/**
 * A helper class for building REST API endpoints.
 */
class Endpoint(
        val path: String,
        val query: String,
        val value: String) {

    // Returns a list of objects containing a subset of object properties
    class Filter {
        companion object {
            fun someThing(value: String): Endpoint = Endpoint("filter.php", "a", value)
            fun someOtherThing(value: String): Endpoint = Endpoint("filter.php", "b", value)
        }
    }

    // Returns a list of objects containing complete objects
    class Search {
        companion object {
            fun someThing(value: String): Endpoint = Endpoint("search.php", "a", value)
            fun someOtherThing(value: String): Endpoint = Endpoint("search.php", "b", value)
        }
    }

    // Returns a list containing a single object
    class Lookup {
        companion object {
            fun getById(value: String): Endpoint = Endpoint("lookup.php", "a", value)
            fun getRandom(): Endpoint = Endpoint("random.php", "", "")
        }
    }

    // Returns a list of strings
    class List {
        companion object {
            fun someCategory(): Endpoint = Endpoint("list.php", "a", "list")
            fun someOtherCategory(): Endpoint = Endpoint("list.php", "b", "list")
        }
    }

    // There are some cases where we want to know if this is a filter
    fun isFilter(): Boolean {
        return path == "filter"
    }

    // This is used with Retrofit @QueryMap
    fun options(): Map<String, String> {
        if (query.isEmpty() && value.isEmpty())
            return emptyMap()

        val map = HashMap<String, String>()
        map.put(query, value)
        return map
    }

    override fun toString(): String {
        return "Endpoint(path='$path', query='$query', value='$value')"
    }

}