// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
// This file is automatically included by javascript_include_tag :defaults

// From http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=80593
function entity(str, mode) {
	str = (str) ? str : "";
	mode = (mode) ? mode : "string";

	var e = document.createElement("div");
	e.innerHTML = str;

	if (mode == "numeric") {
		return "&#" + e.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0) + ";";
	}
	else if (mode == "utf16") {
		var un = e.innerHTML.charCodeAt(0).toString(16);
		while (un.length < 4) un = "0" + un;
		return "\\u" + un;
	}
	else return e.innerHTML;
}