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use std::fmt;
use std::str::FromStr;
use uuid::Uuid;

/// An identifier for a chunk.
///
/// An identifier is chosen randomly in such a way that even in
/// extremely large numbers of identifiers the likelihood of duplicate
/// identifiers is so small it can be ignored. The current
/// implementation uses UUID4 and provides a 122-bit random number.
/// For a discussion on collision likelihood, see
/// <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Collisions>.
///
/// We also need to be able to re-create identifiers from stored
/// values. When an identifier is formatted as a string and parsed
/// back, the result is the same value.
///
/// Because every identifier is meant to be different, there is no
/// default value, since default values should be identical.
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
pub struct ChunkId {
    id: String,
}

#[allow(clippy::new_without_default)]
impl ChunkId {
    /// Construct a new, random identifier.
    pub fn new() -> Self {
        ChunkId {
            id: Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
        }
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for ChunkId {
    /// Format an identifier for display.
    ///
    /// The output can be parsed to re-created an identical identifier.
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "{}", self.id)
    }
}

impl FromStr for ChunkId {
    type Err = ();

    /// Parse a string representation of an identifier.
    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        Ok(ChunkId { id: s.to_string() })
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    use super::ChunkId;

    #[test]
    fn displayable() {
        let id = ChunkId::new();
        assert_ne!(format!("{}", id), "")
    }

    #[test]
    fn never_the_same() {
        let id1 = ChunkId::new();
        let id2 = ChunkId::new();
        assert_ne!(id1, id2);
    }

    #[test]
    fn recreatable() {
        let id_str = "xyzzy"; // it doesn't matter what the string representation is
        let id: ChunkId = id_str.parse().unwrap();
        assert_eq!(format!("{}", id), id_str);
    }

    #[test]
    fn survives_round_trip() {
        let id = ChunkId::new();
        let id_str = format!("{}", id);
        assert_eq!(id, id_str.parse().unwrap());
    }
}