I've been working on a complex app with one main dashboard. I don't particularly like the design because it tries to do too much on one page. So the lead developer thought it would be a good idea to use ajax - because the page is so big. Refreshing part of it is far faster than loading it again.

Problem is there's several ways data can be used.

• Adding items
• Editing rows
• Performing actions on selected rows (selected using a checkbox)
• Changing single items (like location, phone)

My problem is making GENERALIZABLE ajax code that can operate on the data in a div, using class names to assemble the proper information for the ajax call. I did pretty well, but can't help but want to see if there's a better way to do it.