OpenLayers.Handler.Marker = OpenLayers.Class.create();
   OpenLayers.Handler.Marker.prototype =
     OpenLayers.Class.inherit(OpenLayers.Handler.Feature, {
   
       handle: function(evt) {   
               var type = evt.type;
           var node = OpenLayers.Event.element(evt);
           var feature = null;
           for (var i = 0; i < this.layer.markers.length; i++) {
              if (this.layer.markers[i].icon.imageDiv.firstChild == node) {
                  feature = this.layer.markers[i];
                  break;
              }
          }
          var selected = false;
          if(feature) {
              if(this.geometryTypes == null) {
                  // over a new, out of the last and over a new, or still on the last
                  if(!this.feature) {
                      // over a new feature
                      this.callback('over', [feature]);
                  } else if(this.feature != feature) {
                      // out of the last and over a new
                      this.callback('out', [this.feature]);
                      this.callback('over', [feature]);
                  }
                  this.feature = feature;
                  this.callback(type, [feature]);
                  selected = true;
              } else {
                  if(this.feature && (this.feature != feature)) {
                      // out of the last and over a new
                      this.callback('out', [this.feature]);
                      this.feature = null;
                  }
                  selected = false;
              }
          } else {
              if(this.feature) {
                  // out of the last
                  this.callback('out', [this.feature]);
                  this.feature = null;
              }
              selected = false;
          }
          return selected;
      },
  
  
      CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Handler.Marker"
  });