/*
NAME
  lex.go

AUTHOR
  Trek Hopton <trek@ausocean.org>

LICENSE
  This file is Copyright (C) 2019 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)

  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
  option) any later version.

  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
  for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License in gpl.txt.
  If not, see [GNU licenses](http://www.gnu.org/licenses).
*/

package codecutil

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"
)

// ByteLexer is used to lex bytes using a buffer size which is configured upon construction.
type ByteLexer struct {
	bufSize *int
}

// NewByteLexer returns a pointer to a ByteLexer with the given buffer size.
func NewByteLexer(bufSize *int) *ByteLexer {
	return &ByteLexer{bufSize: bufSize}
}

// Lex reads *l.bufSize bytes from src and writes them to dst every t seconds.
func (l *ByteLexer) Lex(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader, t time.Duration) error {
	if l.bufSize == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("buffer size has not been set")
	}
	bufSize := *l.bufSize
	if bufSize <= 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid buffer size: %v", bufSize)
	}
	if t < 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("invalid delay: %v", t)
	}
	var ticker *time.Ticker
	if t > 0 {
		ticker = time.NewTicker(t)
		defer ticker.Stop()
	}

	buf := make([]byte, bufSize)
	for {
		if t != 0 {
			<-ticker.C
		}
		off, err := src.Read(buf)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		_, err = dst.Write(buf[:off])
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
}