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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package com.google.gson;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * An enumeration that defines a few standard naming conventions for JSON field names.
 * This enumeration should be used in conjunction with {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder}
 * to configure a {@link com.google.gson.Gson} instance to properly translate Java field
 * names into the desired JSON field names.
 *
 * @author Inderjeet Singh
 * @author Joel Leitch
 */
public enum FieldNamingPolicy implements FieldNamingStrategy {

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the field name is
     * unchanged.
     */
    IDENTITY() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return f.getName();
        }
    },

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java
     * field name is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form.
     *
     * <p>Here's a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>someFieldName ---> SomeFieldName</li>
     *   <li>_someFieldName ---> _SomeFieldName</li>
     * </ul>
     */
    UPPER_CAMEL_CASE() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return upperCaseFirstLetter(f.getName());
        }
    },

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will ensure that the first "letter" of the Java
     * field name is capitalized when serialized to its JSON form and the words will be
     * separated by a space.
     *
     * <p>Here's a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>someFieldName ---> Some Field Name</li>
     *   <li>_someFieldName ---> _Some Field Name</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @since 1.4
     */
    UPPER_CAMEL_CASE_WITH_SPACES() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return upperCaseFirstLetter(separateCamelCase(f.getName(), " "));
        }
    },

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased
     * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by an underscore (_).
     *
     * <p>Here's a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>someFieldName ---> some_field_name</li>
     *   <li>_someFieldName ---> _some_field_name</li>
     *   <li>aStringField ---> a_string_field</li>
     *   <li>aURL ---> a_u_r_l</li>
     * </ul>
     */
    LOWER_CASE_WITH_UNDERSCORES() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), "_").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        }
    },

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased
     * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dash (-).
     *
     * <p>Here's a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>someFieldName ---> some-field-name</li>
     *   <li>_someFieldName ---> _some-field-name</li>
     *   <li>aStringField ---> a-string-field</li>
     *   <li>aURL ---> a-u-r-l</li>
     * </ul>
     * Using dashes in JavaScript is not recommended since dash is also used for a minus sign in
     * expressions. This requires that a field named with dashes is always accessed as a quoted
     * property like {@code myobject['my-field']}. Accessing it as an object field
     * {@code myobject.my-field} will result in an unintended javascript expression.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    LOWER_CASE_WITH_DASHES() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), "-").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        }
    },

    /**
     * Using this naming policy with Gson will modify the Java Field name from its camel cased
     * form to a lower case field name where each word is separated by a dot (.).
     *
     * <p>Here's a few examples of the form "Java Field Name" ---> "JSON Field Name":</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>someFieldName ---> some.field.name</li>
     *   <li>_someFieldName ---> _some.field.name</li>
     *   <li>aStringField ---> a.string.field</li>
     *   <li>aURL ---> a.u.r.l</li>
     * </ul>
     * Using dots in JavaScript is not recommended since dot is also used for a member sign in
     * expressions. This requires that a field named with dots is always accessed as a quoted
     * property like {@code myobject['my.field']}. Accessing it as an object field
     * {@code myobject.my.field} will result in an unintended javascript expression.
     * @since 2.8
     */
    LOWER_CASE_WITH_DOTS() {
        @Override
        public String translateName(Field f) {
            return separateCamelCase(f.getName(), ".").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
        }
    };

    /**
     * Converts the field name that uses camel-case define word separation into
     * separate words that are separated by the provided {@code separatorString}.
     */
    static String separateCamelCase(String name, String separator) {
        StringBuilder translation = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0, length = name.length(); i < length; i++) {
            char character = name.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isUpperCase(character) && translation.length() != 0) {
                translation.append(separator);
            }
            translation.append(character);
        }
        return translation.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Ensures the JSON field names begins with an upper case letter.
     */
    static String upperCaseFirstLetter(String name) {
        int firstLetterIndex = 0;
        int limit = name.length() - 1;
        for (; !Character.isLetter(name.charAt(firstLetterIndex)) && firstLetterIndex < limit; ++firstLetterIndex)
            ;

        char firstLetter = name.charAt(firstLetterIndex);
        if (Character.isUpperCase(firstLetter)) { //The letter is already uppercased, return the original
            return name;
        }

        char uppercased = Character.toUpperCase(firstLetter);
        if (firstLetterIndex == 0) { //First character in the string is the first letter, saves 1 substring
            return uppercased + name.substring(1);
        }

        return name.substring(0, firstLetterIndex) + uppercased + name.substring(firstLetterIndex + 1);
    }
}