//
// Notification
// Usage: $J('#your-container').notification({text: 'Successfully sent', type: 'success'})
//
// Docs:
// 
// type: string (success, error, warning, notice)
// text: string (alert text)
// persist: boolean (should the alert remain on screen)
// delay: int (time in milliseconds for the alert to disappear if persistant is set to true)

(function($){
	$.fn.notification = function( options ) {
	
		var _this = this;
			
		// Default options
		var settings = $.extend({
			text: "Supply some text for your notification.",
			type: "success",
			persist: true,
			delay: 5000
		}, options );

		var template = '<div class="notify ' + settings.type + ' ">' + settings.text + '</div>';

		var existing = $("> div.notify." + settings.type, _this);
		if ( existing.length ) {
			existing
				//.removeClass()
				//.addClass('notify')
				//.addClass(settings.type)
				.html(settings.text)
			;
			var timeout = existing.data('notify-timeout');
			if ( timeout ) {
				clearTimeout(timeout);
				timeout = false;
			}
		} else {
			existing = $(template);
			_this.prepend(existing);
		}

		if (settings.persist != true) {
			var timeout = setTimeout(function() {
				_this.find('.notify').animate({ opacity: 0}, 500, function() {
					_this.find('.notify').remove();
					clearTimeout(timeout);
				});
			}, settings.delay);
			existing.data('notify-timeout', timeout);
		}
	
	};
})(jQuery);