/**
 * 
 */
package ecologylab.serialization.types.scalar;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.json.simple.JSONObject;

import ecologylab.serialization.TranslationContext;
import ecologylab.serialization.XMLTools;
import ecologylab.serialization.annotations.simpl_inherit;
import ecologylab.serialization.formatenums.Format;
import ecologylab.serialization.types.ScalarType;

/**
 * All non-primitive ScalarType subclasses should extend this class.
 * 
 * @author andruid
 */
@simpl_inherit
abstract public class ReferenceType<T> extends ScalarType<T>
{

	public ReferenceType()
	{
		
	}
	
	/**
	 * @param thatClass
	 * @param javaTypeName
	 *          TODO
	 * @param cSharpTypeName
	 *          TODO
	 * @param objectiveCTypeName
	 *          TODO
	 * @param dbTypeName
	 *          TODO
	 */
	public ReferenceType(Class<T> thatClass, String javaTypeName, String cSharpTypeName,
			String objectiveCTypeName, String dbTypeName)
	{
		super(thatClass, cSharpTypeName, objectiveCTypeName, dbTypeName);
	}

	/**
	 * Append the String directly, unless it needs escaping, in which case, call escapeXML.
	 * 
	 * @param instance
	 * @param buffy
	 * @param needsEscaping
	 */
	@Override
	public void appendValue(T instance, StringBuilder buffy, boolean needsEscaping,
			TranslationContext serializationContext)
	{

		String instanceString = marshall(instance, serializationContext);// instance.toString();
		if (needsEscaping)
			XMLTools.escapeXML(buffy, instanceString);
		else
			buffy.append(instanceString);
	}

	@Override
	public void appendValue(T instance, Appendable buffy, boolean needsEscaping,
			TranslationContext serializationContext, Format format) throws IOException
	{
		String instanceString = "";
		if (instance != null && serializationContext != null)
			instanceString = marshall(instance, serializationContext); // andruid 1/4/10
																																			// instance.toString();
		if (needsEscaping)
		{
			switch (format)
			{
			case JSON:
				buffy.append(JSONObject.escape(instanceString));
				;
				break;
			case XML:
				XMLTools.escapeXML(buffy, instanceString);
				break;
			default:
				XMLTools.escapeXML(buffy, instanceString);
				break;
			}

		}
		else
			buffy.append(instanceString);
	}

}