function Template(template, pattern){
    this.Pattern = /(^|.|\r|\n)(#\{(.*?)\})/;
    this.template = template.toString();
    this.pattern = pattern || this.Pattern;

    var evaluate = function(object) {
        if (Object.isFunction(object.toTemplateReplacements))
            object = object.toTemplateReplacements();

        return this.template.gsub(this.pattern, function(match) {
            if (object == null) return '';

            var before = match[1] || '';
            if (before == '\\') return match[2];

            var ctx = object, expr = match[3];
            var pattern = /^([^.[]+|\[((?:.*?[^\\])?)\])(\.|\[|$)/;
            match = pattern.exec(expr);
            if (match == null) return before;

            while (match != null) {
                var comp = match[1].startsWith('[') ? match[2].gsub('\\\\]', ']') : match[1];
                ctx = ctx[comp];
                if (null == ctx || '' == match[3]) break;
                expr = expr.substring('[' == match[3] ? match[1].length : match[0].length);
                match = pattern.exec(expr);
            }

            return before + String.interpret(ctx);
        });
    }
}

Object.extend = function(destination, source) {
    for (var property in source)
        destination[property] = source[property];
    return destination;
};

Object.extend(Object, {
    isFunction: function(object) {
        return typeof object == "function";
    },
    isUndefined: function(object) {
        return typeof object == "undefined";
    }
});
Object.extend(String.prototype, {
    JSONFilter: /^\/\*-secure-([\s\S]*)\*\/\s*$/,
    gsub: function(pattern, replacement) {
        var result = '', source = this, match;
        replacement = arguments.callee.prepareReplacement(replacement);

        while (source.length > 0) {
            if (match = source.match(pattern)) {
                result += source.slice(0, match.index);
                result += String.interpret(replacement(match));
                source  = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
            } else {
                result += source, source = '';
            }
        }
        return result;
    },
    sub: function(pattern, replacement, count) {
        replacement = this.gsub.prepareReplacement(replacement);
        count = Object.isUndefined(count) ? 1 : count;

        return this.gsub(pattern, function(match) {
            if (--count < 0) return match[0];
            return replacement(match);
        });
    },
    unfilterJSON: function(filter) {
        return this.sub(filter || this.JSONFilter, '#{1}');
    },
    inspect: function(useDoubleQuotes) {
        var escapedString = this.gsub(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/, function(match) {
            var character = String.specialChar[match[0]];
            return character ? character : '\\u00' + match[0].charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
        });
        if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
        return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
    },
    isJSON: function() {
        var str = this;
        if (str.blank()) return false;
        str = this.replace(/\\./g, '@').replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"/g, '');
        return (/^[,:{}\[\]0-9.\-+Eaeflnr-u \n\r\t]*$/).test(str);
    },
    evalJSON: function(sanitize) {
        var json = this.unfilterJSON();
        try {
            if (!sanitize || json.isJSON()) return eval('(' + json + ')');
        } catch (e) { }
        throw new SyntaxError('Badly formed JSON string: ' + this.inspect());
    }
    
});
String.prototype.gsub.prepareReplacement = function(replacement) {
    if (Object.isFunction(replacement)) return replacement;
    var template = new Template(replacement);
    return function(match) { return template.evaluate(match) };
}