/* index.js */

var NewsPreviews = new Class({
	Implements: [Options],
	options: {},
	buildNewsPreviews: function(x) {					 
		var self = this;
		x.each(function(item,index,array) {	
			index = index + 1;
			if (index <= 4) {
				var iconDiv = new Element('div', {
					'class': item.icon,
					'id': "newsIcon_" + index
				});
				var textDiv = new Element('div', {
					'class': "newsTexts",
					'id': "newsText_" + index
				});
				var headerLink = new Element('a', {
					'href': "pressRoom.php",
					'class': "smallText textWhite"
				});
				var header = new Element('h2', {
					html: item.head
				});
				var body = new Element('p', {
					html: item.body.slice(0,item.body.lastIndexOf(" ",57))+"..."
				})
				headerLink.adopt(header);
				textDiv.adopt(headerLink, body);
				$('boxesRight').adopt(iconDiv, textDiv);
			}
		});		
	},	
	retrieveNewsData: function() {
		var self = this;
		var myRequest = new Request.JSON({
			url: '../../backend/retrieveNewsData.py',
			onSuccess: function(responseJSON, responseText) {
				self.buildNewsPreviews(responseJSON)
			}	
		}).send();
	},		
	initialize: function() {
		this.setOptions();
		this.retrieveNewsData();
	}
});

window.addEvent('domready', function() {
	var indexOne = new NewsPreviews();			
});