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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() {
    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() {
    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() {
    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() {
    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() {
    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}.
   */
  private static String separateCamelCase(String name, String separator) {
    StringBuilder translation = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < name.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.
   */
  private static String upperCaseFirstLetter(String name) {
    StringBuilder fieldNameBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    int index = 0;
    char firstCharacter = name.charAt(index);

    while (index < name.length() - 1) {
      if (Character.isLetter(firstCharacter)) {
        break;
      }

      fieldNameBuilder.append(firstCharacter);
      firstCharacter = name.charAt(++index);
    }

    if (index == name.length()) {
      return fieldNameBuilder.toString();
    }

    if (!Character.isUpperCase(firstCharacter)) {
      String modifiedTarget = modifyString(Character.toUpperCase(firstCharacter), name, ++index);
      return fieldNameBuilder.append(modifiedTarget).toString();
    } else {
      return name;
    }
  }

  private static String modifyString(char firstCharacter, String srcString, int indexOfSubstring) {
    return (indexOfSubstring < srcString.length())
        ? firstCharacter + srcString.substring(indexOfSubstring)
        : String.valueOf(firstCharacter);
  }
}