class Util {
    public static HandleLink(e: Event) {
        Search($(e.target).text());
        Settings.SaveResults();
    }

    public static HandleHiddenLink(e: Event) {
        Search($(e.target).find(".searchvalue").text());
        Settings.SaveResults();
    }

    public static RemoveResult(e: Event) {
        let ref = $(e.target).parent().parent().children(".resultbody").children("h2").children("a").text();
        delete CurrentReferences[ref.trim().toLowerCase()];
        $(e.target).parent().parent().remove();
        Settings.SaveResults();
    }

    public static HandleError(e) {
        let self = this;
        // for now we're going to put the error in the main result div.
        let t = $("<div class='strongsdef result'><a href='javascript:void(0)' class='removeresult' style='border: 0;'><img style='border: 0px;' src='images/delete.png' width='48' height='48' /></a><span class='resultbody'>" + e + "</span><br clear='all' /></div>");
        $("#result").prepend(t);
        t.find(".removeresult").click(function (e) {
            self.RemoveResult(e);
        });
        return false;
    }

    public static GetUrlVars() {
        // Read a page's GET URL variables and return them as an associative array.
        var vars = [], hash;
        var hashes = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
        for (var i = 0; i < hashes.length; i++) {
            hash = hashes[i].split('=');
            vars.push(hash[0]);
            vars[hash[0]] = hash[1];
        }
        return vars;
    }
};