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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Júlio Vilmar Gesser.
 * Copyright (C) 2011, 2013-2021 The JavaParser Team.
 *
 * This file is part of JavaParser.
 *
 * JavaParser can be used either under the terms of
 * a) the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 *     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *     (at your option) any later version.
 * b) the terms of the Apache License
 *
 * You should have received a copy of both licenses in LICENCE.LGPL and
 * LICENCE.APACHE. Please refer to those files for details.
 *
 * JavaParser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 */
package com.github.javaparser.ast.expr;
import com.github.javaparser.TokenRange;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.AllFieldsConstructor;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.Generated;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.Node;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.visitor.CloneVisitor;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.visitor.GenericVisitor;
import com.github.javaparser.ast.visitor.VoidVisitor;
import com.github.javaparser.metamodel.JavaParserMetaModel;
import com.github.javaparser.metamodel.StringLiteralExprMetaModel;
import com.github.javaparser.utils.Utils;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import static com.github.javaparser.utils.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava;
import static com.github.javaparser.utils.StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJava;
/**
 * A literal string.
 * <br>{@code "Hello World!"}
 * <br>{@code "\"\n"}
 * <br>{@code "\u2122"}
 * <br>{@code "™"}
 * <br>{@code "💩"}
 *
 * @author Julio Vilmar Gesser
 */
public class StringLiteralExpr extends LiteralStringValueExpr {
    public StringLiteralExpr() {
        this(null, "empty");
    }
    /**
     * Creates a string literal expression from given string. Escapes EOL characters.
     *
     * @param value the value of the literal
     */
    @AllFieldsConstructor
    public StringLiteralExpr(final String value) {
        this(null, Utils.escapeEndOfLines(value));
    }
    /**
     * This constructor is used by the parser and is considered private.
     */
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.MainConstructorGenerator")
    public StringLiteralExpr(TokenRange tokenRange, String value) {
        super(tokenRange, value);
        customInitialization();
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.AcceptGenerator")
    public <R, A> R accept(final GenericVisitor<R, A> v, final A arg) {
        return v.visit(this, arg);
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.AcceptGenerator")
    public <A> void accept(final VoidVisitor<A> v, final A arg) {
        v.visit(this, arg);
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.RemoveMethodGenerator")
    public boolean remove(Node node) {
        if (node == null)
            return false;
        return super.remove(node);
    }
    /**
     * Sets the content of this expressions to given value. Escapes EOL characters.
     *
     * @param value the new literal value
     * @return self
     */
    public StringLiteralExpr setEscapedValue(String value) {
        this.value = Utils.escapeEndOfLines(value);
        return this;
    }
    /**
     * @return the unescaped literal value
     */
    public String asString() {
        return unescapeJava(value);
    }
    /**
     * Escapes the given string from special characters and uses it as the literal value.
     *
     * @param value unescaped string
     * @return this literal expression
     */
    public StringLiteralExpr setString(String value) {
        this.value = escapeJava(value);
        return this;
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.CloneGenerator")
    public StringLiteralExpr clone() {
        return (StringLiteralExpr) accept(new CloneVisitor(), null);
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.GetMetaModelGenerator")
    public StringLiteralExprMetaModel getMetaModel() {
        return JavaParserMetaModel.stringLiteralExprMetaModel;
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.ReplaceMethodGenerator")
    public boolean replace(Node node, Node replacementNode) {
        if (node == null)
            return false;
        return super.replace(node, replacementNode);
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.TypeCastingGenerator")
    public boolean isStringLiteralExpr() {
        return true;
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.TypeCastingGenerator")
    public StringLiteralExpr asStringLiteralExpr() {
        return this;
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.TypeCastingGenerator")
    public void ifStringLiteralExpr(Consumer<StringLiteralExpr> action) {
        action.accept(this);
    }
    @Override
    @Generated("com.github.javaparser.generator.core.node.TypeCastingGenerator")
    public Optional<StringLiteralExpr> toStringLiteralExpr() {
        return Optional.of(this);
    }
}
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