/**
* Request
* author: Keith R. Alperin
* The request object provides the static getParameter(name) method to return request parameters
**/

function Request(){
}

Request.__params = {};
query = document.location.search;
pairs = query.substring(1,query.length).split("&");
for(i=0;i<pairs.length;i++){
	pair = pairs[i].split("=");
	Request.__params[pair[0]] = pair[1];
}

Request.getParameter = function(name){
	ret = Request.__params[name]||null;
	if (ret) {
		ret = unescape(ret);
	}
	return ret;
}