A simple Bootstrap alert/notification manager

notification-manager.js

/*
 * A simple notification manager to handle Bootstrap alerts. 
 */

/**
 * 
 * @param {String} selector a jQuery element selector
 * @param {String} alertClass success|info|danger a Bootstrap alert class.
 * @param {String} message a message to be displayed in the bootstrap alert.
 * @param {Boolean} append should this message should append or replace the current message.
 * @param {Integer} timeout the number of seconds 
 */
function setNotification(selector, alertClass, message, append, timeout) {
    try {
        var alertDiv = $('<div>', {
            class: "alert alert-" + alertClass + " alert-dismissable fade show"
        });
        var alertButton = $('<button>', {
            type: "button",
            class: "close",
            'data-dismiss': "alert",
            'aria-hidden': true,
            text: "×"
        })

        if (append) {
            $(selector).append($(alertDiv).append(alertButton, message));
        } else {
            $(selector).html($(alertDiv).append(alertButton, message));
        }

        if (alertClass === "success" || timeout) {
            timeout = timeout ? timeout * 1000 : 10 * 1000;
            setTimeout(function () {
                $(alertDiv).fadeTo(1000, 0).slideUp(1000, function () {
                    $(this).remove();
                });
            }, timeout)
        }

    } catch (error) {
        console.log("An error occurred while setting a notification. ", error);
    }
}