var animatedcollapse={
divholders: {}, 
divgroups: {}, 
lastactiveingroup: {}, 

show:function(divids){ //public method
	if (typeof divids=="object"){
		for (var i=0; i<divids.length; i++)

			this.showhide(divids[i], "show")
	}
	else
		this.showhide(divids, "show")
},

hide:function(divids){ //public method
	if (typeof divids=="object"){
		for (var i=0; i<divids.length; i++)
			this.showhide(divids[i], "hide")
	}
	else
		this.showhide(divids, "hide")
},

toggle:function(divid){ //public method
	this.showhide(divid, "toggle")
},

addDiv:function(divid, attrstring){ //public function
	this.divholders[divid]=({id: divid, $divref: null, attrs: attrstring})
	this.divholders[divid].getAttr=function(name){ //
		var attr=new RegExp(name+"=([^,]+)", "i") //
		return (attr.test(this.attrs) && parseInt(RegExp.$1)!=0)? RegExp.$1 : null //
	}
},

showhide:function(divid, action){
	var $divref=this.divholders[divid].$divref //
	if ($divref.css('display') == 'block'){
		action= 'hide';
		}
	if (this.divholders[divid] && $divref.length==1){ //if DIV exists
		var targetgroup=this.divgroups[$divref.attr('groupname')] //find out which group DIV belongs to (if any)
		if ($divref.attr('groupname') && targetgroup.count>1 && (action=="show" || action=="toggle" && $divref.css('display')=='none')){ //If current DIV belongs to a group
			if (targetgroup.lastactivedivid && targetgroup.lastactivedivid!=divid) //if last active DIV is set
				this.slideengine(targetgroup.lastactivedivid, 'hide') //
				this.slideengine(divid, 'show')
			targetgroup.lastactivedivid=divid //
		}
		else{
			this.slideengine(divid, action)
		}
	}
},

slideengine:function(divid, action){
	var $divref=this.divholders[divid].$divref
	if (this.divholders[divid] && $divref.length==1){ //if this DIV exists
		var animateSetting={height: action}
		if ($divref.attr('fade'))
			animateSetting.opacity=action
		$divref.animate(animateSetting, $divref.attr('speed')? parseInt($divref.attr('speed')) : 500)
		return false
	}
},

generatemap:function(){
	var map={}
	for (var i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){
		if (arguments[i][1]!=null){
			map[arguments[i][0]]=arguments[i][1]
		}
	}
	return map
},

init:function(){
	var ac=this
	jQuery(document).ready(function($){
		var persistopenids=ac.getCookie('acopendivids') 
		var groupswithpersist=ac.getCookie('acgroupswithpersist') //
		if (persistopenids!=null) //
			persistopenids=(persistopenids=='nada')? [] : persistopenids.split(',') //
		groupswithpersist=(groupswithpersist==null || groupswithpersist=='nada')? [] : groupswithpersist.split(',') //
		jQuery.each(ac.divholders, function(){ //loop through each collapsible DIV object
			this.$divref=$('#'+this.id)
			if ((this.getAttr('persist') || jQuery.inArray(this.getAttr('group'), groupswithpersist)!=-1) && persistopenids!=null){
				var cssdisplay=(jQuery.inArray(this.id, persistopenids)!=-1)? 'block' : 'none'
			}
			else{
				var cssdisplay=this.getAttr('hide')? 'none' : null
			}
			this.$divref.css(ac.generatemap(['height', this.getAttr('height')], ['display', cssdisplay]))
			this.$divref.attr(ac.generatemap(['groupname', this.getAttr('group')], ['fade', this.getAttr('fade')], ['speed', this.getAttr('speed')]))
			if (this.getAttr('group')){ //if this DIV has the "group" attr defined
				var targetgroup=ac.divgroups[this.getAttr('group')] || (ac.divgroups[this.getAttr('group')]={}) //
				targetgroup.count=(targetgroup.count||0)+1 //count # of DIVs within this group
				if (!targetgroup.lastactivedivid && this.$divref.css('display')!='none' || cssdisplay=="block") //								
					targetgroup.lastactivedivid=this.id //
				this.$divref.css({display:'none'}) 
			}
		}) //end divholders.each
		jQuery.each(ac.divgroups, function(){ 
			if (this.lastactivedivid)
				ac.divholders[this.lastactivedivid].$divref.show() 
		})
		var $allcontrols=$('*[rel]').filter('[@rel^="collapse-"], [@rel^="expand-"], [@rel^="toggle-"]') //get all elements on page with rel="collapse-", "expand-" and "toggle-"
		var controlidentifiers=/(collapse-)|(expand-)|(toggle-)/
		$allcontrols.each(function(){
			$(this).click(function(){
				var relattr=this.getAttribute('rel')
				var divid=relattr.replace(controlidentifiers, '')
				var doaction=(relattr.indexOf("collapse-")!=-1)? "hide" : (relattr.indexOf("expand-")!=-1)? "show" : "toggle"
				return ac.showhide(divid, doaction)
			}) //end control.click
		})// end control.each
		$(window).bind('unload', function(){
			ac.uninit()
		})
	}) //end doc.ready()
},

uninit:function(){
	var opendivids='', groupswithpersist=''
	jQuery.each(this.divholders, function(){
		if (this.$divref.css('display')!='none'){
			opendivids+=this.id+',' 
		}
		if (this.getAttr('group') && this.getAttr('persist'))
			groupswithpersist+=this.getAttr('group')+',' 
	})
	opendivids=(opendivids=='')? 'nada' : opendivids.replace(/,$/, '')
	groupswithpersist=(groupswithpersist=='')? 'nada' : groupswithpersist.replace(/,$/, '')
	this.setCookie('acopendivids', opendivids)
	this.setCookie('acgroupswithpersist', groupswithpersist)
},

getCookie:function(Name){ 
	var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]*", "i"); 
	if (document.cookie.match(re)) 
		return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] 
	return null
},

setCookie:function(name, value, days){
	if (typeof days!="undefined"){ 
		var expireDate = new Date()
		expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+days)
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; path=/; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()
	}
	else 
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; path=/"
}

}