module YARD
  module CodeObjects
    # A special type of +NoMethodError+ when raised from a {Proxy}
    class ProxyMethodError < NoMethodError; end

    # The Proxy class is a way to lazily resolve code objects in
    # cases where the object may not yet exist. A proxy simply stores
    # an unresolved path until a method is called on the object, at which
    # point it does a lookup using {Registry#resolve}. If the object is
    # not found, a warning is raised and {ProxyMethodError} might be raised.
    # 
    # @example Creates a Proxy to the String class from a module
    #   # When the String class is parsed this method will
    #   # begin to act like the String ClassObject.
    #   Proxy.new(mymoduleobj, "String")
    # @see Registry#resolve
    # @see ProxyMethodError
    class Proxy
      def self.===(other) other.is_a?(self) end

      attr_reader :namespace, :name
      alias_method :parent, :namespace

      # Creates a new Proxy
      # 
      # @raise [ArgumentError] if namespace is not a NamespaceObject
      # @return [Proxy] self
      def initialize(namespace, name)
        namespace = Registry.root if !namespace || namespace == :root
        
        if name =~ /^#{NSEPQ}/
          namespace = Registry.root
          name = name[2..-1]
        end
        
        if name =~ /(?:#{NSEPQ}|#{ISEPQ}|#{CSEPQ})([^#{NSEPQ}#{ISEPQ}#{CSEPQ}]+)$/
          @orignamespace, @origname = namespace, name
          @imethod = true if name.include? ISEP
          namespace = Proxy.new(namespace, $`) unless $`.empty?
          name = $1
        end 
        
        @name = name.to_sym
        @namespace = namespace
        
        unless @namespace.is_a?(NamespaceObject) or @namespace.is_a?(Proxy)
          raise ArgumentError, "Invalid namespace object: #{namespace}"
        end
        
        # If the name begins with "::" (like "::String")
        # this is definitely a root level object, so
        # remove the namespace and attach it to the root
        if @name =~ /^#{NSEPQ}/
          @name.gsub!(/^#{NSEPQ}/, '')
          @namespace = Registry.root
        end
      end

      # Returns a text representation of the Proxy
      # @return [String] the object's #inspect method or P(OBJECTPATH)
      def inspect
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.inspect
        else
          "P(#{path})"
        end
      end
      
      # If the proxy resolves to an object, returns its path, otherwise
      # guesses at the correct path using the original namespace and name.
      # 
      # @return [String] the assumed path of the proxy (or the real path
      #   of the resolved object)
      def path
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.path
        else
          if @namespace.root?
            (@imethod ? ISEP : "") + name.to_s
          elsif @origname
            if @origname =~ /^[A-Z]/
              @origname
            else
              [namespace.path, @origname].join
            end
          elsif name.to_s =~ /^[A-Z]/ # const
            name.to_s
          else # class meth?
            [namespace.path, name.to_s].join(CSEP)
          end
        end
      end
      alias to_s path
    
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def is_a?(klass)
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.is_a?(klass)
        else
          self.class <= klass
        end
      end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def ===(other)
        if obj = to_obj
          obj === other
        else
          self.class <= other.class
        end
      end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def <=>(other)
        if other.respond_to? :path
          path <=> other.path
        else
          false
        end
      end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def ==(other)
        if other.respond_to? :path
          path == other.path
        else
          false
        end
      end
      
      # Returns the class name of the object the proxy is mimicking, if
      # resolved. Otherwise returns +Proxy+. 
      # @return [Class] the resolved object's class or +Proxy+
      def class
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.class
        else
          Proxy
        end
      end
      
      # Returns the type of the proxy. If it cannot be resolved at the
      # time of the call, it will either return the inferred proxy type
      # (see {#type=}) or +:proxy+
      # @return [Symbol] the Proxy's type
      # @see #type=
      def type
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.type
        else
          Registry.proxy_types[path] || :proxy
        end
      end
      
      # Allows a parser to infer the type of the proxy by its path.
      # @param [#to_sym] type the proxy's inferred type
      # @return [void] 
      def type=(type) Registry.proxy_types[path] = type.to_sym end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def instance_of?(klass)
        self.class == klass
      end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def kind_of?(klass)
        self.class <= klass
      end
      
      # @return [Boolean] 
      def respond_to?(meth, include_private = false)
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.respond_to?(meth, include_private)
        else
          super
        end
      end

      # Dispatches the method to the resolved object.
      # 
      # @raise [ProxyMethodError] if the proxy cannot find the real object
      def method_missing(meth, *args, &block)
        if obj = to_obj
          obj.__send__(meth, *args, &block)
        else
          log.warn "Load Order / Name Resolution Problem on #{path}:"
          log.warn "-"
          log.warn "Something is trying to access the object #{path} before it has been recognized."
          log.warn "This error usually means that you need to modify the order in which you parse files"
          log.warn "so that #{path} is parsed before methods or other objects attempt to access it."
          log.warn "-"
          log.warn "YARD will recover from this error and continue to parse but you *may* have problems"
          log.warn "with your generated documentation. You should probably fix this."
          log.warn "-"
          begin 
            super
          rescue NoMethodError
            raise ProxyMethodError, "Proxy cannot call method ##{meth} on object '#{path}'"
          end
        end
      end
      
      # This class is never a root object
      def root?; false end
    
      private
    
      # Attempts to find the object that this unresolved object
      # references by checking if any objects by this name are
      # registered all the way up the namespace tree.
      # 
      # @return [Base, nil] the registered code object or nil
      def to_obj
        return @obj if @obj
        if @obj = Registry.resolve(@namespace, (@imethod ? ISEP : '') + @name.to_s)
          @namespace = @obj.namespace
          @name = @obj.name
        end
        @obj
      end
    end
  end
end