/*
 * ElementLabel.java July 2006
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2006, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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 */

package org.simpleframework.xml.core;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

import org.simpleframework.xml.Element;
import org.simpleframework.xml.strategy.Type;
import org.simpleframework.xml.stream.Style;

/**
 * The <code>ElementLabel</code> represents a label that is used to
 * represent an XML element in a class schema. This element can be
 * used to convert an XML node into either a primitive value such as
 * a string or composite object value, which is itself a schema for
 * a section of XML within the XML document. 
 * 
 * @author Niall Gallagher
 * 
 *  @see org.simpleframework.xml.Element
 */
class ElementLabel extends TemplateLabel {
   
   /**
    * This is the decorator that is associated with the element.
    */
   private Decorator decorator;
   
   /**
    * The contact that this element label represents.
    */
   private Introspector detail;
   
   /**
    * References the annotation that was used by the field.
    */
   private Element label;
   
   /**
    * This is the override that has been declared for this label.
    */
   private Class override;
   
   /**
    * This is the type of the class that the field references.
    */
   private Class type;
   
   /**
    * This is the name of the element for this label instance.
    */
   private String name;
   
   /**
    * Constructor for the <code>ElementLabel</code> object. This is
    * used to create a label that can convert a XML node into a 
    * composite object or a primitive type from an XML element. 
    * 
    * @param contact this is the field that this label represents
    * @param label this is the annotation for the contact 
    */
   public ElementLabel(Contact contact, Element label) {
      this.detail = new Introspector(contact, this);
      this.decorator = new Qualifier(contact);
      this.type = contact.getType();
      this.override = label.type();
      this.name = label.name();     
      this.label = label; 
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the <code>Decorator</code> for this.
    * A decorator is an object that adds various details to the
    * node without changing the overall structure of the node. For
    * example comments and namespaces can be added to the node with
    * a decorator as they do not affect the deserialization.
    * 
    * @return this returns the decorator associated with this
    */
   public Decorator getDecorator() throws Exception {
      return decorator;
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the <code>Type</code> that the type
    * provided is represented by. Typically this will return the
    * field or method represented by the label. However, in the 
    * case of unions this will provide an override type.
    * 
    * @param type this is the class to acquire the type for
    * 
    * @return this returns the type represented by this class
    */
   public Type getType(Class type){
      Type contact = getContact();
      
      if(override == void.class) {
         return contact;
      }
      return new OverrideType(contact, override);
   }
   
   /**
    * Creates a converter that can be used to transform an XML node to
    * an object and vice versa. The converter created will handles
    * only XML elements and requires the context object to be provided. 
    * 
    * @param context this is the context object used for serialization
    * 
    * @return this returns a converter for serializing XML elements
    */
   public Converter getConverter(Context context) throws Exception {
      Type type = getContact();
      
      if(context.isPrimitive(type)) {
         return new Primitive(context, type);
      }      
      if(override == void.class) {
         return new Composite(context, type);
      }
      return new Composite(context, type, override);
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
    * that is used by the class schema. The name is determined by
    * checking for an override within the annotation. If it contains
    * a name then that is used, if however the annotation does not
    * specify a name the the field or method name is used instead.
    * 
    * @param context this is used to provide a styled name
    * 
    * @return returns the name that is used for the XML property
    */
   public String getName(Context context) throws Exception{
      Style style = context.getStyle();
      String name = detail.getName();
      
      return style.getElement(name);
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the path of the element or attribute
    * that is used by the class schema. The path is determined by
    * acquiring the XPath expression and appending the name of the
    * label to form a fully qualified styled path.
    * 
    * @param context this is the context used to style the path
    * 
    * @return returns the path that is used for the XML property
    */
   public String getPath(Context context) throws Exception {
      Expression path = getExpression();
      String name = getName(context);

      return path.getElement(name); 
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to provide a configured empty value used when the
    * annotated value is null. This ensures that XML can be created
    * with required details regardless of whether values are null or
    * not. It also provides a means for sensible default values.
    * 
    * @param context this is the context object for the serialization
    * 
    * @return this returns the string to use for default values
    */
   public Object getEmpty(Context context) {
      return null;
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
    * that is used by the class schema. The name is determined by
    * checking for an override within the annotation. If it contains
    * a name then that is used, if however the annotation does not
    * specify a name the the field or method name is used instead.
    * 
    * @return returns the name that is used for the XML property
    */
   public String getName() throws Exception{
      return detail.getName();
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the path of the element or attribute
    * that is used by the class schema. The path is determined by
    * acquiring the XPath expression and appending the name of the
    * label to form a fully qualified path.
    * 
    * @return returns the path that is used for the XML property
    */
   public String getPath() throws Exception {
      Expression path = getExpression();
      String name = getName();
      
      return path.getElement(name);  
   }
   
   /**
    * This method is used to return an XPath expression that is 
    * used to represent the position of this label. If there is no
    * XPath expression associated with this then an empty path is
    * returned. This will never return a null expression.
    * 
    * @return the XPath expression identifying the location
    */
   public Expression getExpression() throws Exception {
      return detail.getExpression();
   }
   
   /**
    * This acquires the annotation associated with this label. This
    * is typically the annotation acquired from the field or method.
    * However, in the case of unions this will return the actual
    * annotation within the union group that this represents.
    * 
    * @return this returns the annotation that this represents
    */
   public Annotation getAnnotation() {
      return label;
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the contact object for this label. The 
    * contact retrieved can be used to set any object or primitive that
    * has been deserialized, and can also be used to acquire values to
    * be serialized in the case of object persistence. All contacts 
    * that are retrieved from this method will be accessible. 
    * 
    * @return returns the contact that this label is representing
    */
   public Contact getContact() {
      return detail.getContact();
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to acquire the name of the element or attribute
    * as taken from the annotation. If the element or attribute
    * explicitly specifies a name then that name is used for the
    * XML element or attribute used. If however no overriding name
    * is provided then the method or field is used for the name. 
    * 
    * @return returns the name of the annotation for the contact
    */
   public String getOverride() {
      return name;
   }
   
   /**
    * This acts as a convenience method used to determine the type of
    * contact this represents. This is used when an object is written
    * to XML. It determines whether a <code>class</code> attribute
    * is required within the serialized XML element, that is, if the
    * class returned by this is different from the actual value of the
    * object to be serialized then that type needs to be remembered.
    *  
    * @return this returns the type of the contact class
    */  
   public Class getType() {
      if(override == void.class) {
         return type;
      }
      return override;
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to determine whether the XML element is required. 
    * This ensures that if an XML element is missing from a document
    * that deserialization can continue. Also, in the process of
    * serialization, if a value is null it does not need to be 
    * written to the resulting XML document.
    * 
    * @return true if the label represents a some required data
    */   
   public boolean isRequired() {
      return label.required();
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to determine whether the annotation requires it
    * and its children to be written as a CDATA block. This is done
    * when a primitive or other such element requires a text value
    * and that value needs to be encapsulated within a CDATA block.
    * 
    * @return this returns true if the element requires CDATA
    */
   public boolean isData() {
      return label.data();
   }
   
   /**
    * This is used to describe the annotation and method or field
    * that this label represents. This is used to provide error
    * messages that can be used to debug issues that occur when
    * processing a method. This will provide enough information
    * such that the problem can be isolated correctly. 
    * 
    * @return this returns a string representation of the label
    */
   public String toString() {
      return detail.toString();
   }
}
