// jQuery.param, pulled out of 1.4pre

jQuery.noConflict();

(function($){
  
  var r20 = /%20/g;
  
  // Serialize an array of form elements or a set of
  // key/values into a query string
  $.param = function( a ) {
    var s = [],
      param_traditional = jQuery.param.traditional;
    
    function add( key, value ){
      // If value is a function, invoke it and return its value
      value = jQuery.isFunction(value) ? value() : value;
      s[ s.length ] = encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(value);
    }
    
    // If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array
    // of form elements
    if ( jQuery.isArray(a) || a.jquery )
      // Serialize the form elements
      jQuery.each( a, function() {
        add( this.name, this.value );
      });
      
    else
      // Encode parameters from object, recursively. If
      // jQuery.param.traditional is set, encode the "old" way
      // (the way 1.3.2 or older did it)
      jQuery.each( a, function buildParams( prefix, obj ) {
        
        if ( jQuery.isArray(obj) )
          jQuery.each( obj, function(i,v){
            // Due to rails' limited request param syntax, numeric array
            // indices are not supported. To avoid serialization ambiguity
            // issues, serialized arrays can only contain scalar values. php
            // does not have this issue, but we should go with the lowest
            // common denominator
            add( prefix + ( param_traditional ? "" : "[]" ), v );
          });
          
        else if ( typeof obj == "object" )
          if ( param_traditional )
            add( prefix, obj );
            
          else
            jQuery.each( obj, function(k,v){
              buildParams( prefix ? prefix + "[" + k + "]" : k, v );
            });
          
        else
          add( prefix, obj );
        
      });

    // Return the resulting serialization
    return s.join("&").replace(r20, "+");
  }

})(jQuery);