//
//  EasyMapping
//
//  Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Lucas Medeiros.
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@import CoreData;
@import Foundation;
#import "EKPropertyMapping.h"
#import "EKObjectMapping.h"

/**
 `EKPropertyHelper` is internal EasyMapping class, that works with objective-c runtime to get and set values of properties.
 */
@interface EKPropertyHelper : NSObject

+ (BOOL)propertyNameIsScalar:(NSString *)propertyName fromObject:(id)object;

+ (id)propertyRepresentation:(NSArray *)array forObject:(id)object withPropertyName:(NSString *)propertyName;

+ (void)  setProperty:(EKPropertyMapping *)propertyMapping
             onObject:(id)object
   fromRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)representation
  respectPropertyType:(BOOL)respectPropertyType;

+ (void) setProperty:(EKPropertyMapping *)propertyMapping
            onObject:(id)object
  fromRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)representation
           inContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context
 respectPropertyType:(BOOL)respectPropertyType;

+ (id)getValueOfProperty:(EKPropertyMapping *)propertyMapping
      fromRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)representation;

+ (id)getValueOfManagedProperty:(EKPropertyMapping *)mapping
             fromRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)representation
                      inContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context;

+ (void)setValue:(id)value onObject:(id)object forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath;

+ (void)addValue:(id)value onObject:(id)object forKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath;

+ (NSDictionary *)extractRootPathFromExternalRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)externalRepresentation
                                                withMapping:(EKObjectMapping *)mapping;

@end