#--
# Copyright (C) 2006 Dimitrij Denissenko
# Please read LICENSE document for more information.
#++
module Retrospectiva
  module Inflector 
  
    extend self
  
    def web_safe_short_name(long_name_or_caption_string)
      result = long_name_or_caption_string.dup.downcase
      result.gsub!(/['"]/, '')      # replace quotes by nothing
      result.gsub!(/\W/, ' ')       # strip all non word chars
      result.gsub!(/\ +/, '-')      # replace all white space sections with a dash
      result.gsub!(/-{2,}/, '-')    # trim multiple dashes
      result.gsub!(/(-)$/, '')      # trim dashes
      result.gsub!(/^(-)/, '')
          
      result
    end
  
  end
end

RetroInflector = Retrospectiva::Inflector