <p>Emulates IE's readyState property, which always gives an integer from 0 to 4:</p>
              * <ul><li>1 == LOADING,</li>
              * <li>2 == LOADED,</li>
              * <li>3 == INTERACTIVE,</li>
              * <li>4 == COMPLETED</li></ul>
              */
  	    /* Doesn't work in Firefox 3.6
              XMLDocument.prototype.readyState = 0;
  	    */
              /**
              * <p>Emulate IE's parseError attribute</p>
              */
              XMLDocument.prototype.parseError = 0;
  
              // NOTE: setting async to false will only work with documents
              // called over HTTP (meaning a server), not the local file system,
              // unless you are using Moz 1.4+.
              // BTW the try>catch block is for 1.4; I haven't found a way to check if
              // the property is implemented without
              // causing an error and I dont want to use user agent stuff for that...
              var _SARISSA_SYNC_NON_IMPLEMENTED = false;// ("async" in XMLDocument.prototype) ? false: true;
              /**
              * <p>Keeps a handle to the original load() method. Internal use and only
              * if Mozilla version is lower than 1.4</p>
              * @private
              */
              XMLDocument.prototype._sarissa_load = XMLDocument.prototype.load;
  
              /**
              * <p>Overrides the original load method to provide synchronous loading for
              * Mozilla versions prior to 1.4, using an XMLHttpRequest object (if
              * async is set to false)</p>
              * @returns the DOM Object as it was before the load() call (may be  empty)
              */
              XMLDocument.prototype.load = function(sURI) {
                  var oDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null);
                  Sarissa.copyChildNodes(this, oDoc);
                  this.parseError = 0;
                  Sarissa.__setReadyState__(this, 1);
                  try {
                      if(this.async == false && _SARISSA_SYNC_NON_IMPLEMENTED) {
                          var tmp = new XMLHttpRequest();
                          tmp.open("GET", sURI, false);
                          tmp.send(null);
                          Sarissa.__setReadyState__(this, 2);
                          Sarissa.copyChildNodes(tmp.responseXML, this);
                          Sarissa.__setReadyState__(this, 3);
                      }
                      else {
                          this._sarissa_load(sURI);
                      };
                  }
                  catch (objException) {
                      this.parseError = -1;
                  }
                  finally {
                      if(this.async == false){
                          Sarissa.__handleLoad__(this);
                      };
                  };
                  return oDoc;
              };
              
              
          }//if(window.XMLDocument)
          else if(document.implementation && document.implementation.hasFeature && document.implementation.hasFeature('LS', '3.0')){
              Document.prototype.async = true;
              Document.prototype.onreadystatechange = null;
              Document.prototype.parseError = 0;
              Document.prototype.load = function(sURI) {
                  var parser = document.implementation.createLSParser(this.async ? document.implementation.MODE_ASYNCHRONOUS : document.implementation.MODE_SYNCHRONOUS, null);
                  if(this.async){
                      var self = this;
                      parser.addEventListener("load", 
                          function(e) { 
                              self.readyState = 4;
                              Sarissa.copyChildNodes(e.newDocument, self.documentElement, false);
                              self.onreadystatechange.call(); 
                          }, 
                          false); 
                  };
                  try {
                      var oDoc = parser.parseURI(sURI);
                  }
                  catch(e){
                      this.parseError = -1;
                  };
                  if(!this.async)
                     Sarissa.copyChildNodes(oDoc, this.documentElement, false);
                  return oDoc;
              };
              /**
              * <p>Factory method to obtain a new DOM Document object</p>
              * @argument sUri the namespace of the root node (if any)
              * @argument sUri the local name of the root node (if any)
              * @returns a new DOM Document
              */
              Sarissa.getDomDocument = function(sUri, sName){
                  return document.implementation.createDocument(sUri?sUri:"", sName?sName:"", null);
              };        
          };
      };//if(_SARISSA_HAS_DOM_CREATE_DOCUMENT)
  };
  //==========================================
  // Common stuff
  //==========================================
  if(!window.DOMParser){
      /*
      * DOMParser is a utility class, used to construct DOMDocuments from XML strings
      * @constructor
      */
      DOMParser = function() {
      };
      if(_SARISSA_IS_SAFARI){
          /** 
          * Construct a new DOM Document from the given XMLstring
          * @param sXml the given XML string
          * @param contentType the content type of the document the given string represents (one of text/xml, application/xml, application/xhtml+xml). 
          * @return a new DOM Document from the given XML string
          */
          DOMParser.prototype.parseFromString = function(sXml, contentType){
              if(contentType.toLowerCase() != "application/xml"){
                  throw "Cannot handle content type: \"" + contentType + "\"";
              };
              var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
              xmlhttp.open("GET", "data:text/xml;charset=utf-8," + encodeURIComponent(str), false);
              xmlhttp.send(null);
              return xmlhttp.responseXML;
          };
      }else if(Sarissa.getDomDocument && Sarissa.getDomDocument() && "loadXML" in Sarissa.getDomDocument()){
          DOMParser.prototype.parseFromString = function(sXml, contentType){
              var doc = Sarissa.getDomDocument();
              doc.loadXML(sXml);
              return doc;
          };
      };
  };
  
  if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
      Sarissa.IS_ENABLED_XMLHTTP = true;
  }
  else if(_SARISSA_IS_IE){
      /**
       * Emulate XMLHttpRequest
       * @constructor
       */
      XMLHttpRequest = function() {
          return new ActiveXObject(_SARISSA_XMLHTTP_PROGID);
      };
      Sarissa.IS_ENABLED_XMLHTTP = true;
  };
  
  if(!window.document.importNode && _SARISSA_IS_IE){
      try{
          /**
          * Implements importNode for the current window document in IE using innerHTML.
          * Testing showed that DOM was multiple times slower than innerHTML for this,
          * sorry folks. If you encounter trouble (who knows what IE does behind innerHTML)
          * please gimme a call.
          * @param oNode the Node to import
          * @param bChildren whether to include the children of oNode
          * @returns the imported node for further use
          */
          window.document.importNode = function(oNode, bChildren){
              var importNode = document.createElement("div");
              if(bChildren)
                  importNode.innerHTML = Sarissa.serialize(oNode);
              else
                  importNode.innerHTML = Sarissa.serialize(oNode.cloneNode(false));
              return importNode.firstChild;
          };
          }catch(e){};
  };
  if(!Sarissa.getParseErrorText){
      /**
       * <p>Returns a human readable description of the parsing error. Usefull
       * for debugging. Tip: append the returned error string in a &lt;pre&gt;
       * element if you want to render it.</p>
       * <p>Many thanks to Christian Stocker for the initial patch.</p>
       * @argument oDoc The target DOM document
       * @returns The parsing error description of the target Document in
       *          human readable form (preformated text)
       */
      Sarissa.getParseErrorText = function (oDoc){
          var parseErrorText = Sarissa.PARSED_OK;
          if(oDoc && oDoc.parseError && oDoc.parseError != 0){
              /*moz*/
              if(oDoc.documentElement.tagName == "parsererror"){
                  parseErrorText = oDoc.documentElement.firstChild.data;
                  parseErrorText += "\n" +  oDoc.documentElement.firstChild.nextSibling.firstChild.data;
              }/*konq*/
              else{
                  parseErrorText = Sarissa.getText(oDoc.documentElement);/*.getElementsByTagName("h1")[0], false) + "\n";
                  parseErrorText += Sarissa.getText(oDoc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("body")[0], false) + "\n";
                  parseErrorText += Sarissa.getText(oDoc.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("pre")[0], false);*/
              };
          };
          return parseErrorText;
      };
  };
  Sarissa.getText = function(oNode, deep){
      var s = "";
      var nodes = oNode.childNodes;
      for(var i=0; i < nodes.length; i++){
          var node = nodes[i];
          var nodeType = node.nodeType;
          if(nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE || nodeType == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE){
              s += node.data;
          }else if(deep == true
                      && (nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
                          || nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE
                          || nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE)){
              s += Sarissa.getText(node, true);
          };
      };
      return s;
  };
  if(window.XMLSerializer){
      /**
       * <p>Factory method to obtain the serialization of a DOM Node</p>
       * @returns the serialized Node as an XML string
       */
      Sarissa.serialize = function(oDoc){
          var s = null;
          if(oDoc){
              s = oDoc.innerHTML?oDoc.innerHTML:(new XMLSerializer()).serializeToString(oDoc);
          };
          return s;
      };
  }else{
      if(Sarissa.getDomDocument && (Sarissa.getDomDocument("","foo", null)).xml){
          // see non-IE version
          Sarissa.serialize = function(oDoc) {
              var s = null;
              if(oDoc){
                  s = oDoc.innerHTML?oDoc.innerHTML:oDoc.xml;
              };
              return s;
          };
          /**
           * Utility class to serialize DOM Node objects to XML strings
           * @constructor
           */
          XMLSerializer = function(){};
          /**
           * Serialize the given DOM Node to an XML string
           * @param oNode the DOM Node to serialize
           */
          XMLSerializer.prototype.serializeToString = function(oNode) {
              return oNode.xml;
          };
      };
  };
  
  /**
   * strips tags from a markup string
   */
  Sarissa.stripTags = function (s) {
      return s.replace(/<[^>]+>/g,"");
  };
  /**
   * <p>Deletes all child nodes of the given node</p>
   * @argument oNode the Node to empty
   */
  Sarissa.clearChildNodes = function(oNode) {
      // need to check for firstChild due to opera 8 bug with hasChildNodes
      while(oNode.firstChild){
          oNode.removeChild(oNode.firstChild);
      };
  };
  /**
   * <p> Copies the childNodes of nodeFrom to nodeTo</p>
   * <p> <b>Note:</b> The second object's original content is deleted before 
   * the copy operation, unless you supply a true third parameter</p>
   * @argument nodeFrom the Node to copy the childNodes from
   * @argument nodeTo the Node to copy the childNodes to
   * @argument bPreserveExisting whether to preserve the original content of nodeTo, default is false
   */
  Sarissa.copyChildNodes = function(nodeFrom, nodeTo, bPreserveExisting) {
      if((!nodeFrom) || (!nodeTo)){
          throw "Both source and destination nodes must be provided";
      };
      if(!bPreserveExisting){
          Sarissa.clearChildNodes(nodeTo);
      };
      var ownerDoc = nodeTo.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE ? nodeTo : nodeTo.ownerDocument;
      var nodes = nodeFrom.childNodes;
      if(ownerDoc.importNode && (!_SARISSA_IS_IE)) {
          for(var i=0;i < nodes.length;i++) {
              nodeTo.appendChild(ownerDoc.importNode(nodes[i], true));
          };
      }
      else{
          for(var i=0;i < nodes.length;i++) {
              nodeTo.appendChild(nodes[i].cloneNode(true));
          };
      };
  };
  
  /**
   * <p> Moves the childNodes of nodeFrom to nodeTo</p>
   * <p> <b>Note:</b> The second object's original content is deleted before 
   * the move operation, unless you supply a true third parameter</p>
   * @argument nodeFrom the Node to copy the childNodes from
   * @argument nodeTo the Node to copy the childNodes to
   * @argument bPreserveExisting whether to preserve the original content of nodeTo, default is
   */ 
  Sarissa.moveChildNodes = function(nodeFrom, nodeTo, bPreserveExisting) {
      if((!nodeFrom) || (!nodeTo)){
          throw "Both source and destination nodes must be provided";
      };
      if(!bPreserveExisting){
          Sarissa.clearChildNodes(nodeTo);
      };
      var nodes = nodeFrom.childNodes;
      // if within the same doc, just move, else copy and delete
      if(nodeFrom.ownerDocument == nodeTo.ownerDocument){
          while(nodeFrom.firstChild){
              nodeTo.appendChild(nodeFrom.firstChild);
          };
      }else{
          var ownerDoc = nodeTo.nodeType == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE ? nodeTo : nodeTo.ownerDocument;
          if(ownerDoc.importNode && (!_SARISSA_IS_IE)) {
             for(var i=0;i < nodes.length;i++) {
                 nodeTo.appendChild(ownerDoc.importNode(nodes[i], true));
             };
          }else{
             for(var i=0;i < nodes.length;i++) {
                 nodeTo.appendChild(nodes[i].cloneNode(true));
             };
          };
          Sarissa.clearChildNodes(nodeFrom);
      };
  };
  
  /** 
   * <p>Serialize any object to an XML string. All properties are serialized using the property name
   * as the XML element name. Array elements are rendered as <code>array-item</code> elements, 
   * using their index/key as the value of the <code>key</code> attribute.</p>
   * @argument anyObject the object to serialize
   * @argument objectName a name for that object
   * @return the XML serializationj of the given object as a string
   */
  Sarissa.xmlize = function(anyObject, objectName, indentSpace){
      indentSpace = indentSpace?indentSpace:'';
      var s = indentSpace  + '<' + objectName + '>';
      var isLeaf = false;
      if(!(anyObject instanceof Object) || anyObject instanceof Number || anyObject instanceof String 
          || anyObject instanceof Boolean || anyObject instanceof Date){
          s += Sarissa.escape(""+anyObject);
          isLeaf = true;
      }else{
          s += "\n";
          var itemKey = '';
          var isArrayItem = anyObject instanceof Array;
          for(var name in anyObject){
              s += Sarissa.xmlize(anyObject[name], (isArrayItem?"array-item key=\""+name+"\"":name), indentSpace + "   ");
          };
          s += indentSpace;
      };
      return s += (objectName.indexOf(' ')!=-1?"</array-item>\n":"</" + objectName + ">\n");
  };
  
  /** 
   * Escape the given string chacters that correspond to the five predefined XML entities
   * @param sXml the string to escape
   */
  Sarissa.escape = function(sXml){
      return sXml.replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
          .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
          .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
          .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
          .replace(/'/g, "&apos;");
  };
  
  /** 
   * Unescape the given string. This turns the occurences of the predefined XML 
   * entities to become the characters they represent correspond to the five predefined XML entities
   * @param sXml the string to unescape
   */
  Sarissa.unescape = function(sXml){
      return sXml.replace(/&apos;/g,"'")
          .replace(/&quot;/g,"\"")
          .replace(/&gt;/g,">")
          .replace(/&lt;/g,"<")
          .replace(/&amp;/g,"&");
  };
  //   EOF
  