function executeReturn( AJAX ) {
    if (AJAX.readyState == 4) {
        if (AJAX.status == 200) {
			// request complete
		}
	    if ( AJAX.responseText ) {
			// other response
	    }
    }
}

function createAjaxObj() {
	var httprequest=false;
	
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ // if Mozilla, Safari etc
		httprequest=new XMLHttpRequest()
	
		if (httprequest.overrideMimeType)
			httprequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml')
	}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
		try {
			httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} 
		catch (e){
			try{
				httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e){}
		}
	}
	return httprequest;
}

function AJAXRequest( method, url, data, process, async, dosend) {
    // self = this; creates a pointer to the current function
    // the pointer will be used to create a "closure". A closure
    // allows a subordinate function to contain an object reference to the
    // calling function. We can't just use "this" because in our anonymous
    // function later, "this" will refer to the object that calls the function 
    // during runtime, not the AJAXRequest function that is declaring the function
    // clear as mud, right?
    
    var self = this;

	self.AJAX = createAjaxObj();
	
    // if no callback process is specified, then assing a default which executes the code returned by the server
    if (typeof process == 'undefined' || process == null) {
        process = executeReturn;
    }

    self.process = process;

    // create an anonymous function to log state changes
    self.AJAX.onreadystatechange = function( ) {
        //logger("AJAXRequest Handler: State =  " + self.AJAX.readyState);
        self.process(self.AJAX);
    }

    // if no method specified, then default to POST
    if (!method) {
        method = "POST";
    }

    method = method.toUpperCase();

    if (typeof async == 'undefined' || async == null) {
        async = true;
    }

    self.AJAX.open(method, url, async);

    if (method == "POST") {
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST " + url + "HTTP/1.1");
    }

    // if dosend is true or undefined, send the request
    // only fails is dosend is false
    // you'd do this to set special request headers
    if ( dosend || typeof dosend == 'undefined' ) {
	    if ( !data ) data=""; 
	    self.AJAX.send(data);
    }
    return self.AJAX;
}