import { QueryRunner, SelectQueryBuilder } from ".."
import { ObjectLiteral } from "../common/ObjectLiteral"
import { DataSource } from "../data-source/DataSource"
import { CannotCreateEntityIdMapError } from "../error/CannotCreateEntityIdMapError"
import { OrderByCondition } from "../find-options/OrderByCondition"
import { TableMetadataArgs } from "../metadata-args/TableMetadataArgs"
import { TreeMetadataArgs } from "../metadata-args/TreeMetadataArgs"
import { OrmUtils } from "../util/OrmUtils"
import { CheckMetadata } from "./CheckMetadata"
import { ColumnMetadata } from "./ColumnMetadata"
import { EmbeddedMetadata } from "./EmbeddedMetadata"
import { EntityListenerMetadata } from "./EntityListenerMetadata"
import { ExclusionMetadata } from "./ExclusionMetadata"
import { ForeignKeyMetadata } from "./ForeignKeyMetadata"
import { IndexMetadata } from "./IndexMetadata"
import { RelationCountMetadata } from "./RelationCountMetadata"
import { RelationIdMetadata } from "./RelationIdMetadata"
import { RelationMetadata } from "./RelationMetadata"
import { TableType } from "./types/TableTypes"
import { TreeType } from "./types/TreeTypes"
import { UniqueMetadata } from "./UniqueMetadata"
import { ClosureTreeOptions } from "./types/ClosureTreeOptions"
import { EntityPropertyNotFoundError } from "../error/EntityPropertyNotFoundError"
import { ObjectUtils } from "../util/ObjectUtils"
import { shorten } from "../util/StringUtils"

/**
 * Contains all entity metadata.
 */
export class EntityMetadata {
    readonly "@instanceof" = Symbol.for("EntityMetadata")

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Properties
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Connection where this entity metadata is created.
     */
    connection: DataSource

    /**
     * Metadata arguments used to build this entity metadata.
     */
    tableMetadataArgs: TableMetadataArgs

    /**
     * If entity's table is a closure-typed table, then this entity will have a closure junction table metadata.
     */
    closureJunctionTable: EntityMetadata

    /**
     * If this is entity metadata for a junction closure table then its owner closure table metadata will be set here.
     */
    parentClosureEntityMetadata: EntityMetadata

    /**
     * Parent's entity metadata. Used in inheritance patterns.
     */
    parentEntityMetadata: EntityMetadata

    /**
     * Children entity metadatas. Used in inheritance patterns.
     */
    childEntityMetadatas: EntityMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * All "inheritance tree" from a target entity.
     * For example for target Post < ContentModel < Unit it will be an array of [Post, ContentModel, Unit].
     * It also contains child entities for single table inheritance.
     */
    inheritanceTree: Function[] = []

    /**
     * Table type. Tables can be closure, junction, etc.
     */
    tableType: TableType = "regular"

    /**
     * Target class to which this entity metadata is bind.
     * Note, that when using table inheritance patterns target can be different rather then table's target.
     * For virtual tables which lack of real entity (like junction tables) target is equal to their table name.
     */
    target: Function | string

    /**
     * Gets the name of the target.
     */
    targetName: string

    /**
     * Entity's name.
     * Equal to entity target class's name if target is set to table.
     * If target class is not then then it equals to table name.
     */
    name: string

    /**
     * View's expression.
     * Used in views
     */
    expression?: string | ((connection: DataSource) => SelectQueryBuilder<any>)

    /**
     * View's dependencies.
     * Used in views
     */
    dependsOn?: Set<Function | string>

    /**
     * Enables Sqlite "WITHOUT ROWID" modifier for the "CREATE TABLE" statement
     */
    withoutRowid?: boolean = false

    /**
     * Original user-given table name (taken from schema or @Entity(tableName) decorator).
     * If user haven't specified a table name this property will be undefined.
     */
    givenTableName?: string

    /**
     * Entity table name in the database.
     * This is final table name of the entity.
     * This name already passed naming strategy, and generated based on
     * multiple criteria, including user table name and global table prefix.
     */
    tableName: string

    /**
     * Entity table path. Contains database name, schema name and table name.
     * E.g. myDB.mySchema.myTable
     */
    tablePath: string

    /**
     * Gets the table name without global table prefix.
     * When querying table you need a table name with prefix, but in some scenarios,
     * for example when you want to name a junction table that contains names of two other tables,
     * you may want a table name without prefix.
     */
    tableNameWithoutPrefix: string

    /**
     * Indicates if schema will be synchronized for this entity or not.
     */
    synchronize: boolean = true

    /**
     * Table's database engine type (like "InnoDB", "MyISAM", etc).
     */
    engine?: string

    /**
     * Database name.
     */
    database?: string

    /**
     * Schema name. Used in Postgres and Sql Server.
     */
    schema?: string

    /**
     * Specifies a default order by used for queries from this table when no explicit order by is specified.
     */
    orderBy?: OrderByCondition

    /**
     * If this entity metadata's table using one of the inheritance patterns,
     * then this will contain what pattern it uses.
     */
    inheritancePattern?: "STI" /*|"CTI"*/

    /**
     * Checks if there any non-nullable column exist in this entity.
     */
    hasNonNullableRelations: boolean = false

    /**
     * Indicates if this entity metadata of a junction table, or not.
     * Junction table is a table created by many-to-many relationship.
     *
     * Its also possible to understand if entity is junction via tableType.
     */
    isJunction: boolean = false

    /**
     * Indicates if the entity should be instantiated using the constructor
     * or via allocating a new object via `Object.create()`.
     */
    isAlwaysUsingConstructor: boolean = true

    /**
     * Indicates if this entity is a tree, what type of tree it is.
     */
    treeType?: TreeType

    /**
     * Indicates if this entity is a tree, what options of tree it has.
     */
    treeOptions?: ClosureTreeOptions

    /**
     * Checks if this table is a junction table of the closure table.
     * This type is for tables that contain junction metadata of the closure tables.
     */
    isClosureJunction: boolean = false

    /**
     * Checks if entity's table has multiple primary columns.
     */
    hasMultiplePrimaryKeys: boolean = false

    /**
     * Indicates if this entity metadata has uuid generated columns.
     */
    hasUUIDGeneratedColumns: boolean = false

    /**
     * If this entity metadata is a child table of some table, it should have a discriminator value.
     * Used to store a value in a discriminator column.
     */
    discriminatorValue?: string

    /**
     * Entity's column metadatas defined by user.
     */
    ownColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Columns of the entity, including columns that are coming from the embeddeds of this entity.
     */
    columns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Ancestor columns used only in closure junction tables.
     */
    ancestorColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Descendant columns used only in closure junction tables.
     */
    descendantColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * All columns except for virtual columns.
     */
    nonVirtualColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * In the case if this entity metadata is junction table's entity metadata,
     * this will contain all referenced columns of owner entity.
     */
    ownerColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * In the case if this entity metadata is junction table's entity metadata,
     * this will contain all referenced columns of inverse entity.
     */
    inverseColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets the column with generated flag.
     */
    generatedColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets the object id column used with mongodb database.
     */
    objectIdColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets entity column which contains a create date value.
     */
    createDateColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets entity column which contains an update date value.
     */
    updateDateColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets entity column which contains a delete date value.
     */
    deleteDateColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets entity column which contains an entity version.
     */
    versionColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets the discriminator column used to store entity identificator in single-table inheritance tables.
     */
    discriminatorColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Special column that stores tree level in tree entities.
     */
    treeLevelColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Nested set's left value column.
     * Used only in tree entities with nested set pattern applied.
     */
    nestedSetLeftColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Nested set's right value column.
     * Used only in tree entities with nested set pattern applied.
     */
    nestedSetRightColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Materialized path column.
     * Used only in tree entities with materialized path pattern applied.
     */
    materializedPathColumn?: ColumnMetadata

    /**
     * Gets the primary columns.
     */
    primaryColumns: ColumnMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's relation metadatas.
     */
    ownRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Relations of the entity, including relations that are coming from the embeddeds of this entity.
     */
    relations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * List of eager relations this metadata has.
     */
    eagerRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * List of eager relations this metadata has.
     */
    lazyRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only one-to-one relations of the entity.
     */
    oneToOneRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only owner one-to-one relations of the entity.
     */
    ownerOneToOneRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only one-to-many relations of the entity.
     */
    oneToManyRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only many-to-one relations of the entity.
     */
    manyToOneRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only many-to-many relations of the entity.
     */
    manyToManyRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only owner many-to-many relations of the entity.
     */
    ownerManyToManyRelations: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Gets only owner one-to-one and many-to-one relations.
     */
    relationsWithJoinColumns: RelationMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Tree parent relation. Used only in tree-tables.
     */
    treeParentRelation?: RelationMetadata

    /**
     * Tree children relation. Used only in tree-tables.
     */
    treeChildrenRelation?: RelationMetadata

    /**
     * Entity's relation id metadatas.
     */
    relationIds: RelationIdMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's relation id metadatas.
     */
    relationCounts: RelationCountMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's foreign key metadatas.
     */
    foreignKeys: ForeignKeyMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's embedded metadatas.
     */
    embeddeds: EmbeddedMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * All embeddeds - embeddeds from this entity metadata and from all child embeddeds, etc.
     */
    allEmbeddeds: EmbeddedMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's own indices.
     */
    ownIndices: IndexMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's index metadatas.
     */
    indices: IndexMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's unique metadatas.
     */
    uniques: UniqueMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's own uniques.
     */
    ownUniques: UniqueMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's check metadatas.
     */
    checks: CheckMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's exclusion metadatas.
     */
    exclusions: ExclusionMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity's own listener metadatas.
     */
    ownListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Entity listener metadatas.
     */
    listeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER LOAD" type.
     */
    afterLoadListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER INSERT" type.
     */
    beforeInsertListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER INSERT" type.
     */
    afterInsertListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER UPDATE" type.
     */
    beforeUpdateListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER UPDATE" type.
     */
    afterUpdateListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER REMOVE" type.
     */
    beforeRemoveListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "BEFORE SOFT REMOVE" type.
     */
    beforeSoftRemoveListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "BEFORE RECOVER" type.
     */
    beforeRecoverListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER REMOVE" type.
     */
    afterRemoveListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER SOFT REMOVE" type.
     */
    afterSoftRemoveListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Listener metadatas with "AFTER RECOVER" type.
     */
    afterRecoverListeners: EntityListenerMetadata[] = []

    /**
     * Map of columns and relations of the entity.
     *
     * example: Post{ id: number, name: string, counterEmbed: { count: number }, category: Category }.
     * This method will create following object:
     * { id: "id", counterEmbed: { count: "counterEmbed.count" }, category: "category" }
     */
    propertiesMap: ObjectLiteral

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Constructor
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    constructor(options: {
        connection: DataSource
        inheritanceTree?: Function[]
        inheritancePattern?: "STI" /*|"CTI"*/
        tableTree?: TreeMetadataArgs
        parentClosureEntityMetadata?: EntityMetadata
        args: TableMetadataArgs
    }) {
        this.connection = options.connection
        this.inheritanceTree = options.inheritanceTree || []
        this.inheritancePattern = options.inheritancePattern
        this.treeType = options.tableTree ? options.tableTree.type : undefined
        this.treeOptions = options.tableTree
            ? options.tableTree.options
            : undefined
        this.parentClosureEntityMetadata = options.parentClosureEntityMetadata!
        this.tableMetadataArgs = options.args
        this.target = this.tableMetadataArgs.target
        this.tableType = this.tableMetadataArgs.type
        this.expression = this.tableMetadataArgs.expression
        this.withoutRowid = this.tableMetadataArgs.withoutRowid
        this.dependsOn = this.tableMetadataArgs.dependsOn
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Public Methods
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Creates a new entity.
     */
    create(
        queryRunner?: QueryRunner,
        options?: { fromDeserializer?: boolean; pojo?: boolean },
    ): any {
        const pojo = options && options.pojo === true ? true : false
        // if target is set to a function (e.g. class) that can be created then create it
        let ret: any
        if (typeof this.target === "function" && !pojo) {
            if (!options?.fromDeserializer || this.isAlwaysUsingConstructor) {
                ret = new (<any>this.target)()
            } else {
                ret = Object.create(this.target.prototype)
            }
        } else {
            // otherwise simply return a new empty object
            ret = {}
        }

        // add "typename" property
        if (this.connection.options.typename) {
            ret[this.connection.options.typename] = this.targetName
        }

        this.lazyRelations.forEach((relation) =>
            this.connection.relationLoader.enableLazyLoad(
                relation,
                ret,
                queryRunner,
            ),
        )
        return ret
    }

    /**
     * Checks if given entity has an id.
     */
    hasId(entity: ObjectLiteral): boolean {
        if (!entity) return false

        return this.primaryColumns.every((primaryColumn) => {
            const value = primaryColumn.getEntityValue(entity)
            return value !== null && value !== undefined && value !== ""
        })
    }

    /**
     * Checks if given entity / object contains ALL primary keys entity must have.
     * Returns true if it contains all of them, false if at least one of them is not defined.
     */
    hasAllPrimaryKeys(entity: ObjectLiteral): boolean {
        return this.primaryColumns.every((primaryColumn) => {
            const value = primaryColumn.getEntityValue(entity)
            return value !== null && value !== undefined
        })
    }

    /**
     * Ensures that given object is an entity id map.
     * If given id is an object then it means its already id map.
     * If given id isn't an object then it means its a value of the id column
     * and it creates a new id map with this value and name of the primary column.
     */
    ensureEntityIdMap(id: any): ObjectLiteral {
        if (ObjectUtils.isObject(id)) return id

        if (this.hasMultiplePrimaryKeys)
            throw new CannotCreateEntityIdMapError(this, id)

        return this.primaryColumns[0].createValueMap(id)
    }

    /**
     * Gets primary keys of the entity and returns them in a literal object.
     * For example, for Post{ id: 1, title: "hello" } where id is primary it will return { id: 1 }
     * For multiple primary keys it returns multiple keys in object.
     * For primary keys inside embeds it returns complex object literal with keys in them.
     */
    getEntityIdMap(
        entity: ObjectLiteral | undefined,
    ): ObjectLiteral | undefined {
        if (!entity) return undefined

        return EntityMetadata.getValueMap(entity, this.primaryColumns, {
            skipNulls: true,
        })
    }

    /**
     * Creates a "mixed id map".
     * If entity has multiple primary keys (ids) then it will return just regular id map, like what getEntityIdMap returns.
     * But if entity has a single primary key then it will return just value of the id column of the entity, just value.
     * This is called mixed id map.
     */
    getEntityIdMixedMap(
        entity: ObjectLiteral | undefined,
    ): ObjectLiteral | undefined {
        if (!entity) return entity

        const idMap = this.getEntityIdMap(entity)
        if (this.hasMultiplePrimaryKeys) {
            return idMap
        } else if (idMap) {
            return this.primaryColumns[0].getEntityValue(idMap) // todo: what about parent primary column?
        }

        return idMap
    }

    /**
     * Compares two different entities by their ids.
     * Returns true if they match, false otherwise.
     */
    compareEntities(
        firstEntity: ObjectLiteral,
        secondEntity: ObjectLiteral,
    ): boolean {
        const firstEntityIdMap = this.getEntityIdMap(firstEntity)
        if (!firstEntityIdMap) return false

        const secondEntityIdMap = this.getEntityIdMap(secondEntity)
        if (!secondEntityIdMap) return false

        return OrmUtils.compareIds(firstEntityIdMap, secondEntityIdMap)
    }

    /**
     * Finds column with a given property name.
     */
    findColumnWithPropertyName(
        propertyName: string,
    ): ColumnMetadata | undefined {
        return this.columns.find(
            (column) => column.propertyName === propertyName,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Finds column with a given database name.
     */
    findColumnWithDatabaseName(
        databaseName: string,
    ): ColumnMetadata | undefined {
        return this.columns.find(
            (column) => column.databaseName === databaseName,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Checks if there is a column or relationship with a given property path.
     */
    hasColumnWithPropertyPath(propertyPath: string): boolean {
        const hasColumn = this.columns.some(
            (column) => column.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
        return hasColumn || this.hasRelationWithPropertyPath(propertyPath)
    }

    /**
     * Finds column with a given property path.
     */
    findColumnWithPropertyPath(
        propertyPath: string,
    ): ColumnMetadata | undefined {
        const column = this.columns.find(
            (column) => column.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
        if (column) return column

        // in the case if column with property path was not found, try to find a relation with such property path
        // if we find relation and it has a single join column then its the column user was seeking
        const relation = this.relations.find(
            (relation) => relation.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
        if (relation && relation.joinColumns.length === 1)
            return relation.joinColumns[0]

        return undefined
    }

    /**
     * Finds column with a given property path.
     * Does not search in relation unlike findColumnWithPropertyPath.
     */
    findColumnWithPropertyPathStrict(
        propertyPath: string,
    ): ColumnMetadata | undefined {
        return this.columns.find(
            (column) => column.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Finds columns with a given property path.
     * Property path can match a relation, and relations can contain multiple columns.
     */
    findColumnsWithPropertyPath(propertyPath: string): ColumnMetadata[] {
        const column = this.columns.find(
            (column) => column.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
        if (column) return [column]

        // in the case if column with property path was not found, try to find a relation with such property path
        // if we find relation and it has a single join column then its the column user was seeking
        const relation = this.findRelationWithPropertyPath(propertyPath)
        if (relation && relation.joinColumns) return relation.joinColumns

        return []
    }

    /**
     * Checks if there is a relation with the given property path.
     */
    hasRelationWithPropertyPath(propertyPath: string): boolean {
        return this.relations.some(
            (relation) => relation.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Finds relation with the given property path.
     */
    findRelationWithPropertyPath(
        propertyPath: string,
    ): RelationMetadata | undefined {
        return this.relations.find(
            (relation) => relation.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Checks if there is an embedded with a given property path.
     */
    hasEmbeddedWithPropertyPath(propertyPath: string): boolean {
        return this.allEmbeddeds.some(
            (embedded) => embedded.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Finds embedded with a given property path.
     */
    findEmbeddedWithPropertyPath(
        propertyPath: string,
    ): EmbeddedMetadata | undefined {
        return this.allEmbeddeds.find(
            (embedded) => embedded.propertyPath === propertyPath,
        )
    }

    /**
     * Returns an array of databaseNames mapped from provided propertyPaths
     */
    mapPropertyPathsToColumns(propertyPaths: string[]) {
        return propertyPaths.map((propertyPath) => {
            const column = this.findColumnWithPropertyPath(propertyPath)
            if (column == null) {
                throw new EntityPropertyNotFoundError(propertyPath, this)
            }
            return column
        })
    }

    /**
     * Iterates through entity and finds and extracts all values from relations in the entity.
     * If relation value is an array its being flattened.
     */
    extractRelationValuesFromEntity(
        entity: ObjectLiteral,
        relations: RelationMetadata[],
    ): [RelationMetadata, any, EntityMetadata][] {
        const relationsAndValues: [RelationMetadata, any, EntityMetadata][] = []
        relations.forEach((relation) => {
            const value = relation.getEntityValue(entity)
            if (Array.isArray(value)) {
                value.forEach((subValue) =>
                    relationsAndValues.push([
                        relation,
                        subValue,
                        EntityMetadata.getInverseEntityMetadata(
                            subValue,
                            relation,
                        ),
                    ]),
                )
            } else if (value) {
                relationsAndValues.push([
                    relation,
                    value,
                    EntityMetadata.getInverseEntityMetadata(value, relation),
                ])
            }
        })
        return relationsAndValues
    }

    /**
     * In the case of SingleTableInheritance, find the correct metadata
     * for a given value.
     *
     * @param value The value to find the metadata for.
     * @returns The found metadata for the entity or the base metadata if no matching metadata
     *          was found in the whole inheritance tree.
     */
    findInheritanceMetadata(value: any): EntityMetadata {
        // Check for single table inheritance and find the correct metadata in that case.
        // Goal is to use the correct discriminator as we could have a repository
        // for an (abstract) base class and thus the target would not match.

        if (
            this.inheritancePattern === "STI" &&
            this.childEntityMetadatas.length > 0
        ) {
            // There could be a column on the base class that can manually be set to override the type.
            let manuallySetDiscriminatorValue: unknown
            if (this.discriminatorColumn) {
                manuallySetDiscriminatorValue =
                    value[this.discriminatorColumn.propertyName]
            }
            return (
                this.childEntityMetadatas.find(
                    (meta) =>
                        manuallySetDiscriminatorValue ===
                            meta.discriminatorValue ||
                        value.constructor === meta.target,
                ) || this
            )
        }
        return this
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Private Static Methods
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    private static getInverseEntityMetadata(
        value: any,
        relation: RelationMetadata,
    ): EntityMetadata {
        return relation.inverseEntityMetadata.findInheritanceMetadata(value)
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Public Static Methods
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Creates a property paths for a given entity.
     *
     * @deprecated
     */
    static createPropertyPath(
        metadata: EntityMetadata,
        entity: ObjectLiteral,
        prefix: string = "",
    ) {
        const paths: string[] = []
        Object.keys(entity).forEach((key) => {
            // check for function is needed in the cases when createPropertyPath used on values contain a function as a value
            // example: .update().set({ name: () => `SUBSTR('', 1, 2)` })
            const parentPath = prefix ? prefix + "." + key : key
            if (metadata.hasEmbeddedWithPropertyPath(parentPath)) {
                const subPaths = this.createPropertyPath(
                    metadata,
                    entity[key],
                    parentPath,
                )
                paths.push(...subPaths)
            } else {
                const path = prefix ? prefix + "." + key : key
                paths.push(path)
            }
        })
        return paths
    }

    /**
     * Finds difference between two entity id maps.
     * Returns items that exist in the first array and absent in the second array.
     */
    static difference(
        firstIdMaps: ObjectLiteral[],
        secondIdMaps: ObjectLiteral[],
    ): ObjectLiteral[] {
        return firstIdMaps.filter((firstIdMap) => {
            return !secondIdMaps.find((secondIdMap) =>
                OrmUtils.compareIds(firstIdMap, secondIdMap),
            )
        })
    }

    /**
     * Creates value map from the given values and columns.
     * Examples of usages are primary columns map and join columns map.
     */
    static getValueMap(
        entity: ObjectLiteral,
        columns: ColumnMetadata[],
        options?: { skipNulls?: boolean },
    ): ObjectLiteral | undefined {
        return columns.reduce((map, column) => {
            const value = column.getEntityValueMap(entity, options)

            // make sure that none of the values of the columns are not missing
            if (map === undefined || value === null || value === undefined)
                return undefined

            return OrmUtils.mergeDeep(map, value)
        }, {} as ObjectLiteral | undefined)
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Public Builder Methods
    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------

    build() {
        const namingStrategy = this.connection.namingStrategy
        const entityPrefix = this.connection.options.entityPrefix
        const entitySkipConstructor =
            this.connection.options.entitySkipConstructor

        this.engine = this.tableMetadataArgs.engine
        this.database =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "entity-child" &&
            this.parentEntityMetadata
                ? this.parentEntityMetadata.database
                : this.tableMetadataArgs.database
        if (this.tableMetadataArgs.schema) {
            this.schema = this.tableMetadataArgs.schema
        } else if (
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "entity-child" &&
            this.parentEntityMetadata
        ) {
            this.schema = this.parentEntityMetadata.schema
        } else if (this.connection.options?.hasOwnProperty("schema")) {
            this.schema = (this.connection.options as any).schema
        }
        this.givenTableName =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "entity-child" &&
            this.parentEntityMetadata
                ? this.parentEntityMetadata.givenTableName
                : this.tableMetadataArgs.name
        this.synchronize =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.synchronize === false ? false : true
        this.targetName =
            typeof this.tableMetadataArgs.target === "function"
                ? (this.tableMetadataArgs.target as any).name
                : this.tableMetadataArgs.target
        if (this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "closure-junction") {
            this.tableNameWithoutPrefix =
                namingStrategy.closureJunctionTableName(this.givenTableName!)
        } else if (
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "entity-child" &&
            this.parentEntityMetadata
        ) {
            this.tableNameWithoutPrefix = namingStrategy.tableName(
                this.parentEntityMetadata.targetName,
                this.parentEntityMetadata.givenTableName,
            )
        } else {
            this.tableNameWithoutPrefix = namingStrategy.tableName(
                this.targetName,
                this.givenTableName,
            )

            if (
                this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "junction" &&
                this.connection.driver.maxAliasLength &&
                this.connection.driver.maxAliasLength > 0 &&
                this.tableNameWithoutPrefix.length >
                    this.connection.driver.maxAliasLength
            ) {
                // note: we are not using DriverUtils.buildAlias here because we would like to avoid
                // hashed table names. However, current algorithm also isn't perfect, but we cannot
                // change it, since it's a big breaking change. Planned to 0.4.0
                this.tableNameWithoutPrefix = shorten(
                    this.tableNameWithoutPrefix,
                    { separator: "_", segmentLength: 3 },
                )
            }
        }
        this.tableName = entityPrefix
            ? namingStrategy.prefixTableName(
                  entityPrefix,
                  this.tableNameWithoutPrefix,
              )
            : this.tableNameWithoutPrefix
        this.target = this.target ? this.target : this.tableName
        this.name = this.targetName ? this.targetName : this.tableName
        this.expression = this.tableMetadataArgs.expression
        this.withoutRowid =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.withoutRowid === true ? true : false
        this.tablePath = this.connection.driver.buildTableName(
            this.tableName,
            this.schema,
            this.database,
        )
        this.orderBy =
            typeof this.tableMetadataArgs.orderBy === "function"
                ? this.tableMetadataArgs.orderBy(this.propertiesMap)
                : this.tableMetadataArgs.orderBy // todo: is propertiesMap available here? Looks like its not

        if (entitySkipConstructor !== undefined) {
            this.isAlwaysUsingConstructor = !entitySkipConstructor
        }

        this.isJunction =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "closure-junction" ||
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "junction"
        this.isClosureJunction =
            this.tableMetadataArgs.type === "closure-junction"
    }

    /**
     * Registers a new column in the entity and recomputes all depend properties.
     */
    registerColumn(column: ColumnMetadata) {
        if (this.ownColumns.indexOf(column) !== -1) return

        this.ownColumns.push(column)
        this.columns = this.embeddeds.reduce(
            (columns, embedded) => columns.concat(embedded.columnsFromTree),
            this.ownColumns,
        )
        this.primaryColumns = this.columns.filter((column) => column.isPrimary)
        this.hasMultiplePrimaryKeys = this.primaryColumns.length > 1
        this.hasUUIDGeneratedColumns =
            this.columns.filter(
                (column) =>
                    column.isGenerated || column.generationStrategy === "uuid",
            ).length > 0
        this.propertiesMap = this.createPropertiesMap()
        if (this.childEntityMetadatas)
            this.childEntityMetadatas.forEach((entityMetadata) =>
                entityMetadata.registerColumn(column),
            )
    }

    /**
     * Creates a special object - all columns and relations of the object (plus columns and relations from embeds)
     * in a special format - { propertyName: propertyName }.
     *
     * example: Post{ id: number, name: string, counterEmbed: { count: number }, category: Category }.
     * This method will create following object:
     * { id: "id", counterEmbed: { count: "counterEmbed.count" }, category: "category" }
     */
    createPropertiesMap(): { [name: string]: string | any } {
        const map: { [name: string]: string | any } = {}
        this.columns.forEach((column) =>
            OrmUtils.mergeDeep(map, column.createValueMap(column.propertyPath)),
        )
        this.relations.forEach((relation) =>
            OrmUtils.mergeDeep(
                map,
                relation.createValueMap(relation.propertyPath),
            ),
        )
        return map
    }

    /**
     * Checks if entity has any column which rely on returning data,
     * e.g. columns with auto generated value, DEFAULT values considered as dependant of returning data.
     * For example, if we need to have RETURNING after INSERT (or we need returned id for DBs not supporting RETURNING),
     * it means we cannot execute bulk inserts in some cases.
     */
    getInsertionReturningColumns(): ColumnMetadata[] {
        return this.columns.filter((column) => {
            return (
                column.default !== undefined ||
                column.isGenerated ||
                column.isCreateDate ||
                column.isUpdateDate ||
                column.isDeleteDate ||
                column.isVersion
            )
        })
    }
}