/**
 * Provides suggestions for state names (USA).
 * @class
 * @scope public
 */
function RemoteProductSuggestions() {
 if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") {
 this.http = new XMLHttpRequest();
 } else if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined") {
 this.http = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XmlHttp");
 } else {
 alert("No XMLHttpRequest object available. This functionality will not work.");
 }
}
/**
 * Request suggestions for the given autosuggest control. 
 * @scope protected
 * @param oAutoSuggestControl The autosuggest control to provide suggestions for.
 */
RemoteProductSuggestions.prototype.requestSuggestions = function (oAutoSuggestControl /*:AutoSuggestControl*/,
 bTypeAhead /*:boolean*/) {
 var oHttp = this.http;
 //if there is already a live request, cancel it
 if (oHttp.readyState != 0) {
 oHttp.abort();
 } 
 //build the URL
 var sURL = "/cgi-bin/dynapage?Merchant=upperdeck&TemplateName=search_suggestion.tpl&OutputFile=RANDOM&userInput=" + encodeURIComponent(oAutoSuggestControl.textbox.value);
 //open connection to states.txt file
 oHttp.open("get", sURL , true)
 oHttp.onreadystatechange = function () {
 if (oHttp.readyState == 4) {
 //evaluate the returned text JavaScript (an array)
 var aSuggestions = eval(oHttp.responseText);
 //provide suggestions to the control
 oAutoSuggestControl.autosuggest(aSuggestions, false); 
 } 
 };
 oHttp.send(null);
};