prototype/src/base.js

/* Based on Alex Arnell's inheritance implementation. */
var Class = {
  create: function(parent, methods) {
    if (arguments.length == 1 && !Object.isFunction(parent))
      methods = parent, parent = null;
      
    var method = function() {
      if (!Class.extending) this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
    };
    
    method.superclass = parent;
    method.subclasses = [];
    
    if (Object.isFunction(parent)) {
      Class.extending = true;
      method.prototype = new parent();
      method.prototype.constructor = method;

      parent.subclasses.push(method);

      delete Class.extending;
    }

    if (methods) Class.extend(method, methods);

    return method;    
  },
  
  extend: function(destination, source) {
    for (var name in source) Class.inherit(destination, source, name);
    return destination;
  },
    
  inherit: function(destination, source, name) {
    var prototype = destination.prototype, ancestor = prototype[name], 
     descendant = source[name];
    if (ancestor && Object.isFunction(descendant) &&
        descendant.argumentNames().first() == "$super") {
      var method = descendant, descendant = ancestor.wrap(method);
      Object.extend(descendant, {
        valueOf:  function() { return method },
        toString: function() { return method.toString() }
      });
    }

    prototype[name] = descendant;

    if (destination.subclasses && destination.subclasses.length > 0) {
      for (var i = 0, subclass; subclass = destination.subclasses[i]; i++) {
        Class.extending = true;
        Object.extend(subclass.prototype, new destination());
        subclass.prototype.constructor = subclass;
        delete Class.extending;
        Class.inherit(subclass, destination.prototype, name);
      }
    }
  },
  
  mixin: function(destination, source) {
    return Object.extend(destination, source);
  }
};

var Abstract = { };

Object.extend = function(destination, source) {
  for (var property in source) {
    destination[property] = source[property];
  }
  return destination;
};

Object.extend(Object, {
  inspect: function(object) {
    try {
      if (object === undefined) return 'undefined';
      if (object === null) return 'null';
      return object.inspect ? object.inspect() : object.toString();
    } catch (e) {
      if (e instanceof RangeError) return '...';
      throw e;
    }
  },
  
  toJSON: function(object) {
    var type = typeof object;
    switch (type) {
      case 'undefined':
      case 'function':
      case 'unknown': return;
      case 'boolean': return object.toString();
    }
    
    if (object === null) return 'null';
    if (object.toJSON) return object.toJSON();
    if (Object.isElement(object)) return;
    
    var results = [];
    for (var property in object) {
      var value = Object.toJSON(object[property]);
      if (value !== undefined)
        results.push(property.toJSON() + ': ' + value);
    }
    
    return '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
  },
  
  toHTML: function(object) {
    return object && object.toHTML ? object.toHTML() : String.interpret(object);
  },
  
  keys: function(object) {
    var keys = [];
    for (var property in object)
      keys.push(property);
    return keys;
  },
  
  values: function(object) {
    var values = [];
    for (var property in object)
      values.push(object[property]);
    return values;
  },
  
  clone: function(object) {
    return Object.extend({ }, object);
  },
  
  isElement: function(object) {
    return object && object.nodeType == 1;
  },
  
  isArray: function(object) {
    return object && object.constructor === Array;
  },
  
  isFunction: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "function";
  },
  
  isString: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "string";
  },
  
  isNumber: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "number";
  },
  
  isUndefined: function(object) {
    return typeof object == "undefined";
  }
});

Object.extend(Function.prototype, {
  argumentNames: function() {
    var names = this.toString().match(/^function\s*\((.*?)\)/)[1].split(",").invoke("strip");
    return names.length == 1 && !names[0] ? [] : names;
  },
  
  bind: function() {
    if (arguments.length < 2 && arguments[0] === undefined) return this;
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
    return function() {
      return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  },
  
  bindAsEventListener: function() {
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
    return function(event) {
      return __method.apply(object, [event || window.event].concat(args));
    }
  },
  
  curry: function() {
    if (!arguments.length) return this;
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments);
    return function() {
      return __method.apply(this, args.concat($A(arguments)));
    }
  },

  delay: function() { 
    var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), timeout = args.shift() * 1000; 
    return window.setTimeout(function() {
      return __method.apply(__method, args);
    }, timeout);
  },
  
  wrap: function(wrapper) {
    var __method = this;
    return function() {
      return wrapper.apply(this, [__method.bind(this)].concat($A(arguments))); 
    }
  },
  
  methodize: function() {
    if (this._methodized) return this._methodized;
    var __method = this;
    return this._methodized = function() {
      return __method.apply(null, [this].concat($A(arguments)));
    };
  }
});

Function.prototype.defer = Function.prototype.delay.curry(0.01);

Date.prototype.toJSON = function() {
  return '"' + this.getFullYear() + '-' +
    (this.getMonth() + 1).toPaddedString(2) + '-' +
    this.getDate().toPaddedString(2) + 'T' +
    this.getHours().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getMinutes().toPaddedString(2) + ':' +
    this.getSeconds().toPaddedString(2) + '"';
};

var Try = {
  these: function() {
    var returnValue;

    for (var i = 0, length = arguments.length; i < length; i++) {
      var lambda = arguments[i];
      try {
        returnValue = lambda();
        break;
      } catch (e) { }
    }

    return returnValue;
  }
};

RegExp.prototype.match = RegExp.prototype.test;

RegExp.escape = function(str) {
  return String(str).replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|[\]\/\\])/g, '\\$1');
};

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var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create({
  initialize: function(callback, frequency) {
    this.callback = callback;
    this.frequency = frequency;
    this.currentlyExecuting = false;

    this.registerCallback();
  },

  registerCallback: function() {
    this.timer = setInterval(this.onTimerEvent.bind(this), this.frequency * 1000);
  },
  
  stop: function() {
    if (!this.timer) return;
    clearInterval(this.timer);
    this.timer = null;
  },

  onTimerEvent: function() {
    if (!this.currentlyExecuting) {
      try {
        this.currentlyExecuting = true;
        this.callback(this);
      } finally {
        this.currentlyExecuting = false;
      }
    }
  }
});