IO (so far)

io.js

"use strict";

Caesura.System.IO = function (args) {
    args = args || {};
    let hidden = Caesura.System.class(args, "Caesura.System.IO");
    let reveal = hidden.reveal;
    
    reveal.outputMethod = undefined;
    reveal.defaultHTMLoutputElementId = args.defaultHTMLoutputElementId || "CaesuraIO";
    
    reveal.newlineOptions = {
        None: { detector: undefined, value: "" },
        System: { detector: /[\n\r]/, value: "\n" },
        HTML: { detector: /<br \/>/, value: "<br id='newline' />" },
    };
    
    reveal.indentationOptions = {
        None: { detector: undefined, value: "" },
        System: { detector: / /, value: " " },
        HTML: { detector: /&nbsp;/, value: "&nbsp;" },
    };
    
    reveal.outputOptions = {
        None: function (str) { },
        System: function (str) { 
            if (str === reveal.newlineOptions.System.value) return; // console.log already newlines for us.
            let out = str.toString();
            out = out.replace(new RegExp(reveal.indentationOptions.HTML.detector, 'g'), reveal.indentationOptions.System.value);
            if (Caesura.System.Backend.Platform == "Browser") {
                // for some reason, the browser's console.log ignores the first \n in a string.
                // this isn't a problem in desktop runtimes, so we need to account for that here.
                out += reveal.newlineOptions.System.value;
            }
            console.log(out);
        },
        HTML: function (str) {
            if (str === null || str === undefined) return;
            let out = str.toString();
            out = out.replace(new RegExp(reveal.newlineOptions.System.detector, 'g'), reveal.newlineOptions.HTML.value);
            document.getElementById(reveal.defaultHTMLoutputElementId).innerHTML += out;
        },
        Browser: function (str) {
            reveal.outputOptions.System(str);
            reveal.outputOptions.HTML(str);
        }
        // TODO: runtime option that uses native runtime output. console.log won't cut it, automatically appends a newline.
    }
    
    if (args.outputMethod instanceof Function) {
        reveal.outputMethod = args.outputMethod;
    } else if (args.outputGenerator instanceof Function) {
        reveal.outputMethod = args.outputGenerator(reveal);
    } else if (args.Browser) {
        reveal.outputMethod = reveal.outputOptions.Browser;
    } else if (args.System) {
        reveal.outputMethod = reveal.outputOptions.System;
    } else if (args.HTML) {
        reveal.outputMethod = reveal.outputOptions.HTML;
    } else if (Caesura.System.Backend.Platform == "Browser" && !args.noAutomaticDefaultOptions) {
        reveal.outputMethod = reveal.outputOptions.Browser;
    } else if (Caesura.System.Backend.Platform == "Runtime" && !args.noAutomaticDefaultOptions) {
        reveal.outputMethod = reveal.outputOptions.System;
    }
    
    reveal.write = function (str) {
        hidden.raw_write(str, arguments)
    }
    
    reveal.writeln = function (str) {
        if (str !== undefined) {
            hidden.raw_write(str, arguments);
        }
        hidden.raw_write(reveal.newlineOptions.System.value);
    }
    
    hidden.raw_write = function (str, rest) {
        let out = str;
        // TODO: check if there are not an equal amount of {x} elements 
        // than arguments, and throw an exception.
        if (rest !== undefined && rest.length > 0) {
            for (let i = 1; i < rest.length; i++) {
                out = out.replace(new RegExp("\{?(" + (i - 1) + ")\}", 'g'), rest[i]);
            }
        }
        
        let regex = /\{s:(\d+)\}/g;
        let match;
        while ((match = regex.exec(out)) != null) {
            out = out.replace(/\{s:(\d+)\}/g, reveal.indentationOptions.HTML.value.repeat(Number(match[1])));
        }
        reveal.outputMethod(out);
    }
    
    return reveal;
}