Fx.Styles = new Class({
	
	Extends: Fx.CSS,

	initialize: function(element, options){
		this.element = this.subject = $(element);
		this.parent(options);
	},

	set: function(now){
		if (typeof now == 'string') now = this.search(now);
		for (var p in now) this.render(this.element, p, now[p], this.options.unit);
		return this;
	},

	compute: function(from, to, delta){
		var now = {};
		for (var p in from) now[p] = this.parent(from[p], to[p], delta);
		return now;
	},

	start: function(properties){
		if (!this.check(arguments.callee, properties)) return this;
		if (typeof properties == 'string') properties = this.search(properties);
		var from = {}, to = {};
		for (var p in properties){
			var parsed = this.prepare(this.element, p, properties[p]);
			from[p] = parsed.from;
			to[p] = parsed.to;
		}
		return this.parent(from, to);
	}
});

Element.implement({
	
	effects: function(options){
		return new Fx.Styles(this, options);
	}

});