Question : what does this javascript code do?

I've removed a portion of javascript code in order to make another element on my page function. Removing the code doesn't seem to have had any negative effect but I'm wondering if someone could explain to me what it does. Here is the code that I removed and the entire js include file is below. Thanks.

//I deleted this code:
ddtreemenu.preventpropagate=function(e){ //prevent action from bubbling upwards
if (typeof e!="undefined")
e.stopPropagation()
else
event.cancelBubble=true
}
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var persisteduls=new Object()
var ddtreemenu=new Object()

ddtreemenu.closefolder="closed.gif" //set image path to "closed" folder image
ddtreemenu.openfolder="open.gif" //set image path to "open" folder image

//////////No need to edit beyond here///////////////////////////

//delete makes box work
ddtreemenu.createTree=function(treeid, enablepersist, persistdays){
var ultags=document.getElementById(treeid).getElementsByTagName("ul")
if (typeof persisteduls[treeid]=="undefined")
persisteduls[treeid]=(enablepersist==true && ddtreemenu.getCookie(treeid)!="")? ddtreemenu.getCookie(treeid).split(",") : ""
for (var i=0; i<ultags.length; i++)
ddtreemenu.buildSubTree(treeid, ultags[i], i)
if (enablepersist==true){ //if enable persist feature
var durationdays=(typeof persistdays=="undefined")? 1 : parseInt(persistdays)
ddtreemenu.dotask(window, function(){ddtreemenu.rememberstate(treeid, durationdays)}, "unload") //save opened UL indexes on body unload
}
}


//delete makes box work
ddtreemenu.buildSubTree=function(treeid, ulelement, index){
ulelement.parentNode.className="submenu"
if (typeof persisteduls[treeid]=="object"){ //if cookie exists (persisteduls[treeid] is an array versus "" string)
if (ddtreemenu.searcharray(persisteduls[treeid], index)){
ulelement.setAttribute("rel", "open")
ulelement.style.display="block"
ulelement.parentNode.style.backgroundImage="url("+ddtreemenu.openfolder+")"
}
else
ulelement.setAttribute("rel", "closed")
} //end cookie persist code
else if (ulelement.getAttribute("rel")==null || ulelement.getAttribute("rel")==false) //if no cookie and UL has NO rel attribute explicted added by user
ulelement.setAttribute("rel", "closed")
else if (ulelement.getAttribute("rel")=="open") //else if no cookie and this UL has an explicit rel value of "open"
ddtreemenu.expandSubTree(treeid, ulelement) //expand this UL plus all parent ULs (so the most inner UL is revealed!)
ulelement.parentNode.onclick=function(e){
var submenu=this.getElementsByTagName("ul")[0]
if (submenu.getAttribute("rel")=="closed"){
submenu.style.display="block"
submenu.setAttribute("rel", "open")
ulelement.parentNode.style.backgroundImage="url("+ddtreemenu.openfolder+")"
}
else if (submenu.getAttribute("rel")=="open"){
submenu.style.display="none"
submenu.setAttribute("rel", "closed")
ulelement.parentNode.style.backgroundImage="url("+ddtreemenu.closefolder+")"
}
ddtreemenu.preventpropagate(e)
}
ulelement.onclick=function(e){
ddtreemenu.preventpropagate(e)
}
}

//delete still doesn't work
ddtreemenu.expandSubTree=function(treeid, ulelement){ //expand a UL element and any of its parent ULs
var rootnode=document.getElementById(treeid)
var currentnode=ulelement
currentnode.style.display="block"
currentnode.parentNode.style.backgroundImage="url("+ddtreemenu.openfolder+")"
while (currentnode!=rootnode){
if (currentnode.tagName=="UL"){ //if parent node is a UL, expand it too
currentnode.style.display="block"
currentnode.setAttribute("rel", "open") //indicate it's open
currentnode.parentNode.style.backgroundImage="url("+ddtreemenu.openfolder+")"
}
currentnode=currentnode.parentNode
}
}

//delete still doesn't work
ddtreemenu.flatten=function(treeid, action){ //expand or contract all UL elements
var ultags=document.getElementById(treeid).getElementsByTagName("ul")
for (var i=0; i<ultags.length; i++){
ultags[i].style.display=(action=="expand")? "block" : "none"
var relvalue=(action=="expand")? "open" : "closed"
ultags[i].setAttribute("rel", relvalue)
ultags[i].parentNode.style.backgroundImage=(action=="expand")? "url("+ddtreemenu.openfolder+")" : "url("+ddtreemenu.closefolder+")"
}
}

//delete still doesn't work
ddtreemenu.rememberstate=function(treeid, durationdays){ //store index of opened ULs relative to other ULs in Tree into cookie
var ultags=document.getElementById(treeid).getElementsByTagName("ul")
var openuls=new Array()
for (var i=0; i<ultags.length; i++){
if (ultags[i].getAttribute("rel")=="open")
openuls[openuls.length]=i //save the index of the opened UL (relative to the entire list of ULs) as an array element
}
if (openuls.length==0) //if there are no opened ULs to save/persist
openuls[0]="none open" //set array value to string to simply indicate all ULs should persist with state being closed
ddtreemenu.setCookie(treeid, openuls.join(","), durationdays) //populate cookie with value treeid=1,2,3 etc (where 1,2... are the indexes of the opened ULs)
}

////A few utility functions below//////////////////////

//delete makes box work
ddtreemenu.getCookie=function(Name){ //get cookie value
var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i"); //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
return ""
}

//delete still doesn't work
ddtreemenu.setCookie=function(name, value, days){ //set cookei value
var expireDate = new Date()
//set "expstring" to either future or past date, to set or delete cookie, respectively
var expstring=expireDate.setDate(expireDate.getDate()+parseInt(days))
document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; expires="+expireDate.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
}

//delete makes box work
ddtreemenu.searcharray=function(thearray, value){ //searches an array for the entered value. If found, delete value from array
var isfound=false
for (var i=0; i<thearray.length; i++){
if (thearray[i]==value){
isfound=true
thearray.shift() //delete this element from array for efficiency sake
break
}
}
return isfound
}

//delete makes box work and menu still works
//ddtreemenu.preventpropagate=function(e){ //prevent action from bubbling upwards
//if (typeof e!="undefined")
//e.stopPropagation()
//else
//event.cancelBubble=true
//}

//delete still doesn't work
ddtreemenu.dotask=function(target, functionref, tasktype){ //assign a function to execute to an event handler (ie: onunload)
var tasktype=(window.addEventListener)? tasktype : "on"+tasktype
if (target.addEventListener)
target.addEventListener(tasktype, functionref, false)
else if (target.attachEvent)
target.attachEvent(tasktype, functionref)
}

Answer : what does this javascript code do?

To stop a click for example to be seen by the container element of the menu
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