var translator = {

    // Hash of preloaded templates for the app
    translations: {},
	language: 'en-US',

	loadTranslations: function(callback){
		this.translations = JSON.parse($.ajax({type: 'GET', url: 'translations/all.json', dataType: 'json', async: false}).responseText);
		callback();
	},

	setLanguage: function(language) {
		console.log('setting new language: ' + language);
		this.language = language;
		moment.locale(this.getShortLanguage());
	},

	getLanguage: function(language) {
		return language;
	},

	getShortLanguage: function() {
		var supported = ["de", "fr", "es"];
		var shortened = this.language.substring(0,2);
		var result = 'en';
		$(supported).each(function(i, obj){
			if (shortened == obj){
				result = obj;
			}
		});
		return result;
	},

	get: function(identifier, replace){
		var language = this.getShortLanguage();
		return this.getWithLanguage(language, identifier, replace);
	},

	getWithLanguage: function(language, identifier, replace){
		var str = '';
		str = this.translations[language][identifier];
		if(typeof replace == 'undefined') {
        	return str;
		} else {
			return this.strtr(str, replace);
		}
	},

	strtr: function(str, replacePairs, to) {
	   "use strict";
		var key, re;
		for (key in replacePairs) {
			if (replacePairs.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				re = new RegExp(key, "g");
				str = str.replace(re, replacePairs[key]);
			}
		}
		return str;
	}
};