function RateItem(varParentId, varItemId, varRating)
{ 
  var elementId = varParentId+"_"+varItemId;
  var varOrigClassName = document.getElementById(elementId).className;
  
  // Retrieve Ajax Feeds
    $.ajax({
        url: 'ajax.rate.item.php',
        method: 'post',
        data: { parent: varParentId, item: varItemId, rating: varRating, classes: varOrigClassName },
        success: ReloadRating,
        error: RatingError
    });
  
}

function ReadNameValuePairs(nameValuePair)
{
  var trimspaces = /(\s)+/;
  var returnData = new Array();
  var pairs      = nameValuePair.split('&');
  
  for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
    var pair = pairs[i].split('=');
    returnData[pair[0].replace(trimspaces, "")] = pair[1];
  }
  
  return returnData;
}

function ReloadRating(requestObj, jsonObj)
{
  var newlines   = /(\r\n|\r|\n)/;
  var returntext = typeof(requestObj) == 'object' ? requestObj.responseText : requestObj;
  var returnData = ReadNameValuePairs(returntext.replace(newlines, ""));
  var elementId = returnData['parent']+"_"+returnData['item'];
  
  document.getElementById(elementId).className = returnData['classes'];
  var liObj = document.getElementById(elementId).getElementsByTagName('a');
  
  for (var i = 0; i < liObj.length; i++)
  {
    liObj[i].onclick = function(){};
  }
  document.getElementById(returnData['parent']).className = returnData['parentClass'];
}

function RatingError()
{
  
  //alert ("Error");
  
}