jQuery.extend({
	
	createUploadIframe: function(id, uri)
	{
		//create frame
		var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
		
		if(window.ActiveXObject) {
			var io = document.createElement('<iframe id="' + frameId + '" name="' + frameId + '" />');
			if(typeof uri== 'boolean'){
				io.src = 'javascript:false';
			}
			else if(typeof uri== 'string'){
				io.src = uri;
			}
		}
		else {
			var io = document.createElement('iframe');
			io.id = frameId;
			io.name = frameId;
		}
		io.style.position = 'absolute';
		io.style.top = '-1000px';
		io.style.left = '-1000px';
		
		document.body.appendChild(io);
		
		return io			
	},
	
	createUploadForm: function(id, fileElementId)
	{
		//create form	
		var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;
		var fileId = 'jUploadFile' + id;
		var form = $('<form	action="" method="POST" name="' + formId + '" id="' + formId + '" enctype="multipart/form-data"></form>');	
		var oldElement = $('#' + fileElementId); //this is the original line, accepts only a string to make a jquery object
		//var oldElement = fileElementId; // this is the new line accpets fileElementId as a jquery object 
		var newElement = $(oldElement).clone();
		$(oldElement).attr('id', fileId);
		$(oldElement).before(newElement);
		$(oldElement).appendTo(form);
		//set attributes
		$(form).css('position', 'absolute');
		$(form).css('top', '-1200px');
		$(form).css('left', '-1200px');
		$(form).appendTo('body');		
		return form;
	},
	
	ajaxFileUpload: function(s) {
		// TODO introduce global settings, allowing the client to modify them for all requests, not only timeout		
		s = jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, s);
		var id = new Date().getTime()				
		var form = jQuery.createUploadForm(id, s.fileElementId);
		var io = jQuery.createUploadIframe(id, s.secureuri);
		var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
		var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;		
		// Watch for a new set of requests
		if ( s.global && ! jQuery.active++ )
		{
			jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
		}						
		var requestDone = false;
		// Create the request object
		var xml = {}	 
		if ( s.global ) jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxSend", [xml, s]);
		// Wait for a response to come back
		var uploadCallback = function(isTimeout)
		{			
			var io = document.getElementById(frameId);
			try 
			{				
				if(io.contentWindow)
				{
					xml.responseText = io.contentWindow.document.body?io.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML:null;
					xml.responseXML = io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument?io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument:io.contentWindow.document;
				}
				else if(io.contentDocument)
				{
					xml.responseText = io.contentDocument.document.body?io.contentDocument.document.body.innerHTML:null;
					xml.responseXML = io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument?io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument:io.contentDocument.document;
				}
			}
			catch(e)
			{
				jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
			}
			
			if ( xml || isTimeout == "timeout") 
			{
				requestDone = true;
				var status;
				try {
					status = isTimeout != "timeout" ? "success" : "error";
					// Make sure that the request was successful or notmodified
					if ( status != "error" )
					{
						// process the data (runs the xml through httpData regardless of callback)
						var data = jQuery.uploadHttpData( xml, s.dataType );
						// If a local callback was specified, fire it and pass it the data
						if ( s.success ) s.success( data, status );
						
						// Fire the global callback
						if( s.global ) jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxSuccess", [xml, s] );
					}
					else jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status);
				}
				catch(e) 
				{
					status = "error";
					jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status, e);
				}
				
				// The request was completed
				if( s.global ) jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxComplete", [xml, s] );
				
				// Handle the global AJAX counter
				if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active ) jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
				
				// Process result
				if ( s.complete ) s.complete(xml, status);
				
				jQuery(io).unbind()
				
				setTimeout(function(){
					try {
						$(io).remove();
						$(form).remove();	
					}
					catch(e) {
						jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
					}									
				}, 100)
				
				xml = null
			}
		}
		
		// Timeout checker
		if ( s.timeout > 0 ) 
		{
			setTimeout(function(){
				// Check to see if the request is still happening
				if( !requestDone ) uploadCallback( "timeout" );
			}, s.timeout);
		}
		try 
		{
			// var io = $('#' + frameId);
			var form = $('#' + formId);
			$(form).attr('action', s.url);
			$(form).attr('method', 'POST');
			$(form).attr('target', frameId);
			if(form.encoding)
			{
				form.encoding = 'multipart/form-data';
			}
			else {				
				form.enctype = 'multipart/form-data';
			}
			$(form).submit();
		}
		catch(e) 
		{
			jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
		}
		if(window.attachEvent){
			document.getElementById(frameId).attachEvent('onload', uploadCallback);
		}
		else {
			document.getElementById(frameId).addEventListener('load', uploadCallback, false);
		}
		return {abort: function () {}};	
	},
	
	uploadHttpData: function( r, type ) {
		var data = !type;
		data = type == "xml" || data ? r.responseXML : r.responseText;
		// If the type is "script", eval it in global context
		if ( type == "script" ) jQuery.globalEval( data );
		// Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
		if ( type == "json" ) eval( "data = " + data );
		// evaluate scripts within html
		if ( type == "html" ) jQuery("<div>").html(data).evalScripts();
		//alert($('param', data).each(function(){alert($(this).attr('value'));}));
		return data;
	}
})