class Pettanr
  class Pettanr.AppHelper
    
    @icon_tag: (name, opt = {}) ->
      title = if opt['object']
        name + ' ID:' + opt['object'].get(id).toString()
      else
        name
      size = if opt['size']
        parseInt(opt['size'])
      else
        35
      "<img src=\"" + '/images/' + Pettanr.underscore(name) + '.gif' + "\" width=" + size.toString() + " height=" + size.toString() + " alt=\"" + name + ' Icon' + "title=\"" + title + ">"

  class Pettanr.AppController

  #>> https://gist.github.com/davidjbeveridge/3813724
  @xeach: (arr, func, index=0) ->
    if index < arr.length then [ func(arr[index], index), @xeach(arr, func, index + 1)... ] else []
  
  @camelize: (input) ->
    pieces = input.split(/[\W_-]/)
    @xeach(pieces, @capitalize).join("")
  
  @capitalize: (input) ->
    input.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + input.slice(1)
  
  @lowercase: (input) ->
    input.toLowerCase()
   
  @underscore: (input) ->
    pieces = input.replace(/([A-Z])/g, '_$1').split(/[\W_-]/).filter (n) -> !!n
    @xeach(pieces, @lowercase ).join("_")
  # <<
  @is_a_string: (str) ->
    if (str instanceof String) or (typeof str == "string")
      true
    else
      false
  
@Pettanr = Pettanr