function nodeData(id, path) {
	this.id = id;
	this.path = path;
    }

    function makeRequest(url, node, onCompleteCallback) {
		var http_request = false;
		
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
			http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
			if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			}
			browser = 'mozilla';
		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
			browser = 'IE';
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
			}
		}
		
		if (!http_request) {
			alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		}
		http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request, node, onCompleteCallback); };
		http_request.open('GET', url, true);
		http_request.send(null);
    }
    
    function alertContents(http_request, node, onCompleteCallback) {
		var tmpNode;
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
			if (browser == 'IE') {
				var xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0");
				xmldoc.loadXML(http_request.responseText);
			} else {
				var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
			}
	
			var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('category');
			for (i = 0; i < root_node.length; i++) {
				var id = root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('id').item(0).firstChild.data;
				var childCount = root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('childcount').item(0).firstChild.data;
				var productsCount = root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('productscount').item(0).firstChild.data;
				var multiExpand = root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('multiexpand').item(0).firstChild.data;
				var path = root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('path').item(0).firstChild.data; // alert(path);
				
				if (productsCount > 0 || childCount == 0) {
					tmpNode = new YAHOO.widget.MenuNode({label: root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('name').item(0).firstChild.data, href: path }, node, false);
				} else {
				tmpNode = new YAHOO.widget.MenuNode({label: root_node.item(i).getElementsByTagName('name').item(0).firstChild.data }, node, false);
				}
				
				if (multiExpand == 1) {
				tmpNode.multiExpand = true;
				}
				
				tmpNode.data = new nodeData(id, path);
				if (childCount > 0) {
				tmpNode.setDynamicLoad(loadDataForNode);
				}
			}
			
			onCompleteCallback();
			} else {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			}
		}
    }