SOURCE CODE: Uize.Parse.Po.Name (view docs)

/*______________
|       ______  |   U I Z E    J A V A S C R I P T    F R A M E W O R K
|     /      /  |   ---------------------------------------------------
|    /    O /   |    MODULE : Uize.Parse.Po.Name Class
|   /    / /    |
|  /    / /  /| |    ONLINE : http://uize.com
| /____/ /__/_| | COPYRIGHT : (c)2014-2016 UIZE
|          /___ |   LICENSE : Available under MIT License or GNU General Public License
|_______________|             http://uize.com/license.html
*/

/* Module Meta Data
  type: Class
  importance: 1
  codeCompleteness: 100
  docCompleteness: 2
*/

/*?
  Introduction
    The =Uize.Parse.Po.Name= module provides methods for parsing and serializing names in GNU gettext [[https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html][PO files]].

    *DEVELOPERS:* `Chris van Rensburg`
*/

Uize.module ({
  name:'Uize.Parse.Po.Name',
  superclass:'Uize.Parse.Base',
  required:'Uize.Str.Whitespace',
  builder:function (_superclass) {
    'use strict';

    var
      /*** Variables for Scruncher Optimization ***/
        _Uize_Str_Whitespace = Uize.Str.Whitespace,

      /*** Variables for Performance Optimization ***/
        _isNonWhitespace = _Uize_Str_Whitespace.isNonWhitespace,
        _indexOfWhitespace = _Uize_Str_Whitespace.indexOfWhitespace
    ;

    return _superclass.subclass ({
      instanceProperties:{
        name:''
      },

      instanceMethods:{
        parse:function (_source,_index) {
          var
            m = this,
            _sourceLength = (m.source = _source).length
          ;
          m.index = _index || (_index = 0);
          if (_isNonWhitespace (_source.charAt (_index)))
            _index = ((_indexOfWhitespace (_source,_index) + 1) || _sourceLength + 1) - 1
          ;
          m.name = _source.slice (m.index,_index);
          m.isValid = !!(m.length = _index - m.index);
        },

        serialize:function () {
          return this.isValid ? this.name : '';
        }
      }
    });
  }
});