YUI.add('aui-text-unicode', function (A, NAME) {

/**
 * Utility for testing strings against unicode patterns.
 *
 * @module aui-text
 */

var UData = A.Text.Data.Unicode;

var Unicode = {
    /**
     * Return a unicode regex for the given group (under A.Text.Data.Unicode).
     *
     * @param {String} group
     * @param {String} flags
     * @method compile
     * @private
     */
    compile: function(group, flags) {
        var regex = null;

        if (UData.hasOwnProperty(group)) {
            regex = new RegExp(UData[group], flags);
        }

        return regex;
    },

    /**
     * Tests a string against an Unicode pattern. Returns the first match.
     *
     * @param {String} str
     * @param {String} group
     * @param {String} flags
     * @method match
     */
    match: A.cached(function(str, group, flags) {
        return Unicode.compile(group, flags).exec(str);
    }),

    /**
     * Tests a string against an Unicode pattern. Returns true or false.
     *
     * @param {String} str
     * @param {String} group
     * @param {String} flags
     * @method test
     */
    test: A.cached(function(str, group, flags) {
        return Unicode.compile(group, flags).test(str);
    })
};

A.Text.Unicode = Unicode;


}, '3.1.0-deprecated.110', {"requires": ["aui-text-data-unicode"]});
