/**
                             * Provides Y.QueryString.stringify method for converting objects to Query Strings.
                             *
                             * @module querystring
                             * @submodule querystring-stringify
                             */
                            
                            var QueryString = Y.namespace("QueryString"),
                                stack = [],
                                L = Y.Lang;
                            
                            /**
                             * Provides Y.QueryString.escape method to be able to override default encoding
                             * method.  This is important in cases where non-standard delimiters are used, if
                             * the delimiters would not normally be handled properly by the builtin
                             * (en|de)codeURIComponent functions.
                             * Default: encodeURIComponent
                             *
                             * @method escape
                             * @for QueryString
                             * @static
                             **/
                            QueryString.escape = encodeURIComponent;
                            
                            /**
                             * <p>Converts an arbitrary value to a Query String representation.</p>
                             *
                             * <p>Objects with cyclical references will trigger an exception.</p>
                             *
                             * @method stringify
                             * @for QueryString
                             * @public
                             * @param obj {Any} any arbitrary value to convert to query string
                             * @param cfg {Object} (optional) Configuration object.  The three
                             * supported configurations are:
                             * <ul><li>sep: When defined, the value will be used as the key-value
                             * separator.  The default value is "&".</li>
                             * <li>eq: When defined, the value will be used to join the key to
                             * the value.  The default value is "=".</li>
                             * <li>arrayKey: When set to true, the key of an array will have the
                             * '[]' notation appended to the key.  The default value is false.
                             * </li></ul>
                             * @param name {String} (optional) Name of the current key, for handling children recursively.
                             * @static
                             */
                            QueryString.stringify = function (obj, c, name) {
                                var begin, end, i, l, n, s,
                                    sep = c && c.sep ? c.sep : "&",
                                    eq = c && c.eq ? c.eq : "=",
                                    aK = c && c.arrayKey ? c.arrayKey : false;
                            
                                if (L.isNull(obj) || L.isUndefined(obj) || L.isFunction(obj)) {
                                    return name ? QueryString.escape(name) + eq : '';
                                }
                            
                                if (L.isBoolean(obj) || Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) === '[object Boolean]') {
                                    obj =+ obj;
                                }
                            
                                if (L.isNumber(obj) || L.isString(obj)) {
                                    // Y.log("Number or string: "+obj);
                                    return QueryString.escape(name) + eq + QueryString.escape(obj);
                                }
                            
                                if (L.isArray(obj)) {
                                    s = [];
                                    name = aK ? name + '[]' : name;
                                    l = obj.length;
                                    for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
                                        s.push( QueryString.stringify(obj[i], c, name) );
                                    }
                            
                                    return s.join(sep);
                                }
                                // now we know it's an object.
                                // Y.log(
                                //     typeof obj + (typeof obj === 'object' ? " ok" : "ONOES!")+
                                //     Object.prototype.toString.call(obj)
                                // );
                            
                                // Check for cyclical references in nested objects
                                for (i = stack.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                                    if (stack[i] === obj) {
                                        throw new Error("QueryString.stringify. Cyclical reference");
                                    }
                                }
                            
                                stack.push(obj);
                                s = [];
                                begin = name ? name + '[' : '';
                                end = name ? ']' : '';
                                for (i in obj) {
                                    if (obj.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
                                        n = begin + i + end;
                                        s.push(QueryString.stringify(obj[i], c, n));
                                    }
                                }
                            
                                stack.pop();
                                s = s.join(sep);
                                if (!s && name) {
                                    return name + "=";
                                }
                            
                                return s;
                            };