/**
 * @author		Patrick Schröder
 * @copyright	2010 DI.NET AG
 * @license	GNU Lesser General Public License <http://opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php>
 */

String.prototype.beginsWith = function(t, i) {
	if(i == false) {
		return (t == this.substring(0, t.length));
	} else {
		return (t.toLowerCase() == this.substring(0, t.length).toLowerCase());
	}
}

String.prototype.endsWith = function(t, i) {
	if(i==false) {
		return (t == this.substring(this.length - t.length));
	} else {
		return (t.toLowerCase() == this.substring(this.length - t.length).toLowerCase());
	}
} 

String.prototype.ucfirst = function() {
	// Split the string into words if string contains multiple words.
	var x = this.split(/\s+/g);
	for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
		// Splits the word into two parts. One part being the first letter,
		// second being the rest of the word.
		var parts = x[i].match(/(\w)(\w*)/);

		// Put it back together but uppercase the first letter and lowercase the
		// rest of the word.
		x[i] = parts[1].toUpperCase() + parts[2].toLowerCase();
	}

	// Rejoin the string and return.
	return x.join(' ');
};