-- EXAMPLE OF CLIENT-SERVER COMM WITH LUANOID. CLIENT DOESNT REQUEST CHARS.

local ReplicatedFirst = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")


local apiObjects = Instance.new("Folder")
apiObjects.Name = "CharacterControllerApi"
apiObjects.Parent = ReplicatedStorage

local Api = {}

	Api.Spec = require(ReplicatedFirst.CharacterControllerCore.ApiSpec)

	function Api.implement(implementation)
		for methodName, remoteData in pairs(Api.Spec.Methods) do
			local object = apiObjects:FindFirstChild(remoteData.Type) or Instance.new(remoteData.Type)
			object.Name = methodName

			local serverMethod = implementation[methodName]

			if not serverMethod then
				error(string.format("Server is missing implementation for client method %q", methodName))
			end

			if remoteData.Type == "RemoteFunction" then
				if remoteData.ClientServer then -- can use for client-server comm
					object.OnServerInvoke = function(...)
						return serverMethod(...)
					end;
				end
				if remoteData.ServerClient then -- can use for server-client comm
					Api[methodName] = function(...)
						return object:InvokeClient(...)
					end
				end

			elseif remoteData.Type == "RemoteEvent" then
				if remoteData.ClientServer then -- can use for client-server comm
					object.OnServerEvent:Connect(serverMethod)
				end
				if remoteData.ServerClient then -- can use for server-client comm
					Api[methodName] = function(players, ...)
						if type(players) == 'table' then
							for p=1,#players do
								local player = players[p]
								object:FireClient(player, ...)
							end
						else
							local player = players
							object:FireClient(player, ...)
						end
					end
				end
			end

			object.Parent = apiObjects
		end


	end

return Api