package io.quarkus.qute;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Predicate;

/**
 * Represents a central point for template management. It has a dedicated configuration and is able to cache the
 * template definitions.
 */
public interface Engine {

    /**
     * 
     * @return a new builder instance
     */
    static EngineBuilder builder() {
        return new EngineBuilder();
    }

    /**
     * Parse the template contents.
     * <p>
     * Note that this method always returns a new {@link Template} instance.
     * 
     * @param content
     * @return the template
     */
    default Template parse(String content) {
        return parse(content, null);
    }

    /**
     * Parse the template contents with the specified variant.
     * <p>
     * Note that this method always returns a new {@link Template} instance.
     * 
     * @param content
     * @param variant
     * @return the template
     */
    default Template parse(String content, Variant variant) {
        return parse(content, null, null);
    }

    /**
     * Parse the template contents with the specified variant and id.
     * <p>
     * Note that this method always returns a new {@link Template} instance.
     * 
     * @param content
     * @param variant
     * @param id
     * @return the template
     */
    public Template parse(String content, Variant variant, String id);

    /**
     * 
     * @return an immutable list of result mappers
     */
    public List<ResultMapper> getResultMappers();

    /**
     *
     * @param id
     * @param template
     * @return the previous value or null
     */
    public Template putTemplate(String id, Template template);

    /**
     * Obtain a template for the given identifier. A template may be registered using
     * {@link #putTemplate(String, Template)} or loaded by a template locator.
     * 
     * @param id
     * @return the template or null
     * @see EngineBuilder#addLocator(TemplateLocator)
     */
    public Template getTemplate(String id);

    /**
     * Removes all templates from the cache.
     */
    public void clearTemplates();

    /**
     * Removes the templates for which the mapping id matches the given predicate.
     * 
     * @param test
     */
    public void removeTemplates(Predicate<String> test);

    public SectionHelperFactory<?> getSectionHelperFactory(String name);

    public Map<String, SectionHelperFactory<?>> getSectionHelperFactories();

    public List<ValueResolver> getValueResolvers();

    public List<NamespaceResolver> getNamespaceResolvers();

    public Evaluator getEvaluator();

}
