Event.Publisher = Class.create();
Object.extend( Event.Publisher, {
	_ls_event_targets: null,
	
	getEventTarget: function( event_name ) {
		if ( ! this._ls_event_targets )
			this._ls_event_targets = new Array();
		
		if ( ! this._ls_event_targets[ event_name ] )
			document.body.appendChild( this._ls_event_targets[ event_name ] = document.createElement( 'A' ) );
		
		return this._ls_event_targets[ event_name ];
	},
	
	addEventListener: function( event_name, callback_func, capturing ) {
		var targ = this.getEventTarget( event_name );
		
		Event.observe( targ, 'click', callback_func, capturing );
	},
	
	removeEventListener: function( event_name, callback_func, capturing ) {
		var targ = this.getEventTarget( event_name );
		
		Event.stopObserving( targ, 'click', callback_func, capturing );
	},
	
	dispatchEvent: function( event_name, data, can_bubble, cancelable ) {
		var targ = this.getEventTarget( event_name );
		var event_data = { event_name: event_name, event_target: this, data: ( typeof( data ) == 'undefined' ) ? null : data };
		
		Event.create( targ, event_data, can_bubble, cancelable, true );
	}
} );

Event.Listener = Class.create();
Object.extend( Event.Listener, {
	_listens: null,
	
	getEventHandlerName: function( event_name ) {
		var onEvent_name = event_name.split( /[ _]/ ).join( '-' ).camelize();
		
		return "on" + onEvent_name.charAt( 0 ).toUpperCase() + onEvent_name.substr( 1 );
	},
	
	listenForEvent: function( event_source, event_name, use_capture, onEvent_name ) {
		if ( ! onEvent_name )
			onEvent_name = this.getEventHandlerName( event_name );
		
		if ( ! this._listens ) this._listens = new Array();
		
		var cb = this[ onEvent_name ].bindAsEventListener( this );
		this._listens.push( [ event_source, event_name, use_capture, onEvent_name, cb ] )
		
		event_source.addEventListener( event_name, cb, use_capture );
	},
	
	stopListeningForEvent: function( event_source, event_name, use_capture, onEvent_name ) {
		if ( ! this._listens ) return false;
		
		if ( ! onEvent_name )
			onEvent_name = this.getEventHandlerName( event_name );
		
		var ix_item;
		var ls = this._listens.detect( function( val, ix ) {
			if ( ( val[ 0 ] == event_source ) && ( val[ 1 ] == event_name ) && ( val[ 2 ] == use_capture ) && ( val[ 3 ] == onEvent_name ) ) {
				ix_item = ix;
				return true;
			}
		} );
		
		if ( ix_item ) {
			this._listens.splice( ix_item, 1 );
			
			event_source.removeEventListener( event_name, ls[ 4 ], use_capture );
			
			return true;
		}
		
		return false;
	}
} );

Object.extend( Event, {
	create: function( event_data, can_bubble, cancelable, fl_dispatch, target ) {
		var event;
		
		if ( document.createEvent ) {  // gecko, safari
			if ( ! can_bubble ) can_bubble = false;
			if ( ! cancelable ) cancelable = false;
			
			if ( /Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test( navigator.userAgent ) ) {
				event = document.createEvent( 'HTMLEvents' )
				
				event.initEvent( 'click', can_bubble, cancelable );
			}
			else {  // gecko uses MouseEvents
				event = document.createEvent( 'MouseEvents' )
				
				event.initMouseEvent( "click", can_bubble, cancelable,
				                      window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
				                      false, false, false, false, 0, null );
			}
		}
		else {  // msie
			event = document.createEventObject();
			event.event_type = 'click';
		}
		
		event.event_data = event_data;
		
		if ( fl_dispatch )
			Event.dispatch( target, event );
		
		return event;
	},
	
	dispatch: function( target, event ) {
		if ( document.createEvent )
			return target.dispatchEvent( event );
		else
			return target.fireEvent( ( typeof( event.event_type ) != "undefined" ) ? event.event_type : 'onclick', event );
	}
} );