/*
 * jQuery validation plug-in v1.2
 *
 * http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/
 * http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008 Jörn Zaefferer
 *
 * $Id: jquery.validate.js 4484 2008-01-20 13:52:02Z joern.zaefferer $
 *
 * 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 ) {
		
		// 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("input.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 = true;
            var validator = jQuery(this[0].form).validate();
            this.each(function() {
                valid = validator.element(this) && valid;
            });
            return valid;
        }
    },
	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/rules
	rules: function() {
		var element = this[0];
		var data = jQuery.validator.normalizeRules(
		jQuery.extend(
			jQuery.validator.metadataRules(element),
			jQuery.validator.classRules(element),
			jQuery.validator.attributeRules(element),
			jQuery.validator.staticRules(element)
		), element);
	
	// convert from object to array
	var rules = [];
	jQuery.each(data, function(method, value) {
		rules.push({
			method: method,
			parameters: value
		});
	});
	return rules;
	},
	// 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: "!jQuery.trim(a.value)",
	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/filled
	filled: "!!jQuery.trim(a.value)",
	// http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation/unchecked
	unchecked: "!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: {},
        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.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}.")
    },

    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();

            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.prepareForm();
            var elements = this.elements();
            for (var i = 0; elements[i]; i++) {
                    this.check(elements[i]);
            }
            jQuery.extend(this.submitted, this.errorMap);
            this.invalid = jQuery.extend({}, this.errorMap);
            jQuery(this.currentForm).triggerHandler("invalid-form.validate", [this]);
            this.showErrors();
            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() {
            var count = 0;
            for (var i in this.invalid)
                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;


            var 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 || !jQuery(this).rules().length || jQuery(this).hasClass('checkboxCompanion')) 
                    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(this.clean(element));
        },

        check: function(element) {
            element = this.clean(element);
            this.settings.unhighlight.call(this, element, this.settings.errorClass);
            var rules = jQuery(element).rules();
            for (var i = 0; rules[i]; i++) {
                var rule = rules[i];
                try {
                    var result = jQuery.validator.methods[rule.method].call(this, jQuery.trim(element.value), element, rule.parameters);
                    if (result == "dependency-mismatch")
                        break;
                    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.warn("exception occured when checking element " + element.id
						 + ", check the '" + rule.method + "' method");
                    throw e;
                }
            }
            if (rules.length)
                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.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]);
                }
            }
            this.toHide = this.toHide.not(this.toShow);
            this.hideErrors();
            this.addWrapper(this.toShow).show();
        },

        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
                if (this.settings.overrideErrors || 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.checkable(element) ? element.name : element.id || element.name;
        },

        rules: function(element) {
            return jQuery(element).rules();
        },

        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 || null;
                //  && element.name == name
            });
        },

        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);
        },

        startRequest: function(element) {
            if (!this.pending[element.name]) {
                this.pendingRequest++;
                this.pending[element.name] = true;
            }
        },

        stopRequest: function(element, valid) {
            this.pendingRequest--;
            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 1024 (safari) for text inputs
        if (rules.maxlength && /-1|2147483647|1024/.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
        // jbaurle (01/27/2008)
        // Deactivate range auto-creation because of localized messages
        //		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];
        //			}
        //		});

        // 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])];
            }
        });

        // auto-create ranges
        // jbaurle (01/27/2008)
        // Deactivate range auto-creation because of localized messages
        //		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 = {};
            transformed[data] = 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 true;

            var previous = this.previousValue(element);
            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(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(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 true;
            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();
        }

    }

});