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       /**
        * Extends the IO base class to enable HTML form data serialization, when specified
        * in the transaction's configuration object.
        * @module io
        * @submodule io-form
        */

        var eUC = encodeURIComponent;

        Y.mix(Y.io, {
           /**
            * @description Method to enumerate through an HTML form's elements collection
            * and return a string comprised of key-value pairs.
            *
            * @method _serialize
            * @private
            * @static
            * @param {object} c - YUI form node or HTML form id.
            * @param {string} s - Transaction data defined in the configuration.
            * @return string
            */
            _serialize: function(c, s) {
                var data = [],
                    useDf = c.useDisabled || false,
                    item = 0,
                    id = (typeof c.id === 'string') ? c.id : c.id.getAttribute('id'),
                    e, f, n, v, d, i, il, j, jl, o;

                    if (!id) {
                        id = Y.guid('io:');
                        c.id.setAttribute('id', id);
                    }

                    f = Y.config.doc.getElementById(id);

                // Iterate over the form elements collection to construct the
                // label-value pairs.
                for (i = 0, il = f.elements.length; i < il; ++i) {
                    e = f.elements[i];
                    d = e.disabled;
                    n = e.name;

                    if (useDf ? n : n && !d) {
                        n = eUC(n) + '=';
                        v = eUC(e.value);

                        switch (e.type) {
                            // Safari, Opera, FF all default options.value from .text if
                            // value attribute not specified in markup
                            case 'select-one':
                                if (e.selectedIndex > -1) {
                                    o = e.options[e.selectedIndex];
                                    data[item++] = n + eUC(o.attributes.value && o.attributes.value.specified ? o.value : o.text);
                                }
                                break;
                            case 'select-multiple':
                                if (e.selectedIndex > -1) {
                                    for (j = e.selectedIndex, jl = e.options.length; j < jl; ++j) {
                                        o = e.options[j];
                                        if (o.selected) {
                                          data[item++] = n + eUC(o.attributes.value && o.attributes.value.specified ? o.value : o.text);
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                break;
                            case 'radio':
                            case 'checkbox':
                                if (e.checked) {
                                    data[item++] = n + v;
                                }
                                break;
                            case 'file':
                                // stub case as XMLHttpRequest will only send the file path as a string.
                            case undefined:
                                // stub case for fieldset element which returns undefined.
                            case 'reset':
                                // stub case for input type reset button.
                            case 'button':
                                // stub case for input type button elements.
                                break;
                            case 'submit':
                            default:
                                data[item++] = n + v;
                        }
                    }
                }
                Y.log('HTML form serialized. The value is: ' + data.join('&'), 'info', 'io');
                return s ? data.join('&') + "&" + s : data.join('&');
            }
        }, true);

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