//! Declaration for the Keyword trait.

use crate::parse::rules;

use std::hash::Hash;

/// A Keyword identifies the possible types of a keyword for an Item.

///

/// These do not map one-to-one to Item strings: several Item strings

/// may be placed in a single Keyword -- for example, when their order

/// is significant with respect to one another, like "accept" and

/// "reject" in router descriptors.

///

/// Every keyword has an "index", which is a small number suitable for

/// indexing an array.  These are used in Section and SectionRules.

///

/// Turning a string into a keyword cannot fail: there is always an

/// "UNRECOGNIZED" keyword.

///

/// See macro::decl_keyword! for help defining a Keyword type for a

/// network document.

pub(crate) trait Keyword:

    crate::KeywordEncodable + Hash + Eq + PartialEq + Copy + Clone

{

    /// Find a Keyword corresponding to a string that appears in a

    /// network document.

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Self;

    /// Try to find the keyword corresponding to a given index value,

    /// as used in Section and SectionRules.

    #[allow(unused)] // TODO keep Keyword::from_idx ?

    fn from_idx(i: usize) -> Option<Self>;

    /// Return the index for this keyword.

    fn idx(self) -> usize;

    /// Return the number of indices for this keyword.

    fn n_vals() -> usize;

    /// Return the "UNRECOGNIZED" keyword.

    fn unrecognized() -> Self;

    /// Return the "ANN_UNRECOGNIZED" keyword.

    fn ann_unrecognized() -> Self;

    /// Return true iff this keyword denotes an annotation.

    fn is_annotation(self) -> bool;

    /// Convert from an index to a human-readable string.

    #[allow(unused)] // TODO keep Keyword::idx_to_str ?

    /// Return a new TokenFmtBuilder for creating rules about this keyword.

}