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/**
 * @author Kyle Florence <kyle[dot]florence[at]gmail[dot]com>
 * @website https://github.com/kflorence/jquery-deserialize/
 * @version 1.1.0
 *
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPLv2 licenses.
 */

(function( jQuery ) {

var push = Array.prototype.push,
	rcheck = /^(radio|checkbox)$/i,
	rselect = /^(option|select-one|select-multiple)$/i,
	rvalue = /^(hidden|text|search|tel|url|email|password|datetime|date|month|week|time|datetime-local|number|range|color|submit|image|reset|button|textarea)$/i;

jQuery.fn.extend({
	deserialize: function( data, callback ) {
		if ( !this.length || !data ) {
			return this;
		}

		var i, length,
			elements = this[ 0 ].elements || this.find( ":input" ).get(),
			normalized = [];

		if ( !elements ) {
			return this;
		}

		if ( jQuery.isArray( data ) ) {
			normalized = data;
		} else if ( jQuery.isPlainObject( data ) ) {
			var key, value;

			for ( key in data ) {
				jQuery.isArray( value = data[ key ] ) ?
					push.apply( normalized, jQuery.map( value, function( v ) {
						return { name: key, value: v };
					})) : push.call( normalized, { name: key, value: value } );
			}
		} else if ( typeof data === "string" ) {
			var parts;

			data = decodeURIComponent( data ).split( "&" );

			for ( i = 0, length = data.length; i < length; i++ ) {
				parts = data[ i ].split( "=" );
				push.call( normalized, { name: parts[ 0 ], value: parts[ 1 ] } );
			}
		}

		if ( !( length = normalized.length ) ) {
			return this;
		}

		var current, element, item, j, len, property, type;

		for ( i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
			current = normalized[ i ];

			if ( !( element = elements[ current.name ] ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			type = ( len = element.length ) ? element[ 0 ] : element;
			type = type.type || type.nodeName;
			property = null;

			if ( rvalue.test( type ) ) {
				property = "value";
			} else if ( rcheck.test( type ) ) {
				property = "checked";
			} else if ( rselect.test( type ) ) {
				property = "selected";
			}

			// Handle element group
			if ( len ) {
				for ( j = 0; j < len; j++ ) {
					item = element [ j ];

					if ( item.value == current.value ) {
						item[ property ] = true;
					}
				}
			} else {
				element[ property ] = current.value;
			}
		}

		if ( jQuery.isFunction( callback ) ) {
			callback.call( this );
		}

		return this;
	}
});

})( jQuery );