(function(){

  if (window["console"] === undefined)
  {
    window["console"] = function() {};
    console.log = function() {};
  }

  var benchmark = function(name, fn) {
    console.log('benchmarking');
    return function() {
      var start = new Date();
      var returnValue = fn.apply(this, []);
      var end = new Date();
      var duration = end.getTime() - start.getTime();
      console.log({ name : name, duration : duration });
      return returnValue;
    };
  };
  
  window.benchmark = benchmark;
  
  // usage: fn = benchmark('a name', fn);
  
  var baseNamespace = 'LLR';
  
  var $createNamespace = function(str) {
      var parts = str.split('.');
      var ns = undefined;
      for (var i=0;i<parts.length;i++) {
          if (i === 0) {
            if (window[parts[i]] === undefined) {
              ns = window[parts[i]] = {};
            }
            else {
              ns = window[parts[i]];
            }
          }
          else {
            if (ns !== undefined) {
              if (ns[parts[i]] === undefined) {
                ns = ns[parts[i]] = {};
              }
              else {
                ns = ns[parts[i]];
              }
            }
          }
      }
  };

  $createNamespace(baseNamespace);

  // usage: LLR.CreateNamespace('Acme.Services.Users');

  $sb = function(text) {
      this.buffer = [];
      if (text !== null)
      {
        this.append(text);
      }
  };

  $sb.prototype.append = function(text) {
      this.buffer[this.buffer.length] = text;
      return this;
  };

  $sb.prototype.clear = function() {
      this.buffer = [];
  };

  $sb.prototype.toString = function() {
      return this.buffer.join('');
  };
  
  // usage: var sb = new LLR.StringBuilder();
  // sb.append('John').append(' ').append('Smith');
  // var name = sb.toString();

  // export objects to global scope
  window[baseNamespace].StringBuilder = $sb;
  window[baseNamespace].CreateNamespace = $createNamespace;

}());