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      if (n_add > 0) this.add(placeholder, n_add);
    }
  },

//-----------------------------------------------------
// Private methods
//-----------------------------------------------------

  _find_placeholder: function(name) {
    if (typeof name == "string" && !name.match(/.placeholder$/))
        name += ".placeholder";
    var placeholder = $(name);
    if (!placeholder) throw new Error("no such element: " + name);
    return placeholder;
  },

  _init_repeat_elements: function(elem, path) {
    elem = $(elem);
    if (elem) {
      var elements = this._find_repeat_elements(elem);
      for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
        this._init_repeat_element(elements[i], path);
      }
    }
  },

  _find_repeat_elements: function(elem) {
    var result = [];

    // navigate DOM, do not recurse under "repeat" nodes
    for (var child = elem.firstChild; child; child = child.nextSibling) {
      var has_repeat = child.nodeType == 1 && child.getAttribute('repeat');
      result.push(has_repeat ? child : this._find_repeat_elements(child));
    }
    return result.flatten();
  },

  _init_repeat_element: function(element, path) {
    element = $(element);
    path = path || element.getAttribute('repeat-prefix');

    // number of initial repetition blocks
    var n_blocks = element.getAttribute('repeat-start');
    if (n_blocks == undefined) n_blocks = 1;

    // hash to hold all properties of the repeat element
    var repeat = {};
    repeat.name  = element.getAttribute('repeat');
    repeat.min   = element.getAttribute('repeat-min') || 0;
    repeat.max   = element.getAttribute('repeat-max') || 99;
    repeat.count = 0;
    repeat.path  = (path ? path + "." : "") + repeat.name;

    // create a new element (placeholder for new insertion blocks)
    var placeholder_tag = element.tagName.match(/^(TR|TD|TBODY|THEAD|TH)$/i)
                          ? element.tagName
                          : 'SPAN';
    var placeholder     = document.createElement(placeholder_tag);
    placeholder.id = repeat.path + ".placeholder";
    placeholder.fireEvent = GvaScript.fireEvent;
    element.parentNode.insertBefore(placeholder, element);

    // take this elem out of the DOM and into a string ...
    {
      // a) force the id that will be needed in the template)
      element.id = "#{" + repeat.name + ".path}";

      // b) remove "repeat*" attributes (don't want them in the template)
      var attrs = element.attributes;
      var repeat_attrs = [];
      for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
        var name = attrs[i].name;
        if (name.match(/^repeat/i)) repeat_attrs.push(name);
      }
      repeat_attrs.each(function(name){element.removeAttribute(name, 0)});

      // c) keep it as a template string and remove from DOM
      repeat.template = Element.outerHTML(element);
      element.remove();
    }

    // store all properties within the placeholder
    placeholder.repeat = repeat;

    // create initial repetition blocks
    this.add(placeholder, n_blocks);
  }

};