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/**
 * The YUI module contains the components required for building the YUI
 * seed file.  This includes the script loading mechanism, a simple queue,
 * and the core utilities for the library.
 * @module yui
 * @submodule yui-base
 */

/**
 * Provides the language utilites and extensions used by the library
 * @class Lang
 * @static
 */
Y.Lang = Y.Lang || {};

var L = Y.Lang,

ARRAY = 'array',
BOOLEAN = 'boolean',
DATE = 'date',
ERROR = 'error',
FUNCTION = 'function',
NUMBER = 'number',
NULL = 'null',
OBJECT = 'object',
REGEX = 'regexp',
STRING = 'string',
STRING_PROTO = String.prototype,
TOSTRING = Object.prototype.toString,
UNDEFINED = 'undefined',

TYPES = {
    'undefined' : UNDEFINED,
    'number' : NUMBER,
    'boolean' : BOOLEAN,
    'string' : STRING,
    '[object Function]' : FUNCTION,
    '[object RegExp]' : REGEX,
    '[object Array]' : ARRAY,
    '[object Date]' : DATE,
    '[object Error]' : ERROR
},

TRIMREGEX = /^\s+|\s+$/g,
EMPTYSTRING = '',
SUBREGEX = /\{\s*([^\|\}]+?)\s*(?:\|([^\}]*))?\s*\}/g;

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is an array.
 * Returns false for array-like collections such as the
 * function arguments collection or HTMLElement collection
 * will return false.  Use <code>Y.Array.test</code> if you
 * want to test for an array-like collection.
 * @method isArray
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is an array.
 */
// L.isArray = Array.isArray || function(o) {
//     return L.type(o) === ARRAY;
// };

L.isArray = function(o) {
    return L.type(o) === ARRAY;
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is a boolean.
 * @method isBoolean
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is a boolean.
 */
L.isBoolean = function(o) {
    return typeof o === BOOLEAN;
};

/**
 * <p>
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is a function.
 * Note: Internet Explorer thinks certain functions are objects:
 * </p>
 *
 * <pre>
 * var obj = document.createElement("object");
 * Y.Lang.isFunction(obj.getAttribute) // reports false in IE
 * &nbsp;
 * var input = document.createElement("input"); // append to body
 * Y.Lang.isFunction(input.focus) // reports false in IE
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>
 * You will have to implement additional tests if these functions
 * matter to you.
 * </p>
 *
 * @method isFunction
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is a function.
 */
L.isFunction = function(o) {
    return L.type(o) === FUNCTION;
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the supplied item is a date instance.
 * @method isDate
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is a date.
 */
L.isDate = function(o) {
    // return o instanceof Date;
    return L.type(o) === DATE && o.toString() !== 'Invalid Date' && !isNaN(o);
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is null.
 * @method isNull
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is null.
 */
L.isNull = function(o) {
    return o === null;
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is a legal number.
 * @method isNumber
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is a number.
 */
L.isNumber = function(o) {
    return typeof o === NUMBER && isFinite(o);
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is of type object
 * or function. Note that arrays are also objects, so
 * <code>Y.Lang.isObject([]) === true</code>.
 * @method isObject
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @param failfn {boolean} fail if the input is a function.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is an object.
 */
L.isObject = function(o, failfn) {
    var t = typeof o;
    return (o && (t === OBJECT ||
        (!failfn && (t === FUNCTION || L.isFunction(o))))) || false;
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is a string.
 * @method isString
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is a string.
 */
L.isString = function(o) {
    return typeof o === STRING;
};

/**
 * Determines whether or not the provided item is undefined.
 * @method isUndefined
 * @static
 * @param o The object to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if o is undefined.
 */
L.isUndefined = function(o) {
    return typeof o === UNDEFINED;
};

/**
 * Returns a string without any leading or trailing whitespace.  If
 * the input is not a string, the input will be returned untouched.
 * @method trim
 * @static
 * @param s {string} the string to trim.
 * @return {string} the trimmed string.
 */
L.trim = STRING_PROTO.trim ? function(s) {
    return (s && s.trim) ? s.trim() : s;
} : function (s) {
    try {
        return s.replace(TRIMREGEX, EMPTYSTRING);
    } catch (e) {
        return s;
    }
};

/**
 * Returns a string without any leading whitespace.
 * @method trimLeft
 * @static
 * @param s {string} the string to trim.
 * @return {string} the trimmed string.
 */
L.trimLeft = STRING_PROTO.trimLeft ? function (s) {
    return s.trimLeft();
} : function (s) {
    return s.replace(/^\s+/, '');
};

/**
 * Returns a string without any trailing whitespace.
 * @method trimRight
 * @static
 * @param s {string} the string to trim.
 * @return {string} the trimmed string.
 */
L.trimRight = STRING_PROTO.trimRight ? function (s) {
    return s.trimRight();
} : function (s) {
    return s.replace(/\s+$/, '');
};

/**
 * A convenience method for detecting a legitimate non-null value.
 * Returns false for null/undefined/NaN, true for other values,
 * including 0/false/''
 * @method isValue
 * @static
 * @param o The item to test.
 * @return {boolean} true if it is not null/undefined/NaN || false.
 */
L.isValue = function(o) {
    var t = L.type(o);
    switch (t) {
        case NUMBER:
            return isFinite(o);
        case NULL:
        case UNDEFINED:
            return false;
        default:
            return !!(t);
    }
};

/**
 * <p>
 * Returns a string representing the type of the item passed in.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * Known issues:
 * </p>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>
 *     <code>typeof HTMLElementCollection</code> returns function in Safari, but
 *     <code>Y.type()</code> reports object, which could be a good thing --
 *     but it actually caused the logic in <code>Y.Lang.isObject</code> to fail.
 *   </li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @method type
 * @param o the item to test.
 * @return {string} the detected type.
 * @static
 */
L.type = function(o) {
    return TYPES[typeof o] || TYPES[TOSTRING.call(o)] || (o ? OBJECT : NULL);
};

/**
 * Lightweight version of <code>Y.substitute</code>. Uses the same template
 * structure as <code>Y.substitute</code>, but doesn't support recursion,
 * auto-object coersion, or formats.
 * @method sub
 * @param {string} s String to be modified.
 * @param {object} o Object containing replacement values.
 * @return {string} the substitute result.
 * @static
 * @since 3.2.0
 */
L.sub = function(s, o) {
    return ((s.replace) ? s.replace(SUBREGEX, function(match, key) {
        return (!L.isUndefined(o[key])) ? o[key] : match;
    }) : s);
};

/**
 * Returns the current time in milliseconds.
 * @method now
 * @return {int} the current date
 * @since 3.3.0
 */
L.now = Date.now || function () {
  return new Date().getTime();
};

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