import { alias, primitive, serializable } from 'serializr';
import { Utils } from '../Utils';
import { afterDocDeserialize } from '../client/util/SerializationHelper';
import { HandleUpdate, Id, ToJavascriptString, ToScriptString, ToString } from './FieldSymbols';

export type FieldId = string;
export abstract class RefField {
    @serializable(alias('id', primitive({ afterDeserialize: afterDocDeserialize })))
    private __id: FieldId;
    readonly [Id]: FieldId;

    constructor(id?: FieldId) {
        this.__id = id || Utils.GenerateGuid();
        this[Id] = this.__id;
    }

    protected [HandleUpdate]?(diff: unknown): void | Promise<void>;

    abstract [ToJavascriptString](): string;
    abstract [ToScriptString](): string;
    abstract [ToString](): string;
}