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xutil.js

'use strict';

var log = require('./log');

exports.slug = function(name) {
  return name || name.
    replace(/^[-\s_]*[\[\(]*[\s\d]+[\]\)]*[-\s_]*/g, ''). // remove eventual leading index / number in name
    replace(/^[-\s_]+|[-\s_]+$/g, '').                    // remove leading and trailing spaces, dashes, underscores
    replace(/[-\s_]+/g, config.slugSeparator);            // join by defined slug separator
};

exports.json = function(object) {
  if (object && object instanceof Error) {
    object = {'name': object.name, 'message': object.message};
  }
  return JSON.stringify(object, null, config.debug.on ? config.debug.indent : 0);
};

process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
  log.error(err); // at least log something, not really able to send an answer (which request?)...
});