#ifndef CVVISUAL_UTIL_HPP
#define CVVISUAL_UTIL_HPP

// required for utilities
#include <initializer_list>
#include <memory>
#include <utility>
#include <type_traits>

// included for convinience of others:
#include <cstddef>   //size_t
#include <cstdint>   // [u]intXX_t
#include <algorithm> // since some people like to forget that one

namespace cvv
{
namespace util
{

/**
 * @brief Creates a new Object of type T on the heap, managed by a
 *std::unique_ptr.
 *
 * This function uses the naming-conventions of the STL instead of cvv because
 *it actually
 * is a backported function from C++14 that is intended to be in harmony with
 *std::make_shared.
 */
template <typename T, typename... Args>
std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Args &&... args)
{
	return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
}

/**
 * @brief Check whether a value compares equal to any value inside a container
 * of comparable types.
 */
template <typename ValueType, typename Container>
bool isAnyOf(const ValueType &value, const Container &set)
{
	return std::find(set.begin(), set.end(), value) != set.end();
}

/**
 * @brief Overload for intializer-lists to enable usage like this: isAnyOf(3,
 * {1,2,3})
 */
template <typename ValueType, typename Comparable>
bool isAnyOf(const ValueType &value,
             const std::initializer_list<Comparable> &set)
{
	return std::find(set.begin(), set.end(), value) != set.end();
}

// just forward-declarations:
template <typename T> class Reference;
template <typename T> Reference<T> makeRef(T &val);

/**
 * Reference-class to signal that a type is neither owned nor NULL.
 *
 * Note that const Reference<Foo> does not mean that the pointed to Foo is
 *const. If that is what
 * you want use Reference<const Foo>
 */
template <typename T> class Reference
{
      public:
	// there is no reasonable default-value, so:
	Reference() = delete;

	// these are all just the defaults but it is nice to see them explicitly
	Reference(const Reference &) = default;
	Reference(Reference &&) = default;
	Reference &operator=(const Reference &) = default;
	Reference &operator=(Reference &&) = default;

	// Constructing only works from references
	Reference(T &pointee) : ptr{ &pointee }
	{
	}

	// there is no point in having a Reference to a temporary object:
	Reference(T &&) = delete;

	/**
	 * @brief Creates a Ref from a Reference to a type that inherits T.
	 *
	 * Trying to pass in any other type results in a compiler-error.
	 */
	template <typename Derived>
	Reference(const Reference<Derived> other)
	    : ptr{ other.getPtr() }
	{
		static_assert(
		    std::is_base_of<T, Derived>::value,
		    "Reference<T> can only be constructed from Reference<U> if "
		    "T is either equal to U or a base-class of U");
	}

	/**
	 * @brief Get a reference to the referenced object.
	 */
	T &operator*() const
	{
		return *ptr;
	}

	T *operator->() const
	{
		return ptr;
	}

	/**
	 * @brief Get a reference to the referenced object.
	 */
	T &get() const
	{
		return *ptr;
	}

	/**
	 * @brief Get a pointer to the referenced object.
	 */
	T *getPtr() const
	{
		return ptr;
	}

	/**
	 * @brief Tries to create a Reference to a type that inherits T.
	 *
	 * If the target-type does not inherit T, a compiler-error is created.
	 * @throws std::bad_cast if the pointee is not of the requested type.
	 */
	template <typename TargetType> Reference<TargetType> castTo() const
	{
		static_assert(std::is_base_of<T, TargetType>::value,
		              "Reference<Base>::castTo<>() can only cast to "
		              "Reference<Derived>, "
		              "where Derived inherits from Base");
		return makeRef(dynamic_cast<TargetType &>(*ptr));
	}

	/**
	 * @brief Compare to references for identity of the referenced object.
	 *
	 * @note identity != equality: two references to two different ints that
	 *both happen to have
	 * the value 1, will still compare unequal.
	 */
	bool friend operator==(const Reference &l, const Reference &r)
	{
		return l.ptr == r.ptr;
	}

	/**
	 * Dito.
	 */
	bool friend operator!=(const Reference &l, const Reference &r)
	{
		return l.ptr != r.ptr;
	}

      private:
	T *ptr;
};

/**
 * Create a cvv::util::Reference to an object. This is intended to be used for
 * template-argument-deduction, so explicitly passing the template-argument
 * should be considered
 * undefined behaviour.
 */
template <typename T> Reference<T> makeRef(T &val)
{
	return Reference<T>{ val };
}
}
} // namespaces

#endif