/**
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Peter Goodman
 * Licensed under the MIT License:
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 */

import FA.*;

// I should shoot myself for using globals and singletons
_global.fa_cache = { };
_global.fa_depth = 0;
_global.$ = function(e, c) : FA.query
{
	var o:Array = [], d:Boolean = false, g:Boolean = true;
	
	if(c != undefined && c.filearts)
	{
		c = c._get();
	}
	if(e.filearts != undefined)
	{
		o = e._get();
	}
	else
	{
		switch((typeof e).toLowerCase())
		{
			case 'number':
			{
				e = new String(e);
			}
			case 'string':
			{
				if(e.indexOf(',') != -1) {
					return $(e.split(','), c);
				}
				
				if(_global.fa_cache[e] != undefined)
				{
					o[0] = eval(_global.fa_cache[e]);
				}
				else
				{
					if(c != undefined && c[e] != undefined)
					{
						o[0] = c[e];
					}
				}
				
				break;
			}
			case 'movieclip':
			case 'textfield':
			case 'xml':
			case 'xmlsocket':
			case 'object':
			case 'array':
			{
				//if( ((e.appendChild == undefined || e.attributes == undefined) && !e instanceof XML) || e instanceof XML)
				//if(!e instanceof Array)
				//{
					
				// still problems with stupid childNodes.
				
				if(e instanceof Array || (e instanceof Object && e.length) )
				{
					/*var i:Number = -1;
					for(var r in e)
					{
						o[++i] = e[r];
					}*/
					o = e;
				}
				else
				{
					o[0] = e;	
				}
				break;
			}
			/*case 'array':
			{
				
				
				break;
			}*/
			default:
			{
				d = true;
			}
		}
	}
	
	return new FA.query(o, d);
};