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package com.univocity.parsers.fixed;

/**
 * Alignment of text in a fixed-width field.
 *
 * @author Univocity Software Pty Ltd - [email protected]
 *
 */
public enum FieldAlignment {
	/**
	 * Aligns values to the left
	 */
	LEFT,

	/**
	 * Centralizes values
	 */
	CENTER,

	/**
	 * Aligns values to the right
	 */
	RIGHT;

	/**
	 * Calculates how many whites paces to introduce before a value so it is printed as specified by the alignment type.
	 * @param totalLength the total length available to write for a given field
	 * @param lengthToWrite the length of a value that will be written to the field
	 * @return the number of whites paces to introduce in before the value to make it align as specified.
	 */
	public int calculatePadding(int totalLength, int lengthToWrite) {
		if (this == LEFT || totalLength <= lengthToWrite) {
			return 0;
		}

		if (this == RIGHT) {
			return totalLength - lengthToWrite;
		}

		int padding = (totalLength / 2) - (lengthToWrite / 2);
		if (lengthToWrite + padding > totalLength) {
			padding--;
		}
		return padding;
	}
}