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### DataSource Utility 2.8.1

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    (function () {

    var lang   = YAHOO.lang,
        util   = YAHOO.util,
        Ev     = util.Event;

    /**
     * The DataSource utility provides a common configurable interface for widgets to
     * access a variety of data, from JavaScript arrays to online database servers.
     *
     * @module datasource
     * @requires yahoo, event
     * @optional json, get, connection
     * @title DataSource Utility
     */

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * Base class for the YUI DataSource utility.
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.DataSourceBase = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        if(oLiveData === null || oLiveData === undefined) {
            YAHOO.log("Could not instantiate DataSource due to invalid live database",
                    "error", this.toString());
            return;
        }

        this.liveData = oLiveData;
        this._oQueue = {interval:null, conn:null, requests:[]};
        this.responseSchema = {};

        // Set any config params passed in to override defaults
        if(oConfigs && (oConfigs.constructor == Object)) {
            for(var sConfig in oConfigs) {
                if(sConfig) {
                    this[sConfig] = oConfigs[sConfig];
                }
            }
        }

        // Validate and initialize public configs
        var maxCacheEntries = this.maxCacheEntries;
        if(!lang.isNumber(maxCacheEntries) || (maxCacheEntries < 0)) {
            maxCacheEntries = 0;
        }

        // Initialize interval tracker
        this._aIntervals = [];

        /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        //
        // Custom Events
        //
        /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

        /**
         * Fired when a request is made to the local cache.
         *
         * @event cacheRequestEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("cacheRequestEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when data is retrieved from the local cache.
         *
         * @event cacheResponseEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.response {Object} The response object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("cacheResponseEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when a request is sent to the live data source.
         *
         * @event requestEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.tId {Number} Transaction ID.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("requestEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when live data source sends response.
         *
         * @event responseEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.response {Object} The raw response object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.tId {Number} Transaction ID.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("responseEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when response is parsed.
         *
         * @event responseParseEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.response {Object} The parsed response object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("responseParseEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when response is cached.
         *
         * @event responseCacheEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.response {Object} The parsed response object.
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         */
        this.createEvent("responseCacheEvent");
        /**
         * Fired when an error is encountered with the live data source.
         *
         * @event dataErrorEvent
         * @param oArgs.request {Object} The request object.
         * @param oArgs.response {String} The response object (if available).
         * @param oArgs.callback {Object} The callback object.
         * @param oArgs.caller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback.scope.
         * @param oArgs.message {String} The error message.
         */
        this.createEvent("dataErrorEvent");

        /**
         * Fired when the local cache is flushed.
         *
         * @event cacheFlushEvent
         */
        this.createEvent("cacheFlushEvent");

        var DS = util.DataSourceBase;
        this._sName = "DataSource instance" + DS._nIndex;
        DS._nIndex++;
        YAHOO.log("DataSource initialized", "info", this.toString());
    };

    var DS = util.DataSourceBase;

    lang.augmentObject(DS, {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase public constants
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Type is unknown.
     *
     * @property TYPE_UNKNOWN
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default -1
     */
    TYPE_UNKNOWN : -1,

    /**
     * Type is a JavaScript Array.
     *
     * @property TYPE_JSARRAY
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 0
     */
    TYPE_JSARRAY : 0,

    /**
     * Type is a JavaScript Function.
     *
     * @property TYPE_JSFUNCTION
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 1
     */
    TYPE_JSFUNCTION : 1,

    /**
     * Type is hosted on a server via an XHR connection.
     *
     * @property TYPE_XHR
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 2
     */
    TYPE_XHR : 2,

    /**
     * Type is JSON.
     *
     * @property TYPE_JSON
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 3
     */
    TYPE_JSON : 3,

    /**
     * Type is XML.
     *
     * @property TYPE_XML
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 4
     */
    TYPE_XML : 4,

    /**
     * Type is plain text.
     *
     * @property TYPE_TEXT
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 5
     */
    TYPE_TEXT : 5,

    /**
     * Type is an HTML TABLE element. Data is parsed out of TR elements from all TBODY elements.
     *
     * @property TYPE_HTMLTABLE
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 6
     */
    TYPE_HTMLTABLE : 6,

    /**
     * Type is hosted on a server via a dynamic script node.
     *
     * @property TYPE_SCRIPTNODE
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 7
     */
    TYPE_SCRIPTNODE : 7,

    /**
     * Type is local.
     *
     * @property TYPE_LOCAL
     * @type Number
     * @final
     * @default 8
     */
    TYPE_LOCAL : 8,

    /**
     * Error message for invalid dataresponses.
     *
     * @property ERROR_DATAINVALID
     * @type String
     * @final
     * @default "Invalid data"
     */
    ERROR_DATAINVALID : "Invalid data",

    /**
     * Error message for null data responses.
     *
     * @property ERROR_DATANULL
     * @type String
     * @final
     * @default "Null data"
     */
    ERROR_DATANULL : "Null data",

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase private static properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Internal class variable to index multiple DataSource instances.
     *
     * @property DataSourceBase._nIndex
     * @type Number
     * @private
     * @static
     */
    _nIndex : 0,

    /**
     * Internal class variable to assign unique transaction IDs.
     *
     * @property DataSourceBase._nTransactionId
     * @type Number
     * @private
     * @static
     */
    _nTransactionId : 0,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase private static methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Get an XPath-specified value for a given field from an XML node or document.
     *
     * @method _getLocationValue
     * @param field {String | Object} Field definition.
     * @param context {Object} XML node or document to search within.
     * @return {Object} Data value or null.
     * @static
     * @private
     */
    _getLocationValue: function(field, context) {
        var locator = field.locator || field.key || field,
            xmldoc = context.ownerDocument || context,
            result, res, value = null;

        try {
            // Standards mode
            if(!lang.isUndefined(xmldoc.evaluate)) {
                result = xmldoc.evaluate(locator, context, xmldoc.createNSResolver(!context.ownerDocument ? context.documentElement : context.ownerDocument.documentElement), 0, null);
                while(res = result.iterateNext()) {
                    value = res.textContent;
                }
            }
            // IE mode
            else {
                xmldoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath");
                result = context.selectNodes(locator)[0];
                value = result.value || result.text || null;
            }
            return value;

        }
        catch(e) {
        }
    },

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase public static methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Executes a configured callback.  For object literal callbacks, the third
     * param determines whether to execute the success handler or failure handler.
     *
     * @method issueCallback
     * @param callback {Function|Object} the callback to execute
     * @param params {Array} params to be passed to the callback method
     * @param error {Boolean} whether an error occurred
     * @param scope {Object} the scope from which to execute the callback
     * (deprecated - use an object literal callback)
     * @static
     */
    issueCallback : function (callback,params,error,scope) {
        if (lang.isFunction(callback)) {
            callback.apply(scope, params);
        } else if (lang.isObject(callback)) {
            scope = callback.scope || scope || window;
            var callbackFunc = callback.success;
            if (error) {
                callbackFunc = callback.failure;
            }
            if (callbackFunc) {
                callbackFunc.apply(scope, params.concat([callback.argument]));
            }
        }
    },

    /**
     * Converts data to type String.
     *
     * @method DataSourceBase.parseString
     * @param oData {String | Number | Boolean | Date | Array | Object} Data to parse.
     * The special values null and undefined will return null.
     * @return {String} A string, or null.
     * @static
     */
    parseString : function(oData) {
        // Special case null and undefined
        if(!lang.isValue(oData)) {
            return null;
        }

        //Convert to string
        var string = oData + "";

        // Validate
        if(lang.isString(string)) {
            return string;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Could not convert data " + lang.dump(oData) + " to type String", "warn", this.toString());
            return null;
        }
    },

    /**
     * Converts data to type Number.
     *
     * @method DataSourceBase.parseNumber
     * @param oData {String | Number | Boolean} Data to convert. Note, the following
     * values return as null: null, undefined, NaN, "".
     * @return {Number} A number, or null.
     * @static
     */
    parseNumber : function(oData) {
        if(!lang.isValue(oData) || (oData === "")) {
            return null;
        }

        //Convert to number
        var number = oData * 1;

        // Validate
        if(lang.isNumber(number)) {
            return number;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Could not convert data " + lang.dump(oData) + " to type Number", "warn", this.toString());
            return null;
        }
    },
    // Backward compatibility
    convertNumber : function(oData) {
        YAHOO.log("The method YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.convertNumber() has been" +
        " deprecated in favor of YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.parseNumber()", "warn",
        this.toString());
        return DS.parseNumber(oData);
    },

    /**
     * Converts data to type Date.
     *
     * @method DataSourceBase.parseDate
     * @param oData {Date | String | Number} Data to convert.
     * @return {Date} A Date instance.
     * @static
     */
    parseDate : function(oData) {
        var date = null;

        //Convert to date
        if(!(oData instanceof Date)) {
            date = new Date(oData);
        }
        else {
            return oData;
        }

        // Validate
        if(date instanceof Date) {
            return date;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Could not convert data " + lang.dump(oData) + " to type Date", "warn", this.toString());
            return null;
        }
    },
    // Backward compatibility
    convertDate : function(oData) {
        YAHOO.log("The method YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.convertDate() has been" +
        " deprecated in favor of YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.parseDate()", "warn",
        this.toString());
        return DS.parseDate(oData);
    }

    });

    // Done in separate step so referenced functions are defined.
    /**
     * Data parsing functions.
     * @property DataSource.Parser
     * @type Object
     * @static
     */
    DS.Parser = {
        string   : DS.parseString,
        number   : DS.parseNumber,
        date     : DS.parseDate
    };

    // Prototype properties and methods
    DS.prototype = {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase private properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Name of DataSource instance.
     *
     * @property _sName
     * @type String
     * @private
     */
    _sName : null,

    /**
     * Local cache of data result object literals indexed chronologically.
     *
     * @property _aCache
     * @type Object[]
     * @private
     */
    _aCache : null,

    /**
     * Local queue of request connections, enabled if queue needs to be managed.
     *
     * @property _oQueue
     * @type Object
     * @private
     */
    _oQueue : null,

    /**
     * Array of polling interval IDs that have been enabled, needed to clear all intervals.
     *
     * @property _aIntervals
     * @type Array
     * @private
     */
    _aIntervals : null,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase public properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Max size of the local cache.  Set to 0 to turn off caching.  Caching is
     * useful to reduce the number of server connections.  Recommended only for data
     * sources that return comprehensive results for queries or when stale data is
     * not an issue.
     *
     * @property maxCacheEntries
     * @type Number
     * @default 0
     */
    maxCacheEntries : 0,

     /**
     * Pointer to live database.
     *
     * @property liveData
     * @type Object
     */
    liveData : null,

    /**
     * Where the live data is held:
     *
     * <dl>
     *    <dt>TYPE_UNKNOWN</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_LOCAL</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_XHR</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_SCRIPTNODE</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_JSFUNCTION</dt>
     * </dl>
     *
     * @property dataType
     * @type Number
     * @default YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_UNKNOWN
     *
     */
    dataType : DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN,

    /**
     * Format of response:
     *
     * <dl>
     *    <dt>TYPE_UNKNOWN</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_JSARRAY</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_JSON</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_XML</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_TEXT</dt>
     *    <dt>TYPE_HTMLTABLE</dt>
     * </dl>
     *
     * @property responseType
     * @type Number
     * @default YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_UNKNOWN
     */
    responseType : DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN,

    /**
     * Response schema object literal takes a combination of the following properties:
     *
     * <dl>
     * <dt>resultsList</dt> <dd>Pointer to array of tabular data</dd>
     * <dt>resultNode</dt> <dd>Pointer to node name of row data (XML data only)</dd>
     * <dt>recordDelim</dt> <dd>Record delimiter (text data only)</dd>
     * <dt>fieldDelim</dt> <dd>Field delimiter (text data only)</dd>
     * <dt>fields</dt> <dd>Array of field names (aka keys), or array of object literals
     * such as: {key:"fieldname",parser:YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.parseDate}</dd>
     * <dt>metaFields</dt> <dd>Object literal of keys to include in the oParsedResponse.meta collection</dd>
     * <dt>metaNode</dt> <dd>Name of the node under which to search for meta information in XML response data</dd>
     * </dl>
     *
     * @property responseSchema
     * @type Object
     */
    responseSchema : null,

    /**
     * Additional arguments passed to the JSON parse routine.  The JSON string
     * is the assumed first argument (where applicable).  This property is not
     * set by default, but the parse methods will use it if present.
     *
     * @property parseJSONArgs
     * @type {MIXED|Array} If an Array, contents are used as individual arguments.
     *                     Otherwise, value is used as an additional argument.
     */
    // property intentionally undefined

    /**
     * When working with XML data, setting this property to true enables support for
     * XPath-syntaxed locators in schema definitions.
     *
     * @property useXPath
     * @type Boolean
     * @default false
     */
    useXPath : false,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // DataSourceBase public methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Public accessor to the unique name of the DataSource instance.
     *
     * @method toString
     * @return {String} Unique name of the DataSource instance.
     */
    toString : function() {
        return this._sName;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method passes request to cache and returns cached response if any,
     * refreshing the hit in the cache as the newest item. Returns null if there is
     * no cache hit.
     *
     * @method getCachedResponse
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use callback object.
     * @return {Object} Cached response object or null.
     */
    getCachedResponse : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        var aCache = this._aCache;

        // If cache is enabled...
        if(this.maxCacheEntries > 0) {
            // Initialize local cache
            if(!aCache) {
                this._aCache = [];
                YAHOO.log("Cache initialized", "info", this.toString());
            }
            // Look in local cache
            else {
                var nCacheLength = aCache.length;
                if(nCacheLength > 0) {
                    var oResponse = null;
                    this.fireEvent("cacheRequestEvent", {request:oRequest,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

                    // Loop through each cached element
                    for(var i = nCacheLength-1; i >= 0; i--) {
                        var oCacheElem = aCache[i];

                        // Defer cache hit logic to a public overridable method
                        if(this.isCacheHit(oRequest,oCacheElem.request)) {
                            // The cache returned a hit!
                            // Grab the cached response
                            oResponse = oCacheElem.response;
                            this.fireEvent("cacheResponseEvent", {request:oRequest,response:oResponse,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

                            // Refresh the position of the cache hit
                            if(i < nCacheLength-1) {
                                // Remove element from its original location
                                aCache.splice(i,1);
                                // Add as newest
                                this.addToCache(oRequest, oResponse);
                                YAHOO.log("Refreshed cache position of the response for \"" +  oRequest + "\"", "info", this.toString());
                            }

                            // Add a cache flag
                            oResponse.cached = true;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    YAHOO.log("The cached response for \"" + lang.dump(oRequest) +
                            "\" is " + lang.dump(oResponse), "info", this.toString());
                    return oResponse;
                }
            }
        }
        else if(aCache) {
            this._aCache = null;
            YAHOO.log("Cache destroyed", "info", this.toString());
        }
        return null;
    },

    /**
     * Default overridable method matches given request to given cached request.
     * Returns true if is a hit, returns false otherwise.  Implementers should
     * override this method to customize the cache-matching algorithm.
     *
     * @method isCacheHit
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCachedRequest {Object} Cached request object.
     * @return {Boolean} True if given request matches cached request, false otherwise.
     */
    isCacheHit : function(oRequest, oCachedRequest) {
        return (oRequest === oCachedRequest);
    },

    /**
     * Adds a new item to the cache. If cache is full, evicts the stalest item
     * before adding the new item.
     *
     * @method addToCache
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oResponse {Object} Response object to cache.
     */
    addToCache : function(oRequest, oResponse) {
        var aCache = this._aCache;
        if(!aCache) {
            return;
        }

        // If the cache is full, make room by removing stalest element (index=0)
        while(aCache.length >= this.maxCacheEntries) {
            aCache.shift();
        }

        // Add to cache in the newest position, at the end of the array
        var oCacheElem = {request:oRequest,response:oResponse};
        aCache[aCache.length] = oCacheElem;
        this.fireEvent("responseCacheEvent", {request:oRequest,response:oResponse});
        YAHOO.log("Cached the response for \"" +  oRequest + "\"", "info", this.toString());
    },

    /**
     * Flushes cache.
     *
     * @method flushCache
     */
    flushCache : function() {
        if(this._aCache) {
            this._aCache = [];
            this.fireEvent("cacheFlushEvent");
            YAHOO.log("Flushed the cache", "info", this.toString());
        }
    },

    /**
     * Sets up a polling mechanism to send requests at set intervals and forward
     * responses to given callback.
     *
     * @method setInterval
     * @param nMsec {Number} Length of interval in milliseconds.
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Function} Handler function to receive the response.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Interval ID.
     */
    setInterval : function(nMsec, oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        if(lang.isNumber(nMsec) && (nMsec >= 0)) {
            YAHOO.log("Enabling polling to live data for \"" + oRequest + "\" at interval " + nMsec, "info", this.toString());
            var oSelf = this;
            var nId = setInterval(function() {
                oSelf.makeConnection(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller);
            }, nMsec);
            this._aIntervals.push(nId);
            return nId;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Could not enable polling to live data for \"" + oRequest + "\" at interval " + nMsec, "info", this.toString());
        }
    },

    /**
     * Disables polling mechanism associated with the given interval ID.
     *
     * @method clearInterval
     * @param nId {Number} Interval ID.
     */
    clearInterval : function(nId) {
        // Remove from tracker if there
        var tracker = this._aIntervals || [];
        for(var i=tracker.length-1; i>-1; i--) {
            if(tracker[i] === nId) {
                tracker.splice(i,1);
                clearInterval(nId);
            }
        }
    },

    /**
     * Disables all known polling intervals.
     *
     * @method clearAllIntervals
     */
    clearAllIntervals : function() {
        var tracker = this._aIntervals || [];
        for(var i=tracker.length-1; i>-1; i--) {
            clearInterval(tracker[i]);
        }
        tracker = [];
    },

    /**
     * First looks for cached response, then sends request to live data. The
     * following arguments are passed to the callback function:
     *     <dl>
     *     <dt><code>oRequest</code></dt>
     *     <dd>The same value that was passed in as the first argument to sendRequest.</dd>
     *     <dt><code>oParsedResponse</code></dt>
     *     <dd>An object literal containing the following properties:
     *         <dl>
     *         <dt><code>tId</code></dt>
     *         <dd>Unique transaction ID number.</dd>
     *         <dt><code>results</code></dt>
     *         <dd>Schema-parsed data results.</dd>
     *         <dt><code>error</code></dt>
     *         <dd>True in cases of data error.</dd>
     *         <dt><code>cached</code></dt>
     *         <dd>True when response is returned from DataSource cache.</dd>
     *         <dt><code>meta</code></dt>
     *         <dd>Schema-parsed meta data.</dd>
     *         </dl>
     *     <dt><code>oPayload</code></dt>
     *     <dd>The same value as was passed in as <code>argument</code> in the oCallback object literal.</dd>
     *     </dl>
     *
     * @method sendRequest
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} An object literal with the following properties:
     *     <dl>
     *     <dt><code>success</code></dt>
     *     <dd>The function to call when the data is ready.</dd>
     *     <dt><code>failure</code></dt>
     *     <dd>The function to call upon a response failure condition.</dd>
     *     <dt><code>scope</code></dt>
     *     <dd>The object to serve as the scope for the success and failure handlers.</dd>
     *     <dt><code>argument</code></dt>
     *     <dd>Arbitrary data that will be passed back to the success and failure handlers.</dd>
     *     </dl>
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Transaction ID, or null if response found in cache.
     */
    sendRequest : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        // First look in cache
        var oCachedResponse = this.getCachedResponse(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller);
        if(oCachedResponse) {
            DS.issueCallback(oCallback,[oRequest,oCachedResponse],false,oCaller);
            return null;
        }

        // Not in cache, so forward request to live data
        YAHOO.log("Making connection to live data for \"" + oRequest + "\"", "info", this.toString());
        return this.makeConnection(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller);
    },

    /**
     * Overridable default method generates a unique transaction ID and passes
     * the live data reference directly to the  handleResponse function. This
     * method should be implemented by subclasses to achieve more complex behavior
     * or to access remote data.
     *
     * @method makeConnection
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object literal.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Transaction ID.
     */
    makeConnection : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        var tId = DS._nTransactionId++;
        this.fireEvent("requestEvent", {tId:tId, request:oRequest,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

        /* accounts for the following cases:
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_UNKNOWN
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_JSARRAY
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_JSON
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_HTMLTABLE
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_XML
        YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase.TYPE_TEXT
        */
        var oRawResponse = this.liveData;

        this.handleResponse(oRequest, oRawResponse, oCallback, oCaller, tId);
        return tId;
    },

    /**
     * Receives raw data response and type converts to XML, JSON, etc as necessary.
     * Forwards oFullResponse to appropriate parsing function to get turned into
     * oParsedResponse. Calls doBeforeCallback() and adds oParsedResponse to
     * the cache when appropriate before calling issueCallback().
     *
     * The oParsedResponse object literal has the following properties:
     * <dl>
     *     <dd><dt>tId {Number}</dt> Unique transaction ID</dd>
     *     <dd><dt>results {Array}</dt> Array of parsed data results</dd>
     *     <dd><dt>meta {Object}</dt> Object literal of meta values</dd>
     *     <dd><dt>error {Boolean}</dt> (optional) True if there was an error</dd>
     *     <dd><dt>cached {Boolean}</dt> (optional) True if response was cached</dd>
     * </dl>
     *
     * @method handleResponse
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object
     * @param oRawResponse {Object} The raw response from the live database.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object literal.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @param tId {Number} Transaction ID.
     */
    handleResponse : function(oRequest, oRawResponse, oCallback, oCaller, tId) {
        this.fireEvent("responseEvent", {tId:tId, request:oRequest, response:oRawResponse,
                callback:oCallback, caller:oCaller});
        YAHOO.log("Received live data response for \"" + oRequest + "\"", "info", this.toString());
        var xhr = (this.dataType == DS.TYPE_XHR) ? true : false;
        var oParsedResponse = null;
        var oFullResponse = oRawResponse;

        // Try to sniff data type if it has not been defined
        if(this.responseType === DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
            var ctype = (oRawResponse && oRawResponse.getResponseHeader) ? oRawResponse.getResponseHeader["Content-Type"] : null;
            if(ctype) {
                 // xml
                if(ctype.indexOf("text/xml") > -1) {
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
                }
                else if(ctype.indexOf("application/json") > -1) { // json
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
                }
                else if(ctype.indexOf("text/plain") > -1) { // text
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
                }
            }
            else {
                if(YAHOO.lang.isArray(oRawResponse)) { // array
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSARRAY;
                }
                 // xml
                else if(oRawResponse && oRawResponse.nodeType && (oRawResponse.nodeType === 9 || oRawResponse.nodeType === 1 || oRawResponse.nodeType === 11)) {
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
                }
                else if(oRawResponse && oRawResponse.nodeName && (oRawResponse.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "table")) { // table
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_HTMLTABLE;
                }
                else if(YAHOO.lang.isObject(oRawResponse)) { // json
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
                }
                else if(YAHOO.lang.isString(oRawResponse)) { // text
                    this.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
                }
            }
        }

        switch(this.responseType) {
            case DS.TYPE_JSARRAY:
                if(xhr && oRawResponse && oRawResponse.responseText) {
                    oFullResponse = oRawResponse.responseText;
                }
                try {
                    // Convert to JS array if it's a string
                    if(lang.isString(oFullResponse)) {
                        var parseArgs = [oFullResponse].concat(this.parseJSONArgs);
                        // Check for YUI JSON Util
                        if(lang.JSON) {
                            oFullResponse = lang.JSON.parse.apply(lang.JSON,parseArgs);
                        }
                        // Look for JSON parsers using an API similar to json2.js
                        else if(window.JSON && JSON.parse) {
                            oFullResponse = JSON.parse.apply(JSON,parseArgs);
                        }
                        // Look for JSON parsers using an API similar to json.js
                        else if(oFullResponse.parseJSON) {
                            oFullResponse = oFullResponse.parseJSON.apply(oFullResponse,parseArgs.slice(1));
                        }
                        // No JSON lib found so parse the string
                        else {
                            // Trim leading spaces
                            while (oFullResponse.length > 0 &&
                                    (oFullResponse.charAt(0) != "{") &&
                                    (oFullResponse.charAt(0) != "[")) {
                                oFullResponse = oFullResponse.substring(1, oFullResponse.length);
                            }

                            if(oFullResponse.length > 0) {
                                // Strip extraneous stuff at the end
                                var arrayEnd =
    Math.max(oFullResponse.lastIndexOf("]"),oFullResponse.lastIndexOf("}"));
                                oFullResponse = oFullResponse.substring(0,arrayEnd+1);

                                // Turn the string into an object literal...
                                // ...eval is necessary here
                                oFullResponse = eval("(" + oFullResponse + ")");

                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch(e1) {
                }
                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseArrayData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
            case DS.TYPE_JSON:
                if(xhr && oRawResponse && oRawResponse.responseText) {
                    oFullResponse = oRawResponse.responseText;
                }
                try {
                    // Convert to JSON object if it's a string
                    if(lang.isString(oFullResponse)) {
                        var parseArgs = [oFullResponse].concat(this.parseJSONArgs);
                        // Check for YUI JSON Util
                        if(lang.JSON) {
                            oFullResponse = lang.JSON.parse.apply(lang.JSON,parseArgs);
                        }
                        // Look for JSON parsers using an API similar to json2.js
                        else if(window.JSON && JSON.parse) {
                            oFullResponse = JSON.parse.apply(JSON,parseArgs);
                        }
                        // Look for JSON parsers using an API similar to json.js
                        else if(oFullResponse.parseJSON) {
                            oFullResponse = oFullResponse.parseJSON.apply(oFullResponse,parseArgs.slice(1));
                        }
                        // No JSON lib found so parse the string
                        else {
                            // Trim leading spaces
                            while (oFullResponse.length > 0 &&
                                    (oFullResponse.charAt(0) != "{") &&
                                    (oFullResponse.charAt(0) != "[")) {
                                oFullResponse = oFullResponse.substring(1, oFullResponse.length);
                            }

                            if(oFullResponse.length > 0) {
                                // Strip extraneous stuff at the end
                                var objEnd = Math.max(oFullResponse.lastIndexOf("]"),oFullResponse.lastIndexOf("}"));
                                oFullResponse = oFullResponse.substring(0,objEnd+1);

                                // Turn the string into an object literal...
                                // ...eval is necessary here
                                oFullResponse = eval("(" + oFullResponse + ")");

                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                catch(e) {
                }

                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseJSONData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
            case DS.TYPE_HTMLTABLE:
                if(xhr && oRawResponse.responseText) {
                    var el = document.createElement('div');
                    el.innerHTML = oRawResponse.responseText;
                    oFullResponse = el.getElementsByTagName('table')[0];
                }
                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseHTMLTableData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
            case DS.TYPE_XML:
                if(xhr && oRawResponse.responseXML) {
                    oFullResponse = oRawResponse.responseXML;
                }
                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseXMLData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
            case DS.TYPE_TEXT:
                if(xhr && lang.isString(oRawResponse.responseText)) {
                    oFullResponse = oRawResponse.responseText;
                }
                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseTextData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
            default:
                oFullResponse = this.doBeforeParseData(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback);
                oParsedResponse = this.parseData(oRequest, oFullResponse);
                break;
        }

        // Clean up for consistent signature
        oParsedResponse = oParsedResponse || {};
        if(!oParsedResponse.results) {
            oParsedResponse.results = [];
        }
        if(!oParsedResponse.meta) {
            oParsedResponse.meta = {};
        }

        // Success
        if(!oParsedResponse.error) {
            // Last chance to touch the raw response or the parsed response
            oParsedResponse = this.doBeforeCallback(oRequest, oFullResponse, oParsedResponse, oCallback);
            this.fireEvent("responseParseEvent", {request:oRequest,
                    response:oParsedResponse, callback:oCallback, caller:oCaller});
            // Cache the response
            this.addToCache(oRequest, oParsedResponse);
        }
        // Error
        else {
            // Be sure the error flag is on
            oParsedResponse.error = true;
            this.fireEvent("dataErrorEvent", {request:oRequest, response: oRawResponse, callback:oCallback,
                    caller:oCaller, message:DS.ERROR_DATANULL});
            YAHOO.log(DS.ERROR_DATANULL, "error", this.toString());
        }

        // Send the response back to the caller
        oParsedResponse.tId = tId;
        DS.issueCallback(oCallback,[oRequest,oParsedResponse],oParsedResponse.error,oCaller);
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method gives implementers access to the original full response
     * before the data gets parsed. Implementers should take care not to return an
     * unparsable or otherwise invalid response.
     *
     * @method doBeforeParseData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full response from the live database.
     * @param oCallback {Object} The callback object.
     * @return {Object} Full response for parsing.

     */
    doBeforeParseData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse, oCallback) {
        return oFullResponse;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method gives implementers access to the original full response and
     * the parsed response (parsed against the given schema) before the data
     * is added to the cache (if applicable) and then sent back to callback function.
     * This is your chance to access the raw response and/or populate the parsed
     * response with any custom data.
     *
     * @method doBeforeCallback
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full response from the live database.
     * @param oParsedResponse {Object} The parsed response to return to calling object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} The callback object.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object.
     */
    doBeforeCallback : function(oRequest, oFullResponse, oParsedResponse, oCallback) {
        return oParsedResponse;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses data of generic RESPONSE_TYPE into a response object.
     *
     * @method parseData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full Array from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties:<br>
     *     - results {Array} Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - meta {Object} Object literal of meta values<br>
     *     - error {Boolean} (optional) True if there was an error<br>
     */
    parseData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        if(lang.isValue(oFullResponse)) {
            var oParsedResponse = {results:oFullResponse,meta:{}};
            YAHOO.log("Parsed generic data is " +
                    lang.dump(oParsedResponse), "info", this.toString());
            return oParsedResponse;

        }
        YAHOO.log("Generic data could not be parsed: " + lang.dump(oFullResponse),
                "error", this.toString());
        return null;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses Array data into a response object.
     *
     * @method parseArrayData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full Array from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties:<br>
     *     - results (Array) Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - error (Boolean) True if there was an error
     */
    parseArrayData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        if(lang.isArray(oFullResponse)) {
            var results = [],
                i, j,
                rec, field, data;

            // Parse for fields
            if(lang.isArray(this.responseSchema.fields)) {
                var fields = this.responseSchema.fields;
                for (i = fields.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                    if (typeof fields[i] !== 'object') {
                        fields[i] = { key : fields[i] };
                    }
                }

                var parsers = {}, p;
                for (i = fields.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                    p = (typeof fields[i].parser === 'function' ?
                              fields[i].parser :
                              DS.Parser[fields[i].parser+'']) || fields[i].converter;
                    if (p) {
                        parsers[fields[i].key] = p;
                    }
                }

                var arrType = lang.isArray(oFullResponse[0]);
                for(i=oFullResponse.length-1; i>-1; i--) {
                    var oResult = {};
                    rec = oFullResponse[i];
                    if (typeof rec === 'object') {
                        for(j=fields.length-1; j>-1; j--) {
                            field = fields[j];
                            data = arrType ? rec[j] : rec[field.key];

                            if (parsers[field.key]) {
                                data = parsers[field.key].call(this,data);
                            }

                            // Safety measure
                            if(data === undefined) {
                                data = null;
                            }

                            oResult[field.key] = data;
                        }
                    }
                    else if (lang.isString(rec)) {
                        for(j=fields.length-1; j>-1; j--) {
                            field = fields[j];
                            data = rec;

                            if (parsers[field.key]) {
                                data = parsers[field.key].call(this,data);
                            }

                            // Safety measure
                            if(data === undefined) {
                                data = null;
                            }

                            oResult[field.key] = data;
                        }
                    }
                    results[i] = oResult;
                }
            }
            // Return entire data set
            else {
                results = oFullResponse;
            }
            var oParsedResponse = {results:results};
            YAHOO.log("Parsed array data is " +
                    lang.dump(oParsedResponse), "info", this.toString());
            return oParsedResponse;

        }
        YAHOO.log("Array data could not be parsed: " + lang.dump(oFullResponse),
                "error", this.toString());
        return null;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses plain text data into a response object.
     *
     * @method parseTextData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full text response from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties:<br>
     *     - results (Array) Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - error (Boolean) True if there was an error
     */
    parseTextData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        if(lang.isString(oFullResponse)) {
            if(lang.isString(this.responseSchema.recordDelim) &&
                    lang.isString(this.responseSchema.fieldDelim)) {
                var oParsedResponse = {results:[]};
                var recDelim = this.responseSchema.recordDelim;
                var fieldDelim = this.responseSchema.fieldDelim;
                if(oFullResponse.length > 0) {
                    // Delete the last line delimiter at the end of the data if it exists
                    var newLength = oFullResponse.length-recDelim.length;
                    if(oFullResponse.substr(newLength) == recDelim) {
                        oFullResponse = oFullResponse.substr(0, newLength);
                    }
                    if(oFullResponse.length > 0) {
                        // Split along record delimiter to get an array of strings
                        var recordsarray = oFullResponse.split(recDelim);
                        // Cycle through each record
                        for(var i = 0, len = recordsarray.length, recIdx = 0; i < len; ++i) {
                            var bError = false,
                                sRecord = recordsarray[i];
                            if (lang.isString(sRecord) && (sRecord.length > 0)) {
                                // Split each record along field delimiter to get data
                                var fielddataarray = recordsarray[i].split(fieldDelim);
                                var oResult = {};

                                // Filter for fields data
                                if(lang.isArray(this.responseSchema.fields)) {
                                    var fields = this.responseSchema.fields;
                                    for(var j=fields.length-1; j>-1; j--) {
                                        try {
                                            // Remove quotation marks from edges, if applicable
                                            var data = fielddataarray[j];
                                            if (lang.isString(data)) {
                                                if(data.charAt(0) == "\"") {
                                                    data = data.substr(1);
                                                }
                                                if(data.charAt(data.length-1) == "\"") {
                                                    data = data.substr(0,data.length-1);
                                                }
                                                var field = fields[j];
                                                var key = (lang.isValue(field.key)) ? field.key : field;
                                                // Backward compatibility
                                                if(!field.parser && field.converter) {
                                                    field.parser = field.converter;
                                                    YAHOO.log("The field property converter has been deprecated" +
                                                            " in favor of parser", "warn", this.toString());
                                                }
                                                var parser = (typeof field.parser === 'function') ?
                                                    field.parser :
                                                    DS.Parser[field.parser+''];
                                                if(parser) {
                                                    data = parser.call(this, data);
                                                }
                                                // Safety measure
                                                if(data === undefined) {
                                                    data = null;
                                                }
                                                oResult[key] = data;
                                            }
                                            else {
                                                bError = true;
                                            }
                                        }
                                        catch(e) {
                                            bError = true;
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                // No fields defined so pass along all data as an array
                                else {
                                    oResult = fielddataarray;
                                }
                                if(!bError) {
                                    oParsedResponse.results[recIdx++] = oResult;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                YAHOO.log("Parsed text data is " +
                        lang.dump(oParsedResponse), "info", this.toString());
                return oParsedResponse;
            }
        }
        YAHOO.log("Text data could not be parsed: " + lang.dump(oFullResponse),
                "error", this.toString());
        return null;

    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses XML data for one result into an object literal.
     *
     * @method parseXMLResult
     * @param result {XML} XML for one result.
     * @return {Object} Object literal of data for one result.
     */
    parseXMLResult : function(result) {
        var oResult = {},
            schema = this.responseSchema;

        try {
            // Loop through each data field in each result using the schema
            for(var m = schema.fields.length-1; m >= 0 ; m--) {
                var field = schema.fields[m];
                var key = (lang.isValue(field.key)) ? field.key : field;
                var data = null;

                if(this.useXPath) {
                    data = YAHOO.util.DataSource._getLocationValue(field, result);
                }
                else {
                    // Values may be held in an attribute...
                    var xmlAttr = result.attributes.getNamedItem(key);
                    if(xmlAttr) {
                        data = xmlAttr.value;
                    }
                    // ...or in a node
                    else {
                        var xmlNode = result.getElementsByTagName(key);
                        if(xmlNode && xmlNode.item(0)) {
                            var item = xmlNode.item(0);
                            // For IE, then DOM...
                            data = (item) ? ((item.text) ? item.text : (item.textContent) ? item.textContent : null) : null;
                            // ...then fallback, but check for multiple child nodes
                            if(!data) {
                                var datapieces = [];
                                for(var j=0, len=item.childNodes.length; j<len; j++) {
                                    if(item.childNodes[j].nodeValue) {
                                        datapieces[datapieces.length] = item.childNodes[j].nodeValue;
                                    }
                                }
                                if(datapieces.length > 0) {
                                    data = datapieces.join("");
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                // Safety net
                if(data === null) {
                       data = "";
                }
                // Backward compatibility
                if(!field.parser && field.converter) {
                    field.parser = field.converter;
                    YAHOO.log("The field property converter has been deprecated" +
                            " in favor of parser", "warn", this.toString());
                }
                var parser = (typeof field.parser === 'function') ?
                    field.parser :
                    DS.Parser[field.parser+''];
                if(parser) {
                    data = parser.call(this, data);
                }
                // Safety measure
                if(data === undefined) {
                    data = null;
                }
                oResult[key] = data;
            }
        }
        catch(e) {
            YAHOO.log("Error while parsing XML result: " + e.message);
        }

        return oResult;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses XML data into a response object.
     *
     * @method parseXMLData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full XML response from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties<br>
     *     - results (Array) Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - error (Boolean) True if there was an error
     */
    parseXMLData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        var bError = false,
            schema = this.responseSchema,
            oParsedResponse = {meta:{}},
            xmlList = null,
            metaNode      = schema.metaNode,
            metaLocators  = schema.metaFields || {},
            i,k,loc,v;

        // In case oFullResponse is something funky
        try {
            // Pull any meta identified
            if(this.useXPath) {
                for (k in metaLocators) {
                    oParsedResponse.meta[k] = YAHOO.util.DataSource._getLocationValue(metaLocators[k], oFullResponse);
                }
            }
            else {
                metaNode = metaNode ? oFullResponse.getElementsByTagName(metaNode)[0] :
                           oFullResponse;

                if (metaNode) {
                    for (k in metaLocators) {
                        if (lang.hasOwnProperty(metaLocators, k)) {
                            loc = metaLocators[k];
                            // Look for a node
                            v = metaNode.getElementsByTagName(loc)[0];

                            if (v) {
                                v = v.firstChild.nodeValue;
                            } else {
                                // Look for an attribute
                                v = metaNode.attributes.getNamedItem(loc);
                                if (v) {
                                    v = v.value;
                                }
                            }

                            if (lang.isValue(v)) {
                                oParsedResponse.meta[k] = v;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // For result data
            xmlList = (schema.resultNode) ?
                oFullResponse.getElementsByTagName(schema.resultNode) :
                null;
        }
        catch(e) {
            YAHOO.log("Error while parsing XML data: " + e.message);
        }
        if(!xmlList || !lang.isArray(schema.fields)) {
            bError = true;
        }
        // Loop through each result
        else {
            oParsedResponse.results = [];
            for(i = xmlList.length-1; i >= 0 ; --i) {
                var oResult = this.parseXMLResult(xmlList.item(i));
                // Capture each array of values into an array of results
                oParsedResponse.results[i] = oResult;
            }
        }
        if(bError) {
            YAHOO.log("XML data could not be parsed: " +
                    lang.dump(oFullResponse), "error", this.toString());
            oParsedResponse.error = true;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Parsed XML data is " +
                    lang.dump(oParsedResponse), "info", this.toString());
        }
        return oParsedResponse;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses JSON data into a response object.
     *
     * @method parseJSONData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full JSON from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties<br>
     *     - results (Array) Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - error (Boolean) True if there was an error
     */
    parseJSONData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        var oParsedResponse = {results:[],meta:{}};

        if(lang.isObject(oFullResponse) && this.responseSchema.resultsList) {
            var schema = this.responseSchema,
                fields          = schema.fields,
                resultsList     = oFullResponse,
                results         = [],
                metaFields      = schema.metaFields || {},
                fieldParsers    = [],
                fieldPaths      = [],
                simpleFields    = [],
                bError          = false,
                i,len,j,v,key,parser,path;

            // Function to convert the schema's fields into walk paths
            var buildPath = function (needle) {
                var path = null, keys = [], i = 0;
                if (needle) {
                    // Strip the ["string keys"] and [1] array indexes
                    needle = needle.
                        replace(/\[(['"])(.*?)\1\]/g,
                        function (x,$1,$2) {keys[i]=$2;return '.@'+(i++);}).
                        replace(/\[(\d+)\]/g,
                        function (x,$1) {keys[i]=parseInt($1,10)|0;return '.@'+(i++);}).
                        replace(/^\./,''); // remove leading dot

                    // If the cleaned needle contains invalid characters, the
                    // path is invalid
                    if (!/[^\w\.\$@]/.test(needle)) {
                        path = needle.split('.');
                        for (i=path.length-1; i >= 0; --i) {
                            if (path[i].charAt(0) === '@') {
                                path[i] = keys[parseInt(path[i].substr(1),10)];
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        YAHOO.log("Invalid locator: " + needle, "error", this.toString());
                    }
                }
                return path;
            };

            // Function to walk a path and return the pot of gold
            var walkPath = function (path, origin) {
                var v=origin,i=0,len=path.length;
                for (;i<len && v;++i) {
                    v = v[path[i]];
                }
                return v;
            };

            // Parse the response
            // Step 1. Pull the resultsList from oFullResponse (default assumes
            // oFullResponse IS the resultsList)
            path = buildPath(schema.resultsList);
            if (path) {
                resultsList = walkPath(path, oFullResponse);
                if (resultsList === undefined) {
                    bError = true;
                }
            } else {
                bError = true;
            }

            if (!resultsList) {
                resultsList = [];
            }

            if (!lang.isArray(resultsList)) {
                resultsList = [resultsList];
            }

            if (!bError) {
                // Step 2. Parse out field data if identified
                if(schema.fields) {
                    var field;
                    // Build the field parser map and location paths
                    for (i=0, len=fields.length; i<len; i++) {
                        field = fields[i];
                        key    = field.key || field;
                        parser = ((typeof field.parser === 'function') ?
                            field.parser :
                            DS.Parser[field.parser+'']) || field.converter;
                        path   = buildPath(key);

                        if (parser) {
                            fieldParsers[fieldParsers.length] = {key:key,parser:parser};
                        }

                        if (path) {
                            if (path.length > 1) {
                                fieldPaths[fieldPaths.length] = {key:key,path:path};
                            } else {
                                simpleFields[simpleFields.length] = {key:key,path:path[0]};
                            }
                        } else {
                            YAHOO.log("Invalid key syntax: " + key,"warn",this.toString());
                        }
                    }

                    // Process the results, flattening the records and/or applying parsers if needed
                    for (i = resultsList.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                        var r = resultsList[i], rec = {};
                        if(r) {
                            for (j = simpleFields.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
                                // Bug 1777850: data might be held in an array
                                rec[simpleFields[j].key] =
                                        (r[simpleFields[j].path] !== undefined) ?
                                        r[simpleFields[j].path] : r[j];
                            }

                            for (j = fieldPaths.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
                                rec[fieldPaths[j].key] = walkPath(fieldPaths[j].path,r);
                            }

                            for (j = fieldParsers.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
                                var p = fieldParsers[j].key;
                                rec[p] = fieldParsers[j].parser(rec[p]);
                                if (rec[p] === undefined) {
                                    rec[p] = null;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        results[i] = rec;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    results = resultsList;
                }

                for (key in metaFields) {
                    if (lang.hasOwnProperty(metaFields,key)) {
                        path = buildPath(metaFields[key]);
                        if (path) {
                            v = walkPath(path, oFullResponse);
                            oParsedResponse.meta[key] = v;
                        }
                    }
                }

            } else {
                YAHOO.log("JSON data could not be parsed due to invalid responseSchema.resultsList or invalid response: " +
                        lang.dump(oFullResponse), "error", this.toString());

                oParsedResponse.error = true;
            }

            oParsedResponse.results = results;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("JSON data could not be parsed: " +
                    lang.dump(oFullResponse), "error", this.toString());
            oParsedResponse.error = true;
        }

        return oParsedResponse;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method parses an HTML TABLE element reference into a response object.
     * Data is parsed out of TR elements from all TBODY elements.
     *
     * @method parseHTMLTableData
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oFullResponse {Object} The full HTML element reference from the live database.
     * @return {Object} Parsed response object with the following properties<br>
     *     - results (Array) Array of parsed data results<br>
     *     - error (Boolean) True if there was an error
     */
    parseHTMLTableData : function(oRequest, oFullResponse) {
        var bError = false;
        var elTable = oFullResponse;
        var fields = this.responseSchema.fields;
        var oParsedResponse = {results:[]};

        if(lang.isArray(fields)) {
            // Iterate through each TBODY
            for(var i=0; i<elTable.tBodies.length; i++) {
                var elTbody = elTable.tBodies[i];

                // Iterate through each TR
                for(var j=elTbody.rows.length-1; j>-1; j--) {
                    var elRow = elTbody.rows[j];
                    var oResult = {};

                    for(var k=fields.length-1; k>-1; k--) {
                        var field = fields[k];
                        var key = (lang.isValue(field.key)) ? field.key : field;
                        var data = elRow.cells[k].innerHTML;

                        // Backward compatibility
                        if(!field.parser && field.converter) {
                            field.parser = field.converter;
                            YAHOO.log("The field property converter has been deprecated" +
                                    " in favor of parser", "warn", this.toString());
                        }
                        var parser = (typeof field.parser === 'function') ?
                            field.parser :
                            DS.Parser[field.parser+''];
                        if(parser) {
                            data = parser.call(this, data);
                        }
                        // Safety measure
                        if(data === undefined) {
                            data = null;
                        }
                        oResult[key] = data;
                    }
                    oParsedResponse.results[j] = oResult;
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            bError = true;
            YAHOO.log("Invalid responseSchema.fields", "error", this.toString());
        }

        if(bError) {
            YAHOO.log("HTML TABLE data could not be parsed: " +
                    lang.dump(oFullResponse), "error", this.toString());
            oParsedResponse.error = true;
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Parsed HTML TABLE data is " +
                    lang.dump(oParsedResponse), "info", this.toString());
        }
        return oParsedResponse;
    }

    };

    // DataSourceBase uses EventProvider
    lang.augmentProto(DS, util.EventProvider);

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * LocalDataSource class for in-memory data structs including JavaScript arrays,
     * JavaScript object literals (JSON), XML documents, and HTML tables.
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.LocalDataSource
     * @extends YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.LocalDataSource = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        this.dataType = DS.TYPE_LOCAL;

        if(oLiveData) {
            if(YAHOO.lang.isArray(oLiveData)) { // array
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSARRAY;
            }
             // xml
            else if(oLiveData.nodeType && oLiveData.nodeType == 9) {
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
            }
            else if(oLiveData.nodeName && (oLiveData.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "table")) { // table
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_HTMLTABLE;
                oLiveData = oLiveData.cloneNode(true);
            }
            else if(YAHOO.lang.isString(oLiveData)) { // text
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
            }
            else if(YAHOO.lang.isObject(oLiveData)) { // json
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
            }
        }
        else {
            oLiveData = [];
            this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSARRAY;
        }

        util.LocalDataSource.superclass.constructor.call(this, oLiveData, oConfigs);
    };

    // LocalDataSource extends DataSourceBase
    lang.extend(util.LocalDataSource, DS);

    // Copy static members to LocalDataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.LocalDataSource, DS);

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * FunctionDataSource class for JavaScript functions.
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.FunctionDataSource
     * @extends YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.FunctionDataSource = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        this.dataType = DS.TYPE_JSFUNCTION;
        oLiveData = oLiveData || function() {};

        util.FunctionDataSource.superclass.constructor.call(this, oLiveData, oConfigs);
    };

    // FunctionDataSource extends DataSourceBase
    lang.extend(util.FunctionDataSource, DS, {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // FunctionDataSource public properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Context in which to execute the function. By default, is the DataSource
     * instance itself. If set, the function will receive the DataSource instance
     * as an additional argument.
     *
     * @property scope
     * @type Object
     * @default null
     */
    scope : null,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // FunctionDataSource public methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Overriding method passes query to a function. The returned response is then
     * forwarded to the handleResponse function.
     *
     * @method makeConnection
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object literal.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Transaction ID.
     */
    makeConnection : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        var tId = DS._nTransactionId++;
        this.fireEvent("requestEvent", {tId:tId,request:oRequest,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

        // Pass the request in as a parameter and
        // forward the return value to the handler

        var oRawResponse = (this.scope) ? this.liveData.call(this.scope, oRequest, this) : this.liveData(oRequest);

        // Try to sniff data type if it has not been defined
        if(this.responseType === DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
            if(YAHOO.lang.isArray(oRawResponse)) { // array
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSARRAY;
            }
             // xml
            else if(oRawResponse && oRawResponse.nodeType && oRawResponse.nodeType == 9) {
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
            }
            else if(oRawResponse && oRawResponse.nodeName && (oRawResponse.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "table")) { // table
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_HTMLTABLE;
            }
            else if(YAHOO.lang.isObject(oRawResponse)) { // json
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
            }
            else if(YAHOO.lang.isString(oRawResponse)) { // text
                this.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
            }
        }

        this.handleResponse(oRequest, oRawResponse, oCallback, oCaller, tId);
        return tId;
    }

    });

    // Copy static members to FunctionDataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.FunctionDataSource, DS);

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * ScriptNodeDataSource class for accessing remote data via the YUI Get Utility.
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.ScriptNodeDataSource
     * @extends YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.ScriptNodeDataSource = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        this.dataType = DS.TYPE_SCRIPTNODE;
        oLiveData = oLiveData || "";

        util.ScriptNodeDataSource.superclass.constructor.call(this, oLiveData, oConfigs);
    };

    // ScriptNodeDataSource extends DataSourceBase
    lang.extend(util.ScriptNodeDataSource, DS, {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // ScriptNodeDataSource public properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Alias to YUI Get Utility, to allow implementers to use a custom class.
     *
     * @property getUtility
     * @type Object
     * @default YAHOO.util.Get
     */
    getUtility : util.Get,

    /**
     * Defines request/response management in the following manner:
     * <dl>
     *     <!--<dt>queueRequests</dt>
     *     <dd>If a request is already in progress, wait until response is returned before sending the next request.</dd>
     *     <dt>cancelStaleRequests</dt>
     *     <dd>If a request is already in progress, cancel it before sending the next request.</dd>-->
     *     <dt>ignoreStaleResponses</dt>
     *     <dd>Send all requests, but handle only the response for the most recently sent request.</dd>
     *     <dt>allowAll</dt>
     *     <dd>Send all requests and handle all responses.</dd>
     * </dl>
     *
     * @property asyncMode
     * @type String
     * @default "allowAll"
     */
    asyncMode : "allowAll",

    /**
     * Callback string parameter name sent to the remote script. By default,
     * requests are sent to
     * &#60;URI&#62;?&#60;scriptCallbackParam&#62;=callback
     *
     * @property scriptCallbackParam
     * @type String
     * @default "callback"
     */
    scriptCallbackParam : "callback",

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // ScriptNodeDataSource public methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Creates a request callback that gets appended to the script URI. Implementers
     * can customize this string to match their server's query syntax.
     *
     * @method generateRequestCallback
     * @return {String} String fragment that gets appended to script URI that
     * specifies the callback function
     */
    generateRequestCallback : function(id) {
        return "&" + this.scriptCallbackParam + "=YAHOO.util.ScriptNodeDataSource.callbacks["+id+"]" ;
    },

    /**
     * Overridable method gives implementers access to modify the URI before the dynamic
     * script node gets inserted. Implementers should take care not to return an
     * invalid URI.
     *
     * @method doBeforeGetScriptNode
     * @param {String} URI to the script
     * @return {String} URI to the script
     */
    doBeforeGetScriptNode : function(sUri) {
        return sUri;
    },

    /**
     * Overriding method passes query to Get Utility. The returned
     * response is then forwarded to the handleResponse function.
     *
     * @method makeConnection
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object literal.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Transaction ID.
     */
    makeConnection : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {
        var tId = DS._nTransactionId++;
        this.fireEvent("requestEvent", {tId:tId,request:oRequest,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

        // If there are no global pending requests, it is safe to purge global callback stack and global counter
        if(util.ScriptNodeDataSource._nPending === 0) {
            util.ScriptNodeDataSource.callbacks = [];
            util.ScriptNodeDataSource._nId = 0;
        }

        // ID for this request
        var id = util.ScriptNodeDataSource._nId;
        util.ScriptNodeDataSource._nId++;

        // Dynamically add handler function with a closure to the callback stack
        var oSelf = this;
        util.ScriptNodeDataSource.callbacks[id] = function(oRawResponse) {
            if((oSelf.asyncMode !== "ignoreStaleResponses")||
                    (id === util.ScriptNodeDataSource.callbacks.length-1)) { // Must ignore stale responses

                // Try to sniff data type if it has not been defined
                if(oSelf.responseType === DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
                    if(YAHOO.lang.isArray(oRawResponse)) { // array
                        oSelf.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSARRAY;
                    }
                     // xml
                    else if(oRawResponse.nodeType && oRawResponse.nodeType == 9) {
                        oSelf.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
                    }
                    else if(oRawResponse.nodeName && (oRawResponse.nodeName.toLowerCase() == "table")) { // table
                        oSelf.responseType = DS.TYPE_HTMLTABLE;
                    }
                    else if(YAHOO.lang.isObject(oRawResponse)) { // json
                        oSelf.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
                    }
                    else if(YAHOO.lang.isString(oRawResponse)) { // text
                        oSelf.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
                    }
                }

                oSelf.handleResponse(oRequest, oRawResponse, oCallback, oCaller, tId);
            }
            else {
                YAHOO.log("DataSource ignored stale response for tId " + tId + "(" + oRequest + ")", "info", oSelf.toString());
            }

            delete util.ScriptNodeDataSource.callbacks[id];
        };

        // We are now creating a request
        util.ScriptNodeDataSource._nPending++;
        var sUri = this.liveData + oRequest + this.generateRequestCallback(id);
        sUri = this.doBeforeGetScriptNode(sUri);
        YAHOO.log("DataSource is querying URL " + sUri, "info", this.toString());
        this.getUtility.script(sUri,
                {autopurge: true,
                onsuccess: util.ScriptNodeDataSource._bumpPendingDown,
                onfail: util.ScriptNodeDataSource._bumpPendingDown});

        return tId;
    }

    });

    // Copy static members to ScriptNodeDataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.ScriptNodeDataSource, DS);

    // Copy static members to ScriptNodeDataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.ScriptNodeDataSource,  {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // ScriptNodeDataSource private static properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Unique ID to track requests.
     *
     * @property _nId
     * @type Number
     * @private
     * @static
     */
    _nId : 0,

    /**
     * Counter for pending requests. When this is 0, it is safe to purge callbacks
     * array.
     *
     * @property _nPending
     * @type Number
     * @private
     * @static
     */
    _nPending : 0,

    /**
     * Global array of callback functions, one for each request sent.
     *
     * @property callbacks
     * @type Function[]
     * @static
     */
    callbacks : []

    });

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * XHRDataSource class for accessing remote data via the YUI Connection Manager
     * Utility
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.XHRDataSource
     * @extends YAHOO.util.DataSourceBase
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.XHRDataSource = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        this.dataType = DS.TYPE_XHR;
        this.connMgr = this.connMgr || util.Connect;
        oLiveData = oLiveData || "";

        util.XHRDataSource.superclass.constructor.call(this, oLiveData, oConfigs);
    };

    // XHRDataSource extends DataSourceBase
    lang.extend(util.XHRDataSource, DS, {

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // XHRDataSource public properties
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

     /**
     * Alias to YUI Connection Manager, to allow implementers to use a custom class.
     *
     * @property connMgr
     * @type Object
     * @default YAHOO.util.Connect
     */
    connMgr: null,

     /**
     * Defines request/response management in the following manner:
     * <dl>
     *     <dt>queueRequests</dt>
     *     <dd>If a request is already in progress, wait until response is returned
     *     before sending the next request.</dd>
     *
     *     <dt>cancelStaleRequests</dt>
     *     <dd>If a request is already in progress, cancel it before sending the next
     *     request.</dd>
     *
     *     <dt>ignoreStaleResponses</dt>
     *     <dd>Send all requests, but handle only the response for the most recently
     *     sent request.</dd>
     *
     *     <dt>allowAll</dt>
     *     <dd>Send all requests and handle all responses.</dd>
     *
     * </dl>
     *
     * @property connXhrMode
     * @type String
     * @default "allowAll"
     */
    connXhrMode: "allowAll",

     /**
     * True if data is to be sent via POST. By default, data will be sent via GET.
     *
     * @property connMethodPost
     * @type Boolean
     * @default false
     */
    connMethodPost: false,

     /**
     * The connection timeout defines how many  milliseconds the XHR connection will
     * wait for a server response. Any non-zero value will enable the Connection Manager's
     * Auto-Abort feature.
     *
     * @property connTimeout
     * @type Number
     * @default 0
     */
    connTimeout: 0,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // XHRDataSource public methods
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     * Overriding method passes query to Connection Manager. The returned
     * response is then forwarded to the handleResponse function.
     *
     * @method makeConnection
     * @param oRequest {Object} Request object.
     * @param oCallback {Object} Callback object literal.
     * @param oCaller {Object} (deprecated) Use oCallback.scope.
     * @return {Number} Transaction ID.
     */
    makeConnection : function(oRequest, oCallback, oCaller) {

        var oRawResponse = null;
        var tId = DS._nTransactionId++;
        this.fireEvent("requestEvent", {tId:tId,request:oRequest,callback:oCallback,caller:oCaller});

        // Set up the callback object and
        // pass the request in as a URL query and
        // forward the response to the handler
        var oSelf = this;
        var oConnMgr = this.connMgr;
        var oQueue = this._oQueue;

        /**
         * Define Connection Manager success handler
         *
         * @method _xhrSuccess
         * @param oResponse {Object} HTTPXMLRequest object
         * @private
         */
        var _xhrSuccess = function(oResponse) {
            // If response ID does not match last made request ID,
            // silently fail and wait for the next response
            if(oResponse && (this.connXhrMode == "ignoreStaleResponses") &&
                    (oResponse.tId != oQueue.conn.tId)) {
                YAHOO.log("Ignored stale response", "warn", this.toString());
                return null;
            }
            // Error if no response
            else if(!oResponse) {
                this.fireEvent("dataErrorEvent", {request:oRequest, response:null,
                        callback:oCallback, caller:oCaller,
                        message:DS.ERROR_DATANULL});
                YAHOO.log(DS.ERROR_DATANULL, "error", this.toString());

                // Send error response back to the caller with the error flag on
                DS.issueCallback(oCallback,[oRequest, {error:true}], true, oCaller);

                return null;
            }
            // Forward to handler
            else {
                // Try to sniff data type if it has not been defined
                if(this.responseType === DS.TYPE_UNKNOWN) {
                    var ctype = (oResponse.getResponseHeader) ? oResponse.getResponseHeader["Content-Type"] : null;
                    if(ctype) {
                        // xml
                        if(ctype.indexOf("text/xml") > -1) {
                            this.responseType = DS.TYPE_XML;
                        }
                        else if(ctype.indexOf("application/json") > -1) { // json
                            this.responseType = DS.TYPE_JSON;
                        }
                        else if(ctype.indexOf("text/plain") > -1) { // text
                            this.responseType = DS.TYPE_TEXT;
                        }
                    }
                }
                this.handleResponse(oRequest, oResponse, oCallback, oCaller, tId);
            }
        };

        /**
         * Define Connection Manager failure handler
         *
         * @method _xhrFailure
         * @param oResponse {Object} HTTPXMLRequest object
         * @private
         */
        var _xhrFailure = function(oResponse) {
            this.fireEvent("dataErrorEvent", {request:oRequest, response: oResponse,
                    callback:oCallback, caller:oCaller,
                    message:DS.ERROR_DATAINVALID});
            YAHOO.log(DS.ERROR_DATAINVALID + ": " +
                    oResponse.statusText, "error", this.toString());

            // Backward compatibility
            if(lang.isString(this.liveData) && lang.isString(oRequest) &&
                (this.liveData.lastIndexOf("?") !== this.liveData.length-1) &&
                (oRequest.indexOf("?") !== 0)){
                    YAHOO.log("DataSources using XHR no longer automatically supply " +
                    "a \"?\" between the host and query parameters" +
                    " -- please check that the request URL is correct", "warn", this.toString());
            }

            // Send failure response back to the caller with the error flag on
            oResponse = oResponse || {};
            oResponse.error = true;
            DS.issueCallback(oCallback,[oRequest,oResponse],true, oCaller);

            return null;
        };

        /**
         * Define Connection Manager callback object
         *
         * @property _xhrCallback
         * @param oResponse {Object} HTTPXMLRequest object
         * @private
         */
         var _xhrCallback = {
            success:_xhrSuccess,
            failure:_xhrFailure,
            scope: this
        };

        // Apply Connection Manager timeout
        if(lang.isNumber(this.connTimeout)) {
            _xhrCallback.timeout = this.connTimeout;
        }

        // Cancel stale requests
        if(this.connXhrMode == "cancelStaleRequests") {
                // Look in queue for stale requests
                if(oQueue.conn) {
                    if(oConnMgr.abort) {
                        oConnMgr.abort(oQueue.conn);
                        oQueue.conn = null;
                        YAHOO.log("Canceled stale request", "warn", this.toString());
                    }
                    else {
                        YAHOO.log("Could not find Connection Manager abort() function", "error", this.toString());
                    }
                }
        }

        // Get ready to send the request URL
        if(oConnMgr && oConnMgr.asyncRequest) {
            var sLiveData = this.liveData;
            var isPost = this.connMethodPost;
            var sMethod = (isPost) ? "POST" : "GET";
            // Validate request
            var sUri = (isPost || !lang.isValue(oRequest)) ? sLiveData : sLiveData+oRequest;
            var sRequest = (isPost) ? oRequest : null;

            // Send the request right away
            if(this.connXhrMode != "queueRequests") {
                oQueue.conn = oConnMgr.asyncRequest(sMethod, sUri, _xhrCallback, sRequest);
            }
            // Queue up then send the request
            else {
                // Found a request already in progress
                if(oQueue.conn) {
                    var allRequests = oQueue.requests;
                    // Add request to queue
                    allRequests.push({request:oRequest, callback:_xhrCallback});

                    // Interval needs to be started
                    if(!oQueue.interval) {
                        oQueue.interval = setInterval(function() {
                            // Connection is in progress
                            if(oConnMgr.isCallInProgress(oQueue.conn)) {
                                return;
                            }
                            else {
                                // Send next request
                                if(allRequests.length > 0) {
                                    // Validate request
                                    sUri = (isPost || !lang.isValue(allRequests[0].request)) ? sLiveData : sLiveData+allRequests[0].request;
                                    sRequest = (isPost) ? allRequests[0].request : null;
                                    oQueue.conn = oConnMgr.asyncRequest(sMethod, sUri, allRequests[0].callback, sRequest);

                                    // Remove request from queue
                                    allRequests.shift();
                                }
                                // No more requests
                                else {
                                    clearInterval(oQueue.interval);
                                    oQueue.interval = null;
                                }
                            }
                        }, 50);
                    }
                }
                // Nothing is in progress
                else {
                    oQueue.conn = oConnMgr.asyncRequest(sMethod, sUri, _xhrCallback, sRequest);
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            YAHOO.log("Could not find Connection Manager asyncRequest() function", "error", this.toString());
            // Send null response back to the caller with the error flag on
            DS.issueCallback(oCallback,[oRequest,{error:true}],true,oCaller);
        }

        return tId;
    }

    });

    // Copy static members to XHRDataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.XHRDataSource, DS);

    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/
    /****************************************************************************/

    /**
     * Factory class for creating a BaseDataSource subclass instance. The sublcass is
     * determined by oLiveData's type, unless the dataType config is explicitly passed in.
     *
     * @namespace YAHOO.util
     * @class YAHOO.util.DataSource
     * @constructor
     * @param oLiveData {HTMLElement}  Pointer to live data.
     * @param oConfigs {object} (optional) Object literal of configuration values.
     */
    util.DataSource = function(oLiveData, oConfigs) {
        oConfigs = oConfigs || {};

        // Point to one of the subclasses, first by dataType if given, then by sniffing oLiveData type.
        var dataType = oConfigs.dataType;
        if(dataType) {
            if(dataType == DS.TYPE_LOCAL) {
                lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.LocalDataSource);
                return new util.LocalDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
            }
            else if(dataType == DS.TYPE_XHR) {
                lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.XHRDataSource);
                return new util.XHRDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
            }
            else if(dataType == DS.TYPE_SCRIPTNODE) {
                lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.ScriptNodeDataSource);
                return new util.ScriptNodeDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
            }
            else if(dataType == DS.TYPE_JSFUNCTION) {
                lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.FunctionDataSource);
                return new util.FunctionDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
            }
        }

        if(YAHOO.lang.isString(oLiveData)) { // strings default to xhr
            lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.XHRDataSource);
            return new util.XHRDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
        }
        else if(YAHOO.lang.isFunction(oLiveData)) {
            lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.FunctionDataSource);
            return new util.FunctionDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
        }
        else { // ultimate default is local
            lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, util.LocalDataSource);
            return new util.LocalDataSource(oLiveData, oConfigs);
        }
    };

    // Copy static members to DataSource class
    lang.augmentObject(util.DataSource, DS);

    })();

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