onTimerEvent: function() {
    this.updater = new Ajax.Updater(this.container, this.url, this.options);
  }
});

/**
 * 这个函数就 Ruby 了。我觉得它的作用主要有两个
 * 1.  大概是 document.getElementById(id) 的最简化调用。
 * 比如：$("aaa") 将返回上 aaa 对象

* 2.  得到对象数组
 * 比如: $("aaa","bbb") 返回一个包括id为"aaa"和"bbb"两个input控件对象的数组。
 */
function $() {
  var results = [], element;
  for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    element = arguments[i];
    if (typeof element == 'string')
      element = document.getElementById(element);
    results.push(Element.extend(element));
  }
  return results.length < 2 ? results[0] : results;
}

document.getElementsByClassName = function(className, parentElement) {
  var children = ($(parentElement) || document.body).getElementsByTagName('*');
  return $A(children).inject([], function(elements, child) {
    if (child.className.match(new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)")))
      elements.push(Element.extend(child));
    return elements;
  });
}

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

if (!window.Element)
  var Element = new Object();

Element.extend = function(element) {
  if (!element) return;
  if (_nativeExtensions) return element;

  if (!element._extended && element.tagName && element != window) {
    var methods = Element.Methods, cache = Element.extend.cache;
    for (property in methods) {
      var value = methods[property];
      if (typeof value == 'function')
        element[property] = cache.findOrStore(value);
    }
  }

  element._extended = true;
  return element;
}

Element.extend.cache = {
  findOrStore: function(value) {
    return this[value] = this[value] || function() {
      return value.apply(null, [this].concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  }
}

Element.Methods = {
  visible: function(element) {
    return $(element).style.display != 'none';
  },

  toggle: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      Element[Element.visible(element) ? 'hide' : 'show'](element);
    }
  },

  hide: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      element.style.display = 'none';
    }
  },

  show: function() {
    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
      var element = $(arguments[i]);
      element.style.display = '';
    }
  },

  remove: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
  },

  update: function(element, html) {

  $(element).innerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
  },

  replace: function(element, html) {
    element = $(element);
    if (element.outerHTML) {
      element.outerHTML = html.stripScripts();
    } else {
      var range = element.ownerDocument.createRange();
      range.selectNodeContents(element);
      element.parentNode.replaceChild(
        range.createContextualFragment(html.stripScripts()), element);
    }
    setTimeout(function() {html.evalScripts()}, 10);
  },

  getHeight: function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    return element.offsetHeight;
  },

  classNames: function(element) {
    return new Element.ClassNames(element);
  },

  hasClassName: function(element, className) {