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package org.scalatest.matchers

import org.scalatest._
import org.scalautils.Prettifier

/**
 * Trait extended by matcher objects that can match a value of the specified type.
 * AMatcher represents a noun that appears after the word a, thus a nounName is required.
 *
 * 
 * The value to match is passed to the AMatcher's apply method. The result is a MatchResult.
 * An AMatcher is, therefore, a function from the specified type, T, to a MatchResult.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Although AMatcher
 * and Matcher represent very similar concepts, they have no inheritance relationship
 * because Matcher is intended for use right after should or must
 * whereas AMatcher is intended for use right after a.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * As an example, you could create AMatcher[Int]
 * called positiveNumber that would match any positive Int, and one called negativeNumber that would match
 * any negative Int.
 * Given this pair of AMatchers, you could check whether an Int was positive or negative with expressions like:
 * 
 *
 *  * num should be a positiveNumber
 * num should not be a negativeNumber
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Here's is how you might define the positiveNumber and negativeNumber AMatchers:
 * 
 *
 *  * // Using AMatcher.apply method
 * val positiveNumber = AMatcher[Int]("positive number"){ _ > 0 }
 *
 * // Or by extending AMatcher trait
 * val negativeNumber = new AMatcher[Int] {
 *   val nounName = "negative number"
 *   def apply(left: Int): MatchResult =
 *     MatchResult(
 *       left < 0,
 *       left + " was not a " + nounName,
 *       left + " was a " + nounName
 *     )
 * }
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Here's an rather contrived example of how you might use positiveNumber and negativeNumber:
 * 
 *
 *  *
 * val num1 = 1
 * num1 should be a positiveNumber
 *
 * val num2 = num1 * -1
 * num2 should be a negativeNumber
 *
 * num1 should be a negativeNumber
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The last assertion in the above test will fail with this failure message:
 * 
 *
 *  * 1 was not a negative number
 * 
 *
 * 
 * For more information on MatchResult and the meaning of its fields, please
 * see the documentation for MatchResult. To understand why AMatcher
 * is contravariant in its type parameter, see the section entitled "Matcher's variance" in the
 * documentation for Matcher.
 * 
 *
 * @tparam T The type used by this AMatcher's apply method.
 * @author Bill Venners
 * @author Chee Seng
 */
private[scalatest] trait AMatcher[-T] extends Function1[T, MatchResult] {
  /**
   * The name of the noun that this AMatcher represents.
   */
  val nounName: String

  /**
   * Check to see if the specified object, left, matches, and report the result in
   * the returned MatchResult. The parameter is named left, because it is
   * usually the value to the left of a should or must invocation. For example,
   * in:
   *
   *    * num should be a positiveNumber
   * 
   *
   * The num should be expression results in a regular ResultOfBeWordForAny that hold
   * a reference to num and has a method named a that takes a AMatcher.  The a method
   * calls AMatcher's apply method by passing in the num, and check if num matches.
   *
   * @param left the value against which to match
   * @return the MatchResult that represents the result of the match
   */
  def apply(left: T): MatchResult
}

/**
 * Companion object for trait AMatcher that provides a
 * factory method that creates a AMatcher[T] from a
 * passed noun name and function of type (T => MatchResult).
 *
 * @author Bill Venners
 * @author Chee Seng
 */
private[scalatest] object AMatcher {

  /**
   * Factory method that creates a AMatcher[T] from a
   * passed noun name and function of type (T => MatchResult).
   *
   * @param name the noun name
   * @param fun the function of type (T => MatchResult)
   * @return AMatcher instance that has the passed noun name and matches using the passed function
   * @author Bill Venners
   * @author Chee Seng
   */
  def apply[T](name: String)(fun: T => Boolean)(implicit ev: Manifest[T]) = 
    new AMatcher[T] {
      val nounName = name
      def apply(left: T): MatchResult = 
        MatchResult(
          fun(left), 
          Resources("wasNotA"), 
          Resources("wasA"), 
          Vector(left, UnquotedString(nounName))
        )
      override def toString: String = "AMatcher[" + ev.erasure.getName + "](" + Prettifier.default(name) + ", " + ev.erasure.getName + " => Boolean)"
    }
  
}