enum.dart

// Copyright (c) 2021, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

part of dart.core;

/// An enumerated value.
///
/// This class is implemented by all types and values
/// introduced using an `enum` declaration.
/// Non-platform classes cannot implement, extend or
/// mix in this class.
@Since("2.14")
abstract class Enum {
  /// A numeric identifier for the enumerated value.
  ///
  /// The values of a single enumeration are numbered
  /// consecutively from zero to one less than the
  /// number of values.
  /// This is also the index of the value in the
  /// enumerated type's static `values` list.
  int get index;

  /// The value's "name".
  ///
  /// The name of a value is a string containing the
  /// source identifier used to declare the value.
  ///
  /// The name occurs in the [toString] of the
  /// enum value, after the enum class name and a `.`.
  /// It is exposed by then [EnumName.name] extension getter,
  /// which is an extension to allow `enum` declarations to have
  /// an element named `name` without causing a name conflict.
  ///
  /// Given an enum declaration like
  /// ```dart
  /// enum MyEnum {
  ///   value1,
  ///   value2
  /// }
  /// ```
  /// the `toString` method of that class may be implemented
  /// as
  /// ```dart
  ///   String toString() => "MyEnum.$_name";
  /// ```
  String get _name;

  /// Compares two enum values by their [index].
  ///
  /// A generic [Comparator] function for enum types which
  /// orders enum values by their [index] value, which corresponds
  /// to the source order of the enum element declarations in
  /// the `enum` declaration.
  @Since("2.15")
  static int compareByIndex<T extends Enum>(T value1, T value2) =>
      value1.index - value2.index;

  /// Compares enum values by name.
  ///
  /// The [EnumName.name] of an enum value is a string
  /// representing the source name used to declare that enum value.
  ///
  /// This [Comparator] compares two enum values by comparing their names,
  /// and can be used to sort enum values by their names.
  /// The comparison uses [String.compareTo], and is therefore case sensitive.
  @Since("2.15")
  static int compareByName<T extends Enum>(T value1, T value2) =>
      value1.name.compareTo(value2.name);
}

/// Superclass of all enum class implementations.
abstract class _Enum implements Enum {
  final int index;
  final String _name;
  const _Enum(this.index, this._name);
}

/// Access to the name of an enum value.
///
/// This method is declared as an extension method
/// instead of an instance method in order to allow
/// enum values to have the name `name`.
@Since("2.15")
extension EnumName on Enum {
  /// The name of the enum value.
  ///
  /// The name is a string containing the source identifier used
  /// to declare the enum value.
  ///
  /// For example, given a declaration like:
  /// ```dart
  /// enum MyEnum {
  ///   value1,
  ///   value2
  /// }
  /// ```
  /// the result of `MyEnum.value1.name` is the string `"value1"`.
  String get name => _name;
}

/// Access enum values by name.
///
/// Extensions on a collection of enum values,
/// intended for use on the `values` list of an enum type,
/// which allows looking up a value by its name.
///
/// Since enum classes are expected to be relatively small,
/// lookup of [byName] is performed by linearly iterating through the values
/// and comparing their name to the provided name.
/// If a more efficient lookup is needed, perhaps because the lookup operation
/// happens very often, consider building a map instead using [asNameMap]:
/// ```dart
/// static myEnumNameMap = MyEnum.values.asNameMap();
/// ```
/// and then use that for lookups.
@Since("2.15")
extension EnumByName<T extends Enum> on Iterable<T> {
  /// Finds the enum value in this list with name [name].
  ///
  /// Goes through this collection looking for an enum with
  /// name [name], as reported by [EnumName.name].
  /// Returns the first value with the given name. Such a value must be found.
  T byName(String name) {
    for (var value in this) {
      if (value._name == name) return value;
    }
    throw ArgumentError.value(name, "name", "No enum value with that name");
  }

  /// Creates a map from the names of enum values to the values.
  ///
  /// The collection that this method is called on is expected to have
  /// enums with distinct names, like the `values` list of an enum class.
  /// Only one value for each name can occur in the created map,
  /// so if two or more enum values have the same name (either being the
  /// same value, or being values of different enum type), at most one of
  /// them will be represented in the returned map.
  Map<String, T> asNameMap() =>
      <String, T>{for (var value in this) value._name: value};
}