var Utilities = function () { }

Utilities.getParams = function (name) {
    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\\]");
    var regexS = "[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)";
    var regex = new RegExp(regexS);
    var results = regex.exec(window.location.href);
    if (results == null)
        return "";
    else
        return unescape(results[1]);
}


Utilities.setActiveMenu = function () {
    $('#sidebar').find("li").removeClass('active');
    var url = window.location.href.replace(window.location.protocol + '/', '').replace('/' + window.location.host, '');
    $('#sidebar').find("a[href='" + url + "']").parent().addClass('active');
}

function ltrim(stringToTrim) {
    return stringToTrim.replace(/^\s+/, "");
}
function rtrim(stringToTrim) {
    return stringToTrim.replace(/\s+$/, "");
}
var JSON = JSON || {};

JSON.stringify = JSON.stringify || function (obj) {
    var t = typeof (obj);
    if (t != "object" || obj === null) {
        // simple data type  
        if (t == "string") obj = '"' + obj + '"';
        return String(obj);
    }
    else {
        // recurse array or object  
        var n, v, json = [], arr = (obj && obj.constructor == Array);
        for (n in obj) {
            v = obj[n]; t = typeof (v);
            if (t == "string") v = '"' + v + '"';
            else if (t == "object" && v !== null) v = JSON.stringify(v);
            json.push((arr ? "" : '"' + n + '":') + String(v));
        }
        return (arr ? "[" : "{") + String(json) + (arr ? "]" : "}");
    }
};

JSON.parse = JSON.parse || function (str) {
    if (str === "") str = '""';
    eval("var p=" + str + ";");
    return p;
};

Array.prototype.clean = function (deleteValue) {
    for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        if (this[i] == deleteValue) {
            this.splice(i, 1);
            i--;
        }
    }
    return this;
};

(function ($) {
    $.scrollToElement = function ($element, speed) {

        speed = speed || 750;

        $("html, body").animate({
            scrollTop: $element.offset().top,
            scrollLeft: $element.offset().left
        }, speed);
        return $element;
    };

    $.fn.scrollTo = function (speed) {
        speed = speed || "normal";
        return $.scrollToElement(this, speed);
    };
})(jQuery);


Utilities.postToUrl = function (path, params, method) {
    method = method || "post"; // Set method to post by default, if not specified.

    // The rest of this code assumes you are not using a library.
    // It can be made less wordy if you use one.
    var form = document.createElement("form");
    form.setAttribute("method", method);
    form.setAttribute("action", path);

    for (var i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
        var param = params[i];
        var hiddenField = document.createElement("input");
        hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
        hiddenField.setAttribute("name", param.name);
        hiddenField.setAttribute("value", param.value);

        form.appendChild(hiddenField);
       
    }

    document.body.appendChild(form);    // Not entirely sure if this is necessary
    form.submit();
}