using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace WhiteMagic;

/// <summary>
/// Computes and caches marshal-related metadata for type <typeparamref name="T"/>
/// exactly once. <see cref="MemoryBase.Read{T}"/> and <see cref="MemoryBase.Write{T}"/>
/// branch on these cached flags to decide between blittable <c>Span</c>/<c>MemoryMarshal</c>
/// paths and the fallback marshal path.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type to cache metadata for.</typeparam>
public static class MarshalCache<T>
{
    /// <summary>The unmanaged size of <typeparamref name="T"/> in bytes.</summary>
    public static readonly int Size;

    /// <summary>The unmanaged size of <typeparamref name="T"/> as an unsigned integer.</summary>
    public static readonly uint SizeU;

    /// <summary>
    /// <see langword="true"/> when <typeparamref name="T"/> has at least one field
    /// decorated with <see cref="MarshalAsAttribute"/>, meaning it cannot be copied
    /// via a simple pointer dereference.
    /// </summary>
    public static readonly bool TypeRequiresMarshal;

    /// <summary><see langword="true"/> when <typeparamref name="T"/> is <see cref="IntPtr"/>.</summary>
    public static readonly bool IsIntPtr;

    /// <summary>The underlying type code of <typeparamref name="T"/>.</summary>
    public static readonly TypeCode TypeCode;

    /// <summary>
    /// The effective type that the marshaler uses. For an enum this is the underlying
    /// integer type; for all other types it is <typeparamref name="T"/> itself.
    /// </summary>
    public static readonly Type RealType;

    static MarshalCache()
    {
        TypeCode = Type.GetTypeCode(typeof(T));

        if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
        {
            Size = 1;
            RealType = typeof(T);
        }
        else if (typeof(T).IsEnum)
        {
            Type underlying = typeof(T).GetEnumUnderlyingType();
            Size = Marshal.SizeOf(underlying);
            RealType = underlying;
            TypeCode = Type.GetTypeCode(underlying);
        }
        else
        {
            Size = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T));
            RealType = typeof(T);
        }

        SizeU = (uint)Size;
        IsIntPtr = RealType == typeof(IntPtr);

        TypeRequiresMarshal =
            RealType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
                .Any(f => f.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MarshalAsAttribute), true).Length != 0);
    }
}