using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The outline of an attribute that defines a routes request type.
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
    public class RouteRequest : Attribute
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The type of the request.
        /// </summary>
        public Type RequestType = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// Whether or not the Request is Json Serialized. Default is true.
        /// </summary>
        public bool Json = true;

        /// <summary>
        /// Whether or not the request is a dynamic type. Default is false.
        /// </summary>
        public bool Dynamic = false;

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a default route request.
        /// </summary>
        public RouteRequest() { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a route request with the request type.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="requestType"></param>
        public RouteRequest(Type requestType)
        {
            if (requestType == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException($"{nameof(requestType)} cannot be null.");

            this.RequestType = requestType;
        }
    }
}