var Hash = {
  _each: function(iterator) {
    for (var key in this) {
      var value = this[key];
      if (typeof value == 'function') continue;

      var pair = [key, value];
      pair.key = key;
      pair.value = value;
      iterator(pair);
    }
  },

  keys: function() {
    return this.pluck('key');
  },

  values: function() {
    return this.pluck('value');
  },

  merge: function(hash) {
    return $H(hash).inject($H(this), function(mergedHash, pair) {
      mergedHash[pair.key] = pair.value;
      return mergedHash;
    });
  },

  toQueryString: function() {
    return this.map(function(pair)
	{
	  //special case for PHP, array post data.
	  if(typeof(pair[1]) == 'object' || typeof(pair[1]) == 'array')
	  {
	  	return $A(pair[1]).collect(function(value)
		{
			return encodeURIComponent(pair[0])+'='+encodeURIComponent(value);
		}).join('&');
	  }
	  else
 	     return pair.map(encodeURIComponent).join('=');
    }).join('&');
  },

  inspect: function() {
    return '#<Hash:{' + this.map(function(pair) {
      return pair.map(Object.inspect).join(': ');
    }).join(', ') + '}>';
  }
}

function $H(object) {
  var hash = Object.extend({}, object || {});
  Object.extend(hash, Enumerable);
  Object.extend(hash, Hash);
  return hash;
}