using Google.Protobuf.Reflection;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Tango.PMR.Common;

namespace Tango.PMR
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Contains PMR extension methods.
    /// </summary>
    public static class ExtensionMethods          
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the protobuf <see cref="OriginalNameAttribute"/> attribute value from the message type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static String ToOriginalName(this MessageType value)          
        {
            FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

            OriginalNameAttribute[] attributes = (OriginalNameAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(OriginalNameAttribute), false);

            if (attributes != null &&
                attributes.Length > 0)
                return attributes[0].Name;
            else
                return value.ToString();
        }
    }
}