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#!/usr/bin/python
__author__ = 'ant'

"""
Generate a C-function to convert an enum value into an NSString, and put it on the clipboard
Note, only handles NS_ENUM style enums at the moment.
"""

import sys
import re
import AppKit
import Foundation

from string import Template

indent = "    "

def pbcopy(s):
    board = AppKit.NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
    board.declareTypes_owner_([AppKit.NSStringPboardType], None)
    newStr = Foundation.NSString.stringWithString_(s)
    newData = \
        newStr.nsstring().dataUsingEncoding_(Foundation.NSUTF8StringEncoding)
    board.setData_forType_(newData, AppKit.NSStringPboardType)


# Normailse stdin input: remove all newlines, condense contiguous whitespace to single space
# TODO: strip block comments while reading file
body = ' '.join([ line.rstrip("\n") for line in sys.stdin.readlines() ] )
# Strip c-style comments
body = re.sub(r'/\*.*?\*/',
              r' ',
              body)
body = re.sub(r'\s+',
              r' ',
              body)

# Process file
# ============

enumName = None

# NS_ENUM
# -------
enumMatch = re.search(r'NS_ENUM\s?\(\s?\w+\s?,\s?(\w+)\s?\)\s?\{([ A-z0-9_,]*)\}',body)

if enumMatch:
    enumName = enumMatch.group(1)
    enumMembers = enumMatch.group(2).replace(' ','').split(',')


if enumName:
    output = "NSString* stringFrom{enumName}({enumName} value)\n{{".format( enumName = enumName[0].upper() + enumName[1:] )
    output += "\n{indent}switch (value) {{".format(indent=indent)

    template = Template(r'{indent}case $member: return @"$member"; break;'.format(indent = indent))
    for member in enumMembers:
        output += "\n" + template.substitute(member = member)

    output += '\n{indent}default: return @"ERROR: Unknown {enumName} value."; break;'.format(indent=indent, enumName=enumName)
    output += '\n{indent}}}'.format(indent=indent)
    output += '\n}\n'

    pbcopy(output)