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define("dojo/_base/lang", ["./kernel", "../has", "./sniff"], function(dojo, has){
	//	module:
	//		dojo/_base/lang
	//	summary:
	//		This module defines Javascript language extensions.

	has.add("bug-for-in-skips-shadowed", function(){
		// if true, the for-in interator skips object properties that exist in Object's prototype (IE 6 - ?)
		for(var i in {toString: 1}){
			return 0;
		}
		return 1;
	});

	var _extraNames =
			has("bug-for-in-skips-shadowed") ?
				"hasOwnProperty.valueOf.isPrototypeOf.propertyIsEnumerable.toLocaleString.toString.constructor".split(".") : [],

		_extraLen = _extraNames.length,

		_mixin = function(dest, source, copyFunc){
			var name, s, i, empty = {};
			for(name in source){
				// the (!(name in empty) || empty[name] !== s) condition avoids copying properties in "source"
				// inherited from Object.prototype.	 For example, if dest has a custom toString() method,
				// don't overwrite it with the toString() method that source inherited from Object.prototype
				s = source[name];
				if(!(name in dest) || (dest[name] !== s && (!(name in empty) || empty[name] !== s))){
					dest[name] = copyFunc ? copyFunc(s) : s;
				}
			}

			if(has("bug-for-in-skips-shadowed")){
				if(source){
					for(i = 0; i < _extraLen; ++i){
						name = _extraNames[i];
						s = source[name];
						if(!(name in dest) || (dest[name] !== s && (!(name in empty) || empty[name] !== s))){
							dest[name] = copyFunc ? copyFunc(s) : s;
						}
					}
				}
			}

			return dest; // Object
		},

		mixin = function(dest, sources){
			if(!dest){ dest = {}; }
			for(var i = 1, l = arguments.length; i < l; i++){
				lang._mixin(dest, arguments[i]);
			}
			return dest; // Object
		},

		getProp = function(/*Array*/parts, /*Boolean*/create, /*Object*/context){
			var p, i = 0, dojoGlobal = dojo.global;
			if(!context){
				if(!parts.length){
					return dojoGlobal;
				}else{
					p = parts[i++];
					try{
						context = dojo.scopeMap[p] && dojo.scopeMap[p][1];
					}catch(e){}
					context = context || (p in dojoGlobal ? dojoGlobal[p] : (create ? dojoGlobal[p] = {} : undefined));
				}
			}
			while(context && (p = parts[i++])){
				context = (p in context ? context[p] : (create ? context[p] = {} : undefined));
			}
			return context; // mixed
		},

		setObject = function(name, value, context){
			var parts = name.split("."), p = parts.pop(), obj = getProp(parts, true, context);
			return obj && p ? (obj[p] = value) : undefined; // Object
		},

		getObject = function(name, create, context){
			return getProp(name.split("."), create, context); // Object
		},

		exists = function(name, obj){
			return lang.getObject(name, false, obj) !== undefined; // Boolean
		},

		opts = Object.prototype.toString,

		// Crockford (ish) functions

		isString = function(it){
			return (typeof it == "string" || it instanceof String); // Boolean
		},

		isArray = function(it){
			return it && (it instanceof Array || typeof it == "array"); // Boolean
		},

		isFunction = function(it){
			return opts.call(it) === "[object Function]";
		},

		isObject = function(it){
			return it !== undefined &&
				(it === null || typeof it == "object" || lang.isArray(it) || lang.isFunction(it)); // Boolean
		},

		isArrayLike = function(it){
			return it && it !== undefined && // Boolean
				// keep out built-in constructors (Number, String, ...) which have length
				// properties
				!lang.isString(it) && !lang.isFunction(it) &&
				!(it.tagName && it.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'form') &&
				(lang.isArray(it) || isFinite(it.length));
		},

		isAlien = function(it){
			return it && !lang.isFunction(it) && /\{\s*\[native code\]\s*\}/.test(String(it)); // Boolean
		},

		extend = function(constructor, props){
			for(var i=1, l=arguments.length; i<l; i++){
				lang._mixin(constructor.prototype, arguments[i]);
			}
			return constructor; // Object
		},

		_hitchArgs = function(scope, method){
			var pre = _toArray(arguments, 2);
			var named = lang.isString(method);
			return function(){
				// arrayify arguments
				var args = _toArray(arguments);
				// locate our method
				var f = named ? (scope||dojo.global)[method] : method;
				// invoke with collected args
				return f && f.apply(scope || this, pre.concat(args)); // mixed
			}; // Function
		},

		hitch = function(scope, method){
			if(arguments.length > 2){
				return lang._hitchArgs.apply(dojo, arguments); // Function
			}
			if(!method){
				method = scope;
				scope = null;
			}
			if(lang.isString(method)){
				scope = scope || dojo.global;
				if(!scope[method]){ throw(['dojo.hitch: scope["', method, '"] is null (scope="', scope, '")'].join('')); }
				return function(){ return scope[method].apply(scope, arguments || []); }; // Function
			}
			return !scope ? method : function(){ return method.apply(scope, arguments || []); }; // Function
		},

		delegate = (function(){
			// boodman/crockford delegation w/ cornford optimization
			function TMP(){}
			return function(obj, props){
				TMP.prototype = obj;
				var tmp = new TMP();
				TMP.prototype = null;
				if(props){
					lang._mixin(tmp, props);
				}
				return tmp; // Object
			};
		})(),

		efficient = function(obj, offset, startWith){
			return (startWith||[]).concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(obj, offset||0));
		},

		_toArray =
			has("ie") ?
				(function(){
					function slow(obj, offset, startWith){
						var arr = startWith||[];
						for(var x = offset || 0; x < obj.length; x++){
							arr.push(obj[x]);
						}
						return arr;
					}
					return function(obj){
						return ((obj.item) ? slow : efficient).apply(this, arguments);
					};
				})() : efficient,

		partial = function(/*Function|String*/method /*, ...*/){
			var arr = [ null ];
			return lang.hitch.apply(dojo, arr.concat(lang._toArray(arguments))); // Function
		},

		clone = function(/*anything*/ src){
			if(!src || typeof src != "object" || lang.isFunction(src)){
				// null, undefined, any non-object, or function
				return src;	// anything
			}
			if(src.nodeType && "cloneNode" in src){
				// DOM Node
				return src.cloneNode(true); // Node
			}
			if(src instanceof Date){
				// Date
				return new Date(src.getTime());	// Date
			}
			if(src instanceof RegExp){
				// RegExp
				return new RegExp(src);   // RegExp
			}
			var r, i, l;
			if(lang.isArray(src)){
				// array
				r = [];
				for(i = 0, l = src.length; i < l; ++i){
					if(i in src){
						r.push(clone(src[i]));
					}
				}
	// we don't clone functions for performance reasons
	//		}else if(d.isFunction(src)){
	//			// function
	//			r = function(){ return src.apply(this, arguments); };
			}else{
				// generic objects
				r = src.constructor ? new src.constructor() : {};
			}
			return lang._mixin(r, src, clone);
		},


		trim = String.prototype.trim ?
			function(str){ return str.trim(); } :
			function(str){ return str.replace(/^\s\s*/, '').replace(/\s\s*$/, ''); },


		_pattern = /\{([^\}]+)\}/g,

		replace = function(tmpl, map, pattern){
			return tmpl.replace(pattern || _pattern, lang.isFunction(map) ?
				map : function(_, k){ return getObject(k, false, map); });
		},

		lang = {
			_extraNames:_extraNames,
			_mixin:_mixin,
			mixin:mixin,
			setObject:setObject,
			getObject:getObject,
			exists:exists,
			isString:isString,
			isArray:isArray,
			isFunction:isFunction,
			isObject:isObject,
			isArrayLike:isArrayLike,
			isAlien:isAlien,
			extend:extend,
			_hitchArgs:_hitchArgs,
			hitch:hitch,
			delegate:delegate,
			_toArray:_toArray,
			partial:partial,
			clone:clone,
			trim:trim,
			replace:replace
		};

	1 && mixin(dojo, lang);
	return lang;

	/*=====
	dojo._extraNames
	// summary:
	//		Array of strings. Lists property names that must be explicitly processed during for-in interation
	//		in environments that have has("bug-for-in-skips-shadowed") true.
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo._mixin = function(dest, source, copyFunc){
		//	summary:
		//		Copies/adds all properties of source to dest; returns dest.
		//	dest: Object:
		//		The object to which to copy/add all properties contained in source.
		//	source: Object:
		//		The object from which to draw all properties to copy into dest.
		//	copyFunc: Function?:
		//		The process used to copy/add a property in source; defaults to the Javascript assignment operator.
		//	returns:
		//		dest, as modified
		//	description:
		//		All properties, including functions (sometimes termed "methods"), excluding any non-standard extensions
		//		found in Object.prototype, are copied/added to dest. Copying/adding each particular property is
		//		delegated to copyFunc (if any); copyFunc defaults to the Javascript assignment operator if not provided.
		//		Notice that by default, _mixin executes a so-called "shallow copy" and aggregate types are copied/added by reference.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.mixin = function(dest, sources){
	//	summary:
	//		Copies/adds all properties of one or more sources to dest; returns dest.
	//	dest: Object
	//		The object to which to copy/add all properties contained in source. If dest is falsy, then
	//		a new object is manufactured before copying/adding properties begins.
	//	sources: Object...
	//		One of more objects from which to draw all properties to copy into dest. sources are processed
	//		left-to-right and if more than one of these objects contain the same property name, the right-most
	//		value "wins".
	//	returns: Object
	//		dest, as modified
	//	description:
	//		All properties, including functions (sometimes termed "methods"), excluding any non-standard extensions
	//		found in Object.prototype, are copied/added from sources to dest. sources are processed left to right.
	//		The Javascript assignment operator is used to copy/add each property; therefore, by default, mixin
	//		executes a so-called "shallow copy" and aggregate types are copied/added by reference.
	//	example:
	//		make a shallow copy of an object
	//	| var copy = lang.mixin({}, source);
	//	example:
	//		many class constructors often take an object which specifies
	//		values to be configured on the object. In this case, it is
	//		often simplest to call `lang.mixin` on the `this` object:
	//	| dojo.declare("acme.Base", null, {
	//	|		constructor: function(properties){
	//	|			// property configuration:
	//	|			lang.mixin(this, properties);
	//	|
	//	|			console.log(this.quip);
	//	|			//	...
	//	|		},
	//	|		quip: "I wasn't born yesterday, you know - I've seen movies.",
	//	|		// ...
	//	| });
	//	|
	//	| // create an instance of the class and configure it
	//	| var b = new acme.Base({quip: "That's what it does!" });
	//	example:
	//		copy in properties from multiple objects
	//	| var flattened = lang.mixin(
	//	|		{
	//	|			name: "Frylock",
	//	|			braces: true
	//	|		},
	//	|		{
	//	|			name: "Carl Brutanananadilewski"
	//	|		}
	//	| );
	//	|
	//	| // will print "Carl Brutanananadilewski"
	//	| console.log(flattened.name);
	//	| // will print "true"
	//	| console.log(flattened.braces);
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.setObject = function(name, value, context){
	// summary:
	//		Set a property from a dot-separated string, such as "A.B.C"
	//	description:
	//		Useful for longer api chains where you have to test each object in
	//		the chain, or when you have an object reference in string format.
	//		Objects are created as needed along `path`. Returns the passed
	//		value if setting is successful or `undefined` if not.
	//	name: String
	//		Path to a property, in the form "A.B.C".
	//	value: anything
	//		value or object to place at location given by name
	//	context: Object?
	//		Optional. Object to use as root of path. Defaults to
	//		`dojo.global`.
	//	example:
	//		set the value of `foo.bar.baz`, regardless of whether
	//		intermediate objects already exist:
	//	| lang.setObject("foo.bar.baz", value);
	//	example:
	//		without `lang.setObject`, we often see code like this:
	//	| // ensure that intermediate objects are available
	//	| if(!obj["parent"]){ obj.parent = {}; }
	//	| if(!obj.parent["child"]){ obj.parent.child = {}; }
	//	| // now we can safely set the property
	//	| obj.parent.child.prop = "some value";
	//		whereas with `lang.setObject`, we can shorten that to:
	//	| lang.setObject("parent.child.prop", "some value", obj);
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.getObject = function(name, create, context){
	// summary:
	//		Get a property from a dot-separated string, such as "A.B.C"
	//	description:
	//		Useful for longer api chains where you have to test each object in
	//		the chain, or when you have an object reference in string format.
	//	name: String
	//		Path to an property, in the form "A.B.C".
	//	create: Boolean?
	//		Optional. Defaults to `false`. If `true`, Objects will be
	//		created at any point along the 'path' that is undefined.
	//	context: Object?
	//		Optional. Object to use as root of path. Defaults to
	//		'dojo.global'. Null may be passed.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.exists = function(name, obj){
	//	summary:
	//		determine if an object supports a given method
	//	description:
	//		useful for longer api chains where you have to test each object in
	//		the chain. Useful for object and method detection.
	//	name: String
	//		Path to an object, in the form "A.B.C".
	//	obj: Object?
	//		Object to use as root of path. Defaults to
	//		'dojo.global'. Null may be passed.
	//	example:
	//	| // define an object
	//	| var foo = {
	//	|		bar: { }
	//	| };
	//	|
	//	| // search the global scope
	//	| lang.exists("foo.bar"); // true
	//	| lang.exists("foo.bar.baz"); // false
	//	|
	//	| // search from a particular scope
	//	| lang.exists("bar", foo); // true
	//	| lang.exists("bar.baz", foo); // false
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isString = function(it){
	//	summary:
	//		Return true if it is a String
	//	it: anything
	//		Item to test.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isArray = function(it){
	//	summary:
	//		Return true if it is an Array.
	//		Does not work on Arrays created in other windows.
	//	it: anything
	//		Item to test.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isFunction = function(it){
	// summary:
	//		Return true if it is a Function
	//	it: anything
	//		Item to test.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isObject = function(it){
	// summary:
	//		Returns true if it is a JavaScript object (or an Array, a Function
	//		or null)
	//	it: anything
	//		Item to test.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isArrayLike = function(it){
	//	summary:
	//		similar to dojo.isArray() but more permissive
	//	it: anything
	//		Item to test.
	//	returns:
	//		If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, return `true`
	//	description:
	//		Doesn't strongly test for "arrayness".  Instead, settles for "isn't
	//		a string or number and has a length property". Arguments objects
	//		and DOM collections will return true when passed to
	//		dojo.isArrayLike(), but will return false when passed to
	//		dojo.isArray().
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.isAlien = function(it){
	// summary:
	//		Returns true if it is a built-in function or some other kind of
	//		oddball that *should* report as a function but doesn't
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.extend = function(constructor, props){
	// summary:
	//		Adds all properties and methods of props to constructor's
	//		prototype, making them available to all instances created with
	//		constructor.
	//	constructor: Object
	//		Target constructor to extend.
	//	props: Object...
	//		One or more objects to mix into constructor.prototype
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.hitch = function(scope, method){
	//	summary:
	//		Returns a function that will only ever execute in the a given scope.
	//		This allows for easy use of object member functions
	//		in callbacks and other places in which the "this" keyword may
	//		otherwise not reference the expected scope.
	//		Any number of default positional arguments may be passed as parameters
	//		beyond "method".
	//		Each of these values will be used to "placehold" (similar to curry)
	//		for the hitched function.
	//	scope: Object
	//		The scope to use when method executes. If method is a string,
	//		scope is also the object containing method.
	//	method: Function|String...
	//		A function to be hitched to scope, or the name of the method in
	//		scope to be hitched.
	//	example:
	//	|	dojo.hitch(foo, "bar")();
	//		runs foo.bar() in the scope of foo
	//	example:
	//	|	dojo.hitch(foo, myFunction);
	//		returns a function that runs myFunction in the scope of foo
	//	example:
	//		Expansion on the default positional arguments passed along from
	//		hitch. Passed args are mixed first, additional args after.
	//	|	var foo = { bar: function(a, b, c){ console.log(a, b, c); } };
	//	|	var fn = dojo.hitch(foo, "bar", 1, 2);
	//	|	fn(3); // logs "1, 2, 3"
	//	example:
	//	|	var foo = { bar: 2 };
	//	|	dojo.hitch(foo, function(){ this.bar = 10; })();
	//		execute an anonymous function in scope of foo
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.delegate = function(obj, props){
		//	summary:
		//		Returns a new object which "looks" to obj for properties which it
		//		does not have a value for. Optionally takes a bag of properties to
		//		seed the returned object with initially.
		//	description:
		//		This is a small implementaton of the Boodman/Crockford delegation
		//		pattern in JavaScript. An intermediate object constructor mediates
		//		the prototype chain for the returned object, using it to delegate
		//		down to obj for property lookup when object-local lookup fails.
		//		This can be thought of similarly to ES4's "wrap", save that it does
		//		not act on types but rather on pure objects.
		//	obj: Object
		//		The object to delegate to for properties not found directly on the
		//		return object or in props.
		//	props: Object...
		//		an object containing properties to assign to the returned object
		//	returns:
		//		an Object of anonymous type
		//	example:
		//	|	var foo = { bar: "baz" };
		//	|	var thinger = dojo.delegate(foo, { thud: "xyzzy"});
		//	|	thinger.bar == "baz"; // delegated to foo
		//	|	foo.thud == undefined; // by definition
		//	|	thinger.thud == "xyzzy"; // mixed in from props
		//	|	foo.bar = "thonk";
		//	|	thinger.bar == "thonk"; // still delegated to foo's bar
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.partial = function(method){
	//	summary:
	//		similar to hitch() except that the scope object is left to be
	//		whatever the execution context eventually becomes.
	//	method: Function|String
	//	description:
	//		Calling dojo.partial is the functional equivalent of calling:
	//		|	dojo.hitch(null, funcName, ...);
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.trim = function(str){
		//	summary:
		//		Trims whitespace from both sides of the string
		//	str: String
		//		String to be trimmed
		//	returns: String
		//		Returns the trimmed string
		//	description:
		//		This version of trim() was selected for inclusion into the base due
		//		to its compact size and relatively good performance
		//		(see [Steven Levithan's blog](http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/faster-trim-javascript)
		//		Uses String.prototype.trim instead, if available.
		//		The fastest but longest version of this function is located at
		//		dojo.string.trim()
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.clone = function(src){
	// summary:
	//		Clones objects (including DOM nodes) and all children.
	//		Warning: do not clone cyclic structures.
	//	src:
	//		The object to clone
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo._toArray = function(obj, offset, startWith){
		//	summary:
		//		Converts an array-like object (i.e. arguments, DOMCollection) to an
		//		array. Returns a new Array with the elements of obj.
		//	obj: Object
		//		the object to "arrayify". We expect the object to have, at a
		//		minimum, a length property which corresponds to integer-indexed
		//		properties.
		//	offset: Number?
		//		the location in obj to start iterating from. Defaults to 0.
		//		Optional.
		//	startWith: Array?
		//		An array to pack with the properties of obj. If provided,
		//		properties in obj are appended at the end of startWith and
		//		startWith is the returned array.
	}
	=====*/

	/*=====
	dojo.replace = function(tmpl, map, pattern){
		//	summary:
		//		Performs parameterized substitutions on a string. Throws an
		//		exception if any parameter is unmatched.
		//	tmpl: String
		//		String to be used as a template.
		//	map: Object|Function
		//		If an object, it is used as a dictionary to look up substitutions.
		//		If a function, it is called for every substitution with following
		//		parameters: a whole match, a name, an offset, and the whole template
		//		string (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace
		//		for more details).
		//	pattern: RegEx?
		//		Optional regular expression objects that overrides the default pattern.
		//		Must be global and match one item. The default is: /\{([^\}]+)\}/g,
		//		which matches patterns like that: "{xxx}", where "xxx" is any sequence
		//		of characters, which doesn't include "}".
		//	returns: String
		//		Returns the substituted string.
		//	example:
		//	|	// uses a dictionary for substitutions:
		//	|	dojo.replace("Hello, {name.first} {name.last} AKA {nick}!",
		//	|		{
		//	|			nick: "Bob",
		//	|			name: {
		//	|				first:	"Robert",
		//	|				middle: "X",
		//	|				last:		"Cringely"
		//	|			}
		//	|		});
		//	|	// returns: Hello, Robert Cringely AKA Bob!
		//	example:
		//	|	// uses an array for substitutions:
		//	|	dojo.replace("Hello, {0} {2}!",
		//	|		["Robert", "X", "Cringely"]);
		//	|	// returns: Hello, Robert Cringely!
		//	example:
		//	|	// uses a function for substitutions:
		//	|	function sum(a){
		//	|		var t = 0;
		//	|		dojo.forEach(a, function(x){ t += x; });
		//	|		return t;
		//	|	}
		//	|	dojo.replace(
		//	|		"{count} payments averaging {avg} USD per payment.",
		//	|		dojo.hitch(
		//	|			{ payments: [11, 16, 12] },
		//	|			function(_, key){
		//	|				switch(key){
		//	|					case "count": return this.payments.length;
		//	|					case "min":		return Math.min.apply(Math, this.payments);
		//	|					case "max":		return Math.max.apply(Math, this.payments);
		//	|					case "sum":		return sum(this.payments);
		//	|					case "avg":		return sum(this.payments) / this.payments.length;
		//	|				}
		//	|			}
		//	|		)
		//	|	);
		//	|	// prints: 3 payments averaging 13 USD per payment.
		//	example:
		//	|	// uses an alternative PHP-like pattern for substitutions:
		//	|	dojo.replace("Hello, ${0} ${2}!",
		//	|		["Robert", "X", "Cringely"], /\$\{([^\}]+)\}/g);
		//	|	// returns: Hello, Robert Cringely!
		return "";	// String
	}
	=====*/
});