JS-Referring to user selected objects

I am trying to create a script for CS4 where I can manually select some, not all, images and have the script move them to a layer and/or apply a preset ID shadow. My question is. . . How do I write script to refer to the objects I have manually selected in my ID document? I'm new to scripting and just starting to get the hang of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here's a class for InDesign JS that encapsulates the user selection and allows many manipulations:
The “TSelection” class : http://marcautret.free.fr/geek/indd/selection/TSelection.zip
Documentation (in French, sorry!) : http://marcautret.free.fr/geek/indd/selection/
Class diagram : http://marcautret.free.fr/geek/indd/selection/TSelection-Interface.pdf
@+
Marc

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This time the above doubt is totally based on the logic of coding which I tried a lot but didn't get any solution. so atlast I come to sdn site.
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The requirement is like that I have a table with 6 fields (1 primary key and other are nonkeys). If the user inputs some values in the fields on the screen, then a row will be added in the table. Upto this i have done well. but when the user want to change some value in the existing row of the table my program unable to do so. Because I couldn't get any logic to do that as there are 5 nonkey fields, so if any one field is modified then the respective row should be selected first based on the user selection and then it should be updated.
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