jStorage.js

/*
 * ----------------------------- JSTORAGE -------------------------------------
 * Simple local storage wrapper to save data on the browser side, supporting
 * all major browsers - IE6+, Firefox2+, Safari4+, Chrome4+ and Opera 10.5+
 *
 * Author: Andris Reinman, andris.reinman@gmail.com
 * Project homepage: www.jstorage.info
 *
 * Licensed under Unlicense:
 *
 * This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 * 
 * Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
 * distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
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 * 
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 * 
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 */

 (function(){
    var
        /* jStorage version */
        JSTORAGE_VERSION = "0.4.8",

        /* detect a dollar object or create one if not found */
        $ = window.jQuery || window.$ || (window.$ = {}),

        /* check for a JSON handling support */
        JSON = {
            parse:
                window.JSON && (window.JSON.parse || window.JSON.decode) ||
                String.prototype.evalJSON && function(str){return String(str).evalJSON();} ||
                $.parseJSON ||
                $.evalJSON,
            stringify:
                Object.toJSON ||
                window.JSON && (window.JSON.stringify || window.JSON.encode) ||
                $.toJSON
        };

    // Break if no JSON support was found
    if(!("parse" in JSON) || !("stringify" in JSON)){
        throw new Error("No JSON support found, include //cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/json2/20110223/json2.js to page");
    }

    var
        /* This is the object, that holds the cached values */
        _storage = {__jstorage_meta:{CRC32:{}}},

        /* Actual browser storage (localStorage or globalStorage["domain"]) */
        _storage_service = {jStorage:"{}"},

        /* DOM element for older IE versions, holds userData behavior */
        _storage_elm = null,

        /* How much space does the storage take */
        _storage_size = 0,

        /* which backend is currently used */
        _backend = false,

        /* onchange observers */
        _observers = {},

        /* timeout to wait after onchange event */
        _observer_timeout = false,

        /* last update time */
        _observer_update = 0,

        /* pubsub observers */
        _pubsub_observers = {},

        /* skip published items older than current timestamp */
        _pubsub_last = +new Date(),

        /* Next check for TTL */
        _ttl_timeout,

        /**
         * XML encoding and decoding as XML nodes can't be JSON'ized
         * XML nodes are encoded and decoded if the node is the value to be saved
         * but not if it's as a property of another object
         * Eg. -
         *   $.jStorage.set("key", xmlNode);        // IS OK
         *   $.jStorage.set("key", {xml: xmlNode}); // NOT OK
         */
        _XMLService = {

            /**
             * Validates a XML node to be XML
             * based on jQuery.isXML function
             */
            isXML: function(elm){
                var documentElement = (elm ? elm.ownerDocument || elm : 0).documentElement;
                return documentElement ? documentElement.nodeName !== "HTML" : false;
            },

            /**
             * Encodes a XML node to string
             * based on http://www.mercurytide.co.uk/news/article/issues-when-working-ajax/
             */
            encode: function(xmlNode) {
                if(!this.isXML(xmlNode)){
                    return false;
                }
                try{ // Mozilla, Webkit, Opera
                    return new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(xmlNode);
                }catch(E1) {
                    try {  // IE
                        return xmlNode.xml;
                    }catch(E2){}
                }
                return false;
            },

            /**
             * Decodes a XML node from string
             * loosely based on http://outwestmedia.com/jquery-plugins/xmldom/
             */
            decode: function(xmlString){
                var dom_parser = ("DOMParser" in window && (new DOMParser()).parseFromString) ||
                        (window.ActiveXObject && function(_xmlString) {
                    var xml_doc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
                    xml_doc.async = "false";
                    xml_doc.loadXML(_xmlString);
                    return xml_doc;
                }),
                resultXML;
                if(!dom_parser){
                    return false;
                }
                resultXML = dom_parser.call("DOMParser" in window && (new DOMParser()) || window, xmlString, "text/xml");
                return this.isXML(resultXML)?resultXML:false;
            }
        };


    ////////////////////////// PRIVATE METHODS ////////////////////////

    /**
     * Initialization function. Detects if the browser supports DOM Storage
     * or userData behavior and behaves accordingly.
     */
    function _init(){
        /* Check if browser supports localStorage */
        var localStorageReallyWorks = false;
        if("localStorage" in window){
            try {
                window.localStorage.setItem("_tmptest", "tmpval");
                localStorageReallyWorks = true;
                window.localStorage.removeItem("_tmptest");
            } catch(BogusQuotaExceededErrorOnIos5) {
                // Thanks be to iOS5 Private Browsing mode which throws
                // QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERRROR DOM Exception 22.
            }
        }

        if(localStorageReallyWorks){
            try {
                if(window.localStorage) {
                    _storage_service = window.localStorage;
                    _backend = "localStorage";
                    _observer_update = _storage_service.jStorage_update;
                }
            } catch(E3) {/* Firefox fails when touching localStorage and cookies are disabled */}
        }
        /* Check if browser supports globalStorage */
        else if("globalStorage" in window){
            try {
                if(window.globalStorage) {
                    if(window.location.hostname == "localhost"){
                        _storage_service = window.globalStorage["localhost.localdomain"];
                    }
                    else{
                        _storage_service = window.globalStorage[window.location.hostname];
                    }
                    _backend = "globalStorage";
                    _observer_update = _storage_service.jStorage_update;
                }
            } catch(E4) {/* Firefox fails when touching localStorage and cookies are disabled */}
        }
        /* Check if browser supports userData behavior */
        else {
            _storage_elm = document.createElement("link");
            if(_storage_elm.addBehavior){

                /* Use a DOM element to act as userData storage */
                _storage_elm.style.behavior = "url(#default#userData)";

                /* userData element needs to be inserted into the DOM! */
                document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(_storage_elm);

                try{
                    _storage_elm.load("jStorage");
                }catch(E){
                    // try to reset cache
                    _storage_elm.setAttribute("jStorage", "{}");
                    _storage_elm.save("jStorage");
                    _storage_elm.load("jStorage");
                }

                var data = "{}";
                try{
                    data = _storage_elm.getAttribute("jStorage");
                }catch(E5){}

                try{
                    _observer_update = _storage_elm.getAttribute("jStorage_update");
                }catch(E6){}

                _storage_service.jStorage = data;
                _backend = "userDataBehavior";
            }else{
                _storage_elm = null;
                return;
            }
        }

        // Load data from storage
        _load_storage();

        // remove dead keys
        _handleTTL();

        // start listening for changes
        _setupObserver();

        // initialize publish-subscribe service
        _handlePubSub();

        // handle cached navigation
        if("addEventListener" in window){
            window.addEventListener("pageshow", function(event){
                if(event.persisted){
                    _storageObserver();
                }
            }, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Reload data from storage when needed
     */
    function _reloadData(){
        var data = "{}";

        if(_backend == "userDataBehavior"){
            _storage_elm.load("jStorage");

            try{
                data = _storage_elm.getAttribute("jStorage");
            }catch(E5){}

            try{
                _observer_update = _storage_elm.getAttribute("jStorage_update");
            }catch(E6){}

            _storage_service.jStorage = data;
        }

        _load_storage();

        // remove dead keys
        _handleTTL();

        _handlePubSub();
    }

    /**
     * Sets up a storage change observer
     */
    function _setupObserver(){
        if(_backend == "localStorage" || _backend == "globalStorage"){
            if("addEventListener" in window){
                window.addEventListener("storage", _storageObserver, false);
            }else{
                document.attachEvent("onstorage", _storageObserver);
            }
        }else if(_backend == "userDataBehavior"){
            setInterval(_storageObserver, 1000);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Fired on any kind of data change, needs to check if anything has
     * really been changed
     */
    function _storageObserver(){
        var updateTime;
        // cumulate change notifications with timeout
        clearTimeout(_observer_timeout);
        _observer_timeout = setTimeout(function(){

            if(_backend == "localStorage" || _backend == "globalStorage"){
                updateTime = _storage_service.jStorage_update;
            }else if(_backend == "userDataBehavior"){
                _storage_elm.load("jStorage");
                try{
                    updateTime = _storage_elm.getAttribute("jStorage_update");
                }catch(E5){}
            }

            if(updateTime && updateTime != _observer_update){
                _observer_update = updateTime;
                _checkUpdatedKeys();
            }

        }, 25);
    }

    /**
     * Reloads the data and checks if any keys are changed
     */
    function _checkUpdatedKeys(){
        var oldCrc32List = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(_storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32)),
            newCrc32List;

        _reloadData();
        newCrc32List = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(_storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32));

        var key,
            updated = [],
            removed = [];

        for(key in oldCrc32List){
            if(oldCrc32List.hasOwnProperty(key)){
                if(!newCrc32List[key]){
                    removed.push(key);
                    continue;
                }
                if(oldCrc32List[key] != newCrc32List[key] && String(oldCrc32List[key]).substr(0,2) == "2."){
                    updated.push(key);
                }
            }
        }

        for(key in newCrc32List){
            if(newCrc32List.hasOwnProperty(key)){
                if(!oldCrc32List[key]){
                    updated.push(key);
                }
            }
        }

        _fireObservers(updated, "updated");
        _fireObservers(removed, "deleted");
    }

    /**
     * Fires observers for updated keys
     *
     * @param {Array|String} keys Array of key names or a key
     * @param {String} action What happened with the value (updated, deleted, flushed)
     */
    function _fireObservers(keys, action){
        keys = [].concat(keys || []);
        if(action == "flushed"){
            keys = [];
            for(var key in _observers){
                if(_observers.hasOwnProperty(key)){
                    keys.push(key);
                }
            }
            action = "deleted";
        }
        for(var i=0, len = keys.length; i<len; i++){
            if(_observers[keys[i]]){
                for(var j=0, jlen = _observers[keys[i]].length; j<jlen; j++){
                    _observers[keys[i]][j](keys[i], action);
                }
            }
            if(_observers["*"]){
                for(var j=0, jlen = _observers["*"].length; j<jlen; j++){
                    _observers["*"][j](keys[i], action);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Publishes key change to listeners
     */
    function _publishChange(){
        var updateTime = (+new Date()).toString();

        if(_backend == "localStorage" || _backend == "globalStorage"){
            try {
                _storage_service.jStorage_update = updateTime;
            } catch (E8) {
                // safari private mode has been enabled after the jStorage initialization
                _backend = false;
            }
        }else if(_backend == "userDataBehavior"){
            _storage_elm.setAttribute("jStorage_update", updateTime);
            _storage_elm.save("jStorage");
        }

        _storageObserver();
    }

    /**
     * Loads the data from the storage based on the supported mechanism
     */
    function _load_storage(){
        /* if jStorage string is retrieved, then decode it */
        if(_storage_service.jStorage){
            try{
                _storage = JSON.parse(String(_storage_service.jStorage));
            }catch(E6){_storage_service.jStorage = "{}";}
        }else{
            _storage_service.jStorage = "{}";
        }
        _storage_size = _storage_service.jStorage?String(_storage_service.jStorage).length:0;

        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta){
            _storage.__jstorage_meta = {};
        }
        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32){
            _storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32 = {};
        }
    }

    /**
     * This functions provides the "save" mechanism to store the jStorage object
     */
    function _save(){
        _dropOldEvents(); // remove expired events
        try{
            _storage_service.jStorage = JSON.stringify(_storage);
            // If userData is used as the storage engine, additional
            if(_storage_elm) {
                _storage_elm.setAttribute("jStorage",_storage_service.jStorage);
                _storage_elm.save("jStorage");
            }
            _storage_size = _storage_service.jStorage?String(_storage_service.jStorage).length:0;
        }catch(E7){/* probably cache is full, nothing is saved this way*/}
    }

    /**
     * Function checks if a key is set and is string or numberic
     *
     * @param {String} key Key name
     */
    function _checkKey(key){
        if(typeof key != "string" && typeof key != "number"){
            throw new TypeError("Key name must be string or numeric");
        }
        if(key == "__jstorage_meta"){
            throw new TypeError("Reserved key name");
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Removes expired keys
     */
    function _handleTTL(){
        var curtime, i, TTL, CRC32, nextExpire = Infinity, changed = false, deleted = [];

        clearTimeout(_ttl_timeout);

        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta || typeof _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL != "object"){
            // nothing to do here
            return;
        }

        curtime = +new Date();
        TTL = _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL;

        CRC32 = _storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32;
        for(i in TTL){
            if(TTL.hasOwnProperty(i)){
                if(TTL[i] <= curtime){
                    delete TTL[i];
                    delete CRC32[i];
                    delete _storage[i];
                    changed = true;
                    deleted.push(i);
                }else if(TTL[i] < nextExpire){
                    nextExpire = TTL[i];
                }
            }
        }

        // set next check
        if(nextExpire != Infinity){
            _ttl_timeout = setTimeout(Math.min(_handleTTL, nextExpire - curtime, 0x7FFFFFFF));
        }

        // save changes
        if(changed){
            _save();
            _publishChange();
            _fireObservers(deleted, "deleted");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks if there's any events on hold to be fired to listeners
     */
    function _handlePubSub(){
        var i, len;
        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub){
            return;
        }
        var pubelm,
            _pubsubCurrent = _pubsub_last;

        for(i=len=_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.length-1; i>=0; i--){
            pubelm = _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub[i];
            if(pubelm[0] > _pubsub_last){
                _pubsubCurrent = pubelm[0];
                _fireSubscribers(pubelm[1], pubelm[2]);
            }
        }

        _pubsub_last = _pubsubCurrent;
    }

    /**
     * Fires all subscriber listeners for a pubsub channel
     *
     * @param {String} channel Channel name
     * @param {Mixed} payload Payload data to deliver
     */
    function _fireSubscribers(channel, payload){
        if(_pubsub_observers[channel]){
            for(var i=0, len = _pubsub_observers[channel].length; i<len; i++){
                // send immutable data that can't be modified by listeners
                try{
                    _pubsub_observers[channel][i](channel, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(payload)));
                }catch(E){};
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Remove old events from the publish stream (at least 2sec old)
     */
    function _dropOldEvents(){
        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub){
            return;
        }

        var retire = +new Date() - 2000;

        for(var i=0, len = _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.length; i<len; i++){
            if(_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub[i][0] <= retire){
                // deleteCount is needed for IE6
                _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.splice(i, _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.length - i);
                break;
            }
        }

        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.length){
            delete _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub;
        }

    }

    /**
     * Publish payload to a channel
     *
     * @param {String} channel Channel name
     * @param {Mixed} payload Payload to send to the subscribers
     */
    function _publish(channel, payload){
        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta){
            _storage.__jstorage_meta = {};
        }
        if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub){
            _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub = [];
        }

        _storage.__jstorage_meta.PubSub.unshift([+new Date, channel, payload]);

        _save();
        _publishChange();
    }


    /**
     * JS Implementation of MurmurHash2
     *
     *  SOURCE: https://github.com/garycourt/murmurhash-js (MIT licensed)
     *
     * @author <a href="mailto:gary.court@gmail.com">Gary Court</a>
     * @see http://github.com/garycourt/murmurhash-js
     * @author <a href="mailto:aappleby@gmail.com">Austin Appleby</a>
     * @see http://sites.google.com/site/murmurhash/
     *
     * @param {string} str ASCII only
     * @param {number} seed Positive integer only
     * @return {number} 32-bit positive integer hash
     */

    function murmurhash2_32_gc(str, seed) {
        var
            l = str.length,
            h = seed ^ l,
            i = 0,
            k;

        while (l >= 4) {
            k =
                ((str.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff)) |
                ((str.charCodeAt(++i) & 0xff) << 8) |
                ((str.charCodeAt(++i) & 0xff) << 16) |
                ((str.charCodeAt(++i) & 0xff) << 24);

            k = (((k & 0xffff) * 0x5bd1e995) + ((((k >>> 16) * 0x5bd1e995) & 0xffff) << 16));
            k ^= k >>> 24;
            k = (((k & 0xffff) * 0x5bd1e995) + ((((k >>> 16) * 0x5bd1e995) & 0xffff) << 16));

            h = (((h & 0xffff) * 0x5bd1e995) + ((((h >>> 16) * 0x5bd1e995) & 0xffff) << 16)) ^ k;

            l -= 4;
            ++i;
        }

        switch (l) {
            case 3: h ^= (str.charCodeAt(i + 2) & 0xff) << 16;
            case 2: h ^= (str.charCodeAt(i + 1) & 0xff) << 8;
            case 1: h ^= (str.charCodeAt(i) & 0xff);
                h = (((h & 0xffff) * 0x5bd1e995) + ((((h >>> 16) * 0x5bd1e995) & 0xffff) << 16));
        }

        h ^= h >>> 13;
        h = (((h & 0xffff) * 0x5bd1e995) + ((((h >>> 16) * 0x5bd1e995) & 0xffff) << 16));
        h ^= h >>> 15;

        return h >>> 0;
    }

    ////////////////////////// PUBLIC INTERFACE /////////////////////////

    $.jStorage = {
        /* Version number */
        version: JSTORAGE_VERSION,

        /**
         * Sets a key's value.
         *
         * @param {String} key Key to set. If this value is not set or not
         *              a string an exception is raised.
         * @param {Mixed} value Value to set. This can be any value that is JSON
         *              compatible (Numbers, Strings, Objects etc.).
         * @param {Object} [options] - possible options to use
         * @param {Number} [options.TTL] - optional TTL value
         * @return {Mixed} the used value
         */
        set: function(key, value, options){
            _checkKey(key);

            options = options || {};

            // undefined values are deleted automatically
            if(typeof value == "undefined"){
                this.deleteKey(key);
                return value;
            }

            if(_XMLService.isXML(value)){
                value = {_is_xml:true,xml:_XMLService.encode(value)};
            }else if(typeof value == "function"){
                return undefined; // functions can't be saved!
            }else if(value && typeof value == "object"){
                // clone the object before saving to _storage tree
                value = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value));
            }

            _storage[key] = value;

            _storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32[key] = "2." + murmurhash2_32_gc(JSON.stringify(value), 0x9747b28c);

            this.setTTL(key, options.TTL || 0); // also handles saving and _publishChange

            _fireObservers(key, "updated");
            return value;
        },

        /**
         * Looks up a key in cache
         *
         * @param {String} key - Key to look up.
         * @param {mixed} def - Default value to return, if key didn't exist.
         * @return {Mixed} the key value, default value or null
         */
        get: function(key, def){
            _checkKey(key);
            if(key in _storage){
                if(_storage[key] && typeof _storage[key] == "object" && _storage[key]._is_xml) {
                    return _XMLService.decode(_storage[key].xml);
                }else{
                    return _storage[key];
                }
            }
            return typeof(def) == "undefined" ? null : def;
        },

        /**
         * Deletes a key from cache.
         *
         * @param {String} key - Key to delete.
         * @return {Boolean} true if key existed or false if it didn't
         */
        deleteKey: function(key){
            _checkKey(key);
            if(key in _storage){
                delete _storage[key];
                // remove from TTL list
                if(typeof _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL == "object" &&
                  key in _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL){
                    delete _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL[key];
                }

                delete _storage.__jstorage_meta.CRC32[key];

                _save();
                _publishChange();
                _fireObservers(key, "deleted");
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        },

        /**
         * Sets a TTL for a key, or remove it if ttl value is 0 or below
         *
         * @param {String} key - key to set the TTL for
         * @param {Number} ttl - TTL timeout in milliseconds
         * @return {Boolean} true if key existed or false if it didn't
         */
        setTTL: function(key, ttl){
            var curtime = +new Date();
            _checkKey(key);
            ttl = Number(ttl) || 0;
            if(key in _storage){

                if(!_storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL){
                    _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL = {};
                }

                // Set TTL value for the key
                if(ttl>0){
                    _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL[key] = curtime + ttl;
                }else{
                    delete _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL[key];
                }

                _save();

                _handleTTL();

                _publishChange();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        },

        /**
         * Gets remaining TTL (in milliseconds) for a key or 0 when no TTL has been set
         *
         * @param {String} key Key to check
         * @return {Number} Remaining TTL in milliseconds
         */
        getTTL: function(key){
            var curtime = +new Date(), ttl;
            _checkKey(key);
            if(key in _storage && _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL && _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL[key]){
                ttl = _storage.__jstorage_meta.TTL[key] - curtime;
                return ttl || 0;
            }
            return 0;
        },

        /**
         * Deletes everything in cache.
         *
         * @return {Boolean} Always true
         */
        flush: function(){
            _storage = {__jstorage_meta:{CRC32:{}}};
            _save();
            _publishChange();
            _fireObservers(null, "flushed");
            return true;
        },

        /**
         * Returns a read-only copy of _storage
         *
         * @return {Object} Read-only copy of _storage
        */
        storageObj: function(){
            function F() {}
            F.prototype = _storage;
            return new F();
        },

        /**
         * Returns an index of all used keys as an array
         * ["key1", "key2",.."keyN"]
         *
         * @return {Array} Used keys
        */
        index: function(){
            var index = [], i;
            for(i in _storage){
                if(_storage.hasOwnProperty(i) && i != "__jstorage_meta"){
                    index.push(i);
                }
            }
            return index;
        },

        /**
         * How much space in bytes does the storage take?
         *
         * @return {Number} Storage size in chars (not the same as in bytes,
         *                  since some chars may take several bytes)
         */
        storageSize: function(){
            return _storage_size;
        },

        /**
         * Which backend is currently in use?
         *
         * @return {String} Backend name
         */
        currentBackend: function(){
            return _backend;
        },

        /**
         * Test if storage is available
         *
         * @return {Boolean} True if storage can be used
         */
        storageAvailable: function(){
            return !!_backend;
        },

        /**
         * Register change listeners
         *
         * @param {String} key Key name
         * @param {Function} callback Function to run when the key changes
         */
        listenKeyChange: function(key, callback){
            _checkKey(key);
            if(!_observers[key]){
                _observers[key] = [];
            }
            _observers[key].push(callback);
        },

        /**
         * Remove change listeners
         *
         * @param {String} key Key name to unregister listeners against
         * @param {Function} [callback] If set, unregister the callback, if not - unregister all
         */
        stopListening: function(key, callback){
            _checkKey(key);

            if(!_observers[key]){
                return;
            }

            if(!callback){
                delete _observers[key];
                return;
            }

            for(var i = _observers[key].length - 1; i>=0; i--){
                if(_observers[key][i] == callback){
                    _observers[key].splice(i,1);
                }
            }
        },

        /**
         * Subscribe to a Publish/Subscribe event stream
         *
         * @param {String} channel Channel name
         * @param {Function} callback Function to run when the something is published to the channel
         */
        subscribe: function(channel, callback){
            channel = (channel || "").toString();
            if(!channel){
                throw new TypeError("Channel not defined");
            }
            if(!_pubsub_observers[channel]){
                _pubsub_observers[channel] = [];
            }
            _pubsub_observers[channel].push(callback);
        },

        /**
         * Publish data to an event stream
         *
         * @param {String} channel Channel name
         * @param {Mixed} payload Payload to deliver
         */
        publish: function(channel, payload){
            channel = (channel || "").toString();
            if(!channel){
                throw new TypeError("Channel not defined");
            }

            _publish(channel, payload);
        },

        /**
         * Reloads the data from browser storage
         */
        reInit: function(){
            _reloadData();
        },

        /**
         * Removes reference from global objects and saves it as jStorage
         *
         * @param {Boolean} option if needed to save object as simple "jStorage" in windows context
         */
         noConflict: function( saveInGlobal ) {
            delete window.$.jStorage

            if ( saveInGlobal ) {
                window.jStorage = this;
            }

            return this;
         }
    };

    // Initialize jStorage
    _init();

})();