    /**
     * @class Ext
     * @singleton
     */
    (function() {
        var global = this,
            objectPrototype = Object.prototype,
            toString = Object.prototype.toString,
            enumerables = true,
            enumerablesTest = { toString: 1 },
            i;

        if (typeof Ext === 'undefined') {
            global.Ext = {};
        }

        Ext.global = global;

        for (i in enumerablesTest) {
            enumerables = null;
        }

        if (enumerables) {
            enumerables = ['hasOwnProperty', 'valueOf', 'isPrototypeOf', 'propertyIsEnumerable',
                           'toLocaleString', 'toString', 'constructor'];
        }

        /**
         * An array containing extra enumerables for old browsers
         * @type Array
         */
        Ext.enumerables = enumerables;

        /**
         * Copies all the properties of config to the specified object.
         * Note that if recursive merging and cloning without referencing the original objects / arrays is needed, use
         * {@link Ext.Object#merge} instead.
         * @param {Object} object The receiver of the properties
         * @param {Object} config The source of the properties
         * @param {Object} defaults A different object that will also be applied for default values
         * @return {Object} returns obj
         */
        Ext.apply = function(object, config, defaults) {
            if (defaults) {
                Ext.apply(object, defaults);
            }

            if (object && config && typeof config === 'object') {
                var i, j, k;

                for (i in config) {
                    object[i] = config[i];
                }

                if (enumerables) {
                    for (j = enumerables.length; j--;) {
                        k = enumerables[j];
                        if (config.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
                            object[k] = config[k];
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            return object;
        };

        Ext.buildSettings = Ext.apply({
            baseCSSPrefix: 'x-',
            scopeResetCSS: false
        }, Ext.buildSettings || {});

        Ext.apply(Ext, {
            /**
             * A reusable empty function
             */
            emptyFn: function() {},

            baseCSSPrefix: Ext.buildSettings.baseCSSPrefix,

            /**
             * Copies all the properties of config to object if they don't already exist.
             * @function
             * @param {Object} object The receiver of the properties
             * @param {Object} config The source of the properties
             * @return {Object} returns obj
             */
            applyIf: function(object, config) {
                var property;

                if (object) {
                    for (property in config) {
                        if (object[property] === undefined) {
                            object[property] = config[property];
                        }
                    }
                }

                return object;
            },

            /**
             * Iterates either an array or an object. This method delegates to
             * {@link Ext.Array#each Ext.Array.each} if the given value is iterable, and {@link Ext.Object#each Ext.Object.each} otherwise.
             *
             * @param {Object/Array} object The object or array to be iterated.
             * @param {Function} fn The function to be called for each iteration. See and {@link Ext.Array#each Ext.Array.each} and
             * {@link Ext.Object#each Ext.Object.each} for detailed lists of arguments passed to this function depending on the given object
             * type that is being iterated.
             * @param {Object} scope (Optional) The scope (`this` reference) in which the specified function is executed.
             * Defaults to the object being iterated itself.
             * @markdown
             */
            iterate: function(object, fn, scope) {
                if (Ext.isEmpty(object)) {
                    return;
                }

                if (scope === undefined) {
                    scope = object;
                }

                if (Ext.isIterable(object)) {
                    Ext.Array.each.call(Ext.Array, object, fn, scope);
                }
                else {
                    Ext.Object.each.call(Ext.Object, object, fn, scope);
                }
            }
        });

        Ext.apply(Ext, {

            /**
             * This method deprecated. Use {@link Ext#define Ext.define} instead.
             * @function
             * @param {Function} superclass
             * @param {Object} overrides
             * @return {Function} The subclass constructor from the <tt>overrides</tt> parameter, or a generated one if not provided.
             * @deprecated 4.0.0 Use {@link Ext#define Ext.define} instead
             */
            extend: function() {
                // inline overrides
                var objectConstructor = objectPrototype.constructor,
                    inlineOverrides = function(o) {
                    for (var m in o) {
                        if (!o.hasOwnProperty(m)) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        this[m] = o[m];
                    }
                };

                return function(subclass, superclass, overrides) {
                    // First we check if the user passed in just the superClass with overrides
                    if (Ext.isObject(superclass)) {
                        overrides = superclass;
                        superclass = subclass;
                        subclass = overrides.constructor !== objectConstructor ? overrides.constructor : function() {
                            superclass.apply(this, arguments);
                        };
                    }

                    //<debug>
                    if (!superclass) {
                        Ext.Error.raise({
                            sourceClass: 'Ext',
                            sourceMethod: 'extend',
                            msg: 'Attempting to extend from a class which has not been loaded on the page.'
                        });
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    // We create a new temporary class
                    var F = function() {},
                        subclassProto, superclassProto = superclass.prototype;

                    F.prototype = superclassProto;
                    subclassProto = subclass.prototype = new F();
                    subclassProto.constructor = subclass;
                    subclass.superclass = superclassProto;

                    if (superclassProto.constructor === objectConstructor) {
                        superclassProto.constructor = superclass;
                    }

                    subclass.override = function(overrides) {
                        Ext.override(subclass, overrides);
                    };

                    subclassProto.override = inlineOverrides;
                    subclassProto.proto = subclassProto;

                    subclass.override(overrides);
                    subclass.extend = function(o) {
                        return Ext.extend(subclass, o);
                    };

                    return subclass;
                };
            }(),

            /**
             * Proxy to {@link Ext.Base#override}. Please refer {@link Ext.Base#override} for further details.

        Ext.define('My.cool.Class', {
            sayHi: function() {
                alert('Hi!');
            }
        }

        Ext.override(My.cool.Class, {
            sayHi: function() {
                alert('About to say...');

                this.callOverridden();
            }
        });

        var cool = new My.cool.Class();
        cool.sayHi(); // alerts 'About to say...'
                      // alerts 'Hi!'

             * Please note that `this.callOverridden()` only works if the class was previously
             * created with {@link Ext#define)
             *
             * @param {Object} cls The class to override
             * @param {Object} overrides The list of functions to add to origClass. This should be specified as an object literal
             * containing one or more methods.
             * @method override
             * @markdown
             */
            override: function(cls, overrides) {
                if (cls.prototype.$className) {
                    return cls.override(overrides);
                }
                else {
                    Ext.apply(cls.prototype, overrides);
                }
            }
        });

        // A full set of static methods to do type checking
        Ext.apply(Ext, {

            /**
             * Returns the given value itself if it's not empty, as described in {@link Ext#isEmpty}; returns the default
             * value (second argument) otherwise.
             *
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @param {Mixed} defaultValue The value to return if the original value is empty
             * @param {Boolean} allowBlank (optional) true to allow zero length strings to qualify as non-empty (defaults to false)
             * @return {Mixed} value, if non-empty, else defaultValue
             */
            valueFrom: function(value, defaultValue, allowBlank){
                return Ext.isEmpty(value, allowBlank) ? defaultValue : value;
            },

            /**
             * Returns the type of the given variable in string format. List of possible values are:
             *
             * - `undefined`: If the given value is `undefined`
             * - `null`: If the given value is `null`
             * - `string`: If the given value is a string
             * - `number`: If the given value is a number
             * - `boolean`: If the given value is a boolean value
             * - `date`: If the given value is a `Date` object
             * - `function`: If the given value is a function reference
             * - `object`: If the given value is an object
             * - `array`: If the given value is an array
             * - `regexp`: If the given value is a regular expression
             * - `element`: If the given value is a DOM Element
             * - `textnode`: If the given value is a DOM text node and contains something other than whitespace
             * - `whitespace`: If the given value is a DOM text node and contains only whitespace
             *
             * @param {Mixed} value
             * @return {String}
             * @markdown
             */
            typeOf: function(value) {
                if (value === null) {
                    return 'null';
                }

                var type = typeof value;

                if (type === 'undefined' || type === 'string' || type === 'number' || type === 'boolean') {
                    return type;
                }

                var typeToString = toString.call(value);

                switch(typeToString) {
                    case '[object Array]':
                        return 'array';
                    case '[object Date]':
                        return 'date';
                    case '[object Boolean]':
                        return 'boolean';
                    case '[object Number]':
                        return 'number';
                    case '[object RegExp]':
                        return 'regexp';
                }

                if (type === 'function') {
                    return 'function';
                }

                if (type === 'object') {
                    if (value.nodeType !== undefined) {
                        if (value.nodeType === 3) {
                            return (/\S/).test(value.nodeValue) ? 'textnode' : 'whitespace';
                        }
                        else {
                            return 'element';
                        }
                    }

                    return 'object';
                }

                //<debug error>
                Ext.Error.raise({
                    sourceClass: 'Ext',
                    sourceMethod: 'typeOf',
                    msg: 'Failed to determine the type of the specified value "' + value + '". This is most likely a bug.'
                });
                //</debug>
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is empty, false otherwise. The value is deemed to be empty if it is either:
             *
             * - `null`
             * - `undefined`
             * - a zero-length array
             * - a zero-length string (Unless the `allowEmptyString` parameter is set to `true`)
             *
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @param {Boolean} allowEmptyString (optional) true to allow empty strings (defaults to false)
             * @return {Boolean}
             * @markdown
             */
            isEmpty: function(value, allowEmptyString) {
                return (value === null) || (value === undefined) || (!allowEmptyString ? value === '' : false) || (Ext.isArray(value) && value.length === 0);
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript Array, false otherwise.
             *
             * @param {Mixed} target The target to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isArray: ('isArray' in Array) ? Array.isArray : function(value) {
                return toString.call(value) === '[object Array]';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript Date object, false otherwise.
             * @param {Object} object The object to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isDate: function(value) {
                return toString.call(value) === '[object Date]';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript Object, false otherwise.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isObject: (toString.call(null) === '[object Object]') ?
            function(value) {
                return value !== null && value !== undefined && toString.call(value) === '[object Object]' && value.nodeType === undefined;
            } :
            function(value) {
                return toString.call(value) === '[object Object]';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript 'primitive', a string, number or boolean.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isPrimitive: function(value) {
                var type = typeof value;

                return type === 'string' || type === 'number' || type === 'boolean';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a JavaScript Function, false otherwise.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isFunction:
            // Safari 3.x and 4.x returns 'function' for typeof <NodeList>, hence we need to fall back to using
            // Object.prorotype.toString (slower)
            (typeof document !== 'undefined' && typeof document.getElementsByTagName('body') === 'function') ? function(value) {
                return toString.call(value) === '[object Function]';
            } : function(value) {
                return typeof value === 'function';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a number. Returns false for non-finite numbers.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isNumber: function(value) {
                return typeof value === 'number' && isFinite(value);
            },

            /**
             * Validates that a value is numeric.
             * @param {Mixed} value Examples: 1, '1', '2.34'
             * @return {Boolean} True if numeric, false otherwise
             */
            isNumeric: function(value) {
                return !isNaN(parseFloat(value)) && isFinite(value);
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a string.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isString: function(value) {
                return typeof value === 'string';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a boolean.
             *
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isBoolean: function(value) {
                return typeof value === 'boolean';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is an HTMLElement
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isElement: function(value) {
                return value ? value.nodeType !== undefined : false;
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is a TextNode
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isTextNode: function(value) {
                return value ? value.nodeName === "#text" : false;
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is defined.
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isDefined: function(value) {
                return typeof value !== 'undefined';
            },

            /**
             * Returns true if the passed value is iterable, false otherwise
             * @param {Mixed} value The value to test
             * @return {Boolean}
             */
            isIterable: function(value) {
                return (value && typeof value !== 'string') ? value.length !== undefined : false;
            }
        });

        Ext.apply(Ext, {

            /**
             * Clone almost any type of variable including array, object, DOM nodes and Date without keeping the old reference
             * @param {Mixed} item The variable to clone
             * @return {Mixed} clone
             */
            clone: function(item) {
                if (item === null || item === undefined) {
                    return item;
                }

                // DOM nodes
                // TODO proxy this to Ext.Element.clone to handle automatic id attribute changing
                // recursively
                if (item.nodeType && item.cloneNode) {
                    return item.cloneNode(true);
                }

                var type = toString.call(item);

                // Date
                if (type === '[object Date]') {
                    return new Date(item.getTime());
                }

                var i, j, k, clone, key;

                // Array
                if (type === '[object Array]') {
                    i = item.length;

                    clone = [];

                    while (i--) {
                        clone[i] = Ext.clone(item[i]);
                    }
                }
                // Object
                else if (type === '[object Object]' && item.constructor === Object) {
                    clone = {};

                    for (key in item) {
                        clone[key] = Ext.clone(item[key]);
                    }

                    if (enumerables) {
                        for (j = enumerables.length; j--;) {
                            k = enumerables[j];
                            clone[k] = item[k];
                        }
                    }
                }

                return clone || item;
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * Generate a unique reference of Ext in the global scope, useful for sandboxing
             */
            getUniqueGlobalNamespace: function() {
                var uniqueGlobalNamespace = this.uniqueGlobalNamespace;

                if (uniqueGlobalNamespace === undefined) {
                    var i = 0;

                    do {
                        uniqueGlobalNamespace = 'ExtSandbox' + (++i);
                    } while (Ext.global[uniqueGlobalNamespace] !== undefined);

                    Ext.global[uniqueGlobalNamespace] = Ext;
                    this.uniqueGlobalNamespace = uniqueGlobalNamespace;
                }

                return uniqueGlobalNamespace;
            },

            /**
             * @private
             */
            functionFactory: function() {
                var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

                if (args.length > 0) {
                    args[args.length - 1] = 'var Ext=window.' + this.getUniqueGlobalNamespace() + ';' +
                        args[args.length - 1];
                }

                return Function.prototype.constructor.apply(Function.prototype, args);
            }
        });

        /**
         * Old alias to {@link Ext#typeOf}
         * @deprecated 4.0.0 Use {@link Ext#typeOf} instead
         */
        Ext.type = Ext.typeOf;

    })();