added functions to utils.js

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/media/js/utils.js b/askbot/media/js/utils.js
index 4583a443..db15b656 100644
--- a/askbot/media/js/utils.js
+++ b/askbot/media/js/utils.js
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ var getNewUniqueInt = function() {
     return num;
 };
 
+var getSingletonController = function(controllerClass, name) {
+    askbot['controllers'] = askbot['controllers'] || {};
+    var controller = askbot['controllers'][name];
+    if (controller === undefined) {
+        controller = new controllerClass();
+        askbot['controllers'][name] = controller;
+    }
+    return controller;
+};
+
 var getUniqueValues = function(values) {
     var uniques = new Object();
     var out = new Array();
@@ -407,6 +417,10 @@ WrappedElement.prototype.getElement = function(){
     }
     return this._element;
 };
+
+WrappedElement.prototype.hasElement = function() {
+    return (this._element !== undefined);
+};
 WrappedElement.prototype.inDocument = function(){
     return (this._element && this._element.is(':hidden') === false);
 };