function $(element) {
  if (arguments.length > 1) {
    for (var i = 0, elements = [], length = arguments.length; i < length; i++)
      elements.push($(arguments[i]));
    return elements;
  }
  if (Object.isString(element))
    element = document.getElementById(element);
  return Element.extend(element);
}
Object.extend = function(destination, source) {
  for (var property in source)
    destination[property] = source[property];
  return destination;
};

Object.extend(Object, {
  inspect: function(object) {
    try {
      if (object === undefined) return 'undefined';
      if (object === null) return 'null';
      return object.inspect ? object.inspect() : object.toString();
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof RangeError) return '...';
      throw e;
    }
  },

  toJSON: function(object) {
    var type = typeof object;
    switch (type) {
      case 'undefined':
      case 'function':
      case 'unknown': return;
      case 'boolean': return object.toString();
    }

    if (object === null) return 'null';
    if (object.toJSON) return object.toJSON();
    if (Object.isElement(object)) return;

    var results = [];
    for (var property in object) {
      var value = Object.toJSON(object[property]);
      if (value !== undefined)
        results.push(property.toJSON() + ': ' + value);
    }

    return '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
  },

  toQueryString: function(object) {
    return $H(object).toQueryString();
  },

  toHTML: function(object) {
    return object && object.toHTML ? object.toHTML() : String.interpret(object);
  },

  keys: function(object) {
    var keys = [];
    for (var property in object)
      keys.push(property);
    return keys;
  },

  values: function(object) {
    var values = [];
    for (var property in object)
      values.push(object[property]);
    return values;
  },

  clone: function(object) {
    return Object.extend({ }, object);
  },

  isElement: function(object) {
    return object && object.nodeType == 1;
  },

  isArray: function(object) {
    return object && object.constructor === Array;
  },

  isHash: function(object) {
    return object instanceof Hash;
  },

  isFunction: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "function";
  },

  isString: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "string";
  },

  isNumber: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "number";
  },

  isUndefined: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "undefined";
  }
});

Object.extend(Function.prototype, {
  argumentNames: function() {
    var names = this.toString().match(/^[\s\(]*function[^(]*\((.*?)\)/)[1].split(",").invoke("strip");
    return names.length == 1 && !names[0] ? [] : names;
  },

  bind: function() {
    if (arguments.length < 2 && arguments[0] === undefined) return this;
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
    return function() {
      return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  },

  bindAsEventListener: function() {
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
    return function(event) {
      return __method.apply(object, [event || window.event].concat(args));
    }
  },

  curry: function() {
    if (!arguments.length) return this;
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments);
    return function() {
      return __method.apply(this, args.concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  },

  delay: function() {
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), timeout = args.shift() * 1000;
    return window.setTimeout(function() {
      return __method.apply(__method, args);
    }, timeout);
  },

  wrap: function(wrapper) {
    var __method = this;
    return function() {
      return wrapper.apply(this, [__method.bind(this)].concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  },

  methodize: function() {
    if (this._methodized) return this._methodized;
    var __method = this;
    return this._methodized = function() {
      return __method.apply(null, [this].concat($A(arguments)));
    };
  }
});
var Prototype = {
  Version: '1.6.0_rc1',

  Browser: {
    IE:     !!(window.attachEvent && !window.opera),
    Opera:  !!window.opera,
    WebKit: navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') > -1,
    Gecko:  navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') > -1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('KHTML') == -1,
    MobileSafari: !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Apple.*Mobile.*Safari/)
  },

  BrowserFeatures: {
    XPath: !!document.evaluate,
    ElementExtensions: !!window.HTMLElement,
    SpecificElementExtensions:
      document.createElement('div').__proto__ !==
       document.createElement('form').__proto__
  },

  ScriptFragment: '<script[^>]*>([\\S\\s]*?)<\/script>',
  JSONFilter: /^\/\*-secure-([\s\S]*)\*\/\s*$/,

  emptyFunction: function() { },
  K: function(x) { return x }
};

if (Prototype.Browser.MobileSafari)
  Prototype.BrowserFeatures.SpecificElementExtensions = false;

if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit)
  Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath = false;
Element.extend = (function() {
  if (Prototype.BrowserFeatures.SpecificElementExtensions)
    return Prototype.K;

  var Methods = { }, ByTag = Element.Methods.ByTag;

  var extend = Object.extend(function(element) {
    if (!element || element._extendedByPrototype ||
        element.nodeType != 1 || element == window) return element;

    var methods = Object.clone(Methods),
      tagName = element.tagName, property, value;

    // extend methods for specific tags
    if (ByTag[tagName]) Object.extend(methods, ByTag[tagName]);

    for (property in methods) {
      value = methods[property];
      if (Object.isFunction(value) && !(property in element))
        element[property] = value.methodize();
    }

    element._extendedByPrototype = Prototype.emptyFunction;
    return element;

  }, {
    refresh: function() {
      // extend methods for all tags (Safari doesn't need this)
      if (!Prototype.BrowserFeatures.ElementExtensions) {
        Object.extend(Methods, Element.Methods);
        Object.extend(Methods, Element.Methods.Simulated);
      }
    }
  });

  extend.refresh();
  return extend;
})();