module Maybe exposing
  ( Maybe(Just,Nothing)
  , andThen
  , map, map2, map3, map4, map5
  , withDefault
  )

{-| This library fills a bunch of important niches in Elm. A `Maybe` can help
you with optional arguments, error handling, and records with optional fields.

# Definition
@docs Maybe

# Common Helpers
@docs withDefault, map, map2, map3, map4, map5

# Chaining Maybes
@docs andThen
-}

{-| Represent values that may or may not exist. It can be useful if you have a
record field that is only filled in sometimes. Or if a function takes a value
sometimes, but does not absolutely need it.

    -- A person, but maybe we do not know their age.
    type alias Person =
        { name : String
        , age : Maybe Int
        }

    tom = { name = "Tom", age = Just 42 }
    sue = { name = "Sue", age = Nothing }
-}
type Maybe a
    = Just a
    | Nothing


{-| Provide a default value, turning an optional value into a normal
value.  This comes in handy when paired with functions like
[`Dict.get`](Dict#get) which gives back a `Maybe`.

    withDefault 100 (Just 42)   -- 42
    withDefault 100 Nothing     -- 100

    withDefault "unknown" (Dict.get "Tom" Dict.empty)   -- "unknown"

-}
withDefault : a -> Maybe a -> a
withDefault default maybe =
    case maybe of
      Just value -> value
      Nothing -> default


{-| Transform a `Maybe` value with a given function:

    map sqrt (Just 9) == Just 3
    map sqrt Nothing == Nothing
-}
map : (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b
map f maybe =
    case maybe of
      Just value -> Just (f value)
      Nothing -> Nothing


{-| Apply a function if all the arguments are `Just` a value.

    map2 (+) (Just 3) (Just 4) == Just 7
    map2 (+) (Just 3) Nothing == Nothing
    map2 (+) Nothing (Just 4) == Nothing
-}
map2 : (a -> b -> value) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe value
map2 func ma mb =
    case (ma,mb) of
      (Just a, Just b) ->
          Just (func a b)

      _ ->
          Nothing


{-|-}
map3 : (a -> b -> c -> value) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe c -> Maybe value
map3 func ma mb mc =
    case (ma,mb,mc) of
      (Just a, Just b, Just c) ->
          Just (func a b c)

      _ ->
          Nothing


{-|-}
map4 : (a -> b -> c -> d -> value) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe c -> Maybe d -> Maybe value
map4 func ma mb mc md =
    case (ma,mb,mc,md) of
      (Just a, Just b, Just c, Just d) ->
          Just (func a b c d)

      _ ->
          Nothing


{-|-}
map5 : (a -> b -> c -> d -> e -> value) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b -> Maybe c -> Maybe d -> Maybe e -> Maybe value
map5 func ma mb mc md me =
    case (ma,mb,mc,md,me) of
      (Just a, Just b, Just c, Just d, Just e) ->
          Just (func a b c d e)

      _ ->
          Nothing


{-| Chain together many computations that may fail. It is helpful to see its
definition:

    andThen : (a -> Maybe b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b
    andThen callback maybe =
        case maybe of
            Just value ->
                callback value

            Nothing ->
                Nothing

This means we only continue with the callback if things are going well. For
example, say you need to use (`head : List Int -> Maybe Int`) to get the
first month from a `List` and then make sure it is between 1 and 12:

    toValidMonth : Int -> Maybe Int
    toValidMonth month =
        if month >= 1 && month <= 12 then
            Just month
        else
            Nothing

    getFirstMonth : List Int -> Maybe Int
    getFirstMonth months =
        head months
          |> andThen toValidMonth

If `head` fails and results in `Nothing` (because the `List` was `empty`),
this entire chain of operations will short-circuit and result in `Nothing`.
If `toValidMonth` results in `Nothing`, again the chain of computations
will result in `Nothing`.
-}
andThen : (a -> Maybe b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b
andThen callback maybeValue =
    case maybeValue of
        Just value ->
            callback value

        Nothing ->
            Nothing