prototype/src/base.js

var Class = {
  create: function() {
    return function() { 
      this.initialize.apply(this, arguments);
    }
  }
}

var Abstract = new Object();

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;
    }
  },
  
  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);
  }
});

Function.prototype.bind = function() {
  var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
  return function() {
    return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
  }
}

Function.prototype.bindAsEventListener = function(object) {
  var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
  return function(event) {
    return __method.apply(object, [( event || window.event)].concat(args).concat($A(arguments)));
  }
}

Object.extend(Number.prototype, {
  toColorPart: function() {
    var digits = this.toString(16);
    if (this < 16) return '0' + digits;
    return digits;
  },

  succ: function() {
    return this + 1;
  },
  
  times: function(iterator) {
    $R(0, this, true).each(iterator);
    return this;
  }
});

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;
  }
}

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var PeriodicalExecuter = Class.create();
PeriodicalExecuter.prototype = {
  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;
      }
    }
  }
}