# File lib/cgikit.rb, line 1643
                def state( element, *attributes )
                        value  = nil
                        values = []
                        query  = {}

                        parent.definitions.each do | key, definition |
                                if definition['element'] == element then
                                        id           = CKElementID.new
                                        id.component = parent.class.to_s
                                        id.element   = definition['oid']

                                        values = []
                                        attributes.each do | attr |
                                                value = parent.parse_ckd_value( definition[attr] )
                                                values << "#{attr}:#{value.inspect}"
                                        end
                                        query[id.to_s] = values.join ','
                                end
                        end
                        query
                end