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/* $Header: /opt/cvs/kp_master/kp/dcu_news_html_template/scripts/get_elements.js,v 1.1 2004/09/24 15:03:45 carl Exp $ $Name:  $ */
function GetElementsClass(){
	var t = this;	
	t.byClassName = function(cls,tag,parent) {
		var d,a,e,i,c;
		d = (parent) ? parent : document;
		if(tag) {
			a = d.all && d.all.tags(tag) || d.getElementsByTagName(tag);
		} else {
			a = d.all || d.getElementsByTagName("*");
		}
		e = [];
		for(i=0,c=0; i<a.length; i++) {
			if(a[i].className == cls) {
				e[c] = a[i];
				c++;
			}
		}
		return e;
	}
}
var getElements = new GetElementsClass();