/*
 * Copyright 2005 Matthew Eernisse (mde@fleegix.org)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 * Original code by Matthew Eernisse (mde@fleegix.org)
 * Additional bugfixes by Mark Pruett (mark.pruett@comcast.net)
 *
*/

// The var docForm should be a reference to a <form>

function formData2QueryString(docForm) {

  var submitContent = '';
  var formElem;
  var lastElemName = '';
  
  for (i = 0; i < docForm.elements.length; i++) {
    
    formElem = docForm.elements[i];
    switch (formElem.type) {
      // Text fields, hidden form elements
      case 'text':
      case 'hidden':
      case 'password':
      case 'textarea':
      case 'select-one':
        submitContent += formElem.name + '=' + escape(formElem.value) + '&'
        break;
        
      // Radio buttons
      case 'radio':
        if (formElem.checked) {
          submitContent += formElem.name + '=' + escape(formElem.value) + '&'
        }
        break;
        
      // Checkboxes
      case 'checkbox':
        if (formElem.checked) {
          // Continuing multiple, same-name checkboxes
          if (formElem.name == lastElemName) {
            // Strip of end ampersand if there is one
            if (submitContent.lastIndexOf('&') == submitContent.length-1) {
              submitContent = submitContent.substr(0, submitContent.length - 1);
            }
            // Append value as comma-delimited string
            submitContent += ',' + escape(formElem.value);
          }
          else {
            submitContent += formElem.name + '=' + escape(formElem.value);
          }
          submitContent += '&';
          lastElemName = formElem.name;
        }
        break;
        
    }
  }
  // Remove trailing separator
  submitContent = submitContent.substr(0, submitContent.length - 1);
  return submitContent;
}