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englishClass.js

(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;
        if (this.initialise)
            this.initialize = this.initialise;
        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);
    }
};

})();