/*
Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package fieldpath

import (
	"fmt"

	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
)

// formatMap formats map[string]string to a string.
func formatMap(m map[string]string) (fmtStr string) {
	for key, value := range m {
		fmtStr += fmt.Sprintf("%v=%q\n", key, value)
	}

	return
}

// ExtractFieldPathAsString extracts the field from the given object
// and returns it as a string.  The object must be a pointer to an
// API type.
//
// Currently, this API is limited to supporting the fieldpaths:
//
// 1.  metadata.name - The name of an API object
// 2.  metadata.namespace - The namespace of an API object
func ExtractFieldPathAsString(obj interface{}, fieldPath string) (string, error) {
	accessor, err := meta.Accessor(obj)
	if err != nil {
		return "", nil
	}

	switch fieldPath {
	case "metadata.annotations":
		return formatMap(accessor.GetAnnotations()), nil
	case "metadata.labels":
		return formatMap(accessor.GetLabels()), nil
	case "metadata.name":
		return accessor.GetName(), nil
	case "metadata.namespace":
		return accessor.GetNamespace(), nil
	}

	return "", fmt.Errorf("Unsupported fieldPath: %v", fieldPath)
}
