// Delimiter Variables
	var SEP = '|';
	var PAIR = '=';
	var DEV = '~';
	var ver = 1;

	/*
	Browser Detection
	*/	
	ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	opera = ua.indexOf("opera") >= 0;
	ie = ua.indexOf("msie") >= 0 && !opera;
	iemac = ie && ua.indexOf("mac") >= 0;
	moz = ua.indexOf("mozilla") && !ie && !opera;
	os = navigator.platform;

	function goto(url) {
			window.location.replace(url);
	}

	/*
	 * Used for flash fix in IE and shared objects.
	 *
	 */
	function flashfix(sendUrl, gotoUrl, defaultUrl)
	{
	    
	    document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="1" height="1">\n');
		document.write('<param name="movie" value="pmfso.swf" />\n');
	    document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />\n');
    	document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value=#FFFFFF />\n');
	    document.write('<param name="FlashVars" value="gotoUrl='+gotoUrl+'%26detect%3D2&sendUrl='+sendUrl+'" />\n');
	    document.write('<embed src="pmfso.swf" FlashVars="gotoUrl='+gotoUrl+'%26detect%3D3&sendUrl='+sendUrl+'" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="1" height="1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />\n');
	    document.write('<noembed>\n');
	    document.write('<script>\n');
	    document.write('goto(\''+defaultUrl +'&detect=5\');\n');
	    document.write('</script>\n');
	    document.write('</noembed>\n');
	    document.write('<noobject></noobject>\n');
	    document.write('</embed>\n');
	    document.write('</object>\n');


	}


	/*
	Misc. Utility Functions
	*/	
	function activeXDetect(componentClassID) 
	{
	   componentVersion = document.body.getComponentVersion('{'+componentClassID+'}','ComponentID');
	   return (componentVersion != null) ? componentVersion : false;
	}
	
	// this method is not used.
	function extractVersions(s) 
	{
		extractedVersions = "";
	    // remove all but 0-9 and '.', '_', ',' separators.
		for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
			charAtValue = s.charAt(i);
			if ((charAtValue >= '0' && charAtValue <= '9') || charAtValue == '.' || charAtValue == '_' || charAtValue == ',')
				extractedVersions += charAtValue;
		}
		return extractedVersions;
    }

	function stripIllegalChars(value) 
	{
		t = "";
		//first we need to escape any "\n" or "/" or "\"
		value = value.toLowerCase();
		for (i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
			if (value.charAt(i) != '\n' && value.charAt(i) != '/' && value.charAt(i) != "\\")
			{
				t += value.charAt(i);
			}
			else if (value.charAt(i) == '\n')
			{
				t += "n";
			}
		}
		return t;
	}
	
	function stripFullPath(tempFileName, lastDir) 
	{
		fileName = tempFileName;
		//anything before the last lastDir will be lost
		filenameStart = 0;
		filenameStart = fileName.lastIndexOf(lastDir);
		if (filenameStart < 0)
			return tempFileName;
		filenameFinish = fileName.length;		
		fileName = fileName.substring(filenameStart + lastDir.length, filenameFinish);
		return fileName;
	}	
	/*
	Fingerprinting Functions
	*/	
	
	/*
	This function captures the User Agent String from the Client Browser
	*/	
	function fingerprint_browser () 
	{
		t = ua +SEP+ navigator.appVersion +SEP+ navigator.platform;
		if (ie) 
		{
			t += SEP + navigator.appMinorVersion +SEP+ navigator.cpuClass +SEP+ navigator.browserLanguage;
			t += SEP + ScriptEngineBuildVersion();
		} 
		else if (moz) 
		{
			t += SEP + navigator.language;
		}
		return t;
	}
	
	/*
	This function captures the Client's Screen Information
	*/		
	function fingerprint_display () 
	{
		t = "";
		if (self.screen) 
		{
			t += screen.colorDepth +SEP+ screen.width +SEP+ screen.height +SEP+ screen.availHeight;
		}
		return t;
	}

	/*
	This function captures the user's plugin types from the browser.  
	Has undergone a major overhaul for 2.3 for software size reduction
	*/			
	function fingerprint_software () 
	{
		t = "";
		isFirst = true;
		
		/*
		Create a Hashtable of mozilla components
		*/		
		var ht = new Hashtable();
		ht.put('npnul32.dll','def'); 	 	// Default netscape plugin
		ht.put('npqtplugin6.dll','qt6'); 	// Quicktime 6.5.1
		ht.put('npqtplugin5.dll','qt5'); 	// Quicktime 6.5.1
		ht.put('npqtplugin4.dll','qt4'); 	// Quicktime 6.5.1
		ht.put('npqtplugin3.dll','qt3'); 	// Quicktime 6.5.1
		ht.put('npqtplugin2.dll','qt2'); 	// Quicktime 6.5.1
		ht.put('npqtplugin.dll','qt1');  	// Quicktime 6.5.1	
		ht.put('nppdf32.dll','pdf'); 	 	// Adobe Acrobat				
		ht.put('NPSWF32.dll','swf'); 	 	// Macromedia Flash 
		ht.put('NPJava11.dll','j11');    	// Java 1.4.2_02
		ht.put('NPJava12.dll','j12');    	// Java 1.4.2_02
		ht.put('NPJava13.dll','j13');    	// Java 1.4.2_02
		ht.put('NPJava32.dll','j32');    	// Java 1.4.2_02
		ht.put('NPJava14.dll','j14');    	// Java 2 5.0 Update 4
		ht.put('npoji600.dll','j61');    	// Java 2 5.0 Update 4
		ht.put('NPJava131_16.dll','j16');   // Java 1.3.1_16 
		ht.put('NPOFFICE.DLL','mso');    	// Microsoft Office 2003				
		ht.put('npdsplay.dll','wpm');		// Windows Media Player		
		ht.put('npwmsdrm.dll','drm');    	// Windows DRM
		ht.put('npdrmv2.dll','drn');    	// Netscape DRM
		ht.put('nprjplug.dll','rjl');    	// Real Jukebox	
		ht.put('nppl3260.dll','rpl');    	// Real Player Live Connect 
		ht.put('nprpjplug.dll','rpv');    	// Real Player Version				
		ht.put('npchime.dll','chm');		// Chime
		ht.put('npCortona.dll','cor');    	// Cortina 
		ht.put('np32dsw.dll','dsw');    	// Macromedia Director					
		ht.put('np32asw.dll','asw');		// Macromedia Authorware
			
		if (navigator.plugins.length > 0) 
		{			
			// since opera will give the full path of the file, we will
			// just extract the filenames, ignoring descripton and length since filenames are distinguished enough
			temp = "";
			moz = "";
			key = "";
			lastDir = "Plugins";
			for (i = 0; i < navigator.plugins.length; i++) 
			{				
				plugin = navigator.plugins[i];
				moz = stripFullPath(plugin.filename, lastDir);
				if (isFirst==true) 
				{										
					key = ht.containsKey(moz);
					if(key)
					{
						temp += ht.get(moz);
						isFirst=false;							
					}	
					else
					{	
						temp = "";
						isFirst=false;				
					}					
				}
				else 
				{
					key = ht.containsKey(moz);
					if(key)
					{
						temp += SEP + ht.get(moz);
					}
					else
					{
						temp += "";
					}				
				}
			}
			t = stripIllegalChars(temp);		

		}
		else if (navigator.mimeTypes.length > 0)		 
		{		
			key = "";
			for (i = 0; i < navigator.mimeTypes.length; i++) 
			{			
				mimeType = navigator.mimeTypes[i];												
				if (isFirst==true) 
				{
					key = ht.containsKey(mimeType);
					if(key)
					{
						t += ht.get(mimeType) + PAIR + mimeType;
						isFirst=false;
					}	
					else 
					{
						t += "unknown" + PAIR + mimeType;
						isFirst=false;
					}
				}
				else 
				{
					key = ht.containsKey(mimeType);
					if(key)
					{
						t += SEP + ht.get(mimeType) + PAIR + mimeType;
					}
					else
					{						
						temp += "";
					}				
				}
		}			
		}	
		
		/*
		Create an Array of IE components
		*/
		else if (ie) 
		{			
			names = new Array(
			"abk", // Address Book
			"wnt", // Windows Desktop Update NT
			"aol", // AOL ART Image Format Support
			"arb", // Arabic Text Display Support
			"chs", // Chinese (Simplified) Text Display Support
			"cht", // Chinese (traditional) Text Display Support
			"dht", // Dynamic HTML Data Binding 
			"dhj", // Dynamic HTML Data Binding for Java
			"dan", // DirectAnimation
			"dsh", // DirectShow	
			"heb", // Hebrew Text Display Support
			"ie5", // Internet Explorer 5 Browser
			"icw", // Internet Connection Wizard
			"ibe", // Internet Explorer Browsing Enhancements 
			"iec", // Internet Explorer Classes for Java
			"ieh", // Internet Explorer Help
			"iee", // Internet Explorer Help Engine
			"jap", // Japanese Text Display Support  
			"krn", // Korean Text Display Support
			"lan", // Language Auto-Selection
			"swf", // Macromedia Flash
			"shw", // Macromedia Shockwave Director
			"msn", // MSN Messenger Service
			"wmp", // Windows Media Player
			"obp", // Offline Browsing Pack 
			"oex", // Outlook Express 
			"net", // NetMeeting NT
			"pan", // Pan-European Text Display Support
			"thi", // Thai Text Display Support
			"tks", // Task Scheduler
			"uni", // Uniscribe 	
			"vtc", // Vector Graphics Rendering (VML)
			"vnm", // Vietnamese Text Display Support
			"mvm", // Microsoft virtual machine
			"vbs", // Visual Basic Scripting Support
			"wfd"  // Web Folders		
			)
			
			/*
			Create a Hashtable of IE components guids
			*/			
			components = new Array(
			"7790769C-0471-11D2-AF11-00C04FA35D02", 
			"89820200-ECBD-11CF-8B85-00AA005B4340", 
			"47F67D00-9E55-11D1-BAEF-00C04FC2D130", 
			"76C19B38-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"76C19B34-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20",  
			"76C19B33-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20",  
			"9381D8F2-0288-11D0-9501-00AA00B911A5", 
			"4F216970-C90C-11D1-B5C7-0000F8051515", 
			"283807B5-2C60-11D0-A31D-00AA00B92C03", 
			"44BBA848-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C", 
			"76C19B36-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"89820200-ECBD-11CF-8B85-00AA005B4383", 
			"5A8D6EE0-3E18-11D0-821E-444553540000", 
			"630B1DA0-B465-11D1-9948-00C04F98BBC9", 
			"08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608555", 
			"45EA75A0-A269-11D1-B5BF-0000F8051515", 
			"DE5AED00-A4BF-11D1-9948-00C04F98BBC9", 
			"76C19B30-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"76C19B31-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"76C19B50-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000",
			"2A202491-F00D-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"5945C046-LE7D-LLDL-BC44-00C04FD912BE", 
			"22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95", 
			"3AF36230-A269-11D1-B5BF-0000F8051515", 
			"44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C", 
			"44BBA842-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015B", 
			"76C19B32-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"76C19B35-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"CC2A9BA0-3BDD-11D0-821E-444553540000", 
			"3BF42070-B3B1-11D1-B5C5-0000F8051515", 
			"10072CEC-8CC1-11D1-986E-00A0C955B42F", 
			"76C19B37-F0C8-11CF-87CC-0020AFEECF20", 
			"08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608500", 
			"4F645220-306D-11D2-995D-00C04F98BBC9", 
			"73FA19D0-2D75-11D2-995D-00C04F98BBC9" 		
			)

			document.body.addBehavior("#default#clientCaps")

			for (j = 0; j < components.length; j++) 
			{		
				ver = activeXDetect(components[j])
				var name = names[j]
				if (ver) 
				{
					if (isFirst==true) 
					{					
						t += name + PAIR + ver
						isFirst=false;
					} 
					else 
					{
						t += SEP + name + PAIR + ver
					}
				}
				else 
				{
					t +=""
					isFirst=false
				}
			}
		}		

		return t
	}
	
	/*
	This function captures the user's timezone in GMT
	*/		
	function fingerprint_timezone () {					
		var gmtHours = (new Date().getTimezoneOffset()/60)*(-1);				
		return gmtHours;
	}
		
	/*
	This function captures the user's browser language. 
	Note: this is captured in the User Agent String, 
	but this function provides more detailed information from IE (system language)
	*/		
	function fingerprint_language () {					
		var lang;	

		if (typeof(navigator.language) != "undefined")
		{					
			lang = "lang" + PAIR + navigator.language +SEP;						
		}
		else if (typeof(navigator.browserLanguage) != "undefined")
		{			
			lang = "lang" + PAIR + navigator.browserLanguage + SEP;							
		}
		else			
		{
			lang = "lang" + PAIR + "" + SEP;								
		}
		
		(typeof(navigator.systemLanguage) != "undefined") ? lang += "syslang" + PAIR + navigator.systemLanguage + SEP : lang += "syslang" + PAIR + "" + SEP;
		(typeof(navigator.userLanguage) != "undefined") ? lang += "userlang" + PAIR + navigator.userLanguage : lang += "userlang" + PAIR + "";
			
		return lang;		
	}
	
	/*
	This function captures whether or not Java is enabled
	*/
	function fingerprint_java () 
	{	
		var javaEnabled;				
		javaEnabled = (navigator.javaEnabled()) ? 1 : 0
		return javaEnabled;
	}	
	
	/*
	This function captures whether or not user enabled cookies or not
	*/	
	function fingerprint_cookie () 
	{					
			
		var cookieEnabled=(navigator.cookieEnabled)? 1 : 0
		//if not IE4+ nor NS6+
		if (typeof navigator.cookieEnabled=="undefined" && !cookieEnabled)
		{ 
			document.cookie="testcookie"
			cookieEnabled=(document.cookie.indexOf("testcookie")!=-1)? 1 : 0
		}
		return cookieEnabled;	
	}	
	
	
	/*
	Fingerprint Communication - 3 options
	1.  Post Asynchronously
	2.  Post Synchronously
	3.  Query String
	*/
		
	/*
	Async Post Helper Method
	*/
	function form_add_data(fd, name, value) {
		if (fd && fd.length > 0) {
			fd += "&";
		}
		else {
			fd = "";
		}
		
		fd += name + '=' + escape(value);
		return fd;
	}
	
	function form_add_fingerprint(fd, name, value) {
		fd = form_add_data(fd, name + "d", value);
		return fd;
	}


	/*
	Fingerprint - POST Asynchronously
	*/
	function asyncpost_fingerprints(url) {
		var xmlhttp = false;
		/*@cc_on @*/
		/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
		// JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions.
		// and security blocked creation of the objects.
		 try {
		  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		 } catch (e) {
		  try {
		   xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		  } catch (E) {
		   xmlhttp = false;
		  }
		 }
		@end @*/

		if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
		  xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		if (!xmlhttp) return false;
		
		xmlhttp.open("POST", url, true);
		xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
		
		var fd;
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_browser", fingerprint_browser());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_display", fingerprint_display());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_software", fingerprint_software());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_timezone", fingerprint_timezone());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_language", fingerprint_language());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_java", fingerprint_java());
		fd = form_add_fingerprint(fd, "fp_cookie", fingerprint_cookie());				

		xmlhttp.send(fd); // fire and forget
		return true;
	}	
							
	/*
	Fingerprint - POST data
	*/
	function post_fingerprints(formName) 
	{
		var formElementForFpDevicePrint = formName + ':fp_deviceprint';
		document.getElementById(formElementForFpDevicePrint).value = (add_deviceprint());
		return true;
	}	

	function post_fingerprintsSingleSign() 
	{		
		document.singleSignOnForm.fp_deviceprint.value = add_deviceprint();				
		return true;                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
	}	

	/*
	URL encode the string to make it portable safely
	*/
	function URLencode(text) 
	{
		//The escape() function encodes special characters, with the exception of: * @ - _ + . /
		//find *+-_/.@ and replace with equivalent url-encode value
		encodedString = escape(text).replace(/\*/g,"%2A").replace(/\+/g,"%2B")
									.replace(/-/g,"%2D").replace(/\./g,"%2E")
									.replace(/\//,"%2F").replace(/_/g,"%5F")
									.replace(/@/g,"%40");

		return encodedString;
	}

	/*
	Fingerprint - to the query string
	*/	

	/*
	Fingerprint - delimited string value where names are in accordance with PassMarkDeviceRequest
	*/	
	function add_deviceprint() 
	{
		var t = "version=" + ver +"&pm_fpua=" + fingerprint_browser("") + "&pm_fpsc=" + fingerprint_display("") + "&pm_fpsw=" + fingerprint_software("")
				+ "&pm_fptz=" + fingerprint_timezone("")+ "&pm_fpln=" + fingerprint_language("")
				+ "&pm_fpjv=" + fingerprint_java("") + "&pm_fpco=" + fingerprint_cookie("");
		return t;
	}	

	/*
	Helper Hashtable implementation 
	*/		
	function Hashtable()
	{
    	var keysToIndex = {__indexToValue:[],__indexToKeys:[]};
	    var activeEnum = [];
    	var tableLength = 0;
	    var self = this;
    
    	/*
	    This inner Object constructor is used to implement a Java
    	style Enumerator (and Iterator) Object.
	    */
    	
    	function Enumeration(arrNm)
	    {
        	var lastIndex = null;
	        var enumIndex = 0;
    	    while(typeof activeEnum[enumIndex] == 'number')enumIndex += 1;
        	activeEnum[enumIndex] = 0;
        
	        /*
    	    Returns true if this Enumerator/ has another entry to
	        return, else returns false.
    	    */
        	this.hasNext = this.hasMoreElements = function(){
            if(activeEnum[enumIndex] < tableLength){
                return true;
            }else{
                if(typeof activeEnum[enumIndex] == 'number'){
                    activeEnum[enumIndex] = null;
                }
                return false;
            }
        };
        
        /*
        Returns the next item from this Enumerator/Iterator (key
        or value, depending on whether it was created with the keys
        or elements methods).
        */
        this.next = this.nextElement = function(){
            if(this.hasNext){
                lastIndex = activeEnum[enumIndex];
                return keysToIndex[arrNm][activeEnum[enumIndex]++];
            }else{
                return null;
            }
        };
        
        /*
        Removes the last entry (key/value pair) accessed with the
        next or nextElement methods of this Enumerator/Iterator
        (if any). The key/value pair is removed regardless of whether
        the Enumerator/Iterator was accessing keys or values.
        */
        this.remove = function(){
            if(typeof lastIndex == 'number'){
                self.remove(keysToIndex.__indexToKeys[lastIndex]);
                lastIndex = null;
            }
        	};
    	};
    	// End Enumeration
    
	    /*
    	Returns the value mapped to the provided (String) key, or null
	    if the key is not mapped to a value.
    	*/
	    this.get = function(key){
        if(typeof keysToIndex[key] == 'number'){
            return keysToIndex.__indexToValue[keysToIndex[key]];
        }else{
            return null;
        }
		};
	    /*
    	Adds the value provided to this Hashtable mapped to the key
	    provided.
    	*/
	    this.put = function(key, value){
    	if(typeof keysToIndex[key] == 'number'){
            keysToIndex.__indexToValue[keysToIndex[key]] = value;
        }else{
            keysToIndex[key] = tableLength;
            keysToIndex.__indexToValue[tableLength] = value;
            keysToIndex.__indexToKeys[tableLength++] = key;
        }
    	};
    	/*
	    Removes the key and any value mapped to it from this
	    Hashtable.
    	*/
	    this.remove = function(key){
    	    var remIndex = keysToIndex[key];
        	if(typeof remIndex == 'number'){
            	delete keysToIndex[key];
	            tableLength -= 1;
    	        for(var c = remIndex;c < tableLength;c++){
        	        keysToIndex.__indexToValue[c] =
                                     keysToIndex.__indexToValue[c+1];
            	    keysToIndex[(keysToIndex.__indexToKeys[c] =
                                keysToIndex.__indexToKeys[c+1])] = c;
	            }
    	        for(var c = 0;c < activeEnum.length;c++){
        	        if((activeEnum[c])&&(remIndex < activeEnum[c])){
            	        activeEnum[c] -= 1;
                }
            }
        	}
    	};

	    /*
    	Returns the length of this Hashtable.
	    */
    	this.size = function(){
        	return tableLength;
	    };
    
    	/*
	    This method is not intended for external use! use elements
    	and keys methods instead.
	    */
    	this.__enumerate = function(type){
		    return new Enumeration(type);
    	};

		/*
		Returns an object that is similar to the Java Enumeration
		Interface, having hasMoreElements and nextElement Methods. This
		object also reproduces the Java Iterator interface, having methods
		hasNext, next and remove. This enumeration is of the values stored
		in the Hashtable.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.elements = function(){
    		return this.__enumerate('__indexToValue');
		}

		/*
		Returns an object that is similar to the Java Enumeration
		Interface, having hasMoreElements and nextElement Methods. This
		object also reproduces the Java Iterator interface, having methods
		hasNext, next and remove. This enumeration is of the keys stored
		in the Hashtable.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.keys = function(){
		    return this.__enumerate('__indexToKeys');
		}

		/*
		Removes all entry's from the Hashtable
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.clear = function(){
	    	var e = this.keys();
	    	while(e.hasNext()){
    	    	this.remove(e.next());
    		}
		}

		Hashtable.prototype.toString = function(){
	    var n,e = this.keys();
    	var st = '';
	    while(e.hasNext()){
    	    n = e.next();
        	st += n+' =&gt; '+this.get(n)+'\r\n';
	    }
    	return st;

		}

		/*
		Returns true if this Hashtable contains a value that is equal
		to the value provided, else returns false
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.contains = function(testVal){
    		var e = this.elements();
		    while(e.hasNext()){
    	    	if(e.next() == testVal)return true;
		    }
    		return false;
		}

		/*
		Returns true if this Hashtable contains a value that is equal
		to the value provided, else returns false.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.containsValue = Hashtable.prototype.contains;

		/*
		Returns true if this Hashtable contains a value mapped to
		the value provided, else returns false.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.containsKey = function(testKey){
    		return (this.get(testKey) != null);
		}

		/*
		Returns true if this Hashtable has zero entry's.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.isEmpty = function(){
    		return (this.size() == 0);
		}

		/*
		If the parameter provided is another Hashtable object
		then all of the key/value pairs from the provided Hashtable
		are added to this Hashtable.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.putAll = function(hTable){
    	if(hTable.constructor == Hashtable){
        	var n,e = hTable.keys();
        	while(e.hasNext()){
            	n = e.next();
	            this.put(n, hTable.get(n));
    	    }
    	}
		}

		/*
		Returns a 'shallow' copy of this Hashtable.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.clone = function(){
    		var ht = new Hashtable();
	    	ht.putAll(this);
	    	return ht;
		}

		/*
		Returns true if this Hashtable equals the parameter
		provided, else it returns false.
		*/
		Hashtable.prototype.equals = function(o){
    	return (o == this);
		}		 
}