var ListOrder = {
	serializeList : function(list) {
		var items = list.getElementsByTagName("li")
		var array = new Array()
		for (var i = 0, n = items.length; i < n; i++) {
			var item = items[i]

			array.push(ListOrder._identifier(item))
		}
		return array.join('|')
	},

	inspectListOrder : function(id) {
		alert(ListOrder.serializeList(document.getElementById(id)))
	},

	restoreListOrder : function(listID) {
		var list = document.getElementById(listID)
		if (list == null) return

		var cookie = Cookies.get("list-" + listID)
		if (!cookie) return;

		var IDs = cookie.split('|')
		var items = ListOrder._itemsByID(list)

		for (var i = 0, n = IDs.length; i < n; i++) {
			var itemID = IDs[i]
			if (itemID in items) {
				var item = items[itemID]
				list.removeChild(item)
				list.insertBefore(item, null)
			}
		}
	},
	
	saveListOrder : function(listId) {
		var list = document.getElementById(listID)
		if (list == null) return

		Cookies.set("list-" + listId, ListOrder.serializeList(list), 365)

	},

	_identifier : function(item) {
		var trim = ListOrder.trim
		var identifier

		identifier = trim(item.getAttribute("id"))
		if (identifier != null && identifier.length > 0) return identifier;
		
		identifier = trim(item.getAttribute("itemID"))
		if (identifier != null && identifier.length > 0) return identifier;
		
		// FIXME: strip out special chars or make this an MD5 hash or something
		return trim(item.innerHTML)
	},

	_itemsByID : function(list) {
		var elm = new Array()
		var items = list.getElementsByTagName('li')
		for (var i = 0, n = items.length; i < n; i++) {
			var item = items[i]
			elm[ListOrder._identifier(item)] = item
		}
		return elm
	},

	trim : function(text) {
		if (text == null) return null
		return text.replace(/^(\s+)?(.*\S)(\s+)?$/, '$2')
	}
}