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<a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/"><h1>Yahoo! UI Library</h1></a>
<h3>YAHOO Global&nbsp; <span class="subtitle">2.5.1</span></h3>
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<div class="highlight" ><pre><span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * The YAHOO object is the single global object used by YUI Library. It</span>
<span class="c"> * contains utility function for setting up namespaces, inheritance, and</span>
<span class="c"> * logging. YAHOO.util, YAHOO.widget, and YAHOO.example are namespaces</span>
<span class="c"> * created automatically for and used by the library.</span>
<span class="c"> * @module yahoo</span>
<span class="c"> * @title YAHOO Global</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO_config is not included as part of the library. Instead it is an </span>
<span class="c"> * object that can be defined by the implementer immediately before </span>
<span class="c"> * including the YUI library. The properties included in this object</span>
<span class="c"> * will be used to configure global properties needed as soon as the </span>
<span class="c"> * library begins to load.</span>
<span class="c"> * @class YAHOO_config</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * A reference to a function that will be executed every time a YAHOO module</span>
<span class="c"> * is loaded. As parameter, this function will receive the version</span>
<span class="c"> * information for the module. See &lt;a href=&quot;YAHOO.env.html#getVersion&quot;&gt;</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO.env.getVersion&lt;/a&gt; for the description of the version data structure.</span>
<span class="c"> * @property listener</span>
<span class="c"> * @type Function</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @default undefined</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Set to true if the library will be dynamically loaded after window.onload.</span>
<span class="c"> * Defaults to false </span>
<span class="c"> * @property injecting</span>
<span class="c"> * @type boolean</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @default undefined</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Instructs the yuiloader component to dynamically load yui components and</span>
<span class="c"> * their dependencies. See the yuiloader documentation for more information</span>
<span class="c"> * about dynamic loading</span>
<span class="c"> * @property load</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @default undefined</span>
<span class="c"> * @see yuiloader</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Forces the use of the supplied locale where applicable in the library</span>
<span class="c"> * @property locale</span>
<span class="c"> * @type string</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @default undefined</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="k">typeof</span> <span class="nx">YAHOO</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;undefined&quot;</span> <span class="o">||</span> <span class="o">!</span><span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * The YAHOO global namespace object. If YAHOO is already defined, the</span>
<span class="c"> * existing YAHOO object will not be overwritten so that defined</span>
<span class="c"> * namespaces are preserved.</span>
<span class="c"> * @class YAHOO</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">YAHOO</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">{};</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Returns the namespace specified and creates it if it doesn&#39;t exist</span>
<span class="c"> * &lt;pre&gt;</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO.namespace(&quot;property.package&quot;);</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO.namespace(&quot;YAHOO.property.package&quot;);</span>
<span class="c"> * &lt;/pre&gt;</span>
<span class="c"> * Either of the above would create YAHOO.property, then</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO.property.package</span>
<span class="c"> *</span>
<span class="c"> * Be careful when naming packages. Reserved words may work in some browsers</span>
<span class="c"> * and not others. For instance, the following will fail in Safari:</span>
<span class="c"> * &lt;pre&gt;</span>
<span class="c"> * YAHOO.namespace(&quot;really.long.nested.namespace&quot;);</span>
<span class="c"> * &lt;/pre&gt;</span>
<span class="c"> * This fails because &quot;long&quot; is a future reserved word in ECMAScript</span>
<span class="c"> *</span>
<span class="c"> * @method namespace</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {String*} arguments 1-n namespaces to create </span>
<span class="c"> * @return {Object} A reference to the last namespace object created</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">namespace</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">function</span><span class="o">()</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">a</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">arguments</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">null</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="m">0</span><span class="o">;</span> <span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">a</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="o">;</span> <span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">a</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">].</span><span class="nx">split</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="c">// YAHOO is implied, so it is ignored if it is included</span>
<span class="c"></span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">=(</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="m">0</span><span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s2">&quot;YAHOO&quot;</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">?</span> <span class="m">1</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="m">0</span><span class="o">;</span> <span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="o">;</span> <span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">]]=</span><span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">]]</span> <span class="o">||</span> <span class="o">{};</span>
<span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">j</span><span class="o">]];</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="nx">o</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="o">};</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Uses YAHOO.widget.Logger to output a log message, if the widget is</span>
<span class="c"> * available.</span>
<span class="c"> *</span>
<span class="c"> * @method log</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {String} msg The message to log.</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {String} cat The log category for the message. Default</span>
<span class="c"> * categories are &quot;info&quot;, &quot;warn&quot;, &quot;error&quot;, time&quot;.</span>
<span class="c"> * Custom categories can be used as well. (opt)</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {String} src The source of the the message (opt)</span>
<span class="c"> * @return {Boolean} True if the log operation was successful.</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">log</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">function</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">msg</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">cat</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">src</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">l</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">widget</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">Logger</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="k">if</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">l</span> <span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span> <span class="nx">l</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="nx">l</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">msg</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">cat</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">src</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="kc">false</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="o">};</span>
<span class="c">/**</span>
<span class="c"> * Registers a module with the YAHOO object</span>
<span class="c"> * @method register</span>
<span class="c"> * @static</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {String} name the name of the module (event, slider, etc)</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {Function} mainClass a reference to class in the module. This</span>
<span class="c"> * class will be tagged with the version info</span>
<span class="c"> * so that it will be possible to identify the</span>
<span class="c"> * version that is in use when multiple versions</span>
<span class="c"> * have loaded</span>
<span class="c"> * @param {Object} data metadata object for the module. Currently it</span>
<span class="c"> * is expected to contain a &quot;version&quot; property</span>
<span class="c"> * and a &quot;build&quot; property at minimum.</span>
<span class="c"> */</span>
<span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">register</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">function</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">mainClass</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nx">data</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">mods</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">env</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">modules</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(!</span><span class="nx">mods</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">])</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">mods</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">{</span> <span class="nx">versions</span><span class="o">:[],</span> <span class="nx">builds</span><span class="o">:[]</span> <span class="o">};</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">mods</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">],</span><span class="nx">v</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">version</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="nx">b</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">build</span><span class="o">,</span><span class="nx">ls</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">env</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">listeners</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">version</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">v</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">build</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">b</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">versions</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">push</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">v</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">builds</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">push</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">b</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">mainClass</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">mainClass</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="c">// fire the module load listeners</span>
<span class="c"></span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="k">var</span> <span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="m">0</span><span class="o">;</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">ls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">length</span><span class="o">;</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="m">1</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">ls</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="nx">i</span><span class="o">](</span><span class="nx">m</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="c">// label the main class</span>
<span class="c"></span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="o">(</span><span class="nx">mainClass</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">mainClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">VERSION</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">v</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="nx">mainClass</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">BUILD</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">b</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="o">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="o">{</span>
<span class="nx">YAHOO</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;mainClass is undefined for module &quot;</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="nx">name</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;warn&quot;</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="o">}</span>
<span class="o">};</span>
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