/**
 * @license
 * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
 * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
 */

import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
import {InvalidPipeArgumentError} from './invalid_pipe_argument_error';

/**
 * @ngModule CommonModule
 * @whatItDoes Creates a new List or String containing a subset (slice) of the elements.
 * @howToUse `array_or_string_expression | slice:start[:end]`
 * @description
 *
 * Where the input expression is a `List` or `String`, and:
 * - `start`: The starting index of the subset to return.
 *   - **a positive integer**: return the item at `start` index and all items after
 *     in the list or string expression.
 *   - **a negative integer**: return the item at `start` index from the end and all items after
 *     in the list or string expression.
 *   - **if positive and greater than the size of the expression**: return an empty list or string.
 *   - **if negative and greater than the size of the expression**: return entire list or string.
 * - `end`: The ending index of the subset to return.
 *   - **omitted**: return all items until the end.
 *   - **if positive**: return all items before `end` index of the list or string.
 *   - **if negative**: return all items before `end` index from the end of the list or string.
 *
 * All behavior is based on the expected behavior of the JavaScript API `Array.prototype.slice()`
 * and `String.prototype.slice()`.
 *
 * When operating on a [List], the returned list is always a copy even when all
 * the elements are being returned.
 *
 * When operating on a blank value, the pipe returns the blank value.
 *
 * ## List Example
 *
 * This `ngFor` example:
 *
 * {@example common/pipes/ts/slice_pipe.ts region='SlicePipe_list'}
 *
 * produces the following:
 *
 *     <li>b</li>
 *     <li>c</li>
 *
 * ## String Examples
 *
 * {@example common/pipes/ts/slice_pipe.ts region='SlicePipe_string'}
 *
 * @stable
 */

@Pipe({name: 'slice', pure: false})
export class SlicePipe implements PipeTransform {
  transform(value: any, start: number, end?: number): any {
    if (isBlank(value)) return value;

    if (!this.supports(value)) {
      throw new InvalidPipeArgumentError(SlicePipe, value);
    }

    return value.slice(start, end);
  }

  private supports(obj: any): boolean { return typeof obj === 'string' || Array.isArray(obj); }
}