Element.removeChildren = function(element){
	element = $(element);
	purge(element.childNodes);
	while( element.firstChild ) {
		element.removeChild( element.firstChild );
	}
}

Element.searchByClass = function(node,searchClass) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	var els = $(node).childNodes;
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("\b"+searchClass+"\b");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[classElements.length] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}


function $E(data) {
    var el;
	
    if ('string'==typeof data) {
        el=document.createTextNode(data);
    } else {
        //create the element
        el=document.createElement(data.tag);
        delete(data.tag);

        //append the children
        if ('undefined'!=typeof data.children) {
            if ('string'==typeof data.children ||
                'undefined'==typeof data.children.length
            ) {
                //strings and single elements
                el.appendChild($E(data.children));
            } else {
                //arrays of elements
                for (var i=0, child=null; 'undefined'!=typeof (child=data.children[i]); i++) {
                    el.appendChild($E(child));
                }
            }
            delete(data.children);
        }		
		
		
        if ('undefined'!=typeof data.style) {
			for( i in data.style ){
				if(typeof(data.style[i]) == 'function'){
					//el.style[i] = eval("data.style[i]");
					//el.style[i] = eval("data.style["+i+"]");
					
					/* IE Problem */
					
					eval("func = "+data.style[i]);
					el.style[i] = func;
					
					
					/*
					eval("el.style.[i] = "+data.style[i]);
					*/
					
										
					
					
					//eval("el.style[i] = "+data.style[i]);
					//eval('el.style.'+i+' = '+data.style[i]);
					//eval("func = data.style["+i+"]");
					
					//alert( func );
				} else {
					el.style[i] = data.style[i];
				}
			}
			delete(data.style);
		}
		

		if (data.classname) {
			//$(el).setAttribute('class',data.classname);
			Element.addClassName($(el),data.classname);
			delete(data.classname);
		}		
		
		if (data.events) {
			for( i in data.events ){
				el[i] = data.events[i];
			}
			delete(data.events);
		}
		
	
			
		for( i in data ){
			/*
				IE Bug
			*/
		
			el[i] = data[i];
		
		}
    }
	

		
		
	
	
    return el;
}

function purge(d) {
    var a = d.attributes, i, l, n;
    if (a) {
        l = a.length;
        for (i = 0; i < l; i += 1) {
            n = a[i].name;
            if (typeof d[n] === 'function') {
                d[n] = null;
            }
        }
    }
    a = d.childNodes;
    if (a) {
        l = a.length;
        for (i = 0; i < l; i += 1) {
            purge(d.childNodes[i]);
        }
    }
}