module TablePal
  class Column

    attr_reader :table, :left_padding, :right_padding, :left_border, :right_border, :justification, :colour

    def initialize(table:, left_padding: ' ', right_padding: ' ', left_border: '', right_border: '|', justification: :left, colour: nil)
      @table         = table
      @left_padding  = left_padding
      @right_padding = right_padding
      @left_border   = left_border
      @right_border  = right_border
      @justification = justification
      @colour        = colour
    end

    def width
      table.select_cells(column: self).max_by(&:width).width
    end

    def left_padding_char(char)
      char * left_padding.length
    end

    def right_padding_char(char)
      char * right_padding.length
    end

  end
end