/*
Copyright (c) 2010, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Code licensed under the BSD License:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/license.html
version: 3.1.1
build: 47
*/
YUI.add('intl-base', function(Y) {

/** 
 * The Intl utility provides a central location for managing sets of localized resources (strings and formatting patterns).
 *
 * @class Intl
 * @uses EventTarget
 * @static
 */

var SPLIT_REGEX = /[, ]/;

Y.mix(Y.namespace("Intl"), {

 /**
    * Returns the language among those available that
    * best matches the preferred language list, using the Lookup
    * algorithm of BCP 47.
    * If none of the available languages meets the user's preferences,
    * then "" is returned.
    * Extended language ranges are not supported.
    *
    * @method lookupBestLang
    * @param {String[] | String} preferredLanguages The list of preferred languages
    * in descending preference order, represented as BCP 47 language
    * tags. A string array or a comma-separated list.
    * @param {String[]} availableLanguages The list of languages
    * that the application supports, represented as BCP 47 language
    * tags.
    *
    * @return {String} The available language that best matches the
    * preferred language list, or "".
    * @since 3.1.0
    */
    lookupBestLang : function (preferredLanguages, availableLanguages) {

        var i, language, result, index;

        // check whether the list of available languages contains language; if so return it
        function scan(language) {
            var i;
            for (i = 0; i < availableLanguages.length; i += 1) {
                if (language.toLowerCase() === availableLanguages[i].toLowerCase()) {
                    return availableLanguages[i];
                }
            }
        }

        if (Y.Lang.isString(preferredLanguages)) {
            preferredLanguages = preferredLanguages.split(SPLIT_REGEX);
        }

        for (i = 0; i < preferredLanguages.length; i += 1) {
            language = preferredLanguages[i];
            if (!language || language === "*") {
                continue;
            }
            // check the fallback sequence for one language
            while (language.length > 0) {
                result = scan(language);
                if (result) {
                    return result;
                } else {
                    index = language.lastIndexOf("-");
                    if (index >= 0) {
                        language = language.substring(0, index);
                        // one-character subtags get cut along with the following subtag
                        if (index >= 2 && language.charAt(index - 2) === "-") {
                            language = language.substring(0, index - 2);
                        }
                    } else {
                        // nothing available for this language
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return "";
    }
});


}, '3.1.1' ,{requires:['yui-base']});
