function createAjaxObj(){
	var httprequest=false
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ // if Mozilla, Safari etc	
		httprequest=new XMLHttpRequest()
		if (httprequest.overrideMimeType)
			httprequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml')
	}else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
		try {
			httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}catch (e){
			try{
				httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}catch (e){
			
			}
		}
	}
	return httprequest
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// Main RSS Ticker Object function
// rssticker_ajax(RSS_id, cachetime, divId, divClass, delay, optionallogicswitch)
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

function rssticker_ajax(RSS_id, cachetime, divId, divClass, delay, logicswitch,lastrssurl,show_description){
	this.RSS_id=RSS_id //Array key indicating which RSS feed to display
	this.lastrssbridgeurl='/web/newsticker/bridge.php?feed_url='+lastrssurl;
	this.cachetime=cachetime //Time to cache feed, in minutes. 0=no cache.
	this.tickerid=divId //ID of ticker div to display information
	this.delay=delay //Delay between msg change, in miliseconds.
	this.logicswitch=(typeof logicswitch!="undefined")? logicswitch : ""
	this.mouseoverBol=0 //Boolean to indicate whether mouse is currently over ticker (and pause it if it is)
	this.pointer=0
	this.showdescription=show_description;
	this.opacitysetting=0.2 //Opacity value when reset. Internal use.
	this.title=[], this.link=[], this.description=[], this.pubdate=[] //Arrays to hold each component of an RSS item
	this.ajaxobj=createAjaxObj()
	document.write('<div id="'+divId+'" class="'+divClass+'" ></div>')
	if (window.getComputedStyle) //detect if moz-opacity is defined in external CSS for specified class
		this.mozopacityisdefined=(window.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(this.tickerid), "").getPropertyValue("-moz-opacity")==1)? 0 : 1
	this.getAjaxcontent()
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// getAjaxcontent()- Makes asynchronous GET request to "bridge.php" with the supplied parameters
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

rssticker_ajax.prototype.getAjaxcontent=function(){
	if (this.ajaxobj){
		var instanceOfTicker=this
		var parameters="&id="+encodeURIComponent(this.RSS_id)+"&cachetime="+this.cachetime+"&bustcache="+new Date().getTime()
		this.ajaxobj.onreadystatechange=function(){instanceOfTicker.initialize()}
		this.ajaxobj.open('GET', this.lastrssbridgeurl+parameters, true)
		this.ajaxobj.send(null)
	}
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// initialize()- Initialize ticker method.
// -Gets contents of RSS content and parse it using JavaScript DOM methods 
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

rssticker_ajax.prototype.initialize=function(){ 
	if (this.ajaxobj.readyState == 4){ //if request of file completed
		if (this.ajaxobj.status==200){ //if request was successful
			var xmldata=this.ajaxobj.responseXML
			if(xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item").length==0){ //if no <item> elements found in returned content
				document.getElementById(this.tickerid).innerHTML="<b>Error</b> fetching remote RSS feed!<br />"+this.ajaxobj.responseText
				return
			}
			var instanceOfTicker=this
			this.feeditems=xmldata.getElementsByTagName("item")
//Cycle through RSS XML object and store each peice of an item inside a corresponding array
			for (var i=0; i<this.feeditems.length; i++){
				this.title[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
				this.link[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
				this.description[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
				this.pubdate[i]=this.feeditems[i].getElementsByTagName("pubDate")[0].firstChild.nodeValue
			}
			document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=1}
			document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=0}
			this.rotatemsg()
		}
	}
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// rotatemsg()- Rotate through RSS messages and displays them
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

rssticker_ajax.prototype.rotatemsg=function(){
	var instanceOfTicker=this
	if (this.mouseoverBol==1) //if mouse is currently over ticker, do nothing (pause it)
		setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, 3600)
	else{ //else, construct item, show and rotate it!
		var tickerDiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid)
		//var linktitle="<div onmouseout=\"xstooltip_hide('tooltip_"+this.tickerid+"');\" onmouseover=\"xstooltip_show('tooltip_"+this.tickerid+"', 'news_"+this.tickerid+"_"+this.pointer+"', 0, 15);\" id='news_"+this.tickerid+"_"+this.pointer+"' class=\"rsstitle\"><a href='"+this.link[this.pointer]+"' >"+this.title[this.pointer]+"</a></div>";
		var linktitle="<div class=\"rsstitle\">"+this.title[this.pointer];
		var tooltip_arrow="<img src='/web/images/arrow_down.gif' onmouseout=\"xstooltip_hide('tooltip_"+this.tickerid+"');\" onmouseover=\"xstooltip_show('tooltip_"+this.tickerid+"', 'img_"+this.tickerid+"_"+this.pointer+"', 0, 15);\" id='img_"+this.tickerid+"_"+this.pointer+"'  />";
		if (this.showdescription){
			linktitle += tooltip_arrow;
		}
		linktitle += "</div>";
		//
		//var description='<div class="rssdescription">'+this.description[this.pointer]+'</div>'
		var tooltip = '<div id="tooltip_'+this.tickerid+'" class="xstooltip">'+this.title[this.pointer]+'</div>'
		var description='';
		//var feeddate='<div class="rssdate">'+this.pubdate[this.pointer]+'</div>'
		var feeddate=''
		if (this.logicswitch.indexOf("description")==-1) description=""
		if (this.logicswitch.indexOf("date")==-1) feeddate=""
		
		var tickercontent=linktitle+feeddate+description //STRING FOR FEED CONTENTS 
		if (this.showdescription){
			tickercontent= tooltip+tickercontent;
		}
		this.fadetransition("reset") //FADE EFFECT- RESET OPACITY
		tickerDiv.innerHTML=tickercontent
		this.fadetimer1=setInterval(function(){instanceOfTicker.fadetransition('up', 'fadetimer1')}, 100) //FADE EFFECT- PLAY IT
		this.pointer=(this.pointer<this.feeditems.length-1)? this.pointer+1 : 0
		setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, this.delay) //update container every second
	}
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// fadetransition()- cross browser fade method for IE5.5+ and Mozilla/Firefox
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

rssticker_ajax.prototype.fadetransition=function(fadetype, timerid){
	var tickerDiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid)
	if (fadetype=="reset")
		this.opacitysetting=0.2
	if (tickerDiv.filters && tickerDiv.filters[0]){
		if (typeof tickerDiv.filters[0].opacity=="number") //IE6+
			tickerDiv.filters[0].opacity=this.opacitysetting*100
		else //IE 5.5
			tickerDiv.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+this.opacitysetting*100+")"
	}else if (typeof tickerDiv.style.MozOpacity!="undefined" && this.mozopacityisdefined){
		tickerDiv.style.MozOpacity=this.opacitysetting
	}
	if (fadetype=="up")
		this.opacitysetting+=0.2
	if (fadetype=="up" && this.opacitysetting>=1)
		clearInterval(this[timerid])
}