export type Arg<T = any> = {
	/** Argument/property name */
	name: string;
	/** Argument description for help page */
	desc: string;
	/** Available shorthands */
	flags?: string[];
	/** Argument is not required */
	optional?: boolean;
	/** Default value if argument is not used */
	default?: T;
	/** Collects any unmatched arguments */
	extras?: boolean;
}

export class ArgParser {
	static readonly helpArg: Arg = {name: 'help', desc: 'Display command\'s help message', flags: ['-h', '--help'], default: false};

	commands: ArgParser[] = [];
	args: Arg[] = [];
	flags: Arg[] = [];
	defaults!: {[key: string]: any};

	/**
	 * Create a unix-like argument parser to extract flags from the argument list. Can also create help messages.
	 *
	 * @param {string} name Script name
	 * @param {string} desc Help description
	 * @param {(ArgParser | Arg[]} argList Array of CLI arguments
	 * @param {string[]} examples Additional examples to display
	 */
	constructor(public readonly name: string,
				public readonly desc: string,
				public readonly argList: (ArgParser | Arg)[] = [],
				public readonly examples: string[] = []
	) {
		// Arguments
		this.commands = argList.filter(arg => arg instanceof ArgParser);
		this.args = <Arg[]>argList.filter(arg => !(arg instanceof ArgParser) && !arg.flags?.length);
		this.flags = <Arg[]>[...argList.filter(arg => !(arg instanceof ArgParser) && arg.flags && arg.flags.length), ...this.flags];
		this.defaults = argList.reduce((acc, arg: any) => ({...acc, [arg.name]: arg['extras'] ? [] : (arg.default ?? null)}), {});

		// Examples
		this.examples = <string[]>[
			...examples,
			`[OPTIONS] ${this.args.map(arg => (arg.optional ? `[${arg.name.toUpperCase()}]` : arg.name.toUpperCase()) + (arg.extras ? '...' : '')).join(' ')}`,
			this.commands.length ? `[OPTIONS] COMMAND` : null,
			`--help ${this.commands.length ? '[COMMAND]' : ''}`
		].filter(e => !!e);
	}

	/**
	 * Parse an array into an arguments dictionary using the configuration.
	 *
	 * @param {string[]} args Array of arguments to be parsed
	 * @returns {object} Dictionary of arguments with defaults applied
	 */
	parse(args: string[]) {
		// Parse arguments
		let extras = [], parsed: any = {...this.defaults, '_error': []}, queue = [...args];
		while(queue.length) {
			let arg = queue.splice(0, 1)[0];
			if(arg[0] == '-') { // Flags
				// Check for combined shorthand
				if(arg[1] != '-' && arg.length > 2) {
					queue = [...arg.substring(2).split('').map(a => `-${a}`), ...queue];
					arg = `-${arg[1]}`;
				}
				// Find & add flag
				const combined = arg.split('=');
				const argDef = this.flags.find(flag => flag.flags?.includes(combined[0] || arg));
				if(argDef == null) { // Not found, add to extras
					extras.push(arg);
					continue;
				}
				const value = argDef.default === false ? true :
							  argDef.default === true ? false :
							  queue.splice(queue.findIndex(q => q[0] != '-'), 1)[0] ||
							  argDef.default;
				if(value == null) parsed['_error'].push(`Option missing value: ${argDef.name || combined[0]}`);
				parsed[argDef.name] = value;
			} else { // Command
				const c = this.commands.find(command => command.name == arg);
				if(!!c) {
					const parsedCommand = c.parse(queue.splice(0, queue.length));
					Object.keys(parsedCommand).forEach(key => {
						if(parsed[key] != parsedCommand[key] && parsedCommand[key] == c.defaults[key])
							delete parsedCommand[key];
					});
					parsed = {
						...parsed,
						...parsedCommand,
						_command: c.name
					};
				} else extras.push(arg); // Not found, add to extras
			}
		}
		// Arguments
		this.args.filter(arg => !arg.extras).forEach(arg => {
			if(!arg.optional && !extras.length) parsed['_error'].push(`Argument missing: ${arg.name.toUpperCase()}`);
			if(extras.length) parsed[arg.name] = extras.splice(0, 1)[0];
		});
		// Extras
		const extraKey = this.args.find(arg => arg.extras)?.name || '_extra';
		parsed[extraKey] = extras;
		return parsed;
	}

	/**
	 * Create help message from the provided description & argument list.
	 *
	 * @returns {string} Help message
	 * @param opts Help options: command - display a commands help, message - override help description
	 */
	help(opts: {command?: string, message?: string} = {}): string {
		const spacer = (text: string) => Array(24 - text.length || 1).fill(' ').join('');

		// Help with specific command
		if(opts.command) {
			const argParser = this.commands.find(parser => parser.name == opts.command);
			if(!argParser) throw new Error(`${opts.command.toUpperCase()} is not a command`)
			return argParser.help({...opts, command: undefined});
		}

		// Description
		let msg = `\n\n${opts.message || this.desc}`;
		// Examples
		msg += '\n\nUsage:\t' + this.examples.map(ex => `run ${this.name} ${ex}`).join('\n\t\t');
		// Arguments
		if(this.args.length) msg += '\n\n\t\t' + this.args.map(arg =>
			`${arg.name.toUpperCase()}${spacer(arg.name)}${arg.desc}`).join('\n\t\t');
		// Flags
		msg += '\n\nOptions:\n\t\t' + this.flags.map(flag => {
			const flags = flag.flags?.join(', ') || '';
			return `${flags}${spacer(flags)}${flag.desc}`;
		}).join('\n\t\t');
		// Commands
		if(this.commands.length) msg += '\n\nCommands:\n\t\t' + this.commands.map(command =>
			`${command.name}${spacer(command.name)}${command.desc}`).join('\n\t\t');
		return `${msg}\n\n`;
	}
}