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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ExperianFunctions.helpers
{
    using System.Security.Cryptography;

    /// <summary>
	/// Helper methods for working with <see cref="Guid"/>.
	/// </summary>
	public static class GuidUtility
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a name-based UUID using the algorithm from RFC 4122 §4.3.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="namespaceId">The ID of the namespace.</param>
		/// <param name="name">The name (within that namespace).</param>
		/// <returns>A UUID derived from the namespace and name.</returns>
		/// <remarks>See <a href="http://code.logos.com/blog/2011/04/generating_a_deterministic_guid.html">Generating a deterministic GUID</a>.</remarks>
		public static Guid Create(Guid namespaceId, string name)
		{
			return Create(namespaceId, name, 5);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates a name-based UUID using the algorithm from RFC 4122 §4.3.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="namespaceId">The ID of the namespace.</param>
		/// <param name="name">The name (within that namespace).</param>
		/// <param name="version">The version number of the UUID to create; this value must be either
		/// 3 (for MD5 hashing) or 5 (for SHA-1 hashing).</param>
		/// <returns>A UUID derived from the namespace and name.</returns>
		/// <remarks>See <a href="http://code.logos.com/blog/2011/04/generating_a_deterministic_guid.html">Generating a deterministic GUID</a>.</remarks>
		public static Guid Create(Guid namespaceId, string name, int version)
		{
			if (name == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
			if (version != 3 && version != 5)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("version", "version must be either 3 or 5.");

			// convert the name to a sequence of octets (as defined by the standard or conventions of its namespace) (step 3)
			// ASSUME: UTF-8 encoding is always appropriate
			byte[] nameBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(name);

			// convert the namespace UUID to network order (step 3)
			byte[] namespaceBytes = namespaceId.ToByteArray();
			SwapByteOrder(namespaceBytes);

			// comput the hash of the name space ID concatenated with the name (step 4)
			byte[] hash;
			using (HashAlgorithm algorithm = version == 3 ? (HashAlgorithm) MD5.Create() : SHA1.Create())
			{
				algorithm.TransformBlock(namespaceBytes, 0, namespaceBytes.Length, null, 0);
				algorithm.TransformFinalBlock(nameBytes, 0, nameBytes.Length);
				hash = algorithm.Hash;
			}

			// most bytes from the hash are copied straight to the bytes of the new GUID (steps 5-7, 9, 11-12)
			byte[] newGuid = new byte[16];
			Array.Copy(hash, 0, newGuid, 0, 16);

			// set the four most significant bits (bits 12 through 15) of the time_hi_and_version field to the appropriate 4-bit version number from Section 4.1.3 (step 8)
			newGuid[6] = (byte) ((newGuid[6] & 0x0F) | (version << 4));

			// set the two most significant bits (bits 6 and 7) of the clock_seq_hi_and_reserved to zero and one, respectively (step 10)
			newGuid[8] = (byte) ((newGuid[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80);

			// convert the resulting UUID to local byte order (step 13)
			SwapByteOrder(newGuid);
			return new Guid(newGuid);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// The namespace for fully-qualified domain names (from RFC 4122, Appendix C).
		/// </summary>
		public static readonly Guid DnsNamespace = new Guid("6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8");

		/// <summary>
		/// The namespace for URLs (from RFC 4122, Appendix C).
		/// </summary>
		public static readonly Guid UrlNamespace = new Guid("6ba7b811-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8");

	    /// <summary>
	    /// The namespace for URLs (from RFC 4122, Appendix C).
	    /// </summary>
	    public static readonly Guid ExperianNamespace = new Guid("7f3776c6-74f0-439c-b490-42b1ae72b6fa");

		/// <summary>
		/// The namespace for ISO OIDs (from RFC 4122, Appendix C).
		/// </summary>
		public static readonly Guid IsoOidNamespace = new Guid("6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8");

		// Converts a GUID (expressed as a byte array) to/from network order (MSB-first).
		internal static void SwapByteOrder(byte[] guid)
		{
			SwapBytes(guid, 0, 3);
			SwapBytes(guid, 1, 2);
			SwapBytes(guid, 4, 5);
			SwapBytes(guid, 6, 7);
		}

		private static void SwapBytes(byte[] guid, int left, int right)
		{
			byte temp = guid[left];
			guid[left] = guid[right];
			guid[right] = temp;
		}
	}
}