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 * Copyright (C) 2013 LibrePCB Developers, see AUTHORS.md for contributors.
 * https://librepcb.org/
 *
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 */

#ifndef LIBREPCB_SERIALIZABLEOBJECT_H
#define LIBREPCB_SERIALIZABLEOBJECT_H

/*******************************************************************************
 *  Includes
 ******************************************************************************/
#include "sexpression.h"

#include <QtCore>

/*******************************************************************************
 *  Namespace / Forward Declarations
 ******************************************************************************/
namespace librepcb {

/*******************************************************************************
 *  Class SerializableObject
 ******************************************************************************/

/**
 * @brief The SerializableObject class is the base class for all classes which
 * need to be serializable/deserializable from/to librepcb::SExpression nodes
 */
class SerializableObject {
public:
  SerializableObject() noexcept {}
  virtual ~SerializableObject() noexcept {}

  /**
   * @brief Serialize the object to a new S-Expression node
   *
   * This method creates a new S-Expression node, serializes the whole object
   * into it and then returns the whole S-Expression node. See #serialize() for
   * details.
   *
   * @param name          The root name of the returned S-Expression node
   *
   * @return The created S-Expression node (the caller takes the ownership!)
   *
   * @throw Exception     This method throws an exception if an error occurs.
   *
   * @see #serialize()
   */
  SExpression serializeToDomElement(const QString& name) const {
    SExpression root = SExpression::createList(name);
    serialize(root);
    return root;
  }

  /**
   * @brief Serialize the object into an existing S-Expression node
   *
   * This method inserts/appends all attributes and childs of the object to an
   * existing S-Expression node. The content which already exists in the given
   * S-Expression node will not be removed.
   *
   * @note    The generated S-Expression node has always the format of the
   *          application's major version (it's not possible to generate DOMs of
   *          older versions).
   *
   * @param root          The target DOM root node
   *
   * @throw Exception     This method throws an exception if an error occurs.
   */
  virtual void serialize(SExpression& root) const = 0;

  template <typename T>
  static void serializeObjectContainer(SExpression& root, const T& container,
                                       const QString& itemName) {
    for (const auto& object : container) {
      root.appendChild(object.serializeToDomElement(itemName),
                       true);  // can throw
    }
  }

  template <typename T>
  static void serializePointerContainer(SExpression& root, const T& container,
                                        const QString& itemName) {
    for (const auto& pointer : container) {
      root.appendChild(pointer->serializeToDomElement(itemName),
                       true);  // can throw
    }
  }

  template <typename T>
  static void serializePointerContainerUuidSorted(SExpression& root,
                                                  const T& container,
                                                  const QString& itemName) {
    T copy = container;
    std::sort(
        copy.begin(), copy.end(),
        [](const typename T::value_type& a, const typename T::value_type& b) {
          return a->getUuid() < b->getUuid();
        });
    serializePointerContainer(root, copy, itemName);
  }
};

// Make sure that the SerializableObject class does not contain any data (except
// the vptr). Otherwise it could introduce issues when using multiple
// inheritance.
static_assert(sizeof(SerializableObject) == sizeof(void*),
              "SerializableObject must not contain any data!");

/*******************************************************************************
 *  End of File
 ******************************************************************************/

}  // namespace librepcb

#endif  // LIBREPCB_SERIALIZABLEOBJECT_H
