package funkin.util.tools;

/**
 * A static extension which provides utility functions for Strings.
 */
class StringTools
{
  /**
   * Converts a string to title case. For example, "hello world" becomes "Hello World".
     *
   * @param value The string to convert.
   * @return The converted string.
   */
  public static function toTitleCase(value:String):String
  {
    var words:Array<String> = value.split(' ');
    var result:String = '';
    for (i in 0...words.length)
    {
      var word:String = words[i];
      result += word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.substr(1).toLowerCase();
      if (i < words.length - 1)
      {
        result += ' ';
      }
    }
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Converts a string to lower kebab case. For example, "Hello World" becomes "hello-world".
   *
   * @param value The string to convert.
   * @return The converted string.
   */
  public static function toLowerKebabCase(value:String):String
  {
    return value.toLowerCase().replace(' ', '-');
  }

  /**
   * Converts a string to upper kebab case, aka screaming kebab case. For example, "Hello World" becomes "HELLO-WORLD".
   *
   * @param value The string to convert.
   * @return The converted string.
   */
  public static function toUpperKebabCase(value:String):String
  {
    return value.toUpperCase().replace(' ', '-');
  }

  /**
   * The regular expression to sanitize strings.
   */
  static final SANTIZE_REGEX:EReg = ~/[^-a-zA-Z0-9]/g;

  /**
   * Remove all instances of symbols other than alpha-numeric characters (and dashes)from a string.
   * @param value The string to sanitize.
   * @return The sanitized string.
   */
  public static function sanitize(value:String):String
  {
    return SANTIZE_REGEX.replace(value, '');
  }

  /**
   * Parses the string data as JSON and returns the resulting object.
   * This is here so you can use `string.parseJSON()` when `using StringTools`.
   *
   * TODO: Remove this and replace with `json2object`
   * @param value The
   * @return The parsed object.
   */
  public static function parseJSON(value:String):Dynamic
  {
    return SerializerUtil.fromJSON(value);
  }
}