(function() {
	
	function stripHtml(value) {
		// remove html tags and space chars
		return value.replace(/<.[^<>]*?>/g, ' ').replace(/&nbsp;|&#160;/gi, ' ')
		// remove numbers and punctuation
		.replace(/[0-9.(),;:!?%#$'"_+=\/-]*/g,'');
	}
	jQuery.validator.addMethod("maxWords", function(value, element, params) { 
	    return this.optional(element) || stripHtml(value).match(/\b\w+\b/g).length < params; 
	}, jQuery.validator.format("Please enter {0} words or less.")); 
	 
	jQuery.validator.addMethod("minWords", function(value, element, params) { 
	    return this.optional(element) || stripHtml(value).match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params; 
	}, jQuery.validator.format("Please enter at least {0} words.")); 
	 
	jQuery.validator.addMethod("rangeWords", function(value, element, params) { 
	    return this.optional(element) || stripHtml(value).match(/\b\w+\b/g).length >= params[0] && value.match(/bw+b/g).length < params[1]; 
	}, jQuery.validator.format("Please enter between {0} and {1} words."));

})();

jQuery.validator.addMethod('phoneUK', function(phone_number, element) {
return this.optional(element) || phone_number.length > 9 &&
phone_number.match(/^(\(?(0|\+44)[1-9]{1}\d{1,4}?\)?\s?\d{3,4}\s?\d{3,4})$/);
}, 'Please enter a valid phone number');

jQuery.validator.addMethod('mobileUK', function(phone_number, element) {
return this.optional(element) || phone_number.length > 9 &&
phone_number.match(/^((0|\+44)7(5|6|7|8|9){1}\d{2}\s?\d{6})$/);
}, 'Please enter a valid mobile number');

jQuery.validator.addMethod("alphanumeric", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^\w+$/i.test(value);
}, "Letters, numbers, spaces or underscores only please");  

jQuery.validator.addMethod("lettersonly", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^[a-z]+$/i.test(value);
}, "Letters only please"); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("nowhitespace", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^\S+$/i.test(value);
}, "No white space please"); 

jQuery.validator.addMethod("ziprange", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^90[2-5]\d\{2}-\d{4}$/.test(value);
}, "Your ZIP-code must be in the range 902xx-xxxx to 905-xx-xxxx");

jQuery.validator.addMethod("integer", function(value, element) {
	return this.optional(element) || /^-?\d+$/.test(value);
}, "A positive or negative non-decimal number please");

/**
* Return true, if the value is a valid vehicle identification number (VIN).
*
* Works with all kind of text inputs.
*
* @example <input type="text" size="20" name="VehicleID" class="{required:true,vinUS:true}" />
* @desc Declares a required input element whose value must be a valid vehicle identification number.
*
* @name jQuery.validator.methods.vinUS
* @type Boolean
* @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods
*/ 
jQuery.validator.addMethod(
	"vinUS",
	function(v){
		if (v.length != 17)
			return false;
		var i, n, d, f, cd, cdv;
		var LL    = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","J","K","L","M","N","P","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"];
		var VL    = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,7,9,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
		var FL    = [8,7,6,5,4,3,2,10,0,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2];
		var rs    = 0;
		for(i = 0; i < 17; i++){
		    f = FL[i];
		    d = v.slice(i,i+1);
		    if(i == 8){
		        cdv = d;
		    }
		    if(!isNaN(d)){
		        d *= f;
		    }
		    else{
		        for(n = 0; n < LL.length; n++){
		            if(d.toUpperCase() === LL[n]){
		                d = VL[n];
		                d *= f;
		                if(isNaN(cdv) && n == 8){
		                    cdv = LL[n];
		                }
		                break;
		            }
		        }
		    }
		    rs += d;
		}
		cd = rs % 11;
		if(cd == 10){cd = "X";}
		if(cd == cdv){return true;}
		return false; 
	},
	"The specified vehicle identification number (VIN) is invalid."
);

/**
  * Return true, if the value is a valid date, also making this formal check dd/mm/yyyy.
  *
  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/01/1900")
  * @result true
  *
  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01/13/1990")
  * @result false
  *
  * @example jQuery.validator.methods.date("01.01.1900")
  * @result false
  *
  * @example <input name="pippo" class="{dateITA:true}" />
  * @desc Declares an optional input element whose value must be a valid date.
  *
  * @name jQuery.validator.methods.dateITA
  * @type Boolean
  * @cat Plugins/Validate/Methods
  */
jQuery.validator.addMethod(
	"dateITA",
	function(value, element) {
		var check = false;
		var re = /^\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}$/;
		if( re.test(value)){
			var adata = value.split('/');
			var gg = parseInt(adata[0],10);
			var mm = parseInt(adata[1],10);
			var aaaa = parseInt(adata[2],10);
			var xdata = new Date(aaaa,mm-1,gg);
			if ( ( xdata.getFullYear() == aaaa ) && ( xdata.getMonth () == mm - 1 ) && ( xdata.getDate() == gg ) )
				check = true;
			else
				check = false;
		} else
			check = false;
		return this.optional(element) || check;
	}, 
	"Please enter a correct date"
);

jQuery.validator.addMethod("dateNL", function(value, element) {
		return this.optional(element) || /^\d\d?[\.\/-]\d\d?[\.\/-]\d\d\d?\d?$/.test(value);
	}, "Vul hier een geldige datum in."
);

jQuery.validator.addMethod("time", function(value, element) {
		return this.optional(element) || /^([01][0-9])|(2[0123]):([0-5])([0-9])$/.test(value);
	}, "Please enter a valid time, between 00:00 and 23:59"
);