Jquery Validate

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/**
 * jQuery Validation Plugin 1.9.0
 *
 * http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
 * http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2011 Jörn Zaefferer
 *
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
 *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
 */

(function($) {

$.extend($.fn, {
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/validate
 validate: function( options ) {

  // if nothing is selected, return nothing; can't chain anyway
  if (!this.length) {
   options && options.debug && window.console && console.warn( "nothing selected, can't validate, returning nothing" );
   return;
  }

  // check if a validator for this form was already created
  var validator = $.data(this[0], 'validator');
  if ( validator ) {
   return validator;
  }

  // Add novalidate tag if HTML5.
  this.attr('novalidate', 'novalidate');

  validator = new $.validator( options, this[0] );
  $.data(this[0], 'validator', validator);

  if ( validator.settings.onsubmit ) {

   var inputsAndButtons = this.find("input, button");

   // allow suppresing validation by adding a cancel class to the submit button
   inputsAndButtons.filter(".cancel").click(function () {
    validator.cancelSubmit = true;
   });

   // when a submitHandler is used, capture the submitting button
   if (validator.settings.submitHandler) {
    inputsAndButtons.filter(":submit").click(function () {
     validator.submitButton = this;
    });
   }

   // validate the form on submit
   this.submit( function( event ) {
    if ( validator.settings.debug )
     // prevent form submit to be able to see console output
     event.preventDefault();

    function handle() {
     if ( validator.settings.submitHandler ) {
      if (validator.submitButton) {
       // insert a hidden input as a replacement for the missing submit button
       var hidden = $("").attr("name", validator.submitButton.name).val(validator.submitButton.value).appendTo(validator.currentForm);
      }
      validator.settings.submitHandler.call( validator, validator.currentForm );
      if (validator.submitButton) {
       // and clean up afterwards; thanks to no-block-scope, hidden can be referenced
       hidden.remove();
      }
      return false;
     }
     return true;
    }

    // prevent submit for invalid forms or custom submit handlers
    if ( validator.cancelSubmit ) {
     validator.cancelSubmit = false;
     return handle();
    }
    if ( validator.form() ) {
     if ( validator.pendingRequest ) {
      validator.formSubmitted = true;
      return false;
     }
     return handle();
    } else {
     validator.focusInvalid();
     return false;
    }
   });
  }

  return validator;
 },
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/valid
 valid: function() {
        if ( $(this[0]).is('form')) {
            return this.validate().form();
        } else {
            var valid = true;
            var validator = $(this[0].form).validate();
            this.each(function() {
    valid &= validator.element(this);
            });
            return valid;
        }
    },
 // attributes: space seperated list of attributes to retrieve and remove
 removeAttrs: function(attributes) {
  var result = {},
   $element = this;
  $.each(attributes.split(/\s/), function(index, value) {
   result[value] = $element.attr(value);
   $element.removeAttr(value);
  });
  return result;
 },
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/rules
 rules: function(command, argument) {
  var element = this[0];

  if (command) {
   var settings = $.data(element.form, 'validator').settings;
   var staticRules = settings.rules;
   var existingRules = $.validator.staticRules(element);
   switch(command) {
   case "add":
    $.extend(existingRules, $.validator.normalizeRule(argument));
    staticRules[element.name] = existingRules;
    if (argument.messages)
     settings.messages[element.name] = $.extend( settings.messages[element.name], argument.messages );
    break;
   case "remove":
    if (!argument) {
     delete staticRules[element.name];
     return existingRules;
    }
    var filtered = {};
    $.each(argument.split(/\s/), function(index, method) {
     filtered[method] = existingRules[method];
     delete existingRules[method];
    });
    return filtered;
   }
  }

  var data = $.validator.normalizeRules(
  $.extend(
   {},
   $.validator.metadataRules(element),
   $.validator.classRules(element),
   $.validator.attributeRules(element),
   $.validator.staticRules(element)
  ), element);

  // make sure required is at front
  if (data.required) {
   var param = data.required;
   delete data.required;
   data = $.extend({required: param}, data);
  }

  return data;
 }
});

// Custom selectors
$.extend($.expr[":"], {
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/blank
 blank: function(a) {return !$.trim("" + a.value);},
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/filled
 filled: function(a) {return !!$.trim("" + a.value);},
 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/unchecked
 unchecked: function(a) {return !a.checked;}
});

// constructor for validator
$.validator = function( options, form ) {
 this.settings = $.extend( true, {}, $.validator.defaults, options );
 this.currentForm = form;
 this.init();
};

$.validator.format = function(source, params) {
 if ( arguments.length == 1 )
  return function() {
   var args = $.makeArray(arguments);
   args.unshift(source);
   return $.validator.format.apply( this, args );
  };
 if ( arguments.length > 2 && params.constructor != Array  ) {
  params = $.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);
 }
 if ( params.constructor != Array ) {
  params = [ params ];
 }
 $.each(params, function(i, n) {
  source = source.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + i + "\\}", "g"), n);
 });
 return source;
};

$.extend($.validator, {

 defaults: {
  messages: {},
  groups: {},
  rules: {},
  errorClass: "error",
  validClass: "valid",
  errorElement: "label",
  focusInvalid: true,
  errorContainer: $( [] ),
  errorLabelContainer: $( [] ),
  onsubmit: true,
  ignore: ":hidden",
  ignoreTitle: false,
  onfocusin: function(element, event) {
   this.lastActive = element;

   // hide error label and remove error class on focus if enabled
   if ( this.settings.focusCleanup && !this.blockFocusCleanup ) {
    this.settings.unhighlight && this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, element, this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
    this.addWrapper(this.errorsFor(element)).hide();
   }
  },
  onfocusout: function(element, event) {
   if ( !this.checkable(element) && (element.name in this.submitted || !this.optional(element)) ) {
    this.element(element);
   }
  },
  onkeyup: function(element, event) {
   if ( element.name in this.submitted || element == this.lastElement ) {
    this.element(element);
   }
  },
  onclick: function(element, event) {
   // click on selects, radiobuttons and checkboxes
   if ( element.name in this.submitted )
    this.element(element);
   // or option elements, check parent select in that case
   else if (element.parentNode.name in this.submitted)
    this.element(element.parentNode);
  },
  highlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass) {
   if (element.type === 'radio') {
    this.findByName(element.name).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
   } else {
    $(element).addClass(errorClass).removeClass(validClass);
   }
  },
  unhighlight: function(element, errorClass, validClass) {
   if (element.type === 'radio') {
    this.findByName(element.name).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
   } else {
    $(element).removeClass(errorClass).addClass(validClass);
   }
  }
 },

 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/setDefaults
 setDefaults: function(settings) {
  $.extend( $.validator.defaults, settings );
 },

 messages: {
  required: "This field is required.",
  remote: "Please fix this field.",
  email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
  url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
  date: "Please enter a valid date.",
  dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
  number: "Please enter a valid number.",
  digits: "Please enter only digits.",
  creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card number.",
  equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
  accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
  maxlength: $.validator.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
  minlength: $.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
  rangelength: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
  range: $.validator.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
  max: $.validator.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
  min: $.validator.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")
 },

 autoCreateRanges: false,

 prototype: {

  init: function() {
   this.labelContainer = $(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);
   this.errorContext = this.labelContainer.length && this.labelContainer || $(this.currentForm);
   this.containers = $(this.settings.errorContainer).add( this.settings.errorLabelContainer );
   this.submitted = {};
   this.valueCache = {};
   this.pendingRequest = 0;
   this.pending = {};
   this.invalid = {};
   this.reset();

   var groups = (this.groups = {});
   $.each(this.settings.groups, function(key, value) {
    $.each(value.split(/\s/), function(index, name) {
     groups[name] = key;
    });
   });
   var rules = this.settings.rules;
   $.each(rules, function(key, value) {
    rules[key] = $.validator.normalizeRule(value);
   });

   function delegate(event) {
    var validator = $.data(this[0].form, "validator"),
     eventType = "on" + event.type.replace(/^validate/, "");
    validator.settings[eventType] && validator.settings[eventType].call(validator, this[0], event);
   }
   $(this.currentForm)
          .validateDelegate("[type='text'], [type='password'], [type='file'], select, textarea, " +
      "[type='number'], [type='search'] ,[type='tel'], [type='url'], " +
      "[type='email'], [type='datetime'], [type='date'], [type='month'], " +
      "[type='week'], [type='time'], [type='datetime-local'], " +
      "[type='range'], [type='color'] ",
      "focusin focusout keyup", delegate)
    .validateDelegate("[type='radio'], [type='checkbox'], select, option", "click", delegate);

   if (this.settings.invalidHandler)
    $(this.currentForm).bind("invalid-form.validate", this.settings.invalidHandler);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/form
  form: function() {
   this.checkForm();
   $.extend(this.submitted, this.errorMap);
   this.invalid = $.extend({}, this.errorMap);
   if (!this.valid())
    $(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form", [this]);
   this.showErrors();
   return this.valid();
  },

  checkForm: function() {
   this.prepareForm();
   for ( var i = 0, elements = (this.currentElements = this.elements()); elements[i]; i++ ) {
    this.check( elements[i] );
   }
   return this.valid();
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/element
  element: function( element ) {
   element = this.validationTargetFor( this.clean( element ) );
   this.lastElement = element;
   this.prepareElement( element );
   this.currentElements = $(element);
   var result = this.check( element );
   if ( result ) {
    delete this.invalid[element.name];
   } else {
    this.invalid[element.name] = true;
   }
   if ( !this.numberOfInvalids() ) {
    // Hide error containers on last error
    this.toHide = this.toHide.add( this.containers );
   }
   this.showErrors();
   return result;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/showErrors
  showErrors: function(errors) {
   if(errors) {
    // add items to error list and map
    $.extend( this.errorMap, errors );
    this.errorList = [];
    for ( var name in errors ) {
     this.errorList.push({
      message: errors[name],
      element: this.findByName(name)[0]
     });
    }
    // remove items from success list
    this.successList = $.grep( this.successList, function(element) {
     return !(element.name in errors);
    });
   }
   this.settings.showErrors
    ? this.settings.showErrors.call( this, this.errorMap, this.errorList )
    : this.defaultShowErrors();
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/resetForm
  resetForm: function() {
   if ( $.fn.resetForm )
    $( this.currentForm ).resetForm();
   this.submitted = {};
   this.lastElement = null;
   this.prepareForm();
   this.hideErrors();
   this.elements().removeClass( this.settings.errorClass );
  },

  numberOfInvalids: function() {
   return this.objectLength(this.invalid);
  },

  objectLength: function( obj ) {
   var count = 0;
   for ( var i in obj )
    count++;
   return count;
  },

  hideErrors: function() {
   this.addWrapper( this.toHide ).hide();
  },

  valid: function() {
   return this.size() == 0;
  },

  size: function() {
   return this.errorList.length;
  },

  focusInvalid: function() {
   if( this.settings.focusInvalid ) {
    try {
     $(this.findLastActive() || this.errorList.length && this.errorList[0].element || [])
     .filter(":visible")
     .focus()
     // manually trigger focusin event; without it, focusin handler isn't called, findLastActive won't have anything to find
     .trigger("focusin");
    } catch(e) {
     // ignore IE throwing errors when focusing hidden elements
    }
   }
  },

  findLastActive: function() {
   var lastActive = this.lastActive;
   return lastActive && $.grep(this.errorList, function(n) {
    return n.element.name == lastActive.name;
   }).length == 1 && lastActive;
  },

  elements: function() {
   var validator = this,
    rulesCache = {};

   // select all valid inputs inside the form (no submit or reset buttons)
   return $(this.currentForm)
   .find("input, select, textarea")
   .not(":submit, :reset, :image, [disabled]")
   .not( this.settings.ignore )
   .filter(function() {
    !this.name && validator.settings.debug && window.console && console.error( "%o has no name assigned", this);

    // select only the first element for each name, and only those with rules specified
    if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength($(this).rules()) )
     return false;

    rulesCache[this.name] = true;
    return true;
   });
  },

  clean: function( selector ) {
   return $( selector )[0];
  },

  errors: function() {
   return $( this.settings.errorElement + "." + this.settings.errorClass, this.errorContext );
  },

  reset: function() {
   this.successList = [];
   this.errorList = [];
   this.errorMap = {};
   this.toShow = $([]);
   this.toHide = $([]);
   this.currentElements = $([]);
  },

  prepareForm: function() {
   this.reset();
   this.toHide = this.errors().add( this.containers );
  },

  prepareElement: function( element ) {
   this.reset();
   this.toHide = this.errorsFor(element);
  },

  check: function( element ) {
   element = this.validationTargetFor( this.clean( element ) );

   var rules = $(element).rules();
   var dependencyMismatch = false;
   for (var method in rules ) {
    var rule = { method: method, parameters: rules[method] };
    try {
     var result = $.validator.methods[method].call( this, element.value.replace(/\r/g, ""), element, rule.parameters );

     // if a method indicates that the field is optional and therefore valid,
     // don't mark it as valid when there are no other rules
     if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" ) {
      dependencyMismatch = true;
      continue;
     }
     dependencyMismatch = false;

     if ( result == "pending" ) {
      this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.errorsFor(element) );
      return;
     }

     if( !result ) {
      this.formatAndAdd( element, rule );
      return false;
     }
    } catch(e) {
     this.settings.debug && window.console && console.log("exception occured when checking element " + element.id
       + ", check the '" + rule.method + "' method", e);
     throw e;
    }
   }
   if (dependencyMismatch)
    return;
   if ( this.objectLength(rules) )
    this.successList.push(element);
   return true;
  },

  // return the custom message for the given element and validation method
  // specified in the element's "messages" metadata
  customMetaMessage: function(element, method) {
   if (!$.metadata)
    return;

   var meta = this.settings.meta
    ? $(element).metadata()[this.settings.meta]
    : $(element).metadata();

   return meta && meta.messages && meta.messages[method];
  },

  // return the custom message for the given element name and validation method
  customMessage: function( name, method ) {
   var m = this.settings.messages[name];
   return m && (m.constructor == String
    ? m
    : m[method]);
  },

  // return the first defined argument, allowing empty strings
  findDefined: function() {
   for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    if (arguments[i] !== undefined)
     return arguments[i];
   }
   return undefined;
  },

  defaultMessage: function( element, method) {
   return this.findDefined(
    this.customMessage( element.name, method ),
    this.customMetaMessage( element, method ),
    // title is never undefined, so handle empty string as undefined
    !this.settings.ignoreTitle && element.title || undefined,
    $.validator.messages[method],
    "Warning: No message defined for " + element.name + ""
   );
  },

  formatAndAdd: function( element, rule ) {
   var message = this.defaultMessage( element, rule.method ),
    theregex = /\$?\{(\d+)\}/g;
   if ( typeof message == "function" ) {
    message = message.call(this, rule.parameters, element);
   } else if (theregex.test(message)) {
    message = jQuery.format(message.replace(theregex, '{$1}'), rule.parameters);
   }
   this.errorList.push({
    message: message,
    element: element
   });

   this.errorMap[element.name] = message;
   this.submitted[element.name] = message;
  },

  addWrapper: function(toToggle) {
   if ( this.settings.wrapper )
    toToggle = toToggle.add( toToggle.parent( this.settings.wrapper ) );
   return toToggle;
  },

  defaultShowErrors: function() {
   for ( var i = 0; this.errorList[i]; i++ ) {
    var error = this.errorList[i];
    this.settings.highlight && this.settings.highlight.call( this, error.element, this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
    this.showLabel( error.element, error.message );
   }
   if( this.errorList.length ) {
    this.toShow = this.toShow.add( this.containers );
   }
   if (this.settings.success) {
    for ( var i = 0; this.successList[i]; i++ ) {
     this.showLabel( this.successList[i] );
    }
   }
   if (this.settings.unhighlight) {
    for ( var i = 0, elements = this.validElements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
     this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, elements[i], this.settings.errorClass, this.settings.validClass );
    }
   }
   this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.toShow );
   this.hideErrors();
   this.addWrapper( this.toShow ).show();
  },

  validElements: function() {
   return this.currentElements.not(this.invalidElements());
  },

  invalidElements: function() {
   return $(this.errorList).map(function() {
    return this.element;
   });
  },

  showLabel: function(element, message) {
   var label = this.errorsFor( element );
   if ( label.length ) {
    // refresh error/success class
    label.removeClass( this.settings.validClass ).addClass( this.settings.errorClass );

    // check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
    label.attr("generated") && label.html(message);
   } else {
    // create label
    label = $("<" + this.settings.errorElement + "/>")
     .attr({"for":  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
     .addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
     .html(message || "");
    if ( this.settings.wrapper ) {
     // make sure the element is visible, even in IE
     // actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
     label = label.hide().show().wrap("<" + this.settings.wrapper + "/>").parent();
    }
    if ( !this.labelContainer.append(label).length )
     this.settings.errorPlacement
      ? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, $(element) )
      : label.insertAfter(element);
   }
   if ( !message && this.settings.success ) {
    label.text("");
    typeof this.settings.success == "string"
     ? label.addClass( this.settings.success )
     : this.settings.success( label );
   }
   this.toShow = this.toShow.add(label);
  },

  errorsFor: function(element) {
   var name = this.idOrName(element);
      return this.errors().filter(function() {
    return $(this).attr('for') == name;
   });
  },

  idOrName: function(element) {
   return this.groups[element.name] || (this.checkable(element) ? element.name : element.id || element.name);
  },

  validationTargetFor: function(element) {
   // if radio/checkbox, validate first element in group instead
   if (this.checkable(element)) {
    element = this.findByName( element.name ).not(this.settings.ignore)[0];
   }
   return element;
  },

  checkable: function( element ) {
   return /radio|checkbox/i.test(element.type);
  },

  findByName: function( name ) {
   // select by name and filter by form for performance over form.find("[name=...]")
   var form = this.currentForm;
   return $(document.getElementsByName(name)).map(function(index, element) {
    return element.form == form && element.name == name && element  || null;
   });
  },

  getLength: function(value, element) {
   switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
   case 'select':
    return $("option:selected", element).length;
   case 'input':
    if( this.checkable( element) )
     return this.findByName(element.name).filter(':checked').length;
   }
   return value.length;
  },

  depend: function(param, element) {
   return this.dependTypes[typeof param]
    ? this.dependTypes[typeof param](param, element)
    : true;
  },

  dependTypes: {
   "boolean": function(param, element) {
    return param;
   },
   "string": function(param, element) {
    return !!$(param, element.form).length;
   },
   "function": function(param, element) {
    return param(element);
   }
  },

  optional: function(element) {
   return !$.validator.methods.required.call(this, $.trim(element.value), element) && "dependency-mismatch";
  },

  startRequest: function(element) {
   if (!this.pending[element.name]) {
    this.pendingRequest++;
    this.pending[element.name] = true;
   }
  },

  stopRequest: function(element, valid) {
   this.pendingRequest--;
   // sometimes synchronization fails, make sure pendingRequest is never < 0
   if (this.pendingRequest < 0)
    this.pendingRequest = 0;
   delete this.pending[element.name];
   if ( valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted && this.form() ) {
    $(this.currentForm).submit();
    this.formSubmitted = false;
   } else if (!valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted) {
    $(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form", [this]);
    this.formSubmitted = false;
   }
  },

  previousValue: function(element) {
   return $.data(element, "previousValue") || $.data(element, "previousValue", {
    old: null,
    valid: true,
    message: this.defaultMessage( element, "remote" )
   });
  }

 },

 classRuleSettings: {
  required: {required: true},
  email: {email: true},
  url: {url: true},
  date: {date: true},
  dateISO: {dateISO: true},
  dateDE: {dateDE: true},
  number: {number: true},
  numberDE: {numberDE: true},
  digits: {digits: true},
  creditcard: {creditcard: true}
 },

 addClassRules: function(className, rules) {
  className.constructor == String ?
   this.classRuleSettings[className] = rules :
   $.extend(this.classRuleSettings, className);
 },

 classRules: function(element) {
  var rules = {};
  var classes = $(element).attr('class');
  classes && $.each(classes.split(' '), function() {
   if (this in $.validator.classRuleSettings) {
    $.extend(rules, $.validator.classRuleSettings[this]);
   }
  });
  return rules;
 },

 attributeRules: function(element) {
  var rules = {};
  var $element = $(element);

  for (var method in $.validator.methods) {
   var value;
   // If .prop exists (jQuery >= 1.6), use it to get true/false for required
   if (method === 'required' && typeof $.fn.prop === 'function') {
    value = $element.prop(method);
   } else {
    value = $element.attr(method);
   }
   if (value) {
    rules[method] = value;
   } else if ($element[0].getAttribute("type") === method) {
    rules[method] = true;
   }
  }

  // maxlength may be returned as -1, 2147483647 (IE) and 524288 (safari) for text inputs
  if (rules.maxlength && /-1|2147483647|524288/.test(rules.maxlength)) {
   delete rules.maxlength;
  }

  return rules;
 },

 metadataRules: function(element) {
  if (!$.metadata) return {};

  var meta = $.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.meta;
  return meta ?
   $(element).metadata()[meta] :
   $(element).metadata();
 },

 staticRules: function(element) {
  var rules = {};
  var validator = $.data(element.form, 'validator');
  if (validator.settings.rules) {
   rules = $.validator.normalizeRule(validator.settings.rules[element.name]) || {};
  }
  return rules;
 },

 normalizeRules: function(rules, element) {
  // handle dependency check
  $.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
   // ignore rule when param is explicitly false, eg. required:false
   if (val === false) {
    delete rules[prop];
    return;
   }
   if (val.param || val.depends) {
    var keepRule = true;
    switch (typeof val.depends) {
     case "string":
      keepRule = !!$(val.depends, element.form).length;
      break;
     case "function":
      keepRule = val.depends.call(element, element);
      break;
    }
    if (keepRule) {
     rules[prop] = val.param !== undefined ? val.param : true;
    } else {
     delete rules[prop];
    }
   }
  });

  // evaluate parameters
  $.each(rules, function(rule, parameter) {
   rules[rule] = $.isFunction(parameter) ? parameter(element) : parameter;
  });

  // clean number parameters
  $.each(['minlength', 'maxlength', 'min', 'max'], function() {
   if (rules[this]) {
    rules[this] = Number(rules[this]);
   }
  });
  $.each(['rangelength', 'range'], function() {
   if (rules[this]) {
    rules[this] = [Number(rules[this][0]), Number(rules[this][1])];
   }
  });

  if ($.validator.autoCreateRanges) {
   // auto-create ranges
   if (rules.min && rules.max) {
    rules.range = [rules.min, rules.max];
    delete rules.min;
    delete rules.max;
   }
   if (rules.minlength && rules.maxlength) {
    rules.rangelength = [rules.minlength, rules.maxlength];
    delete rules.minlength;
    delete rules.maxlength;
   }
  }

  // To support custom messages in metadata ignore rule methods titled "messages"
  if (rules.messages) {
   delete rules.messages;
  }

  return rules;
 },

 // Converts a simple string to a {string: true} rule, e.g., "required" to {required:true}
 normalizeRule: function(data) {
  if( typeof data == "string" ) {
   var transformed = {};
   $.each(data.split(/\s/), function() {
    transformed[this] = true;
   });
   data = transformed;
  }
  return data;
 },

 // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod
 addMethod: function(name, method, message) {
  $.validator.methods[name] = method;
  $.validator.messages[name] = message != undefined ? message : $.validator.messages[name];
  if (method.length < 3) {
   $.validator.addClassRules(name, $.validator.normalizeRule(name));
  }
 },

 methods: {

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required
  required: function(value, element, param) {
   // check if dependency is met
   if ( !this.depend(param, element) )
    return "dependency-mismatch";
   switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
   case 'select':
    // could be an array for select-multiple or a string, both are fine this way
    var val = $(element).val();
    return val && val.length > 0;
   case 'input':
    if ( this.checkable(element) )
     return this.getLength(value, element) > 0;
   default:
    return $.trim(value).length > 0;
   }
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/remote
  remote: function(value, element, param) {
   if ( this.optional(element) )
    return "dependency-mismatch";

   var previous = this.previousValue(element);
   if (!this.settings.messages[element.name] )
    this.settings.messages[element.name] = {};
   previous.originalMessage = this.settings.messages[element.name].remote;
   this.settings.messages[element.name].remote = previous.message;

   param = typeof param == "string" && {url:param} || param;

   if ( this.pending[element.name] ) {
    return "pending";
   }
   if ( previous.old === value ) {
    return previous.valid;
   }

   previous.old = value;
   var validator = this;
   this.startRequest(element);
   var data = {};
   data[element.name] = value;
   $.ajax($.extend(true, {
    url: param,
    mode: "abort",
    port: "validate" + element.name,
    dataType: "json",
    data: data,
    success: function(response) {
     validator.settings.messages[element.name].remote = previous.originalMessage;
     var valid = response === true;
     if ( valid ) {
      var submitted = validator.formSubmitted;
      validator.prepareElement(element);
      validator.formSubmitted = submitted;
      validator.successList.push(element);
      validator.showErrors();
     } else {
      var errors = {};
      var message = response || validator.defaultMessage( element, "remote" );
      errors[element.name] = previous.message = $.isFunction(message) ? message(value) : message;
      validator.showErrors(errors);
     }
     previous.valid = valid;
     validator.stopRequest(element, valid);
    }
   }, param));
   return "pending";
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/minlength
  minlength: function(value, element, param) {
   return this.optional(element) || this.getLength($.trim(value), element) >= param;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/maxlength
  maxlength: function(value, element, param) {
   return this.optional(element) || this.getLength($.trim(value), element) <= param;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/rangelength
  rangelength: function(value, element, param) {
   var length = this.getLength($.trim(value), element);
   return this.optional(element) || ( length >= param[0] && length <= param[1] );
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/min
  min: function( value, element, param ) {
   return this.optional(element) || value >= param;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/max
  max: function( value, element, param ) {
   return this.optional(element) || value <= param;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/range
  range: function( value, element, param ) {
   return this.optional(element) || ( value >= param[0] && value <= param[1] );
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/email
  email: function(value, element) {
   // contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/email_address_validation/
   return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))$/i.test(value);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/url
  url: function(value, element) {
   // contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/iri/
   return this.optional(element) || /^(https?|ftp):\/\/(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i.test(value);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/date
  date: function(value, element) {
   return this.optional(element) || !/Invalid|NaN/.test(new Date(value));
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateISO
  dateISO: function(value, element) {
   return this.optional(element) || /^\d{4}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}$/.test(value);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/number
  number: function(value, element) {
   return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})+)(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(value);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/digits
  digits: function(value, element) {
   return this.optional(element) || /^\d+$/.test(value);
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/creditcard
  // based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn
  creditcard: function(value, element) {
   if ( this.optional(element) )
    return "dependency-mismatch";
   // accept only spaces, digits and dashes
   if (/[^0-9 -]+/.test(value))
    return false;
   var nCheck = 0,
    nDigit = 0,
    bEven = false;

   value = value.replace(/\D/g, "");

   for (var n = value.length - 1; n >= 0; n--) {
    var cDigit = value.charAt(n);
    var nDigit = parseInt(cDigit, 10);
    if (bEven) {
     if ((nDigit *= 2) > 9)
      nDigit -= 9;
    }
    nCheck += nDigit;
    bEven = !bEven;
   }

   return (nCheck % 10) == 0;
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/accept
  accept: function(value, element, param) {
   param = typeof param == "string" ? param.replace(/,/g, '|') : "png|jpe?g|gif";
   return this.optional(element) || value.match(new RegExp(".(" + param + ")$", "i"));
  },

  // http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/equalTo
  equalTo: function(value, element, param) {
   // bind to the blur event of the target in order to revalidate whenever the target field is updated
   // TODO find a way to bind the event just once, avoiding the unbind-rebind overhead
   var target = $(param).unbind(".validate-equalTo").bind("blur.validate-equalTo", function() {
    $(element).valid();
   });
   return value == target.val();
  }

 }

});

// deprecated, use $.validator.format instead
$.format = $.validator.format;

})(jQuery);

// ajax mode: abort
// usage: $.ajax({ mode: "abort"[, port: "uniqueport"]});
// if mode:"abort" is used, the previous request on that port (port can be undefined) is aborted via XMLHttpRequest.abort()
;(function($) {
 var pendingRequests = {};
 // Use a prefilter if available (1.5+)
 if ( $.ajaxPrefilter ) {
  $.ajaxPrefilter(function(settings, _, xhr) {
   var port = settings.port;
   if (settings.mode == "abort") {
    if ( pendingRequests[port] ) {
     pendingRequests[port].abort();
    }
    pendingRequests[port] = xhr;
   }
  });
 } else {
  // Proxy ajax
  var ajax = $.ajax;
  $.ajax = function(settings) {
   var mode = ( "mode" in settings ? settings : $.ajaxSettings ).mode,
    port = ( "port" in settings ? settings : $.ajaxSettings ).port;
   if (mode == "abort") {
    if ( pendingRequests[port] ) {
     pendingRequests[port].abort();
    }
    return (pendingRequests[port] = ajax.apply(this, arguments));
   }
   return ajax.apply(this, arguments);
  };
 }
})(jQuery);

// provides cross-browser focusin and focusout events
// IE has native support, in other browsers, use event caputuring (neither bubbles)

// provides delegate(type: String, delegate: Selector, handler: Callback) plugin for easier event delegation
// handler is only called when $(event.target).is(delegate), in the scope of the jquery-object for event.target
;(function($) {
 // only implement if not provided by jQuery core (since 1.4)
 // TODO verify if jQuery 1.4's implementation is compatible with older jQuery special-event APIs
 if (!jQuery.event.special.focusin && !jQuery.event.special.focusout && document.addEventListener) {
  $.each({
   focus: 'focusin',
   blur: 'focusout'
  }, function( original, fix ){
   $.event.special[fix] = {
    setup:function() {
     this.addEventListener( original, handler, true );
    },
    teardown:function() {
     this.removeEventListener( original, handler, true );
    },
    handler: function(e) {
     arguments[0] = $.event.fix(e);
     arguments[0].type = fix;
     return $.event.handle.apply(this, arguments);
    }
   };
   function handler(e) {
    e = $.event.fix(e);
    e.type = fix;
    return $.event.handle.call(this, e);
   }
  });
 };
 $.extend($.fn, {
  validateDelegate: function(delegate, type, handler) {
   return this.bind(type, function(event) {
    var target = $(event.target);
    if (target.is(delegate)) {
     return handler.apply(target, arguments);
    }
   });
  }
 });
})(jQuery);