var URLEnc = new Object();
URLEnc.encode = function(plaintext)
{
  return encodeURIComponent(plaintext)
}

URLEnc.decode = function(encoded)
{
  return decodeURIComponent(encoded.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
}


URLEnc.decodeSearchStrHash = function(search)
{
   var i, pairs, vals;
   var r = new Hash();
   
   if (search.substring(1) == '?')
   {
     search = search.substring(1);
   }
   
   if (search.length)
   {
     pairs = search.split("&");
     for (i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++)
     {
       vals = pairs[i].split("=");
       r.put(URLEnc.decode(vals[0]), URLEnc.decode(vals[1]));
     }
   }
   return r;
}

URLEnc.decodeSearchStr = function(search)
{
   var i, pairs, vals;
   var get = new Array();
   
   if (search.substr(0, 1) == '?')
   {
     search = search.substr(1);
   }
   if (search.length)
   {
     pairs = search.split("&");
     for (i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++)
     {
       vals = pairs[i].split("=");
       get[URLEnc.decode(vals[0])] = URLEnc.decode(vals[1]);
     }
   }
   return get;
}