function View(element, calendar, viewName) {
	var t = this;
	
	
	// exports
	t.element = element;
	t.calendar = calendar;
	t.name = viewName;
	t.opt = opt;
	t.trigger = trigger;
	t.isEventDraggable = isEventDraggable;
	t.isEventResizable = isEventResizable;
	t.setEventData = setEventData;
	t.clearEventData = clearEventData;
	t.eventEnd = eventEnd;
	t.reportEventElement = reportEventElement;
	t.triggerEventDestroy = triggerEventDestroy;
	t.eventElementHandlers = eventElementHandlers;
	t.showEvents = showEvents;
	t.hideEvents = hideEvents;
	t.eventDrop = eventDrop;
	t.eventResize = eventResize;
	// t.title
	// t.start, t.end
	// t.visStart, t.visEnd
	
	
	// imports
	var defaultEventEnd = t.defaultEventEnd;
	var normalizeEvent = calendar.normalizeEvent; // in EventManager
	var reportEventChange = calendar.reportEventChange;
	
	
	// locals
	var eventsByID = {}; // eventID mapped to array of events (there can be multiple b/c of repeating events)
	var eventElementsByID = {}; // eventID mapped to array of jQuery elements
	var eventElementCouples = []; // array of objects, { event, element } // TODO: unify with segment system
	var options = calendar.options;
	
	
	
	function opt(name, viewNameOverride) {
		var v = options[name];
		if ($.isPlainObject(v)) {
			return smartProperty(v, viewNameOverride || viewName);
		}
		return v;
	}

	
	function trigger(name, thisObj) {
		return calendar.trigger.apply(
			calendar,
			[name, thisObj || t].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 2), [t])
		);
	}
	


	/* Event Editable Boolean Calculations
	------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

	
	function isEventDraggable(event) {
		var source = event.source || {};
		return firstDefined(
				event.startEditable,
				source.startEditable,
				opt('eventStartEditable'),
				event.editable,
				source.editable,
				opt('editable')
			)
			&& !opt('disableDragging'); // deprecated
	}
	
	
	function isEventResizable(event) { // but also need to make sure the seg.isEnd == true
		var source = event.source || {};
		return firstDefined(
				event.durationEditable,
				source.durationEditable,
				opt('eventDurationEditable'),
				event.editable,
				source.editable,
				opt('editable')
			)
			&& !opt('disableResizing'); // deprecated
	}
	
	
	
	/* Event Data
	------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	
	
	function setEventData(events) { // events are already normalized at this point
		eventsByID = {};
		var i, len=events.length, event;
		for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
			event = events[i];
			if (eventsByID[event._id]) {
				eventsByID[event._id].push(event);
			}else{
				eventsByID[event._id] = [event];
			}
		}
	}


	function clearEventData() {
		eventsByID = {};
		eventElementsByID = {};
		eventElementCouples = [];
	}
	
	
	// returns a Date object for an event's end
	function eventEnd(event) {
		return event.end ? cloneDate(event.end) : defaultEventEnd(event);
	}
	
	
	
	/* Event Elements
	------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	
	
	// report when view creates an element for an event
	function reportEventElement(event, element) {
		eventElementCouples.push({ event: event, element: element });
		if (eventElementsByID[event._id]) {
			eventElementsByID[event._id].push(element);
		}else{
			eventElementsByID[event._id] = [element];
		}
	}


	function triggerEventDestroy() {
		$.each(eventElementCouples, function(i, couple) {
			t.trigger('eventDestroy', couple.event, couple.event, couple.element);
		});
	}
	
	
	// attaches eventClick, eventMouseover, eventMouseout
	function eventElementHandlers(event, eventElement) {
		eventElement
			.click(function(ev) {
				if (!eventElement.hasClass('ui-draggable-dragging') &&
					!eventElement.hasClass('ui-resizable-resizing')) {
						return trigger('eventClick', this, event, ev);
					}
			})
			.hover(
				function(ev) {
					trigger('eventMouseover', this, event, ev);
				},
				function(ev) {
					trigger('eventMouseout', this, event, ev);
				}
			);
		// TODO: don't fire eventMouseover/eventMouseout *while* dragging is occuring (on subject element)
		// TODO: same for resizing
	}
	
	
	function showEvents(event, exceptElement) {
		eachEventElement(event, exceptElement, 'show');
	}
	
	
	function hideEvents(event, exceptElement) {
		eachEventElement(event, exceptElement, 'hide');
	}
	
	
	function eachEventElement(event, exceptElement, funcName) {
		// NOTE: there may be multiple events per ID (repeating events)
		// and multiple segments per event
		var elements = eventElementsByID[event._id],
			i, len = elements.length;
		for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
			if (!exceptElement || elements[i][0] != exceptElement[0]) {
				elements[i][funcName]();
			}
		}
	}
	
	
	
	/* Event Modification Reporting
	---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	
	
	function eventDrop(e, event, dayDelta, minuteDelta, allDay, ev, ui) {
		var oldAllDay = event.allDay;
		var eventId = event._id;
		moveEvents(eventsByID[eventId], dayDelta, minuteDelta, allDay);
		trigger(
			'eventDrop',
			e,
			event,
			dayDelta,
			minuteDelta,
			allDay,
			function() {
				// TODO: investigate cases where this inverse technique might not work
				moveEvents(eventsByID[eventId], -dayDelta, -minuteDelta, oldAllDay);
				reportEventChange(eventId);
			},
			ev,
			ui
		);
		reportEventChange(eventId);
	}
	
	
	function eventResize(e, event, dayDelta, minuteDelta, ev, ui) {
		var eventId = event._id;
		elongateEvents(eventsByID[eventId], dayDelta, minuteDelta);
		trigger(
			'eventResize',
			e,
			event,
			dayDelta,
			minuteDelta,
			function() {
				// TODO: investigate cases where this inverse technique might not work
				elongateEvents(eventsByID[eventId], -dayDelta, -minuteDelta);
				reportEventChange(eventId);
			},
			ev,
			ui
		);
		reportEventChange(eventId);
	}
	
	
	
	/* Event Modification Math
	---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	
	
	function moveEvents(events, dayDelta, minuteDelta, allDay) {
		minuteDelta = minuteDelta || 0;
		for (var e, len=events.length, i=0; i<len; i++) {
			e = events[i];
			if (allDay !== undefined) {
				e.allDay = allDay;
			}
			addMinutes(addDays(e.start, dayDelta, true), minuteDelta);
			if (e.end) {
				e.end = addMinutes(addDays(e.end, dayDelta, true), minuteDelta);
			}
			normalizeEvent(e, options);
		}
	}
	
	
	function elongateEvents(events, dayDelta, minuteDelta) {
		minuteDelta = minuteDelta || 0;
		for (var e, len=events.length, i=0; i<len; i++) {
			e = events[i];
			e.end = addMinutes(addDays(eventEnd(e), dayDelta, true), minuteDelta);
			normalizeEvent(e, options);
		}
	}



	// ====================================================================================================
	// Utilities for day "cells"
	// ====================================================================================================
	// The "basic" views are completely made up of day cells.
	// The "agenda" views have day cells at the top "all day" slot.
	// This was the obvious common place to put these utilities, but they should be abstracted out into
	// a more meaningful class (like DayEventRenderer).
	// ====================================================================================================


	// For determining how a given "cell" translates into a "date":
	//
	// 1. Convert the "cell" (row and column) into a "cell offset" (the # of the cell, cronologically from the first).
	//    Keep in mind that column indices are inverted with isRTL. This is taken into account.
	//
	// 2. Convert the "cell offset" to a "day offset" (the # of days since the first visible day in the view).
	//
	// 3. Convert the "day offset" into a "date" (a JavaScript Date object).
	//
	// The reverse transformation happens when transforming a date into a cell.


	// exports
	t.isHiddenDay = isHiddenDay;
	t.skipHiddenDays = skipHiddenDays;
	t.getCellsPerWeek = getCellsPerWeek;
	t.dateToCell = dateToCell;
	t.dateToDayOffset = dateToDayOffset;
	t.dayOffsetToCellOffset = dayOffsetToCellOffset;
	t.cellOffsetToCell = cellOffsetToCell;
	t.cellToDate = cellToDate;
	t.cellToCellOffset = cellToCellOffset;
	t.cellOffsetToDayOffset = cellOffsetToDayOffset;
	t.dayOffsetToDate = dayOffsetToDate;
	t.rangeToSegments = rangeToSegments;
	t.segmentCompare = segmentCompare;


	// internals
	var hiddenDays = opt('hiddenDays') || []; // array of day-of-week indices that are hidden
	var isHiddenDayHash = []; // is the day-of-week hidden? (hash with day-of-week-index -> bool)
	var cellsPerWeek;
	var dayToCellMap = []; // hash from dayIndex -> cellIndex, for one week
	var cellToDayMap = []; // hash from cellIndex -> dayIndex, for one week
	var isRTL = opt('isRTL');


	// initialize important internal variables
	(function() {

		if (opt('weekends') === false) {
			hiddenDays.push(0, 6); // 0=sunday, 6=saturday
		}

		// Loop through a hypothetical week and determine which
		// days-of-week are hidden. Record in both hashes (one is the reverse of the other).
		for (var dayIndex=0, cellIndex=0; dayIndex<7; dayIndex++) {
			dayToCellMap[dayIndex] = cellIndex;
			isHiddenDayHash[dayIndex] = $.inArray(dayIndex, hiddenDays) != -1;
			if (!isHiddenDayHash[dayIndex]) {
				cellToDayMap[cellIndex] = dayIndex;
				cellIndex++;
			}
		}

		cellsPerWeek = cellIndex;
		if (!cellsPerWeek) {
			throw 'invalid hiddenDays'; // all days were hidden? bad.
		}

	})();


	// Is the current day hidden?
	// `day` is a day-of-week index (0-6), or a Date object
	function isHiddenDay(day) {
		if (typeof day == 'object') {
			day = day.getDay();
		}
		return isHiddenDayHash[day];
	}


	function getCellsPerWeek() {
		return cellsPerWeek;
	}


	// Keep incrementing the current day until it is no longer a hidden day.
	// If the initial value of `date` is not a hidden day, don't do anything.
	// Pass `isExclusive` as `true` if you are dealing with an end date.
	// `inc` defaults to `1` (increment one day forward each time)
	function skipHiddenDays(date, inc, isExclusive) {
		inc = inc || 1;
		while (
			isHiddenDayHash[ ( date.getDay() + (isExclusive ? inc : 0) + 7 ) % 7 ]
		) {
			addDays(date, inc);
		}
	}


	//
	// TRANSFORMATIONS: cell -> cell offset -> day offset -> date
	//

	// cell -> date (combines all transformations)
	// Possible arguments:
	// - row, col
	// - { row:#, col: # }
	function cellToDate() {
		var cellOffset = cellToCellOffset.apply(null, arguments);
		var dayOffset = cellOffsetToDayOffset(cellOffset);
		var date = dayOffsetToDate(dayOffset);
		return date;
	}

	// cell -> cell offset
	// Possible arguments:
	// - row, col
	// - { row:#, col:# }
	function cellToCellOffset(row, col) {
		var colCnt = t.getColCnt();

		// rtl variables. wish we could pre-populate these. but where?
		var dis = isRTL ? -1 : 1;
		var dit = isRTL ? colCnt - 1 : 0;

		if (typeof row == 'object') {
			col = row.col;
			row = row.row;
		}
		var cellOffset = row * colCnt + (col * dis + dit); // column, adjusted for RTL (dis & dit)

		return cellOffset;
	}

	// cell offset -> day offset
	function cellOffsetToDayOffset(cellOffset) {
		var day0 = t.visStart.getDay(); // first date's day of week
		cellOffset += dayToCellMap[day0]; // normlize cellOffset to beginning-of-week
		return Math.floor(cellOffset / cellsPerWeek) * 7 // # of days from full weeks
			+ cellToDayMap[ // # of days from partial last week
				(cellOffset % cellsPerWeek + cellsPerWeek) % cellsPerWeek // crazy math to handle negative cellOffsets
			]
			- day0; // adjustment for beginning-of-week normalization
	}

	// day offset -> date (JavaScript Date object)
	function dayOffsetToDate(dayOffset) {
		var date = cloneDate(t.visStart);
		addDays(date, dayOffset);
		return date;
	}


	//
	// TRANSFORMATIONS: date -> day offset -> cell offset -> cell
	//

	// date -> cell (combines all transformations)
	function dateToCell(date) {
		var dayOffset = dateToDayOffset(date);
		var cellOffset = dayOffsetToCellOffset(dayOffset);
		var cell = cellOffsetToCell(cellOffset);
		return cell;
	}

	// date -> day offset
	function dateToDayOffset(date) {
		return dayDiff(date, t.visStart);
	}

	// day offset -> cell offset
	function dayOffsetToCellOffset(dayOffset) {
		var day0 = t.visStart.getDay(); // first date's day of week
		dayOffset += day0; // normalize dayOffset to beginning-of-week
		return Math.floor(dayOffset / 7) * cellsPerWeek // # of cells from full weeks
			+ dayToCellMap[ // # of cells from partial last week
				(dayOffset % 7 + 7) % 7 // crazy math to handle negative dayOffsets
			]
			- dayToCellMap[day0]; // adjustment for beginning-of-week normalization
	}

	// cell offset -> cell (object with row & col keys)
	function cellOffsetToCell(cellOffset) {
		var colCnt = t.getColCnt();

		// rtl variables. wish we could pre-populate these. but where?
		var dis = isRTL ? -1 : 1;
		var dit = isRTL ? colCnt - 1 : 0;

		var row = Math.floor(cellOffset / colCnt);
		var col = ((cellOffset % colCnt + colCnt) % colCnt) * dis + dit; // column, adjusted for RTL (dis & dit)
		return {
			row: row,
			col: col
		};
	}


	//
	// Converts a date range into an array of segment objects.
	// "Segments" are horizontal stretches of time, sliced up by row.
	// A segment object has the following properties:
	// - row
	// - cols
	// - isStart
	// - isEnd
	//
	function rangeToSegments(startDate, endDate) {
		var rowCnt = t.getRowCnt();

		// HAAAACK!  Can't really think of a way yet to get this working.
		var colCnt = t.name === 'resourceDay' ? 1 : t.getColCnt();
		var segments = []; // array of segments to return

		// day offset for given date range
		var rangeDayOffsetStart = dateToDayOffset(startDate);
		var rangeDayOffsetEnd = dateToDayOffset(endDate); // exclusive

		// first and last cell offset for the given date range
		// "last" implies inclusivity
		var rangeCellOffsetFirst = dayOffsetToCellOffset(rangeDayOffsetStart);
		var rangeCellOffsetLast = dayOffsetToCellOffset(rangeDayOffsetEnd) - 1;

		// loop through all the rows in the view
		for (var row=0; row<rowCnt; row++) {

			// first and last cell offset for the row
			var rowCellOffsetFirst = row * colCnt;
			var rowCellOffsetLast = rowCellOffsetFirst + colCnt - 1;

			// get the segment's cell offsets by constraining the range's cell offsets to the bounds of the row
			var segmentCellOffsetFirst = Math.max(rangeCellOffsetFirst, rowCellOffsetFirst);
			var segmentCellOffsetLast = Math.min(rangeCellOffsetLast, rowCellOffsetLast);

			// make sure segment's offsets are valid and in view
			if (segmentCellOffsetFirst <= segmentCellOffsetLast) {

				// translate to cells
				var segmentCellFirst = cellOffsetToCell(segmentCellOffsetFirst);
				var segmentCellLast = cellOffsetToCell(segmentCellOffsetLast);

				// view might be RTL, so order by leftmost column
				var cols = [ segmentCellFirst.col, segmentCellLast.col ].sort();

				// Determine if segment's first/last cell is the beginning/end of the date range.
				// We need to compare "day offset" because "cell offsets" are often ambiguous and
				// can translate to multiple days, and an edge case reveals itself when we the
				// range's first cell is hidden (we don't want isStart to be true).
				var isStart = cellOffsetToDayOffset(segmentCellOffsetFirst) == rangeDayOffsetStart;
				var isEnd = cellOffsetToDayOffset(segmentCellOffsetLast) + 1 == rangeDayOffsetEnd; // +1 for comparing exclusively

				segments.push({
					row: row,
					leftCol: cols[0],
					rightCol: cols[1],
					isStart: isStart,
					isEnd: isEnd
				});
			}
		}

		return segments;
	}


	// Compare two event segments and determine which one takes priority (ex: rendered topmost/leftmost)
	// NOTE: only works with segments that have `event` properties!
	//
	// Returns a negative value if `a` should be first.
	// Returns a positive value of `b` should be first.
	function segmentCompare(a, b) {
		return _segmentCompare(a, b) // sort by dimension
			|| (a.event.start - b.event.start) // if a tie, sort by event start date
			|| (a.event.title || "").localeCompare(b.event.title) // if a tie, sort by event title
	}

	// compare dimensions
	// NOTE: this is not modular! depends on subclass-specific segment schemas
	function _segmentCompare(a, b) {
		if ('msLength' in a) {
			// segment generated by AgendaEventRenderer
			return b.msLength - a.msLength; // put taller events first
		}
		// segment generated by DayEventRenderer
		return (b.rightCol - b.leftCol) - (a.rightCol - a.leftCol) // put wider events first
			|| b.event.allDay - a.event.allDay; // if tie, put all-day events first (booleans cast to 0/1)
	}
	

}