function OverlayManager() { var t = this; // exports t.renderOverlay = renderOverlay; t.clearOverlays = clearOverlays; // locals var usedOverlays = []; var unusedOverlays = []; function renderOverlay(rect, parent) { var e = unusedOverlays.shift(); if (!e) { e = $("
"); } if (e[0].parentNode != parent[0]) { e.appendTo(parent); } usedOverlays.push(e.css(rect).show()); return e; } function clearOverlays() { var e; while (e = usedOverlays.shift()) { unusedOverlays.push(e.hide().unbind()); } } }