#region CPL License
/*
Nuclex Framework
Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Nuclex Development Labs

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as
published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
IBM Common Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public
License along with this library
*/
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Nuclex.Support {

  /// <summary>Delimits a section of a string</summary>
  /// <remarks>
  ///   <para>
  ///     The design of this class pretty much mirrors that of the
  ///     <see cref="T:System.ArraySegment" /> class found in the .NET framework, but is
  ///     specialized to be used for strings, which can not be expressed as arrays but
  ///     share a lot of the characteristics of an array.
  ///   </para>
  ///   <para>
  ///     In certain situations, passing a StringSegment instead of the the actual
  ///     section from a string is useful. For example, the caller might want to know
  ///     from which index of the original string the substring was taken. Used internally
  ///     in parsers, it can also prevent needless string copying and garbage generation.
  ///   </para>
  /// </remarks>
#if !NO_SERIALIZATION
  [Serializable, StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
#endif
  public struct StringSegment {

    /// <summary>
    ///   Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StringSegment" /> class that delimits
    ///   all the elements in the specified string
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="text">String that will be wrapped</param>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">String is null</exception>
    public StringSegment(string text) {
      if(text == null) { // questionable, but matches behavior of ArraySegment class
        throw new ArgumentNullException("text", "Text must not be null");
      }

      this.text = text;
      this.offset = 0;
      this.count = text.Length;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StringSegment" /> class that delimits
    ///   the specified range of the elements in the specified string
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="text">The string containing the range of elements to delimit</param>
    /// <param name="offset">The zero-based index of the first element in the range</param>
    /// <param name="count">The number of elements in the range</param>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
    ///   Offset or count is less than 0
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">
    ///   Offset and count do not specify a valid range in array
    /// </exception>
    /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">String is null</exception>
    public StringSegment(string text, int offset, int count) {
      if(text == null) { // questionable, but matches behavior of ArraySegment class
        throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
      }
      if(offset < 0) {
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
          "offset", "Argument out of range, non-negative number required"
        );
      }
      if(count < 0) {
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
          "count", "Argument out of range, non-negative number required"
        );
      }
      if(count > (text.Length - offset)) {
        throw new ArgumentException(
          "Invalid argument, specified offset and count exceed string length"
        );
      }

      this.text = text;
      this.offset = offset;
      this.count = count;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Gets the original string containing the range of elements that the string
    ///   segment delimits
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///   The original array that was passed to the constructor, and that contains the range
    ///   delimited by the <see cref="StringSegment" />
    /// </returns>
    public string Text {
      get { return this.text; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Gets the position of the first element in the range delimited by the array segment,
    ///   relative to the start of the original array
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///   The position of the first element in the range delimited by the
    ///   <see cref="StringSegment" />, relative to the start of the original array
    /// </returns>
    public int Offset {
      get { return this.offset; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Gets the number of elements in the range delimited by the array segment
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///   The number of elements in the range delimited by the <see cref="StringSegment" />
    /// </returns>
    public int Count {
      get { return this.count; }
    }

    /// <summary>Returns the hash code for the current instance</summary>
    /// <returns>A 32-bit signed integer hash code</returns>
    public override int GetHashCode() {
      return this.text.GetHashCode() ^ this.offset ^ this.count;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current instance
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///   True if the specified object is a <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure and is
    ///   equal to the current instance; otherwise, false
    /// </returns>
    /// <param name="other">The object to be compared with the current instance</param>
    public override bool Equals(object other) {
      return
        (other is StringSegment) &&
        this.Equals((StringSegment)other);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Determines whether the specified <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure is equal
    ///   to the current instance
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>
    ///   True if the specified <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure is equal to the
    ///   current instance; otherwise, false
    /// </returns>
    /// <param name="other">
    ///   The <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure to be compared with the current instance
    /// </param>
    public bool Equals(StringSegment other) {
      return
        (other.text == this.text) &&
        (other.offset == this.offset) &&
        (other.count == this.count);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Indicates whether two <see cref="StringSegment" /> structures are equal
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>True if a is equal to b; otherwise, false</returns>
    /// <param name="left">
    ///   The <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure on the left side of the
    ///   equality operator
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="right">
    ///   The <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure on the right side of the
    ///   equality operator
    /// </param>
    public static bool operator ==(StringSegment left, StringSegment right) {
      return left.Equals(right);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///   Indicates whether two <see cref="StringSegment" /> structures are unequal
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>True if a is not equal to b; otherwise, false</returns>
    /// <param name="left">
    ///   The <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure on the left side of the
    ///   inequality operator
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="right">
    ///   The <see cref="StringSegment" /> structure on the right side of the
    ///   inequality operator
    /// </param>
    public static bool operator !=(StringSegment left, StringSegment right) {
      return !(left == right);
    }

    /// <summary>Returns a string representation of the string segment</summary>
    /// <returns>The string representation of the string segment</returns>
    public override string ToString() {
      return this.text.Substring(this.offset, this.count);
    }

    /// <summary>String wrapped by the string segment</summary>
    private string text;
    /// <summary>Offset in the original string the segment begins at</summary>
    private int offset;
    /// <summary>Number of characters in the segment</summary>
    private int count;

  }

} // namespace Nuclex.Support