import { type_manager } from "./functions.js";

class parser {
    #locale;
    #content;

    constructor(content, locale) {
        if (!(content instanceof Object)) {
            throw "Content to create parser from must be an object.";
        }

        if (!type_manager.is_string(locale)) {
            throw "Location of potential missing object must be string.";
        }

        this.#content = content;
        this.#locale = locale;
    }

    exists(target) {
        if (!type_manager.is_string(target)) {
            throw "Name of the element to parse must be an string.";
        }

        return this.#content.hasOwnProperty(target);
    }

    get(target) {
        if (!this.exists(target)) {
            throw "Can not get " + target + " from " + this.#locale + ".";
        }

        return this.#content[target];
    }

    get properties() {
        return Object.getOwnPropertyNames(this.#content);
    }

    get_parser(target) {
        return new parser(this.get(target), this.#locale + "." + target);
    }
}

export { parser };