using Salmon.Core.Cliff;

namespace Salmon.Core;

public class Element
{
    //Should not persist, only for convenient use (ex: Json serialization)
    public string? LastType { get; set; }

    [IdentifierField]
    public string UniqueId { get; }

    [PersistentField("parent")]
    public string? ParentId { get; set; }

    [PersistentField]
    public string? ShortName { get; set; }

    [PersistentField]
    public string? LongName { get; set; }

    [PersistentField]
    public string? Description { get; set; }

#pragma warning disable CS8618 // for autoconstruct
    protected Element()
    #pragma warning restore CS8618
    {
    }

    public Element(string id)
    {
        UniqueId = id;
        LastType = GetType().Name;
    }

    public Dictionary<string, object> SupplementaryProperties = new Dictionary<string, object>();

    public virtual IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>> ImportantProperties()
    {
        /*if (ParentId != null) 
            yield return KeyValuePair.Create<string, object>(nameof(ParentId), ParentId);*/

        yield break;
    }
}