Index: demo/custom-messages-metadata-demo.htm
===================================================================
--- demo/custom-messages-metadata-demo.htm	(revision 0)
+++ demo/custom-messages-metadata-demo.htm	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
+<title>jQuery validation plug-in - comment form example</title>
+
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="css/screen.css" />
+
+<script src="../lib/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="../jquery.validate.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+<script src="../lib/jquery.metadata.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+
+<!-- for styling the form -->
+<script src="js/cmxforms.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+$(document).ready(function() {
+	$("#commentForm").validate({meta: "validate"});
+	$("#commentForm2").validate();
+	$("#commentForm3").validate({
+								messages:{
+										email:{ 
+											required:'Enter this!'
+										}
+									}		
+								});
+
+});
+</script>
+
+<style type="text/css">
+form { width: 500px; }
+form label { width: 250px; }
+form label.error, 
+form input.submit { margin-left: 253px; }
+</style>
+
+</head>
+<body>
+<!-- Custom messages with custom "meta" setting -->
+<form class="cmxform" id="commentForm" method="post" action="">
+	<fieldset>
+		<legend>Please enter your email address</legend>
+		<p>
+
+			<label for="cemail">E-Mail *</label>
+			<input id="cemail" name="email" class="{validate:{required:true, email:true, messages:{required:'Please enter your email address', email:'Please enter a valid email address'}}}"/>
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
+		</p>
+	</fieldset>
+</form>
+<!-- Custom messages with default "meta" setting -->
+<form class="cmxform" id="commentForm2" method="post" action="">
+	<fieldset>
+		<legend>Please enter your email address</legend>
+		<p>
+
+			<label for="cemail">E-Mail *</label>
+			<input id="cemail" name="email" class="{required:true, email:true, messages:{required:'Please enter your email address', email:'Please enter a valid email address'}}"/>
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
+		</p>
+	</fieldset>
+</form>
+<!-- Custom message for "required" in metadata is overriden by a validate option -->
+<form class="cmxform" id="commentForm3" method="post" action="">
+	<fieldset>
+		<legend>Please enter your email address</legend>
+		<p>
+
+			<label for="cemail">E-Mail *</label>
+			<input id="cemail" name="email" class="{required:true, email:true, messages:{required:'Please enter your email address', email:'Please enter a valid email address'}}"/>
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
+		</p>
+	</fieldset>
+</form>
+
+
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
Index: jquery.validate.js
===================================================================
--- jquery.validate.js	(revision 5616)
+++ jquery.validate.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,1131 +1,1151 @@
-/*
- * jQuery validation plug-in 1.3
- *
- * http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
- * http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 Jörn Zaefferer
- *
- * $Id$
- *
- * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
- *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
- *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
- */
-
-jQuery.extend(jQuery.fn, {
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/validate
-	validate: function( options ) {
-		
-		// if nothing is selected, return nothing; can't chain anyway
-		if (!this.length) {
-			options && options.debug && window.console && console.warn( "nothing selected, can't validate, returning nothing" );
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// check if a validator for this form was already created
-		var validator = jQuery.data(this[0], 'validator');
-		if ( validator ) {
-			return validator;
-		}
-		
-		validator = new jQuery.validator( options, this[0] );
-		jQuery.data(this[0], 'validator', validator); 
-		
-		if ( validator.settings.onsubmit ) {
-		
-			// allow suppresing validation by adding a cancel class to the submit button
-			this.find(".cancel:submit").click(function() {
-				validator.cancelSubmit = true;
-			});
-		
-			// validate the form on submit
-			this.submit( function( event ) {
-				if ( validator.settings.debug )
-					// prevent form submit to be able to see console output
-					event.preventDefault();
-					
-				function handle() {
-					if ( validator.settings.submitHandler ) {
-						validator.settings.submitHandler.call( validator, validator.currentForm );
-						return false;
-					}
-					return true;
-				}
-					
-				// prevent submit for invalid forms or custom submit handlers
-				if ( validator.cancelSubmit ) {
-					validator.cancelSubmit = false;
-					return handle();
-				}
-				if ( validator.form() ) {
-					if ( validator.pendingRequest ) {
-						validator.formSubmitted = true;
-						return false;
-					}
-					return handle();
-				} else {
-					validator.focusInvalid();
-					return false;
-				}
-			});
-		}
-		
-		return validator;
-	},
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/valid
-	valid: function() {
-        if ( jQuery(this[0]).is('form')) {
-            return this.validate().form();
-        } else {
-            var valid = false;
-            var validator = jQuery(this[0].form).validate();
-            this.each(function() {
-				valid |= validator.element(this);
-            });
-            return valid;
-        }
-    },
-	// attributes: space seperated list of attributes to retrieve and remove
-	removeAttrs: function(attributes) {
-		var result = {},
-			$element = this;
-		$.each(attributes.split(/\s/), function() {
-			result[this] = $element.attr(this);
-			$element.removeAttr(this);
-		});
-		return result;
-	},
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/rules
-	rules: function(command, argument) {
-		var element = this[0];
-		
-		if (command) {
-			var staticRules = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.rules;
-			var existingRules = jQuery.validator.staticRules(element);
-			switch(command) {
-			case "add":
-				$.extend(existingRules, jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(argument));
-				staticRules[element.name] = existingRules;
-				break;
-			case "remove":
-				if (!argument) {
-					delete staticRules[element.name];
-					return existingRules;
-				}
-				var filtered = {};
-				$.each(argument.split(/\s/), function(index, method) {
-					filtered[method] = existingRules[method];
-					delete existingRules[method];
-				});
-				return filtered;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		var data = jQuery.validator.normalizeRules(
-		jQuery.extend(
-			{},
-			jQuery.validator.metadataRules(element),
-			jQuery.validator.classRules(element),
-			jQuery.validator.attributeRules(element),
-			jQuery.validator.staticRules(element)
-		), element);
-		
-		// make sure required is at front
-		if (data.required) {
-			var param = data.required;
-			delete data.required;
-			data = $.extend({required: param}, data);
-		}
-		
-		return data;
-	},
-	// destructive add
-	push: function( t ) {
-		return this.setArray( this.add(t).get() );
-	}
-});
-
-// Custom selectors
-jQuery.extend(jQuery.expr[":"], {
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/blank
-	blank: function(a) {return !jQuery.trim(a.value);},
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/filled
-	filled: function(a) {return !!jQuery.trim(a.value);},
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/unchecked
-	unchecked: function(a) {return !a.checked;}
-});
-
-
-jQuery.format = function(source, params) {
-	if ( arguments.length == 1 ) 
-		return function() {
-			var args = jQuery.makeArray(arguments);
-			args.unshift(source);
-			return jQuery.format.apply( this, args );
-		};
-	if ( arguments.length > 2 && params.constructor != Array  ) {
-		params = jQuery.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);
-	}
-	if ( params.constructor != Array ) {
-		params = [ params ];
-	}
-	jQuery.each(params, function(i, n) {
-		source = source.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + i + "\\}", "g"), n);
-	});
-	return source;
-};
-
-// constructor for validator
-jQuery.validator = function( options, form ) {
-	this.settings = jQuery.extend( {}, jQuery.validator.defaults, options );
-	this.currentForm = form;
-	this.init();
-};
-
-jQuery.extend(jQuery.validator, {
-
-	defaults: {
-		messages: {},
-		groups: {},
-		rules: {},
-		errorClass: "error",
-		errorElement: "label",
-		focusInvalid: true,
-		errorContainer: jQuery( [] ),
-		errorLabelContainer: jQuery( [] ),
-		onsubmit: true,
-		ignore: [],
-		onfocusin: function(element) {
-			this.lastActive = element;
-				
-			// hide error label and remove error class on focus if enabled
-			if ( this.settings.focusCleanup && !this.blockFocusCleanup ) {
-				this.settings.unhighlight && this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, element, this.settings.errorClass );
-				this.errorsFor(element).hide();
-			}
-		},
-		onfocusout: function(element) {
-			if ( !this.checkable(element) && (element.name in this.submitted || !this.optional(element)) ) {
-				this.element(element);
-			}
-		},
-		onkeyup: function(element) {
-			if ( element.name in this.submitted || element == this.lastElement ) {
-				this.element(element);
-			}
-		},
-		onclick: function(element) {
-			if ( element.name in this.submitted )
-				this.element(element);
-		},
-		highlight: function( element, errorClass ) {
-			jQuery( element ).addClass( errorClass );
-		},
-		unhighlight: function( element, errorClass ) {
-			jQuery( element ).removeClass( errorClass );
-		}
-	},
-
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/setDefaults
-	setDefaults: function(settings) {
-		jQuery.extend( jQuery.validator.defaults, settings );
-	},
-
-	messages: {
-		required: "This field is required.",
-		remote: "Please fix this field.",
-		email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
-		url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
-		date: "Please enter a valid date.",
-		dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
-		dateDE: "Bitte geben Sie ein gültiges Datum ein.",
-		number: "Please enter a valid number.",
-		numberDE: "Bitte geben Sie eine Nummer ein.",
-		digits: "Please enter only digits",
-		creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card.",
-		equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
-		accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
-		maxlength: jQuery.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
-		maxLength: jQuery.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
-		minlength: jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
-		minLength: jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
-		rangelength: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
-		rangeLength: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
-		rangeValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
-		range: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
-		maxValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
-		max: jQuery.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
-		minValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}."),
-		min: jQuery.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")
-	},
-	
-	autoCreateRanges: false,
-	
-	prototype: {
-		
-		init: function() {
-			this.labelContainer = jQuery(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);
-			this.errorContext = this.labelContainer.length && this.labelContainer || jQuery(this.currentForm);
-			this.containers = jQuery(this.settings.errorContainer).add( this.settings.errorLabelContainer );
-			this.submitted = {};
-			this.valueCache = {};
-			this.pendingRequest = 0;
-			this.pending = {};
-			this.invalid = {};
-			this.reset();
-			
-			var groups = (this.groups = {});
-			jQuery.each(this.settings.groups, function(key, value) {
-				jQuery.each(value.split(/\s/), function(index, name) {
-					groups[name] = key;
-				});
-			});
-			var rules = this.settings.rules;
-			jQuery.each(rules, function(key, value) {
-				rules[key] = jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(value);
-			});
-			
-			function delegate(event) {
-				var validator = jQuery.data(this[0].form, "validator");
-				validator.settings["on" + event.type] && validator.settings["on" + event.type].call(validator, this[0] );
-			}
-			jQuery(this.currentForm)
-				.delegate("focusin focusout keyup", ":text, :password, :file, select, textarea", delegate)
-				.delegate("click", ":radio, :checkbox", delegate);
-		},
-
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/form
-		form: function() {
-			this.checkForm();
-			jQuery.extend(this.submitted, this.errorMap);
-			this.invalid = jQuery.extend({}, this.errorMap);
-			if (!this.valid())
-				jQuery(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form.validate", [this]);
-			this.showErrors();
-			return this.valid();
-		},
-		
-		checkForm: function() {
-			this.prepareForm();
-			for ( var i = 0, elements = this.elements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
-				this.check( elements[i] );
-			}
-			return this.valid(); 
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/element
-		element: function( element ) {
-			element = this.clean( element );
-			this.lastElement = element;
-			this.prepareElement( element );
-			var result = this.check( element );
-			if ( result ) {
-				delete this.invalid[element.name];
-			} else {
-				this.invalid[element.name] = true;
-			}
-			if ( !this.numberOfInvalids() ) {
-				// Hide error containers on last error
-				this.toHide.push( this.containers );
-			}
-			this.showErrors();
-			return result;
-		},
-
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/showErrors
-		showErrors: function(errors) {
-			if(errors) {
-				// add items to error list and map
-				jQuery.extend( this.errorMap, errors );
-				this.errorList = [];
-				for ( var name in errors ) {
-					this.errorList.push({
-						message: errors[name],
-						element: this.findByName(name)[0]
-					});
-				}
-				// remove items from success list
-				this.successList = jQuery.grep( this.successList, function(element) {
-					return !(element.name in errors);
-				});
-			}
-			this.settings.showErrors
-				? this.settings.showErrors.call( this, this.errorMap, this.errorList )
-				: this.defaultShowErrors();
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/resetForm
-		resetForm: function() {
-			if ( jQuery.fn.resetForm )
-				jQuery( this.currentForm ).resetForm();
-			this.prepareForm();
-			this.hideErrors();
-			this.elements().removeClass( this.settings.errorClass );
-		},
-		
-		numberOfInvalids: function() {
-			return this.objectLength(this.invalid);
-		},
-		
-		objectLength: function( obj ) {
-			var count = 0;
-			for ( var i in obj )
-				count++;
-			return count;
-		},
-		
-		hideErrors: function() {
-			this.addWrapper( this.toHide ).hide();
-		},
-		
-		valid: function() {
-			return this.size() == 0;
-		},
-		
-		size: function() {
-			return this.errorList.length;
-		},
-		
-		focusInvalid: function() {
-			if( this.settings.focusInvalid ) {
-				try {
-					jQuery(this.findLastActive() || this.errorList.length && this.errorList[0].element || []).filter(":visible").focus();
-				} catch(e) { /* ignore IE throwing errors when focusing hidden elements */ }
-			}
-		},
-		
-		findLastActive: function() {
-			var lastActive = this.lastActive;
-			return lastActive && jQuery.grep(this.errorList, function(n) {
-				return n.element.name == lastActive.name;
-			}).length == 1 && lastActive;
-		},
-		
-		elements: function() {
-			var validator = this,
-				rulesCache = {};
-			
-			// select all valid inputs inside the form (no submit or reset buttons)
-			// workaround with jQuery([]).add until http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2114 is solved
-			return jQuery([]).add(this.currentForm.elements)
-			.filter("input, select, textarea")
-			.not(":submit, :reset, [disabled]")
-			.not( this.settings.ignore )
-			.filter(function() {
-				!this.name && validator.settings.debug && window.console && console.error( "%o has no name assigned", this);
-			
-				// select only the first element for each name, and only those with rules specified
-				if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength($(this).rules()) )
-					return false;
-				
-				rulesCache[this.name] = true;
-				return true;
-			});
-		},
-		
-		clean: function( selector ) {
-			return jQuery( selector )[0];
-		},
-		
-		errors: function() {
-			return jQuery( this.settings.errorElement + "." + this.settings.errorClass, this.errorContext );
-		},
-		
-		reset: function() {
-			this.successList = [];
-			this.errorList = [];
-			this.errorMap = {};
-			this.toShow = jQuery( [] );
-			this.toHide = jQuery( [] );
-			this.formSubmitted = false;
-		},
-		
-		prepareForm: function() {
-			this.reset();
-			this.toHide = this.errors().push( this.containers );
-		},
-		
-		prepareElement: function( element ) {
-			this.reset();
-			this.toHide = this.errorsFor(element);
-		},
-	
-		check: function( element ) {
-			element = this.clean( element );
-			
-			// if radio/checkbox, validate first element in group instead
-			if (this.checkable(element)) {
-				element = this.findByName( element.name )[0];
-			}
-			
-			var rules = $(element).rules();
-			var dependencyMismatch = false;
-			for( method in rules ) {
-				var rule = { method: method, parameters: rules[method] };
-				try {
-					var result = jQuery.validator.methods[method].call( this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element, rule.parameters );
-					
-					// if a method indicates that the field is optional and therefore valid,
-					// don't mark it as valid when there are no other rules
-					if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" ) {
-						dependencyMismatch = true;
-						continue;
-					}
-					dependencyMismatch = false;
-					
-					if ( result == "pending" ) {
-						this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.errorsFor(element) );
-						return;
-					}
-					
-					if( !result ) {
-						this.formatAndAdd( element, rule );
-						return false;
-					}
-				} catch(e) {
-					this.settings.debug && window.console && console.log("exception occured when checking element " + element.id
-						 + ", check the '" + rule.method + "' method");
-					throw e;
-				}
-			}
-			if (dependencyMismatch)
-				return;
-			if ( this.objectLength(rules) )
-				this.successList.push(element);
-			return true;
-		},
-		
-		// return the custom message for the given element name and validation method
-		customMessage: function( name, method ) {
-			var m = this.settings.messages[name];
-			return m && (m.constructor == String
-				? m
-				: m[method]);
-		},
-		
-		// return the first defined argument, allowing empty strings
-		findDefined: function() {
-			for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-				if (arguments[i] !== undefined)
-					return arguments[i];
-			}
-			return undefined;
-		},
-		
-		defaultMessage: function( element, method) {
-			return this.findDefined(
-				this.customMessage( element.name, method ),
-				// title is never undefined, so handle empty string as undefined
-				element.title || undefined,
-				jQuery.validator.messages[method],
-				"<strong>Warning: No message defined for " + element.name + "</strong>"
-			);
-		},
-		
-		formatAndAdd: function( element, rule ) {
-			var message = this.defaultMessage( element, rule.method );
-			if ( typeof message == "function" ) 
-				message = message.call(this, rule.parameters, element);
-			this.errorList.push({
-				message: message,
-				element: element
-			});
-			this.errorMap[element.name] = message;
-			this.submitted[element.name] = message;
-		},
-		
-		addWrapper: function(toToggle) {
-			if ( this.settings.wrapper )
-				toToggle.push( toToggle.parents( this.settings.wrapper ) );
-			return toToggle;
-		},
-		
-		defaultShowErrors: function() {
-			for ( var i = 0; this.errorList[i]; i++ ) {
-				var error = this.errorList[i];
-				this.settings.highlight && this.settings.highlight.call( this, error.element, this.settings.errorClass );
-				this.showLabel( error.element, error.message );
-			}
-			if( this.errorList.length ) {
-				this.toShow.push( this.containers );
-			}
-			if (this.settings.success) {
-				for ( var i = 0; this.successList[i]; i++ ) {
-					this.showLabel( this.successList[i] );
-				}
-			}
-			if (this.settings.unhighlight) {
-				for ( var i = 0, elements = this.validElements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
-					this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, elements[i], this.settings.errorClass );
-				}
-			}
-			this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.toShow );
-			this.hideErrors();
-			this.addWrapper( this.toShow ).show();
-		},
-		
-		validElements: function() {
-			return this.elements().not(this.invalidElements());
-		},
-		
-		invalidElements: function() {
-			return jQuery(this.errorList).map(function() {
-				return this.element;
-			});
-		},
-		
-		showLabel: function(element, message) {
-			var label = this.errorsFor( element );
-			if ( label.length ) {
-				// refresh error/success class
-				label.removeClass().addClass( this.settings.errorClass );
-			
-				// check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
-				label.attr("generated") && label.html(message);
-			} else {
-				// create label
-				label = jQuery("<" + this.settings.errorElement + "/>")
-					.attr({"for":  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
-					.addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
-					.html(message || "");
-				if ( this.settings.wrapper ) {
-					// make sure the element is visible, even in IE
-					// actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
-					label = label.hide().show().wrap("<" + this.settings.wrapper + ">").parent();
-				}
-				if ( !this.labelContainer.append(label).length )
-					this.settings.errorPlacement
-						? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, jQuery(element) )
-						: label.insertAfter(element);
-			}
-			if ( !message && this.settings.success ) {
-				label.text("");
-				typeof this.settings.success == "string"
-					? label.addClass( this.settings.success )
-					: this.settings.success( label );
-			}
-			this.toShow.push(label);
-		},
-		
-		errorsFor: function(element) {
-			return this.errors().filter("[@for='" + this.idOrName(element) + "']");
-		},
-		
-		idOrName: function(element) {
-			return this.groups[element.name] || (this.checkable(element) ? element.name : element.id || element.name);
-		},
-
-		checkable: function( element ) {
-			return /radio|checkbox/i.test(element.type);
-		},
-		
-		findByName: function( name ) {
-			// select by name and filter by form for performance over form.find("[name=...]")
-			var form = this.currentForm;
-			return jQuery(document.getElementsByName(name)).map(function(index, element) {
-				return element.form == form && element.name == name && element  || null;
-			});
-		},
-		
-		getLength: function(value, element) {
-			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
-			case 'select':
-				return jQuery("option:selected", element).length;
-			case 'input':
-				if( this.checkable( element) )
-					return this.findByName(element.name).filter(':checked').length;
-			}
-			return value.length;
-		},
-	
-		depend: function(param, element) {
-			return this.dependTypes[typeof param]
-				? this.dependTypes[typeof param](param, element)
-				: true;
-		},
-	
-		dependTypes: {
-			"boolean": function(param, element) {
-				return param;
-			},
-			"string": function(param, element) {
-				return !!jQuery(param, element.form).length;
-			},
-			"function": function(param, element) {
-				return param(element);
-			}
-		},
-		
-		optional: function(element) {
-			return !jQuery.validator.methods.required.call(this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element) && "dependency-mismatch";
-		},
-		
-		startRequest: function(element) {
-			if (!this.pending[element.name]) {
-				this.pendingRequest++;
-				this.pending[element.name] = true;
-			}
-		},
-		
-		stopRequest: function(element, valid) {
-			this.pendingRequest--;
-			// sometimes synchronization fails, make pendingRequest is never < 0
-			if (this.pendingRequest < 0)
-				this.pendingRequest = 0;
-			delete this.pending[element.name];
-			if ( valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted && this.form() ) {
-				jQuery(this.currentForm).submit();
-			}
-		},
-		
-		previousValue: function(element) {
-			return jQuery.data(element, "previousValue") || jQuery.data(element, "previousValue", previous = {
-				old: null,
-				valid: true,
-				message: this.defaultMessage( element, "remote" )
-			});
-		}
-		
-	},
-	
-	classRuleSettings: {
-		required: {required: true},
-		email: {email: true},
-		url: {url: true},
-		date: {date: true},
-		dateISO: {dateISO: true},
-		dateDE: {dateDE: true},
-		number: {number: true},
-		numberDE: {numberDE: true},
-		digits: {digits: true},
-		creditcard: {creditcard: true}
-	},
-	
-	addClassRules: function(className, rules) {
-		className.constructor == String ?
-			this.classRuleSettings[className] = rules :
-			jQuery.extend(this.classRuleSettings, className);
-	},
-	
-	classRules: function(element) {
-		var rules = {};
-		var classes = jQuery(element).attr('class');
-		classes && jQuery.each(classes.split(' '), function() {
-			if (this in jQuery.validator.classRuleSettings) {
-				jQuery.extend(rules, jQuery.validator.classRuleSettings[this]);
-			}
-		});
-		return rules;
-	},
-	
-	attributeRules: function(element) {
-		var rules = {};
-		var $element = jQuery(element);
-		
-		for (method in jQuery.validator.methods) {
-			var value = $element.attr(method);
-			// allow 0 but neither undefined nor empty string
-			if (value !== undefined && value !== '') {
-				rules[method] = value;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		// maxlength may be returned as -1, 2147483647 (IE) and 524288 (safari) for text inputs
-		if (rules.maxlength && /-1|2147483647|524288/.test(rules.maxlength)) {
-			delete rules.maxlength;
-			// deprecated
-			delete rules.maxLength;
-		}
-		
-		return rules;
-	},
-	
-	metadataRules: function(element) {
-		if (!jQuery.metadata) return {};
-		
-		var meta = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.meta;
-		return meta ?
-			jQuery(element).metadata()[meta] :
-			jQuery(element).metadata();
-	},
-	
-	staticRules: function(element) {
-		var rules = {};
-		var validator = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator');
-		if (validator.settings.rules) {
-			rules = jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(validator.settings.rules[element.name]) || {};
-		}
-		return rules;
-	},
-	
-	normalizeRules: function(rules, element) {
-		// convert deprecated rules
-		jQuery.each({
-			minLength: 'minlength',
-			maxLength: 'maxlength',
-			rangeLength: 'rangelength',
-			minValue: 'min',
-			maxValue: 'max',
-			rangeValue: 'range'
-		}, function(dep, curr) {
-			if (rules[dep]) {
-				rules[curr] = rules[dep];
-				delete rules[dep];
-			}
-		});
-		
-		// handle dependency check
-		$.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
-			// ignore rule when param is explicitly false, eg. required:false
-			if (val === false) {
-				delete rules[prop];
-				return;
-			}
-			if (val.param || val.depends) {
-				var keepRule = true;
-				switch (typeof val.depends) {
-					case "string":
-						keepRule = !!jQuery(val.depends, element.form).length;
-						break;
-					case "function":
-						keepRule = val.depends.call(element, element);
-						break;
-				}
-				if (keepRule) {
-					rules[prop] = val.param !== undefined ? val.param : true;
-				} else {
-					delete rules[prop];
-				}
-			}
-		});
-		
-		// evaluate parameters
-		jQuery.each(rules, function(rule, parameter) {
-			rules[rule] = jQuery.isFunction(parameter) ? parameter(element) : parameter;
-		});
-		
-		// clean number parameters
-		jQuery.each(['minlength', 'maxlength', 'min', 'max'], function() {
-			if (rules[this]) {
-				rules[this] = Number(rules[this]);
-			}
-		});
-		jQuery.each(['rangelength', 'range'], function() {
-			if (rules[this]) {
-				rules[this] = [Number(rules[this][0]), Number(rules[this][1])];
-			}
-		});
-		
-		if (jQuery.validator.autoCreateRanges) {
-			// auto-create ranges
-			if (rules.min && rules.max) {
-				rules.range = [rules.min, rules.max];
-				delete rules.min;
-				delete rules.max;
-			}
-			if (rules.minlength && rules.maxlength) {
-				rules.rangelength = [rules.minlength, rules.maxlength];
-				delete rules.minlength;
-				delete rules.maxlength;
-			}
-		}
-		
-		return rules;
-	},
-	
-	// Converts a simple string to a {string: true} rule, e.g., "required" to {required:true}
-	normalizeRule: function(data) {
-		if( typeof data == "string" ) {
-			var transformed = {};
-			jQuery.each(data.split(/\s/), function() {
-				transformed[this] = true;
-			});
-			data = transformed;
-		}
-		return data;
-	},
-	
-	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod
-	addMethod: function(name, method, message) {
-		jQuery.validator.methods[name] = method;
-		jQuery.validator.messages[name] = message;
-		if (method.length < 3) {
-			jQuery.validator.addClassRules(name, jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(name));
-		}
-	},
-
-	methods: {
-
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required
-		required: function(value, element, param) {
-			// check if dependency is met
-			if ( !this.depend(param, element) )
-				return "dependency-mismatch";
-			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
-			case 'select':
-				var options = jQuery("option:selected", element);
-				return options.length > 0 && ( element.type == "select-multiple" || (jQuery.browser.msie && !(options[0].attributes['value'].specified) ? options[0].text : options[0].value).length > 0);
-			case 'input':
-				if ( this.checkable(element) )
-					return this.getLength(value, element) > 0;
-			default:
-				return value.length > 0;
-			}
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/remote
-		remote: function(value, element, param) {
-			if ( this.optional(element) )
-				return "dependency-mismatch";
-			
-			var previous = this.previousValue(element);
-			
-			if (!this.settings.messages[element.name] )
-				this.settings.messages[element.name] = {};
-			this.settings.messages[element.name].remote = typeof previous.message == "function" ? previous.message(value) : previous.message;
-			
-			if ( previous.old !== value ) {
-				previous.old = value;
-				var validator = this;
-				this.startRequest(element);
-				var data = {};
-				data[element.name] = value;
-				jQuery.ajax({
-					url: param,
-					mode: "abort",
-					port: "validate" + element.name,
-					dataType: "json",
-					data: data,
-					success: function(response) {
-						if ( !response ) {
-							var errors = {};
-							errors[element.name] =  response || validator.defaultMessage( element, "remote" );
-							validator.showErrors(errors);
-						} else {
-							var submitted = validator.formSubmitted;
-							validator.prepareElement(element);
-							validator.formSubmitted = submitted;
-							validator.successList.push(element);
-							validator.showErrors();
-						}
-						previous.valid = response;
-						validator.stopRequest(element, response);
-					}
-				});
-				return "pending";
-			} else if( this.pending[element.name] ) {
-				return "pending";
-			}
-			return previous.valid;
-		},
-
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/minlength
-		minlength: function(value, element, param) {
-			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength(value, element) >= param;
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		minLength: function(value, element, param) {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.minlength.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/maxlength
-		maxlength: function(value, element, param) {
-			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength(value, element) <= param;
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		maxLength: function(value, element, param) {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.maxlength.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/rangelength
-		rangelength: function(value, element, param) {
-			var length = this.getLength(value, element);
-			return this.optional(element) || ( length >= param[0] && length <= param[1] );
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		rangeLength: function(value, element, param) {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.rangelength.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/min
-		min: function( value, element, param ) {
-			return this.optional(element) || value >= param;
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		minValue: function() {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.min.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/max
-		max: function( value, element, param ) {
-			return this.optional(element) || value <= param;
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		maxValue: function() {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.max.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/range
-		range: function( value, element, param ) {
-			return this.optional(element) || ( value >= param[0] && value <= param[1] );
-		},
-		
-		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
-		rangeValue: function() {
-			return jQuery.validator.methods.range.apply(this, arguments);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/email
-		email: function(value, element) {
-			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/email_address_validation/
-			return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(element.value);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/url
-		url: function(value, element) {
-			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/iri/
-			return this.optional(element) || /^(https?|ftp):\/\/(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i.test(element.value);
-		},
-        
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/date
-		date: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || !/Invalid|NaN/.test(new Date(value));
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateISO
-		dateISO: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || /^\d{4}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}$/.test(value);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateDE
-		dateDE: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || /^\d\d?\.\d\d?\.\d\d\d?\d?$/.test(value);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/number
-		number: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})+)(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(value);
-		},
-	
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/numberDE
-		numberDE: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{3})+)(?:,\d+)?$/.test(value);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/digits
-		digits: function(value, element) {
-			return this.optional(element) || /^\d+$/.test(value);
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/creditcard
-		// based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn
-		creditcard: function(value, element) {
-			if ( this.optional(element) )
-				return "dependency-mismatch";
-			// accept only digits and dashes
-			if (/[^0-9-]+/.test(value))
-				return false;
-			var nCheck = 0,
-				nDigit = 0,
-				bEven = false;
-
-			value = value.replace(/\D/g, "");
-
-			for (n = value.length - 1; n >= 0; n--) {
-				var cDigit = value.charAt(n);
-				var nDigit = parseInt(cDigit, 10);
-				if (bEven) {
-					if ((nDigit *= 2) > 9)
-						nDigit -= 9;
-				}
-				nCheck += nDigit;
-				bEven = !bEven;
-			}
-
-			return (nCheck % 10) == 0;
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/accept
-		accept: function(value, element, param) {
-			param = typeof param == "string" ? param : "png|jpe?g|gif";
-			return this.optional(element) || value.match(new RegExp(".(" + param + ")$", "i")); 
-		},
-		
-		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/equalTo
-		equalTo: function(value, element, param) {
-			return value == jQuery(param).val();
-		}
-		
-	}
-	
-});
-
-// ajax mode: abort
-// usage: $.ajax({ mode: "abort"[, port: "uniqueport"]});
-// if mode:"abort" is used, the previous request on that port (port can be undefined) is aborted via XMLHttpRequest.abort() 
-;(function($) {
-	var ajax = $.ajax;
-	var pendingRequests = {};
-	$.ajax = function(settings) {
-		// create settings for compatibility with ajaxSetup
-		settings = jQuery.extend(settings, jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, settings));
-		var port = settings.port;
-		if (settings.mode == "abort") {
-			if ( pendingRequests[port] ) {
-				pendingRequests[port].abort();
-			}
-			return (pendingRequests[port] = ajax.apply(this, arguments));
-		}
-		return ajax.apply(this, arguments);
-	};
-})(jQuery);
-
-// provides cross-browser focusin and focusout events
-// IE has native support, in other browsers, use event caputuring (neither bubbles)
-
-// provides delegate(type: String, delegate: Selector, handler: Callback) plugin for easier event delegation
-// handler is only called when $(event.target).is(delegate), in the scope of the jQuery-object for event.target 
-
-// provides triggerEvent(type: String, target: Element) to trigger delegated events
-;(function($) {
-	$.each({
-		focus: 'focusin',
-		blur: 'focusout'	
-	}, function( original, fix ){
-		$.event.special[fix] = {
-			setup:function() {
-				if ( $.browser.msie ) return false;
-				this.addEventListener( original, $.event.special[fix].handler, true );
-			},
-			teardown:function() {
-				if ( $.browser.msie ) return false;
-				this.removeEventListener( original,
-				$.event.special[fix].handler, true );
-			},
-			handler: function(e) {
-				arguments[0] = $.event.fix(e);
-				arguments[0].type = fix;
-				return $.event.handle.apply(this, arguments);
-			}
-		};
-	});
-	$.extend($.fn, {
-		delegate: function(type, delegate, handler) {
-			return this.bind(type, function(event) {
-				var target = $(event.target);
-				if (target.is(delegate)) {
-					return handler.apply(target, arguments);
-				}
-			});
-		},
-		triggerEvent: function(type, target) {
-			return this.triggerHandler(type, [jQuery.event.fix({ type: type, target: target })]);
-		}
-	})
-})(jQuery);
+/*
+ * jQuery validation plug-in 1.3
+ *
+ * http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
+ * http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 Jörn Zaefferer
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
+ *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+ *   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+ */
+
+jQuery.extend(jQuery.fn, {
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/validate
+	validate: function( options ) {
+		
+		// if nothing is selected, return nothing; can't chain anyway
+		if (!this.length) {
+			options && options.debug && window.console && console.warn( "nothing selected, can't validate, returning nothing" );
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		// check if a validator for this form was already created
+		var validator = jQuery.data(this[0], 'validator');
+		if ( validator ) {
+			return validator;
+		}
+		
+		validator = new jQuery.validator( options, this[0] );
+		jQuery.data(this[0], 'validator', validator); 
+		
+		if ( validator.settings.onsubmit ) {
+		
+			// allow suppresing validation by adding a cancel class to the submit button
+			this.find(".cancel:submit").click(function() {
+				validator.cancelSubmit = true;
+			});
+		
+			// validate the form on submit
+			this.submit( function( event ) {
+				if ( validator.settings.debug )
+					// prevent form submit to be able to see console output
+					event.preventDefault();
+					
+				function handle() {
+					if ( validator.settings.submitHandler ) {
+						validator.settings.submitHandler.call( validator, validator.currentForm );
+						return false;
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+					
+				// prevent submit for invalid forms or custom submit handlers
+				if ( validator.cancelSubmit ) {
+					validator.cancelSubmit = false;
+					return handle();
+				}
+				if ( validator.form() ) {
+					if ( validator.pendingRequest ) {
+						validator.formSubmitted = true;
+						return false;
+					}
+					return handle();
+				} else {
+					validator.focusInvalid();
+					return false;
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		
+		return validator;
+	},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/valid
+	valid: function() {
+        if ( jQuery(this[0]).is('form')) {
+            return this.validate().form();
+        } else {
+            var valid = false;
+            var validator = jQuery(this[0].form).validate();
+            this.each(function() {
+				valid |= validator.element(this);
+            });
+            return valid;
+        }
+    },
+	// attributes: space seperated list of attributes to retrieve and remove
+	removeAttrs: function(attributes) {
+		var result = {},
+			$element = this;
+		$.each(attributes.split(/\s/), function() {
+			result[this] = $element.attr(this);
+			$element.removeAttr(this);
+		});
+		return result;
+	},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/rules
+	rules: function(command, argument) {
+		var element = this[0];
+		
+		if (command) {
+			var staticRules = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.rules;
+			var existingRules = jQuery.validator.staticRules(element);
+			switch(command) {
+			case "add":
+				$.extend(existingRules, jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(argument));
+				staticRules[element.name] = existingRules;
+				break;
+			case "remove":
+				if (!argument) {
+					delete staticRules[element.name];
+					return existingRules;
+				}
+				var filtered = {};
+				$.each(argument.split(/\s/), function(index, method) {
+					filtered[method] = existingRules[method];
+					delete existingRules[method];
+				});
+				return filtered;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		var ruleList = jQuery.extend({},
+			jQuery.validator.metadataRules(element),
+			jQuery.validator.classRules(element),
+			jQuery.validator.attributeRules(element),
+			jQuery.validator.staticRules(element)
+			);
+		var data = jQuery.validator.normalizeRules(ruleList, element);
+		
+		
+		// make sure required is at front
+		if (data.required) {
+			var param = data.required;
+			delete data.required;
+			data = $.extend({required: param}, data);
+		}
+		
+		return data;
+	},
+	// destructive add
+	push: function( t ) {
+		return this.setArray( this.add(t).get() );
+	}
+});
+
+// Custom selectors
+jQuery.extend(jQuery.expr[":"], {
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/blank
+	blank: function(a) {return !jQuery.trim(a.value);},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/filled
+	filled: function(a) {return !!jQuery.trim(a.value);},
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/unchecked
+	unchecked: function(a) {return !a.checked;}
+});
+
+
+jQuery.format = function(source, params) {
+	if ( arguments.length == 1 ) 
+		return function() {
+			var args = jQuery.makeArray(arguments);
+			args.unshift(source);
+			return jQuery.format.apply( this, args );
+		};
+	if ( arguments.length > 2 && params.constructor != Array  ) {
+		params = jQuery.makeArray(arguments).slice(1);
+	}
+	if ( params.constructor != Array ) {
+		params = [ params ];
+	}
+	jQuery.each(params, function(i, n) {
+		source = source.replace(new RegExp("\\{" + i + "\\}", "g"), n);
+	});
+	return source;
+};
+
+// constructor for validator
+jQuery.validator = function( options, form ) {
+	this.settings = jQuery.extend( {}, jQuery.validator.defaults, options );
+	this.currentForm = form;
+	this.init();
+};
+
+jQuery.extend(jQuery.validator, {
+
+	defaults: {
+		messages: {},
+		groups: {},
+		rules: {},
+		errorClass: "error",
+		errorElement: "label",
+		focusInvalid: true,
+		errorContainer: jQuery( [] ),
+		errorLabelContainer: jQuery( [] ),
+		onsubmit: true,
+		ignore: [],
+		onfocusin: function(element) {
+			this.lastActive = element;
+				
+			// hide error label and remove error class on focus if enabled
+			if ( this.settings.focusCleanup && !this.blockFocusCleanup ) {
+				this.settings.unhighlight && this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, element, this.settings.errorClass );
+				this.errorsFor(element).hide();
+			}
+		},
+		onfocusout: function(element) {
+			if ( !this.checkable(element) && (element.name in this.submitted || !this.optional(element)) ) {
+				this.element(element);
+			}
+		},
+		onkeyup: function(element) {
+			if ( element.name in this.submitted || element == this.lastElement ) {
+				this.element(element);
+			}
+		},
+		onclick: function(element) {
+			if ( element.name in this.submitted )
+				this.element(element);
+		},
+		highlight: function( element, errorClass ) {
+			jQuery( element ).addClass( errorClass );
+		},
+		unhighlight: function( element, errorClass ) {
+			jQuery( element ).removeClass( errorClass );
+		}
+	},
+
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/setDefaults
+	setDefaults: function(settings) {
+		jQuery.extend( jQuery.validator.defaults, settings );
+	},
+
+	messages: {
+		required: "This field is required.",
+		remote: "Please fix this field.",
+		email: "Please enter a valid email address.",
+		url: "Please enter a valid URL.",
+		date: "Please enter a valid date.",
+		dateISO: "Please enter a valid date (ISO).",
+		dateDE: "Bitte geben Sie ein gültiges Datum ein.",
+		number: "Please enter a valid number.",
+		numberDE: "Bitte geben Sie eine Nummer ein.",
+		digits: "Please enter only digits",
+		creditcard: "Please enter a valid credit card.",
+		equalTo: "Please enter the same value again.",
+		accept: "Please enter a value with a valid extension.",
+		maxlength: jQuery.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
+		maxLength: jQuery.format("Please enter no more than {0} characters."),
+		minlength: jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
+		minLength: jQuery.format("Please enter at least {0} characters."),
+		rangelength: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
+		rangeLength: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1} characters long."),
+		rangeValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
+		range: jQuery.format("Please enter a value between {0} and {1}."),
+		maxValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
+		max: jQuery.format("Please enter a value less than or equal to {0}."),
+		minValue: jQuery.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}."),
+		min: jQuery.format("Please enter a value greater than or equal to {0}.")
+	},
+	
+	autoCreateRanges: false,
+	
+	prototype: {
+		
+		init: function() {
+			this.labelContainer = jQuery(this.settings.errorLabelContainer);
+			this.errorContext = this.labelContainer.length && this.labelContainer || jQuery(this.currentForm);
+			this.containers = jQuery(this.settings.errorContainer).add( this.settings.errorLabelContainer );
+			this.submitted = {};
+			this.valueCache = {};
+			this.pendingRequest = 0;
+			this.pending = {};
+			this.invalid = {};
+			this.reset();
+			
+			var groups = (this.groups = {});
+			jQuery.each(this.settings.groups, function(key, value) {
+				jQuery.each(value.split(/\s/), function(index, name) {
+					groups[name] = key;
+				});
+			});
+			var rules = this.settings.rules;
+			jQuery.each(rules, function(key, value) {
+				rules[key] = jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(value);
+			});
+			
+			function delegate(event) {
+				var validator = jQuery.data(this[0].form, "validator");
+				validator.settings["on" + event.type] && validator.settings["on" + event.type].call(validator, this[0] );
+			}
+			jQuery(this.currentForm)
+				.delegate("focusin focusout keyup", ":text, :password, :file, select, textarea", delegate)
+				.delegate("click", ":radio, :checkbox", delegate);
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/form
+		form: function() {
+			this.checkForm();
+			jQuery.extend(this.submitted, this.errorMap);
+			this.invalid = jQuery.extend({}, this.errorMap);
+			if (!this.valid())
+				jQuery(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form.validate", [this]);
+			this.showErrors();
+			return this.valid();
+		},
+		
+		checkForm: function() {
+			this.prepareForm();
+			for ( var i = 0, elements = this.elements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
+				this.check( elements[i] );
+			}
+			return this.valid(); 
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/element
+		element: function( element ) {
+			element = this.clean( element );
+			this.lastElement = element;
+			this.prepareElement( element );
+			var result = this.check( element );
+			if ( result ) {
+				delete this.invalid[element.name];
+			} else {
+				this.invalid[element.name] = true;
+			}
+			if ( !this.numberOfInvalids() ) {
+				// Hide error containers on last error
+				this.toHide.push( this.containers );
+			}
+			this.showErrors();
+			return result;
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/showErrors
+		showErrors: function(errors) {
+			if(errors) {
+				// add items to error list and map
+				jQuery.extend( this.errorMap, errors );
+				this.errorList = [];
+				for ( var name in errors ) {
+					this.errorList.push({
+						message: errors[name],
+						element: this.findByName(name)[0]
+					});
+				}
+				// remove items from success list
+				this.successList = jQuery.grep( this.successList, function(element) {
+					return !(element.name in errors);
+				});
+			}
+			this.settings.showErrors
+				? this.settings.showErrors.call( this, this.errorMap, this.errorList )
+				: this.defaultShowErrors();
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/resetForm
+		resetForm: function() {
+			if ( jQuery.fn.resetForm )
+				jQuery( this.currentForm ).resetForm();
+			this.prepareForm();
+			this.hideErrors();
+			this.elements().removeClass( this.settings.errorClass );
+		},
+		
+		numberOfInvalids: function() {
+			return this.objectLength(this.invalid);
+		},
+		
+		objectLength: function( obj ) {
+			var count = 0;
+			for ( var i in obj )
+				count++;
+			return count;
+		},
+		
+		hideErrors: function() {
+			this.addWrapper( this.toHide ).hide();
+		},
+		
+		valid: function() {
+			return this.size() == 0;
+		},
+		
+		size: function() {
+			return this.errorList.length;
+		},
+		
+		focusInvalid: function() {
+			if( this.settings.focusInvalid ) {
+				try {
+					jQuery(this.findLastActive() || this.errorList.length && this.errorList[0].element || []).filter(":visible").focus();
+				} catch(e) { /* ignore IE throwing errors when focusing hidden elements */ }
+			}
+		},
+		
+		findLastActive: function() {
+			var lastActive = this.lastActive;
+			return lastActive && jQuery.grep(this.errorList, function(n) {
+				return n.element.name == lastActive.name;
+			}).length == 1 && lastActive;
+		},
+		
+		elements: function() {
+			var validator = this,
+				rulesCache = {};
+			
+			// select all valid inputs inside the form (no submit or reset buttons)
+			// workaround with jQuery([]).add until http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/2114 is solved
+			return jQuery([]).add(this.currentForm.elements)
+			.filter("input, select, textarea")
+			.not(":submit, :reset, [disabled]")
+			.not( this.settings.ignore )
+			.filter(function() {
+				!this.name && validator.settings.debug && window.console && console.error( "%o has no name assigned", this);
+			
+				// select only the first element for each name, and only those with rules specified
+				if ( this.name in rulesCache || !validator.objectLength($(this).rules()) )
+					return false;
+				
+				rulesCache[this.name] = true;
+				return true;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		clean: function( selector ) {
+			return jQuery( selector )[0];
+		},
+		
+		errors: function() {
+			return jQuery( this.settings.errorElement + "." + this.settings.errorClass, this.errorContext );
+		},
+		
+		reset: function() {
+			this.successList = [];
+			this.errorList = [];
+			this.errorMap = {};
+			this.toShow = jQuery( [] );
+			this.toHide = jQuery( [] );
+			this.formSubmitted = false;
+		},
+		
+		prepareForm: function() {
+			this.reset();
+			this.toHide = this.errors().push( this.containers );
+		},
+		
+		prepareElement: function( element ) {
+			this.reset();
+			this.toHide = this.errorsFor(element);
+		},
+	
+		check: function( element ) {
+			element = this.clean( element );
+			
+			// if radio/checkbox, validate first element in group instead
+			if (this.checkable(element)) {
+				element = this.findByName( element.name )[0];
+			}
+			
+			var rules = $(element).rules();
+			var dependencyMismatch = false;
+			for( method in rules ) {
+				var rule = { method: method, parameters: rules[method] };
+				try {
+					var result = jQuery.validator.methods[method].call( this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element, rule.parameters );
+					
+					// if a method indicates that the field is optional and therefore valid,
+					// don't mark it as valid when there are no other rules
+					if ( result == "dependency-mismatch" ) {
+						dependencyMismatch = true;
+						continue;
+					}
+					dependencyMismatch = false;
+					
+					if ( result == "pending" ) {
+						this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.errorsFor(element) );
+						return;
+					}
+					
+					if( !result ) {
+						this.formatAndAdd( element, rule );
+						return false;
+					}
+				} catch(e) {
+					this.settings.debug && window.console && console.log("exception occured when checking element " + element.id
+						 + ", check the '" + rule.method + "' method");
+					throw e;
+				}
+			}
+			if (dependencyMismatch)
+				return;
+			if ( this.objectLength(rules) )
+				this.successList.push(element);
+			return true;
+		},
+		
+		// return the custom message for the given element and validation method speicifed in the element's "messages" metadata 
+		customMetaMessage: function(element, method) {
+			if (!jQuery.metadata) return undefined;
+			
+			var metaKey = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.meta;
+			var meta = metaKey ? 
+				jQuery(element).metadata()[metaKey] : 
+				jQuery(element).metadata();
+			
+			return meta.messages ? 
+				meta.messages[method] : 
+				undefined;
+		},
+				
+		// return the custom message for the given element name and validation method
+		customMessage: function( name, method ) {
+			var m = this.settings.messages[name];
+			return m && (m.constructor == String
+				? m
+				: m[method]);
+		},
+		
+		// return the first defined argument, allowing empty strings
+		findDefined: function() {
+			for(var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+				if (arguments[i] !== undefined)
+					return arguments[i];
+			}
+			return undefined;
+		},
+		
+		defaultMessage: function( element, method) {
+			return this.findDefined(
+				this.customMessage( element.name, method ),
+				this.customMetaMessage( element, method ),
+				// title is never undefined, so handle empty string as undefined
+				element.title || undefined,
+				jQuery.validator.messages[method],
+				"<strong>Warning: No message defined for " + element.name + "</strong>"
+			);
+		},
+		
+		formatAndAdd: function( element, rule ) {
+			var message = this.defaultMessage( element, rule.method );
+			if ( typeof message == "function" ) 
+				message = message.call(this, rule.parameters, element);
+			this.errorList.push({
+				message: message,
+				element: element
+			});
+			this.errorMap[element.name] = message;
+			this.submitted[element.name] = message;
+		},
+		
+		addWrapper: function(toToggle) {
+			if ( this.settings.wrapper )
+				toToggle.push( toToggle.parents( this.settings.wrapper ) );
+			return toToggle;
+		},
+		
+		defaultShowErrors: function() {
+			for ( var i = 0; this.errorList[i]; i++ ) {
+				var error = this.errorList[i];
+				this.settings.highlight && this.settings.highlight.call( this, error.element, this.settings.errorClass );
+				this.showLabel( error.element, error.message );
+			}
+			if( this.errorList.length ) {
+				this.toShow.push( this.containers );
+			}
+			if (this.settings.success) {
+				for ( var i = 0; this.successList[i]; i++ ) {
+					this.showLabel( this.successList[i] );
+				}
+			}
+			if (this.settings.unhighlight) {
+				for ( var i = 0, elements = this.validElements(); elements[i]; i++ ) {
+					this.settings.unhighlight.call( this, elements[i], this.settings.errorClass );
+				}
+			}
+			this.toHide = this.toHide.not( this.toShow );
+			this.hideErrors();
+			this.addWrapper( this.toShow ).show();
+		},
+		
+		validElements: function() {
+			return this.elements().not(this.invalidElements());
+		},
+		
+		invalidElements: function() {
+			return jQuery(this.errorList).map(function() {
+				return this.element;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		showLabel: function(element, message) {
+			var label = this.errorsFor( element );
+			if ( label.length ) {
+				// refresh error/success class
+				label.removeClass().addClass( this.settings.errorClass );
+			
+				// check if we have a generated label, replace the message then
+				label.attr("generated") && label.html(message);
+			} else {
+				// create label
+				label = jQuery("<" + this.settings.errorElement + "/>")
+					.attr({"for":  this.idOrName(element), generated: true})
+					.addClass(this.settings.errorClass)
+					.html(message || "");
+				if ( this.settings.wrapper ) {
+					// make sure the element is visible, even in IE
+					// actually showing the wrapped element is handled elsewhere
+					label = label.hide().show().wrap("<" + this.settings.wrapper + ">").parent();
+				}
+				if ( !this.labelContainer.append(label).length )
+					this.settings.errorPlacement
+						? this.settings.errorPlacement(label, jQuery(element) )
+						: label.insertAfter(element);
+			}
+			if ( !message && this.settings.success ) {
+				label.text("");
+				typeof this.settings.success == "string"
+					? label.addClass( this.settings.success )
+					: this.settings.success( label );
+			}
+			this.toShow.push(label);
+		},
+		
+		errorsFor: function(element) {
+			return this.errors().filter("[@for='" + this.idOrName(element) + "']");
+		},
+		
+		idOrName: function(element) {
+			return this.groups[element.name] || (this.checkable(element) ? element.name : element.id || element.name);
+		},
+
+		checkable: function( element ) {
+			return /radio|checkbox/i.test(element.type);
+		},
+		
+		findByName: function( name ) {
+			// select by name and filter by form for performance over form.find("[name=...]")
+			var form = this.currentForm;
+			return jQuery(document.getElementsByName(name)).map(function(index, element) {
+				return element.form == form && element.name == name && element  || null;
+			});
+		},
+		
+		getLength: function(value, element) {
+			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
+			case 'select':
+				return jQuery("option:selected", element).length;
+			case 'input':
+				if( this.checkable( element) )
+					return this.findByName(element.name).filter(':checked').length;
+			}
+			return value.length;
+		},
+	
+		depend: function(param, element) {
+			return this.dependTypes[typeof param]
+				? this.dependTypes[typeof param](param, element)
+				: true;
+		},
+	
+		dependTypes: {
+			"boolean": function(param, element) {
+				return param;
+			},
+			"string": function(param, element) {
+				return !!jQuery(param, element.form).length;
+			},
+			"function": function(param, element) {
+				return param(element);
+			}
+		},
+		
+		optional: function(element) {
+			return !jQuery.validator.methods.required.call(this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element) && "dependency-mismatch";
+		},
+		
+		startRequest: function(element) {
+			if (!this.pending[element.name]) {
+				this.pendingRequest++;
+				this.pending[element.name] = true;
+			}
+		},
+		
+		stopRequest: function(element, valid) {
+			this.pendingRequest--;
+			// sometimes synchronization fails, make pendingRequest is never < 0
+			if (this.pendingRequest < 0)
+				this.pendingRequest = 0;
+			delete this.pending[element.name];
+			if ( valid && this.pendingRequest == 0 && this.formSubmitted && this.form() ) {
+				jQuery(this.currentForm).submit();
+			}
+		},
+		
+		previousValue: function(element) {
+			return jQuery.data(element, "previousValue") || jQuery.data(element, "previousValue", previous = {
+				old: null,
+				valid: true,
+				message: this.defaultMessage( element, "remote" )
+			});
+		}
+		
+	},
+	
+	classRuleSettings: {
+		required: {required: true},
+		email: {email: true},
+		url: {url: true},
+		date: {date: true},
+		dateISO: {dateISO: true},
+		dateDE: {dateDE: true},
+		number: {number: true},
+		numberDE: {numberDE: true},
+		digits: {digits: true},
+		creditcard: {creditcard: true}
+	},
+	
+	addClassRules: function(className, rules) {
+		className.constructor == String ?
+			this.classRuleSettings[className] = rules :
+			jQuery.extend(this.classRuleSettings, className);
+	},
+	
+	classRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var classes = jQuery(element).attr('class');
+		classes && jQuery.each(classes.split(' '), function() {
+			if (this in jQuery.validator.classRuleSettings) {
+				jQuery.extend(rules, jQuery.validator.classRuleSettings[this]);
+			}
+		});
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	attributeRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var $element = jQuery(element);
+		
+		for (method in jQuery.validator.methods) {
+			var value = $element.attr(method);
+			// allow 0 but neither undefined nor empty string
+			if (value !== undefined && value !== '') {
+				rules[method] = value;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// maxlength may be returned as -1, 2147483647 (IE) and 524288 (safari) for text inputs
+		if (rules.maxlength && /-1|2147483647|524288/.test(rules.maxlength)) {
+			delete rules.maxlength;
+			// deprecated
+			delete rules.maxLength;
+		}
+		
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	metadataRules: function(element) {
+		if (!jQuery.metadata) return {};
+		
+		var meta = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator').settings.meta;
+		return meta ?
+			jQuery(element).metadata()[meta] :
+			jQuery(element).metadata();
+	},
+	
+	staticRules: function(element) {
+		var rules = {};
+		var validator = jQuery.data(element.form, 'validator');
+		if (validator.settings.rules) {
+			rules = jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(validator.settings.rules[element.name]) || {};
+		}
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	normalizeRules: function(rules, element) {
+		// convert deprecated rules
+		jQuery.each({
+			minLength: 'minlength',
+			maxLength: 'maxlength',
+			rangeLength: 'rangelength',
+			minValue: 'min',
+			maxValue: 'max',
+			rangeValue: 'range'
+		}, function(dep, curr) {
+			if (rules[dep]) {
+				rules[curr] = rules[dep];
+				delete rules[dep];
+			}
+		});
+		
+		// handle dependency check
+		$.each(rules, function(prop, val) {
+			// ignore rule when param is explicitly false, eg. required:false
+			if (val === false) {
+				delete rules[prop];
+				return;
+			}
+			if (val.param || val.depends) {
+				var keepRule = true;
+				switch (typeof val.depends) {
+					case "string":
+						keepRule = !!jQuery(val.depends, element.form).length;
+						break;
+					case "function":
+						keepRule = val.depends.call(element, element);
+						break;
+				}
+				if (keepRule) {
+					rules[prop] = val.param !== undefined ? val.param : true;
+				} else {
+					delete rules[prop];
+				}
+			}
+		});
+		
+		// evaluate parameters
+		jQuery.each(rules, function(rule, parameter) {
+			rules[rule] = jQuery.isFunction(parameter) ? parameter(element) : parameter;
+		});
+		
+		// clean number parameters
+		jQuery.each(['minlength', 'maxlength', 'min', 'max'], function() {
+			if (rules[this]) {
+				rules[this] = Number(rules[this]);
+			}
+		});
+		jQuery.each(['rangelength', 'range'], function() {
+			if (rules[this]) {
+				rules[this] = [Number(rules[this][0]), Number(rules[this][1])];
+			}
+		});
+		
+		if (jQuery.validator.autoCreateRanges) {
+			// auto-create ranges
+			if (rules.min && rules.max) {
+				rules.range = [rules.min, rules.max];
+				delete rules.min;
+				delete rules.max;
+			}
+			if (rules.minlength && rules.maxlength) {
+				rules.rangelength = [rules.minlength, rules.maxlength];
+				delete rules.minlength;
+				delete rules.maxlength;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// To support custom messages in metadata ignore rule methods titled "messages"
+		if (rules.messages) {
+			delete rules.messages
+		}
+		
+		return rules;
+	},
+	
+	// Converts a simple string to a {string: true} rule, e.g., "required" to {required:true}
+	normalizeRule: function(data) {
+		if( typeof data == "string" ) {
+			var transformed = {};
+			jQuery.each(data.split(/\s/), function() {
+				transformed[this] = true;
+			});
+			data = transformed;
+		}
+		return data;
+	},
+	
+	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Validator/addMethod
+	addMethod: function(name, method, message) {
+		jQuery.validator.methods[name] = method;
+		jQuery.validator.messages[name] = message;
+		if (method.length < 3) {
+			jQuery.validator.addClassRules(name, jQuery.validator.normalizeRule(name));
+		}
+	},
+
+	methods: {
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/required
+		required: function(value, element, param) {
+			// check if dependency is met
+			if ( !this.depend(param, element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			switch( element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) {
+			case 'select':
+				var options = jQuery("option:selected", element);
+				return options.length > 0 && ( element.type == "select-multiple" || (jQuery.browser.msie && !(options[0].attributes['value'].specified) ? options[0].text : options[0].value).length > 0);
+			case 'input':
+				if ( this.checkable(element) )
+					return this.getLength(value, element) > 0;
+			default:
+				return value.length > 0;
+			}
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/remote
+		remote: function(value, element, param) {
+			if ( this.optional(element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			
+			var previous = this.previousValue(element);
+			
+			if (!this.settings.messages[element.name] )
+				this.settings.messages[element.name] = {};
+			this.settings.messages[element.name].remote = typeof previous.message == "function" ? previous.message(value) : previous.message;
+			
+			if ( previous.old !== value ) {
+				previous.old = value;
+				var validator = this;
+				this.startRequest(element);
+				var data = {};
+				data[element.name] = value;
+				jQuery.ajax({
+					url: param,
+					mode: "abort",
+					port: "validate" + element.name,
+					dataType: "json",
+					data: data,
+					success: function(response) {
+						if ( !response ) {
+							var errors = {};
+							errors[element.name] =  response || validator.defaultMessage( element, "remote" );
+							validator.showErrors(errors);
+						} else {
+							var submitted = validator.formSubmitted;
+							validator.prepareElement(element);
+							validator.formSubmitted = submitted;
+							validator.successList.push(element);
+							validator.showErrors();
+						}
+						previous.valid = response;
+						validator.stopRequest(element, response);
+					}
+				});
+				return "pending";
+			} else if( this.pending[element.name] ) {
+				return "pending";
+			}
+			return previous.valid;
+		},
+
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/minlength
+		minlength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength(value, element) >= param;
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		minLength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.minlength.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/maxlength
+		maxlength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return this.optional(element) || this.getLength(value, element) <= param;
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		maxLength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.maxlength.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/rangelength
+		rangelength: function(value, element, param) {
+			var length = this.getLength(value, element);
+			return this.optional(element) || ( length >= param[0] && length <= param[1] );
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		rangeLength: function(value, element, param) {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.rangelength.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/min
+		min: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || value >= param;
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		minValue: function() {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.min.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/max
+		max: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || value <= param;
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		maxValue: function() {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.max.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/range
+		range: function( value, element, param ) {
+			return this.optional(element) || ( value >= param[0] && value <= param[1] );
+		},
+		
+		// deprecated, to be removed in 1.3
+		rangeValue: function() {
+			return jQuery.validator.methods.range.apply(this, arguments);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/email
+		email: function(value, element) {
+			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/email_address_validation/
+			return this.optional(element) || /^((([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+(\.([a-z]|\d|[!#\$%&'\*\+\-\/=\?\^_`{\|}~]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])+)*)|((\x22)((((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(([\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x7f]|\x21|[\x23-\x5b]|[\x5d-\x7e]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(\\([\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0d-\x7f]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]))))*(((\x20|\x09)*(\x0d\x0a))?(\x20|\x09)+)?(\x22)))@((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?$/i.test(element.value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/url
+		url: function(value, element) {
+			// contributed by Scott Gonzalez: http://projects.scottsplayground.com/iri/
+			return this.optional(element) || /^(https?|ftp):\/\/(((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:)*@)?(((\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5])\.(\d|[1-9]\d|1\d\d|2[0-4]\d|25[0-5]))|((([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|\d|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.)+(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])*([a-z]|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])))\.?)(:\d*)?)(\/((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)+(\/(([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)*)*)?)?(\?((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|[\uE000-\uF8FF]|\/|\?)*)?(\#((([a-z]|\d|-|\.|_|~|[\u00A0-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF])|(%[\da-f]{2})|[!\$&'\(\)\*\+,;=]|:|@)|\/|\?)*)?$/i.test(element.value);
+		},
+        
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/date
+		date: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || !/Invalid|NaN/.test(new Date(value));
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateISO
+		dateISO: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^\d{4}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}$/.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/dateDE
+		dateDE: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^\d\d?\.\d\d?\.\d\d\d?\d?$/.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/number
+		number: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:,\d{3})+)(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(value);
+		},
+	
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/numberDE
+		numberDE: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^-?(?:\d+|\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{3})+)(?:,\d+)?$/.test(value);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/digits
+		digits: function(value, element) {
+			return this.optional(element) || /^\d+$/.test(value);
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/creditcard
+		// based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn
+		creditcard: function(value, element) {
+			if ( this.optional(element) )
+				return "dependency-mismatch";
+			// accept only digits and dashes
+			if (/[^0-9-]+/.test(value))
+				return false;
+			var nCheck = 0,
+				nDigit = 0,
+				bEven = false;
+
+			value = value.replace(/\D/g, "");
+
+			for (n = value.length - 1; n >= 0; n--) {
+				var cDigit = value.charAt(n);
+				var nDigit = parseInt(cDigit, 10);
+				if (bEven) {
+					if ((nDigit *= 2) > 9)
+						nDigit -= 9;
+				}
+				nCheck += nDigit;
+				bEven = !bEven;
+			}
+
+			return (nCheck % 10) == 0;
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/accept
+		accept: function(value, element, param) {
+			param = typeof param == "string" ? param : "png|jpe?g|gif";
+			return this.optional(element) || value.match(new RegExp(".(" + param + ")$", "i")); 
+		},
+		
+		// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/Methods/equalTo
+		equalTo: function(value, element, param) {
+			return value == jQuery(param).val();
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+});
+
+// ajax mode: abort
+// usage: $.ajax({ mode: "abort"[, port: "uniqueport"]});
+// if mode:"abort" is used, the previous request on that port (port can be undefined) is aborted via XMLHttpRequest.abort() 
+;(function($) {
+	var ajax = $.ajax;
+	var pendingRequests = {};
+	$.ajax = function(settings) {
+		// create settings for compatibility with ajaxSetup
+		settings = jQuery.extend(settings, jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, settings));
+		var port = settings.port;
+		if (settings.mode == "abort") {
+			if ( pendingRequests[port] ) {
+				pendingRequests[port].abort();
+			}
+			return (pendingRequests[port] = ajax.apply(this, arguments));
+		}
+		return ajax.apply(this, arguments);
+	};
+})(jQuery);
+
+// provides cross-browser focusin and focusout events
+// IE has native support, in other browsers, use event caputuring (neither bubbles)
+
+// provides delegate(type: String, delegate: Selector, handler: Callback) plugin for easier event delegation
+// handler is only called when $(event.target).is(delegate), in the scope of the jQuery-object for event.target 
+
+// provides triggerEvent(type: String, target: Element) to trigger delegated events
+;(function($) {
+	$.each({
+		focus: 'focusin',
+		blur: 'focusout'	
+	}, function( original, fix ){
+		$.event.special[fix] = {
+			setup:function() {
+				if ( $.browser.msie ) return false;
+				this.addEventListener( original, $.event.special[fix].handler, true );
+			},
+			teardown:function() {
+				if ( $.browser.msie ) return false;
+				this.removeEventListener( original,
+				$.event.special[fix].handler, true );
+			},
+			handler: function(e) {
+				arguments[0] = $.event.fix(e);
+				arguments[0].type = fix;
+				return $.event.handle.apply(this, arguments);
+			}
+		};
+	});
+	$.extend($.fn, {
+		delegate: function(type, delegate, handler) {
+			return this.bind(type, function(event) {
+				var target = $(event.target);
+				if (target.is(delegate)) {
+					return handler.apply(target, arguments);
+				}
+			});
+		},
+		triggerEvent: function(type, target) {
+			return this.triggerHandler(type, [jQuery.event.fix({ type: type, target: target })]);
+		}
+	})
+})(jQuery);
