/*
---

name: Class

description: Contains the Class Function for easily creating, extending, and implementing reusable Classes.

license: MIT-style license.

requires: [Array, String, Function, Number]

provides: Class

...
*/

(function(){

var Class = this.Class = new Type('Class', function(params){
	if (instanceOf(params, Function)) params = {initialize: params};

	var newClass = function(){
		reset(this);
		if (newClass.$prototyping) return this;
		this.$caller = null;
		var value = (this.initialize) ? this.initialize.apply(this, arguments) : this;
		this.$caller = this.caller = null;
		return value;
	}.extend(this).implement(params);

	newClass.$constructor = Class;
	newClass.prototype.$constructor = newClass;
	newClass.prototype.parent = parent;

	return newClass;
});

var parent = function(){
	if (!this.$caller) throw new Error('The method "parent" cannot be called.');
	var name = this.$caller.$name,
		parent = this.$caller.$owner.parent,
		previous = (parent) ? parent.prototype[name] : null;
	if (!previous) throw new Error('The method "' + name + '" has no parent.');
	return previous.apply(this, arguments);
};

var reset = function(object){
	for (var key in object){
		var value = object[key];
		switch (typeOf(value)){
			case 'object':
				var F = function(){};
				F.prototype = value;
				object[key] = reset(new F);
			break;
			case 'array': object[key] = value.clone(); break;
		}
	}
	return object;
};

var wrap = function(self, key, method){
	if (method.$origin) method = method.$origin;
	var wrapper = function(){
		if (method.$protected && this.$caller == null) throw new Error('The method "' + key + '" cannot be called.');
		var caller = this.caller, current = this.$caller;
		this.caller = current; this.$caller = wrapper;
		var result = method.apply(this, arguments);
		this.$caller = current; this.caller = caller;
		return result;
	}.extend({$owner: self, $origin: method, $name: key});
	return wrapper;
};

var implement = function(key, value, retain){
	if (Class.Mutators.hasOwnProperty(key)){
		value = Class.Mutators[key].call(this, value);
		if (value == null) return this;
	}

	if (typeOf(value) == 'function'){
		if (value.$hidden) return this;
		this.prototype[key] = (retain) ? value : wrap(this, key, value);
	} else {
		Object.merge(this.prototype, key, value);
	}

	return this;
};

var getInstance = function(klass){
	klass.$prototyping = true;
	var proto = new klass;
	delete klass.$prototyping;
	return proto;
};

Class.implement('implement', implement.overloadSetter());

Class.Mutators = {

	Extends: function(parent){
		this.parent = parent;
		this.prototype = getInstance(parent);
	},

	Implements: function(items){
		Array.from(items).each(function(item){
			var instance = new item;
			for (var key in instance) implement.call(this, key, instance[key], true);
		}, this);
	}
};

})();