# Source: businessRules/rules/stringParsingUtilities.js

    /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
    /**
     * @file stringParsingUtilities.js
     * @module stringParsingUtilities
     * @description Contains all system defined business rules for parsing strings,
     * with values of all kinds, and various parsing operations.
     * Excluding functions that use the loggers.
     * @requires {@link https://www.npmjs.com/package/@haystacks/constants|@haystacks/constants}
     * @requires {@link https://www.npmjs.com/package/path|path}
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/12/28
     * @copyright Copyright © 2022-… by Seth Hollingsead. All rights reserved
     */

    // Internal imports

    // External imports
    import hayConst from '@haystacks/constants';
    import path from 'path';

    const {bas, gen, sys, wrd} = hayConst;
    const baseFileName = path.basename(import.meta.url, path.extname(import.meta.url));
    // businessRules.rules.stringParsingUtilities.
    const namespacePrefix = sys.cbusinessRules + bas.cDot + wrd.crules + bas.cDot + baseFileName + bas.cDot;

    /**
     * @function parseSystemRootPath
     * @description Parses the root path as returned by calling: path.resolve(__dirname);
     * This business rule looks for the "AppName" part of the path
     * and will parse that out to determine where on the hard drive this "appName" folder is installed at.
     * @NOTE: The "AppName" is derived from the configuration settings called "applicationName"
     * which should have been set by the system when it was loaded.
     * @param {string} inputData The root path as defined by calling path.resolve(__dirname);
     * @param {string} inputMetaData The name of the application.
     * @return {string} A string with the path up to the application folder,
     * where ever that is installed on the local system currently executing.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/10/27
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because dependency data will have never been loaded.
     */
    function parseSystemRootPath(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = parseSystemRootPath.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = '';
      if (inputData && inputMetaData) {
        let applicationName;
        if (inputMetaData.includes(bas.cForwardSlash)) {
          let applicationNameArray = inputMetaData.split(bas.cForwardSlash);
          // Assign the application name to the final name-element of the repo-namespace.
          applicationName = applicationNameArray[applicationNameArray.length - 1];
          // The above code handles the case that the framework is: @haystacks/sync
          // Then the path will pickup to the "sync" and everything up to the point as part of the return path.
        } else {
          applicationName = inputMetaData; // Rename it for readability.
        }
        let pathElements = inputData.split(bas.cBackSlash);
        for (let i = 0; i < pathElements.length; i++) {
          // console.log(`BEGIN iteration i: ${i}`);
          let pathElement = pathElements[i];
          // console.log(`pathElement is: ${pathElement}`);
          if (i === 0) {
            // console.log('case: i === 0');
            returnData = pathElement;
          } else if (pathElement === applicationName) {
            // console.log(`case: pathElement === ${applicationName}`);
            returnData = returnData + bas.cBackSlash + pathElement + bas.cBackSlash; // `${returnData}\\${pathElement}\\`;
            break;
          } else {
            // console.log('case else');
            returnData = returnData + bas.cBackSlash + pathElement; // `${returnData}\\${pathElement}`;
          }
          // console.log('returnData is: ' + returnData);
        } // End for-loop: (let i = 0; i < pathElements.length; i++)
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function stringToDataType
     * @description Converts a string to the appropriate data value.
     * So if it's a string value of "3.1415926535897932384626433832" Then it will get converted to a float of the same value.
     * If it's a string value of "false" then it will get converted to a boolean of the same value.
     * If it's a string value of "12" then it will get converted to an integer of the same value.
     * If it's a string value of "Happy Birthday" it will get returned the same as the input, no change, since it's just a string.
     * If it's an array of strings, or collection object, it will get returned as the same as the input, no change.
     * @param {string} inputData The string that should be converted to some value.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {object|string|boolean|integer} Returns a value of whatever type the string should be converted to as appropriate.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function stringToDataType(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = stringToDataType.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        let dataType = determineObjectDataType(inputData, '');
        switch (dataType) {
          case wrd.cBoolean:
            returnData = stringToBoolean(inputData, '');
            break;
          case wrd.cInteger:
            returnData = parseInt(inputData, '');
            break;
          case wrd.cFloat:
            returnData = parseFloat(inputData, '');
            break;
          case wrd.cString:
            returnData = inputData;
            break;
          default: // We don't know what kind of object this is, better just return it the way it is.
            returnData = inputData;
            break;
         } // End-switch (dataType)
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function stringToBoolean
     * @description Converts a string to a boolean value.
     * @param {string} inputData A string that contains a truthy or falsy value and should be converted to a boolean value.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {boolean} A Boolean value of either True or False according to the business rule conversion.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE We cannot pass in a 1 or 0 to this function and expect it to evaluate as a True or False because:
     * We have another function that is passing strings into the function, and also part of that check to look for data-types is a check to see if a string is a number.
     * If we cause this function to evaluate a 0 or 1 to a Boolean, then the integer function would never get a chance to evaluate.
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function stringToBoolean(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = stringToBoolean.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (typeof inputData === wrd.cboolean) {
          returnData = inputData;
        } else {
          switch (inputData.toLowerCase().trim()) {
            case gen.ctrue: case bas.ct: case bas.cy: case gen.cyes: case bas.con:
              returnData = true;
              break;
            case gen.cfalse: case bas.cf: case bas.cn: case bas.cno: case gen.coff:
              returnData = false;
              break;
            default:
              returnData = false;
              break;
          } // End-switch (inputData.toLowerCase().trim())
        }
     } // End-if (inputData)
     // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
     // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
     return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function determineObjectDataType
     * @description Determines if the contents of a string are actually a Boolean, Integer, Float, String or something else.
     * @param {string} inputData A string that contains some value that we should figure out
     * what kind of data type that data is, Boolean, Integer, Float, String or something else.
     * @param {string} inputMetaDataNot Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {string} A string that indicates if the data type should be Boolean, Integer, Float, String or something else.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function determineObjectDataType(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = determineObjectDataType.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (isBoolean(inputData, '') === true) {
          returnData = wrd.cBoolean;
        } else if (isInteger(inputData, '') === true) {
          returnData = wrd.cInteger;
        } else if (isFloat(inputData, '') === true) {
          returnData = wrd.cFloat;
        } else if (isString(inputData, '') === true) {
          returnData = wrd.cString;
        } else { // Otherwise we cannot figure out what the data type is.
          // No real way to tell the difference between Short, Long and Double.
          // And we don't really need to tell the difference between all these complicated data types.
          // At least not yet!
          returnData = wrd.cObject;
        }
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function isBoolean
     * @description Determines if the input string is a boolean type of value,
     * "true", "True", "TRUE", "t", "T", "y", "Y", "yes", "Yes", "YES", "on", "On", "ON" or
     * "false", "False", "FALSE", "f", "F", "n", "N", "no", "No", "NO"
     * @param {string} inputData The string that should be checked if it is a Boolean style value or not, could be some form of "true" or "false".
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {boolean} A Boolean value of True or False to indicate if the input string is a Boolean or not.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function isBoolean(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = isBoolean.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (typeof inputData === 'boolean') {
          returnData = true;
        } else {
          inputData = inputData.toLowerCase().trim();
          if (inputData === gen.ctrue || inputData === bas.ct || inputData === bas.cy || inputData === gen.cyes || inputData === bas.con ||
          inputData === gen.cfalse || inputData === bas.cf || inputData === bas.cn || inputData === bas.cno || inputData === gen.coff) {
            returnData = true;
          } else {
            returnData = false;
          }
        }
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function isInteger
     * @description Determines if the input string is an integer type of value -9007299254740992 to 9007299254740992.
     * @param {string} inputData The string that should be checked if it is an integer style value or not.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {boolean} A Boolean value of true or false to indicate if the input string is an integer or not.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function isInteger(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = isInteger.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (!isNaN(inputData)) {
          if (inputData % 1 === 0) {
            // It's a whole number, aka: integer
            returnData = true;
          } else { // Else clause is redundant, but kept here for code completeness.
            // Might be a number, but not a whole number.
            returnData = false;
          }
        } else { // Else clause is redundant, but kept here for code completeness.
          // Possibly also console log here for debugging.
          returnData = false;
        }
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function isFloat
     * @description Determines if the input string is a floating point type of value or not.
     * @param {string} inputData The string that should be checked if it is an integer style value or not.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {boolean} A Boolean value of true or false to indicate if the input string is a floating point number or not.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function isFloat(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = isFloat.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (!isNaN(inputData) && inputData.indexOf(bas.cDot) !== -1) {
          returnData = true;
        } else { // Else clause is redundant, but kept here for code completeness.
          // Possibly also console log here for debugging.
          returnData = false;
        }
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function isString
     * @description Determines if the input string is a string or not, by process of elimination,
     * aka if it's not a Boolean, and not an Integer and not a Float then it must be a string.
     * @param {string} inputData The string that should be checked if it is a string and not a Boolean, Integer or Float.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData Not used for this business rule.
     * @return {boolean} A Boolean value of true or false to indicate if the input string is a string and
     * not a Boolean, Integer or Float; or not (meaning it would be one of those 3 data types, disguised as a string).
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/11/10
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function isString(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = isString.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = false;
      if (inputData) {
        if (isBoolean(inputData, '') === false && isInteger(inputData, '') === false && isFloat(inputData, '') === false &&
        (typeof inputData === wrd.cstring || inputData instanceof String)) {
          returnData = true; // If it's not a Boolean, and not an Integer, and not a Float, then it must be a string,
          // especially given the type of the variable is a string!
        } else { // Else clause is redundant, but kept here for code completeness.
          // Possibly also console log here for debugging.
          returnData = false;
        }
      } // End-if (inputData)
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function replaceDoublePercentWithMessage
     * @description Parses the input string and replaces any instance of a double percentage sign
     * with the input Meta Data string.
     * @param {string} inputData The string that might contain the double percentage signs.
     * @param {string} inputMetaData The string that should replace the double percentage signs.
     * @return {string} The modified string with the message inserted.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/12/24
     * @NOTE Cannot use the loggers here, because of a circular dependency.
     */
    function replaceDoublePercentWithMessage(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = replaceDoublePercentWithMessage.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData = '';
      if (inputData) {
        returnData = utilitiesReplaceCharacterWithCharacter(inputData, [bas.cDoublePercent, inputMetaData]);
      }
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    /**
     * @function utilitiesReplaceCharacterWithCharacter
     * @description Replaces all of the specified character in the inputData with another specified character.
     * @param {string} inputData A string that may or may not contain the specified
     * characters that should be converted to another specified character.
     * @param {array<string,string>} inputMetaData An array of data that contains 2 additional string parameters:
     * inputMetaData[0] === character2Find - The character to be searched and replaced from the input string.
     * inputMetaData[1] === character2Replace - The character that should be used to replace
     * the character specified for replacement from the input data.
     * @return {string} The same as the input string but with specified characters converted to the other specified character.
     * @author Seth Hollingsead
     * @date 2021/12/28
     */
    function utilitiesReplaceCharacterWithCharacter(inputData, inputMetaData) {
      // let functionName = utilitiesReplaceCharacterWithCharacter.name;
      // console.log(`BEGIN ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      // console.log(`inputData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputData)}`);
      // console.log(`inputMetaData is: ${JSON.stringify(inputMetaData)}`);
      let returnData;
      let character2Find = inputMetaData[0];
      let character2Replace = inputMetaData[1];
      if (!inputData && !character2Find && !character2Replace) {
        // console.log('Either inputData, character2Find or character2Replace are undefined');
        // console.log(`character2Find is: ${JSON.stringify(character2Find)}`);
        // console.log(`character2Replace is: ${JSON.stringify(character2Replace)}`);
        returnData = false;
      } else {
        // console.log(`character2Find is: ${JSON.stringify(character2Find)}`);
        // console.log(`character2Replace is: ${JSON.stringify(character2Replace)}`);
        if (Array.isArray(inputData) === true) {
          inputData = inputData[0];
        }
        returnData = inputData.replaceAll(character2Find, character2Replace);
      }
      // console.log(`returnData is: ${JSON.stringify(returnData)}`);
      // console.log(`END ${namespacePrefix}${functionName} function`);
      return returnData;
    }

    export default {
      parseSystemRootPath,
      stringToDataType,
      stringToBoolean,
      determineObjectDataType,
      isBoolean,
      isInteger,
      isFloat,
      isString,
      replaceDoublePercentWithMessage,
      utilitiesReplaceCharacterWithCharacter
    };