    /**
     * @author Jacky Nguyen <jacky@sencha.com>
     * @docauthor Jacky Nguyen <jacky@sencha.com>
     * @class Ext.ClassManager
     *
     * Ext.ClassManager manages all classes and handles mapping from string class name to
     * actual class objects throughout the whole framework. It is not generally accessed directly, rather through
     * these convenient shorthands:
     *
     * - {@link Ext#define Ext.define}
     * - {@link Ext#create Ext.create}
     * - {@link Ext#widget Ext.widget}
     * - {@link Ext#getClass Ext.getClass}
     * - {@link Ext#getClassName Ext.getClassName}
     *
     * @singleton
     */
    (function(Class, alias) {

        var slice = Array.prototype.slice;

        var Manager = Ext.ClassManager = {

            /**
             * @property {Object} classes
             * All classes which were defined through the ClassManager. Keys are the
             * name of the classes and the values are references to the classes.
             * @private
             */
            classes: {},

            /**
             * @private
             */
            existCache: {},

            /**
             * @private
             */
            namespaceRewrites: [{
                from: 'Ext.',
                to: Ext
            }],

            /**
             * @private
             */
            maps: {
                alternateToName: {},
                aliasToName: {},
                nameToAliases: {}
            },

            /** @private */
            enableNamespaceParseCache: true,

            /** @private */
            namespaceParseCache: {},

            /** @private */
            instantiators: [],

            //<debug>
            /** @private */
            instantiationCounts: {},
            //</debug>

            /**
             * Checks if a class has already been created.
             *
             * @param {String} className
             * @return {Boolean} exist
             */
            isCreated: function(className) {
                var i, ln, part, root, parts;

                //<debug error>
                if (typeof className !== 'string' || className.length < 1) {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext.ClassManager",
                        sourceMethod: "exist",
                        msg: "Invalid classname, must be a string and must not be empty"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                if (this.classes.hasOwnProperty(className) || this.existCache.hasOwnProperty(className)) {
                    return true;
                }

                root = Ext.global;
                parts = this.parseNamespace(className);

                for (i = 0, ln = parts.length; i < ln; i++) {
                    part = parts[i];

                    if (typeof part !== 'string') {
                        root = part;
                    } else {
                        if (!root || !root[part]) {
                            return false;
                        }

                        root = root[part];
                    }
                }

                Ext.Loader.historyPush(className);

                this.existCache[className] = true;

                return true;
            },

            /**
             * Supports namespace rewriting
             * @private
             */
            parseNamespace: function(namespace) {
                //<debug error>
                if (typeof namespace !== 'string') {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext.ClassManager",
                        sourceMethod: "parseNamespace",
                        msg: "Invalid namespace, must be a string"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                var cache = this.namespaceParseCache;

                if (this.enableNamespaceParseCache) {
                    if (cache.hasOwnProperty(namespace)) {
                        return cache[namespace];
                    }
                }

                var parts = [],
                    rewrites = this.namespaceRewrites,
                    rewrite, from, to, i, ln, root = Ext.global;

                for (i = 0, ln = rewrites.length; i < ln; i++) {
                    rewrite = rewrites[i];
                    from = rewrite.from;
                    to = rewrite.to;

                    if (namespace === from || namespace.substring(0, from.length) === from) {
                        namespace = namespace.substring(from.length);

                        if (typeof to !== 'string') {
                            root = to;
                        } else {
                            parts = parts.concat(to.split('.'));
                        }

                        break;
                    }
                }

                parts.push(root);

                parts = parts.concat(namespace.split('.'));

                if (this.enableNamespaceParseCache) {
                    cache[namespace] = parts;
                }

                return parts;
            },

            /**
             * Creates a namespace and assign the `value` to the created object
             *
             *     Ext.ClassManager.setNamespace('MyCompany.pkg.Example', someObject);
             *
             *     alert(MyCompany.pkg.Example === someObject); // alerts true
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @param {Mixed} value
             */
            setNamespace: function(name, value) {
                var root = Ext.global,
                    parts = this.parseNamespace(name),
                    leaf = parts.pop(),
                    i, ln, part;

                for (i = 0, ln = parts.length; i < ln; i++) {
                    part = parts[i];

                    if (typeof part !== 'string') {
                        root = part;
                    } else {
                        if (!root[part]) {
                            root[part] = {};
                        }

                        root = root[part];
                    }
                }

                root[leaf] = value;

                return root[leaf];
            },

            /**
             * The new Ext.ns, supports namespace rewriting
             * @private
             */
            createNamespaces: function() {
                var root = Ext.global,
                    parts, part, i, j, ln, subLn;

                for (i = 0, ln = arguments.length; i < ln; i++) {
                    parts = this.parseNamespace(arguments[i]);

                    for (j = 0, subLn = parts.length; j < subLn; j++) {
                        part = parts[j];

                        if (typeof part !== 'string') {
                            root = part;
                        } else {
                            if (!root[part]) {
                                root[part] = {};
                            }

                            root = root[part];
                        }
                    }
                }

                return root;
            },

            /**
             * Sets a name reference to a class.
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @param {Object} value
             * @return {Ext.ClassManager} this
             */
            set: function(name, value) {
                var targetName = this.getName(value);

                this.classes[name] = this.setNamespace(name, value);

                if (targetName && targetName !== name) {
                    this.maps.alternateToName[name] = targetName;
                }

                return this;
            },

            /**
             * Retrieve a class by its name.
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @return {Class} class
             */
            get: function(name) {
                if (this.classes.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
                    return this.classes[name];
                }

                var root = Ext.global,
                    parts = this.parseNamespace(name),
                    part, i, ln;

                for (i = 0, ln = parts.length; i < ln; i++) {
                    part = parts[i];

                    if (typeof part !== 'string') {
                        root = part;
                    } else {
                        if (!root || !root[part]) {
                            return null;
                        }

                        root = root[part];
                    }
                }

                return root;
            },

            /**
             * Register the alias for a class.
             *
             * @param {Class/String} cls a reference to a class or a className
             * @param {String} alias Alias to use when referring to this class
             */
            setAlias: function(cls, alias) {
                var aliasToNameMap = this.maps.aliasToName,
                    nameToAliasesMap = this.maps.nameToAliases,
                    className;

                if (typeof cls === 'string') {
                    className = cls;
                } else {
                    className = this.getName(cls);
                }

                if (alias && aliasToNameMap[alias] !== className) {
                    //<debug info>
                    if (aliasToNameMap.hasOwnProperty(alias) && Ext.isDefined(Ext.global.console)) {
                        Ext.global.console.log("[Ext.ClassManager] Overriding existing alias: '" + alias + "' " +
                            "of: '" + aliasToNameMap[alias] + "' with: '" + className + "'. Be sure it's intentional.");
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    aliasToNameMap[alias] = className;
                }

                if (!nameToAliasesMap[className]) {
                    nameToAliasesMap[className] = [];
                }

                if (alias) {
                    Ext.Array.include(nameToAliasesMap[className], alias);
                }

                return this;
            },

            /**
             * Get a reference to the class by its alias.
             *
             * @param {String} alias
             * @return {Class} class
             */
            getByAlias: function(alias) {
                return this.get(this.getNameByAlias(alias));
            },

            /**
             * Get the name of a class by its alias.
             *
             * @param {String} alias
             * @return {String} className
             */
            getNameByAlias: function(alias) {
                return this.maps.aliasToName[alias] || '';
            },

            /**
             * Get the name of a class by its alternate name.
             *
             * @param {String} alternate
             * @return {String} className
             */
            getNameByAlternate: function(alternate) {
                return this.maps.alternateToName[alternate] || '';
            },

            /**
             * Get the aliases of a class by the class name
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @return {Array} aliases
             */
            getAliasesByName: function(name) {
                return this.maps.nameToAliases[name] || [];
            },

            /**
             * Get the name of the class by its reference or its instance.
             *
             *     Ext.ClassManager.getName(Ext.Action); // returns "Ext.Action"
             *
             * {@link Ext#getClassName Ext.getClassName} is alias for {@link Ext.ClassManager#getName Ext.ClassManager.getName}.
             *
             * @param {Class/Object} object
             * @return {String} className
             */
            getName: function(object) {
                return object && object.$className || '';
            },

            /**
             * Get the class of the provided object; returns null if it's not an instance
             * of any class created with Ext.define.
             *
             *     var component = new Ext.Component();
             *
             *     Ext.ClassManager.getClass(component); // returns Ext.Component
             *
             * {@link Ext#getClass Ext.getClass} is alias for {@link Ext.ClassManager#getClass Ext.ClassManager.getClass}.
             *
             * @param {Object} object
             * @return {Class} class
             */
            getClass: function(object) {
                return object && object.self || null;
            },

            /**
             * Defines a class.
             *
             *     Ext.ClassManager.create('My.awesome.Class', {
             *         someProperty: 'something',
             *         someMethod: function() { ... }
             *         ...
             *
             *     }, function() {
             *         alert('Created!');
             *         alert(this === My.awesome.Class); // alerts true
             *
             *         var myInstance = new this();
             *     });
             *
             * {@link Ext#define Ext.define} is alias for {@link Ext.ClassManager#create Ext.ClassManager.create}.
             *
             * @param {String} className The class name to create in string dot-namespaced format, for example:
             * 'My.very.awesome.Class', 'FeedViewer.plugin.CoolPager'
             * It is highly recommended to follow this simple convention:
             *
             * - The root and the class name are 'CamelCased'
             * - Everything else is lower-cased
             *
             * @param {Object} data The key - value pairs of properties to apply to this class. Property names can be of any valid
             * strings, except those in the reserved list below:
             *
             * - {@link Ext.Base#self self}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#alias alias}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#alternateClassName alternateClassName}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#config config}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#extend extend}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#inheritableStatics inheritableStatics}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#mixins mixins}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#requires requires}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#singleton singleton}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#statics statics}
             * - {@link Ext.Class#uses uses}
             *
             * @param {Function} createdFn Optional callback to execute after the class is created, the execution scope of which
             * (`this`) will be the newly created class itself.
             * @return {Ext.Base}
             */
            create: function(className, data, createdFn) {
                var manager = this;

                //<debug error>
                if (typeof className !== 'string') {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext",
                        sourceMethod: "define",
                        msg: "Invalid class name '" + className + "' specified, must be a non-empty string"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                data.$className = className;

                return new Class(data, function() {
                    var postprocessorStack = data.postprocessors || manager.defaultPostprocessors,
                        registeredPostprocessors = manager.postprocessors,
                        index = 0,
                        postprocessors = [],
                        postprocessor, postprocessors, process, i, ln;

                    delete data.postprocessors;

                    for (i = 0, ln = postprocessorStack.length; i < ln; i++) {
                        postprocessor = postprocessorStack[i];

                        if (typeof postprocessor === 'string') {
                            postprocessor = registeredPostprocessors[postprocessor];

                            if (!postprocessor.always) {
                                if (data[postprocessor.name] !== undefined) {
                                    postprocessors.push(postprocessor.fn);
                                }
                            }
                            else {
                                postprocessors.push(postprocessor.fn);
                            }
                        }
                        else {
                            postprocessors.push(postprocessor);
                        }
                    }

                    process = function(clsName, cls, clsData) {
                        postprocessor = postprocessors[index++];

                        if (!postprocessor) {
                            manager.set(className, cls);

                            Ext.Loader.historyPush(className);

                            if (createdFn) {
                                createdFn.call(cls, cls);
                            }

                            return;
                        }

                        if (postprocessor.call(this, clsName, cls, clsData, process) !== false) {
                            process.apply(this, arguments);
                        }
                    };

                    process.call(manager, className, this, data);
                });
            },

            /**
             * Instantiate a class by its alias.
             *
             * If {@link Ext.Loader} is {@link Ext.Loader#setConfig enabled} and the class has not been defined yet, it will
             * attempt to load the class via synchronous loading.
             *
             *     var window = Ext.ClassManager.instantiateByAlias('widget.window', { width: 600, height: 800, ... });
             *
             * {@link Ext#createByAlias Ext.createByAlias} is alias for {@link Ext.ClassManager#instantiateByAlias Ext.ClassManager.instantiateByAlias}.
             *
             * @param {String} alias
             * @param {Mixed} args,... Additional arguments after the alias will be passed to the
             * class constructor.
             * @return {Object} instance
             */
            instantiateByAlias: function() {
                var alias = arguments[0],
                    args = slice.call(arguments),
                    className = this.getNameByAlias(alias);

                if (!className) {
                    className = this.maps.aliasToName[alias];

                    //<debug error>
                    if (!className) {
                        Ext.Error.raise({
                            sourceClass: "Ext",
                            sourceMethod: "createByAlias",
                            msg: "Cannot create an instance of unrecognized alias: " + alias
                        });
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    //<debug warn>
                    if (Ext.global.console) {
                        Ext.global.console.warn("[Ext.Loader] Synchronously loading '" + className + "'; consider adding " +
                             "Ext.require('" + alias + "') above Ext.onReady");
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    Ext.syncRequire(className);
                }

                args[0] = className;

                return this.instantiate.apply(this, args);
            },

            /**
             * Instantiate a class by either full name, alias or alternate name.
             *
             * If {@link Ext.Loader} is {@link Ext.Loader#setConfig enabled} and the class has not been defined yet, it will
             * attempt to load the class via synchronous loading.
             *
             * For example, all these three lines return the same result:
             *
             *     // alias
             *     var window = Ext.ClassManager.instantiate('widget.window', { width: 600, height: 800, ... });
             *
             *     // alternate name
             *     var window = Ext.ClassManager.instantiate('Ext.Window', { width: 600, height: 800, ... });
             *
             *     // full class name
             *     var window = Ext.ClassManager.instantiate('Ext.window.Window', { width: 600, height: 800, ... });
             *
             * {@link Ext#create Ext.create} is alias for {@link Ext.ClassManager#instantiate Ext.ClassManager.instantiate}.
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @param {Mixed} args,... Additional arguments after the name will be passed to the class' constructor.
             * @return {Object} instance
             */
            instantiate: function() {
                var name = arguments[0],
                    args = slice.call(arguments, 1),
                    alias = name,
                    possibleName, cls;

                if (typeof name !== 'function') {
                    //<debug error>
                    if ((typeof name !== 'string' || name.length < 1)) {
                        Ext.Error.raise({
                            sourceClass: "Ext",
                            sourceMethod: "create",
                            msg: "Invalid class name or alias '" + name + "' specified, must be a non-empty string"
                        });
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    cls = this.get(name);
                }
                else {
                    cls = name;
                }

                // No record of this class name, it's possibly an alias, so look it up
                if (!cls) {
                    possibleName = this.getNameByAlias(name);

                    if (possibleName) {
                        name = possibleName;

                        cls = this.get(name);
                    }
                }

                // Still no record of this class name, it's possibly an alternate name, so look it up
                if (!cls) {
                    possibleName = this.getNameByAlternate(name);

                    if (possibleName) {
                        name = possibleName;

                        cls = this.get(name);
                    }
                }

                // Still not existing at this point, try to load it via synchronous mode as the last resort
                if (!cls) {
                    //<debug warn>
                    if (Ext.global.console) {
                        Ext.global.console.warn("[Ext.Loader] Synchronously loading '" + name + "'; consider adding " +
                             "Ext.require('" + ((possibleName) ? alias : name) + "') above Ext.onReady");
                    }
                    //</debug>

                    Ext.syncRequire(name);

                    cls = this.get(name);
                }

                //<debug error>
                if (!cls) {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext",
                        sourceMethod: "create",
                        msg: "Cannot create an instance of unrecognized class name / alias: " + alias
                    });
                }

                if (typeof cls !== 'function') {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext",
                        sourceMethod: "create",
                        msg: "'" + name + "' is a singleton and cannot be instantiated"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                //<debug>
                if (!this.instantiationCounts[name]) {
                    this.instantiationCounts[name] = 0;
                }

                this.instantiationCounts[name]++;
                //</debug>

                return this.getInstantiator(args.length)(cls, args);
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * @param name
             * @param args
             */
            dynInstantiate: function(name, args) {
                args = Ext.Array.from(args, true);
                args.unshift(name);

                return this.instantiate.apply(this, args);
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * @param length
             */
            getInstantiator: function(length) {
                if (!this.instantiators[length]) {
                    var i = length,
                        args = [];

                    for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                        args.push('a['+i+']');
                    }

                    this.instantiators[length] = new Function('c', 'a', 'return new c('+args.join(',')+')');
                }

                return this.instantiators[length];
            },

            /**
             * @private
             */
            postprocessors: {},

            /**
             * @private
             */
            defaultPostprocessors: [],

            /**
             * Register a post-processor function.
             *
             * @param {String} name
             * @param {Function} postprocessor
             */
            registerPostprocessor: function(name, fn, always) {
                this.postprocessors[name] = {
                    name: name,
                    always: always ||  false,
                    fn: fn
                };

                return this;
            },

            /**
             * Set the default post processors array stack which are applied to every class.
             *
             * @param {String/Array} The name of a registered post processor or an array of registered names.
             * @return {Ext.ClassManager} this
             */
            setDefaultPostprocessors: function(postprocessors) {
                this.defaultPostprocessors = Ext.Array.from(postprocessors);

                return this;
            },

            /**
             * Insert this post-processor at a specific position in the stack, optionally relative to
             * any existing post-processor
             *
             * @param {String} name The post-processor name. Note that it needs to be registered with
             * {@link Ext.ClassManager#registerPostprocessor} before this
             * @param {String} offset The insertion position. Four possible values are:
             * 'first', 'last', or: 'before', 'after' (relative to the name provided in the third argument)
             * @param {String} relativeName
             * @return {Ext.ClassManager} this
             */
            setDefaultPostprocessorPosition: function(name, offset, relativeName) {
                var defaultPostprocessors = this.defaultPostprocessors,
                    index;

                if (typeof offset === 'string') {
                    if (offset === 'first') {
                        defaultPostprocessors.unshift(name);

                        return this;
                    }
                    else if (offset === 'last') {
                        defaultPostprocessors.push(name);

                        return this;
                    }

                    offset = (offset === 'after') ? 1 : -1;
                }

                index = Ext.Array.indexOf(defaultPostprocessors, relativeName);

                if (index !== -1) {
                    Ext.Array.splice(defaultPostprocessors, Math.max(0, index + offset), 0, name);
                }

                return this;
            },

            /**
             * Converts a string expression to an array of matching class names. An expression can either refers to class aliases
             * or class names. Expressions support wildcards:
             *
             *     // returns ['Ext.window.Window']
             *     var window = Ext.ClassManager.getNamesByExpression('widget.window');
             *
             *     // returns ['widget.panel', 'widget.window', ...]
             *     var allWidgets = Ext.ClassManager.getNamesByExpression('widget.*');
             *
             *     // returns ['Ext.data.Store', 'Ext.data.ArrayProxy', ...]
             *     var allData = Ext.ClassManager.getNamesByExpression('Ext.data.*');
             *
             * @param {String} expression
             * @return {Array} classNames
             * @markdown
             */
            getNamesByExpression: function(expression) {
                var nameToAliasesMap = this.maps.nameToAliases,
                    names = [],
                    name, alias, aliases, possibleName, regex, i, ln;

                //<debug error>
                if (typeof expression !== 'string' || expression.length < 1) {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext.ClassManager",
                        sourceMethod: "getNamesByExpression",
                        msg: "Expression " + expression + " is invalid, must be a non-empty string"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                if (expression.indexOf('*') !== -1) {
                    expression = expression.replace(/\*/g, '(.*?)');
                    regex = new RegExp('^' + expression + '$');

                    for (name in nameToAliasesMap) {
                        if (nameToAliasesMap.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
                            aliases = nameToAliasesMap[name];

                            if (name.search(regex) !== -1) {
                                names.push(name);
                            }
                            else {
                                for (i = 0, ln = aliases.length; i < ln; i++) {
                                    alias = aliases[i];

                                    if (alias.search(regex) !== -1) {
                                        names.push(name);
                                        break;
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }

                } else {
                    possibleName = this.getNameByAlias(expression);

                    if (possibleName) {
                        names.push(possibleName);
                    } else {
                        possibleName = this.getNameByAlternate(expression);

                        if (possibleName) {
                            names.push(possibleName);
                        } else {
                            names.push(expression);
                        }
                    }
                }

                return names;
            }
        };

        /**
         * @cfg {[String]} alias
         * @member Ext.Class
         * List of short aliases for class names.  Most useful for defining xtypes for widgets:
         *
         *     Ext.define('MyApp.CoolPanel', {
         *         extend: 'Ext.panel.Panel',
         *         alias: ['widget.coolpanel'],
         *         title: 'Yeah!'
         *     });
         *
         *     // Using Ext.create
         *     Ext.widget('widget.coolpanel');
         *     // Using the shorthand for widgets and in xtypes
         *     Ext.widget('panel', {
         *         items: [
         *             {xtype: 'coolpanel', html: 'Foo'},
         *             {xtype: 'coolpanel', html: 'Bar'}
         *         ]
         *     });
         */
        Manager.registerPostprocessor('alias', function(name, cls, data) {
            var aliases = data.alias,
                widgetPrefix = 'widget.',
                i, ln, alias;

            if (!(aliases instanceof Array)) {
                aliases = [aliases];
            }

            for (i = 0, ln = aliases.length; i < ln; i++) {
                alias = aliases[i];

                //<debug error>
                if (typeof alias !== 'string') {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext",
                        sourceMethod: "define",
                        msg: "Invalid alias of: '" + alias + "' for class: '" + name + "'; must be a valid string"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                this.setAlias(cls, alias);
            }

            // This is ugly, will change to make use of parseNamespace for alias later on
            for (i = 0, ln = aliases.length; i < ln; i++) {
                alias = aliases[i];

                if (alias.substring(0, widgetPrefix.length) === widgetPrefix) {
                    // Only the first alias with 'widget.' prefix will be used for xtype
                    cls.xtype = cls.$xtype = alias.substring(widgetPrefix.length);
                    break;
                }
            }
        });

        /**
         * @cfg {Boolean} singleton
         * @member Ext.Class
         * When set to true, the class will be instanciated as singleton.  For example:
         *
         *     Ext.define('Logger', {
         *         singleton: true,
         *         log: function(msg) {
         *             console.log(msg);
         *         }
         *     });
         *
         *     Logger.log('Hello');
         */
        Manager.registerPostprocessor('singleton', function(name, cls, data, fn) {
            fn.call(this, name, new cls(), data);
            return false;
        });

        /**
         * @cfg {String/[String]} alternateClassName
         * @member Ext.Class
         * Defines alternate names for this class.  For example:
         *
         *     Ext.define('Developer', {
         *         alternateClassName: ['Coder', 'Hacker'],
         *         code: function(msg) {
         *             alert('Typing... ' + msg);
         *         }
         *     });
         *
         *     var joe = Ext.create('Developer');
         *     joe.code('stackoverflow');
         *
         *     var rms = Ext.create('Hacker');
         *     rms.code('hack hack');
         */
        Manager.registerPostprocessor('alternateClassName', function(name, cls, data) {
            var alternates = data.alternateClassName,
                i, ln, alternate;

            if (!(alternates instanceof Array)) {
                alternates = [alternates];
            }

            for (i = 0, ln = alternates.length; i < ln; i++) {
                alternate = alternates[i];

                //<debug error>
                if (typeof alternate !== 'string') {
                    Ext.Error.raise({
                        sourceClass: "Ext",
                        sourceMethod: "define",
                        msg: "Invalid alternate of: '" + alternate + "' for class: '" + name + "'; must be a valid string"
                    });
                }
                //</debug>

                this.set(alternate, cls);
            }
        });

        Manager.setDefaultPostprocessors(['alias', 'singleton', 'alternateClassName']);

        Ext.apply(Ext, {
            /**
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @alias Ext.ClassManager#instantiate
             */
            create: alias(Manager, 'instantiate'),

            /**
             * @private
             * API to be stablized
             *
             * @param {Mixed} item
             * @param {String} namespace
             */
            factory: function(item, namespace) {
                if (item instanceof Array) {
                    var i, ln;

                    for (i = 0, ln = item.length; i < ln; i++) {
                        item[i] = Ext.factory(item[i], namespace);
                    }

                    return item;
                }

                var isString = (typeof item === 'string');

                if (isString || (item instanceof Object && item.constructor === Object)) {
                    var name, config = {};

                    if (isString) {
                        name = item;
                    }
                    else {
                        name = item.className;
                        config = item;
                        delete config.className;
                    }

                    if (namespace !== undefined && name.indexOf(namespace) === -1) {
                        name = namespace + '.' + Ext.String.capitalize(name);
                    }

                    return Ext.create(name, config);
                }

                if (typeof item === 'function') {
                    return Ext.create(item);
                }

                return item;
            },

            /**
             * Convenient shorthand to create a widget by its xtype, also see {@link Ext.ClassManager#instantiateByAlias}
             *
             *     var button = Ext.widget('button'); // Equivalent to Ext.create('widget.button')
             *     var panel = Ext.widget('panel'); // Equivalent to Ext.create('widget.panel')
             *
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @param {String} name  xtype of the widget to create.
             * @return {Object} widget instance
             */
            widget: function(name) {
                var args = slice.call(arguments);
                args[0] = 'widget.' + name;

                return Manager.instantiateByAlias.apply(Manager, args);
            },

            /**
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @alias Ext.ClassManager#instantiateByAlias
             */
            createByAlias: alias(Manager, 'instantiateByAlias'),

            /**
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @alias Ext.ClassManager#create
             */
            define: alias(Manager, 'create'),

            /**
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @alias Ext.ClassManager#getName
             */
            getClassName: alias(Manager, 'getName'),

            /**
             *
             * @param {Mixed} object
             */
            getDisplayName: function(object) {
                if (object.displayName) {
                    return object.displayName;
                }

                if (object.$name && object.$class) {
                    return Ext.getClassName(object.$class) + '#' + object.$name;
                }

                if (object.$className) {
                    return object.$className;
                }

                return 'Anonymous';
            },

            /**
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @alias Ext.ClassManager#getClass
             */
            getClass: alias(Manager, 'getClass'),

            /**
             * Creates namespaces to be used for scoping variables and classes so that they are not global.
             * Specifying the last node of a namespace implicitly creates all other nodes. Usage:
             *
             *     Ext.namespace('Company', 'Company.data');
             *
             *     // equivalent and preferable to the above syntax
             *     Ext.namespace('Company.data');
             *
             *     Company.Widget = function() { ... };
             *
             *     Company.data.CustomStore = function(config) { ... };
             *
             * @method
             * @member Ext
             * @param {String} namespace1
             * @param {String} namespace2
             * @param {String} etc
             * @return {Object} The namespace object. (If multiple arguments are passed, this will be the last namespace created)
             */
            namespace: alias(Manager, 'createNamespaces')
        });

        /**
         * Old name for {@link Ext#widget}.
         * @deprecated 4.0.0 Use {@link Ext#widget} instead.
         * @method
         * @member Ext
         * @alias Ext#widget
         */
        Ext.createWidget = Ext.widget;

        /**
         * Convenient alias for {@link Ext#namespace Ext.namespace}
         * @method
         * @member Ext
         * @alias Ext#namespace
         */
        Ext.ns = Ext.namespace;

        Class.registerPreprocessor('className', function(cls, data) {
            if (data.$className) {
                cls.$className = data.$className;
                //<debug>
                cls.displayName = cls.$className;
                //</debug>
            }
        }, true);

        Class.setDefaultPreprocessorPosition('className', 'first');

    })(Ext.Class, Ext.Function.alias);