/*
http://www.javascript-coder.com/html-form/javascript-form-validation.phtml

required req
maxlen=??? maxlength=???
minlen=??? minlength=??? 
alphanumeric alnum
num numeric 
alpha alphabetic 
email 
lt=??? lessthan=??? 
gt=??? greaterthan=??? 
regexp=???  Check with a regular expression the value should match the regular expression.
             example: "regexp=^[A-Za-z]{1,20}$" allow up to 20 alphabetic characters.  
dontselect=??  This validation descriptor is valid only for select input items (lists) Normally, the select list boxes will have one item saying 'Select One' or some thing like that. The user should select an option other than this option. If the index of this option is 0, the validation description should be "dontselect=0"  
*/

function Validator(frmname)
{
  this.formobj=document.forms[frmname];
	if(!this.formobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: couldnot get Form object "+frmname);
		return;
	}
	if(this.formobj.onsubmit)
	{
	 this.formobj.old_onsubmit = this.formobj.onsubmit;
	 this.formobj.onsubmit=null;
	}
	else
	{
	 this.formobj.old_onsubmit = null;
	}
	this.formobj.onsubmit=form_submit_handler;
	this.addValidation = add_validation;
	this.setAddnlValidationFunction=set_addnl_vfunction;
	this.clearAllValidations = clear_all_validations;
}
function set_addnl_vfunction(functionname)
{
  this.formobj.addnlvalidation = functionname;
}
function clear_all_validations()
{
	for(var itr=0;itr < this.formobj.elements.length;itr++)
	{
		this.formobj.elements[itr].validationset = null;
	}
}
function form_submit_handler()
{
	for(var itr=0;itr < this.elements.length;itr++)
	{
		if(this.elements[itr].validationset &&
	   !this.elements[itr].validationset.validate())
		{
		  return false;
		}
	}
	if(this.addnlvalidation)
	{
	  str =" var ret = "+this.addnlvalidation+"()";
	  eval(str);
    if(!ret) return ret;
	}
	return true;
}
function add_validation(itemname,descriptor,errstr)
{
  if(!this.formobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: the form object is not set properly");
		return;
	}//if
	var itemobj = this.formobj[itemname];
  if(!itemobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: Couldnot get the input object named: "+itemname);
		return;
	}
	if(!itemobj.validationset)
	{
	  itemobj.validationset = new ValidationSet(itemobj);
	}
  itemobj.validationset.add(descriptor,errstr);
}
function ValidationDesc(inputitem,desc,error)
{
  this.desc=desc;
	this.error=error;
	this.itemobj = inputitem;
	this.validate=vdesc_validate;
}
function vdesc_validate()
{
 if(!V2validateData(this.desc,this.itemobj,this.error))
 {
    this.itemobj.focus();
		return false;
 }
 return true;
}
function ValidationSet(inputitem)
{
    this.vSet=new Array();
	this.add= add_validationdesc;
	this.validate= vset_validate;
	this.itemobj = inputitem;
}
function add_validationdesc(desc,error)
{
  this.vSet[this.vSet.length]= 
	  new ValidationDesc(this.itemobj,desc,error);
}
function vset_validate()
{
   for(var itr=0;itr<this.vSet.length;itr++)
	 {
	   if(!this.vSet[itr].validate())
		 {
		   return false;
		 }
	 }
	 return true;
}
function validateEmailv2(email)
{
// a very simple email validation checking. 
// you can add more complex email checking if it helps 
    if(email.length <= 0)
	{
	  return true;
	}
    var splitted = email.match("^(.+)@(.+)$");
    if(splitted == null) return false;
    if(splitted[1] != null )
    {
      var regexp_user=/^\"?[\w-_\.]*\"?$/;
      if(splitted[1].match(regexp_user) == null) return false;
    }
    if(splitted[2] != null)
    {
      var regexp_domain=/^[\w-\.]*\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/;
      if(splitted[2].match(regexp_domain) == null) 
      {
	    var regexp_ip =/^\[\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\]$/;
	    if(splitted[2].match(regexp_ip) == null) return false;
      }// if

      var regexp_domain2=/\.\./;
      if(splitted[2].match(regexp_domain2) != null) {
         return false;
      }

      return true;
    }
return false;
}
function V2validateData(strValidateStr,objValue,strError) 
{ 
    var epos = strValidateStr.search("="); 
    var  command  = ""; 
    var  cmdvalue = ""; 
    if(epos >= 0) 
    { 
     command  = strValidateStr.substring(0,epos); 
     cmdvalue = strValidateStr.substr(epos+1); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
     command = strValidateStr; 
    } 
    switch(command) 
    { 
        case "req": 
        case "required": 
         { 
           if(eval(objValue.value.length) == 0) 
           { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
                strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field"; 
              }//if 
              alert(strError); 
              return false; 
           }//if 
           break;             
         }//case required 

        case "plus":
         {
           objValue.value = objValue.value.replace(/\+/g, "%2B");
           break;
         }
 
        case "imgUploadReqQ":
         {
           var imgUploadStatus = document.postQuestion.imgUploadDisplay.value;
           if(imgUploadStatus == 1) {
              if(eval(objValue.value.length) == 0) {
                 if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                    strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field";
                 }
                 alert(strError);
                 return false;
              } else {
                 if(objValue.name == 'imgFile') {
                    if(objValue.value.indexOf("'") != -1) {
                       if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                          strError = "invalid image name, image name can not contain char '";
                       }
                       alert(strError);
                       return false;
                    }

                    var imgType = objValue.value.match(/\.(jpg|gif|jpeg|png)$/i);
                    if(imgType == null) {
                       if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                          strError = "invalid image type, only jpg, gif, jpeg, png allowed";
                       }
                       alert(strError);
                       return false;
                    }
                 }
              }
           }
           break;
         }//case conditional required

        case "imgUploadReqA":
         {
           var imgUploadStatus = document.answerQ3.imgUploadDisplay.value;
           if(imgUploadStatus == 1) {
              if(eval(objValue.value.length) == 0) {
                 if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                    strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field";
                 }
                 alert(strError);
                 return false;
              } else {
                 if(objValue.name == 'imgFile') {
                    if(objValue.value.indexOf("'") != -1) {
                       if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                          strError = "invalid image name, image name can not contain char '";
                       }
                       alert(strError);
                       return false;
                    }

                    var imgType = objValue.value.match(/\.(jpg|gif|jpeg|png)$/i);
                    if(imgType == null) {
                       if(!strError || strError.length ==0) {
                          strError = "invalid image type, only jpg, gif, jpeg, png allowed";
                       }
                       alert(strError);
                       return false;
                    }
                 }

              }
           }
           break;
         }//case conditional required

        case "maxlength": 
        case "maxlen": 
          { 
             if(eval(objValue.value.length) >  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : "+cmdvalue+" characters maximum "; 
               }//if 
               alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]"); 
               return false; 
             }//if 
             break; 
          }//case maxlen 
        case "minlength": 
        case "minlen": 
           { 
             if(eval(objValue.value.length) <  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : " + cmdvalue + " characters minimum  "; 
               }//if               
               alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]"); 
               return false;                 
             }//if 
             break; 
            }//case minlen 
        case "alnum": 
        case "alphanumeric": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": Only alpha-numeric characters allowed "; 
                }//if 
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break; 
           }//case alphanumeric 
        case "num": 
        case "numeric": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^0-9]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": Only digits allowed "; 
                }//if               
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break;               
           }//numeric 
        case "alphabetic": 
        case "alpha": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                  if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": Only alphabetic characters allowed "; 
                }//if                             
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break; 
           }//alpha 
		case "alnumhyphen":
			{
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9\-_]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                  if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": characters allowed are A-Z,a-z,0-9,- and _"; 
                }//if                             
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 			
			break;
			}
        case "email": 
          { 
               if(!validateEmailv2(objValue.value)) 
               { 
                 if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                 { 
                    strError = objValue.name+": Enter a valid Email address. No leading or trailing spaces "; 
                 }//if                                               
                 alert(strError); 
                 return false; 
               }//if 
           break; 
          }//case email 

        case "confirmEmail":
         {
           var confirmEmail;
           if(cmdvalue == 'expertapp') {
              confirmEmail = document.expertapp.confirmEmail.value;
           } else if(cmdvalue == 'postQuestion') {
              confirmEmail = document.postQuestion.confirmEmail.value;
           } else {
               strError = "unknown cmdv: " + cmdvalue; 
               alert(strError);
               return false;
           }
           if(!confirmEmail || objValue.value != confirmEmail) {
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0){ 
                  strError = "The email addresses you've entered do not match"; 
               }
               alert(strError);
               return false;
           }
           break;
         }//case confirmEmail

        case "lt": 
        case "lessthan": 
         { 
            if(isNaN(objValue.value)) 
            { 
              alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number "); 
              return false; 
            }//if 
            if(eval(objValue.value) >=  eval(cmdvalue)) 
            { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
                strError = objValue.name + " : value should be less than "+ cmdvalue; 
              }//if               
              alert(strError); 
              return false;                 
             }//if             
            break; 
         }//case lessthan 
        case "gt": 
        case "greaterthan": 
         { 
            if(isNaN(objValue.value)) 
            { 
              alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number "); 
              return false; 
            }//if 
             if(eval(objValue.value) <=  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : value should be greater than "+ cmdvalue; 
               }//if               
               alert(strError); 
               return false;                 
             }//if             
            break; 
         }//case greaterthan 
        case "regexp": 
         { 
		 	if(objValue.value.length > 0)
			{
	            if(!objValue.value.match(cmdvalue)) 
	            { 
	              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
	              { 
	                strError = objValue.name+": Invalid characters found "; 
	              }//if                                                               
	              alert(strError); 
	              return false;                   
	            }//if 
			}
           break; 
         }//case regexp 
        case "dontselect": 
         { 
            if(objValue.selectedIndex == null) 
            { 
              alert("BUG: dontselect command for non-select Item"); 
              return false; 
            } 
            if(objValue.selectedIndex == eval(cmdvalue)) 
            { 
             if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
              strError = objValue.name+": Please Select one option "; 
              }//if                                                               
              alert(strError); 
              return false;                                   
             } 
             break; 
         }//case dontselect 
    }//switch 
    return true; 
}