//this block is used to make this module works with Node (CommonJS module format)
if (typeof define !== 'function') {
    var define = require('amdefine')(module)
}

define([], function () {

    function handleNestedFields(object, key, params, paramType) {
        var attributes = key.split('.');
        var field = attributes[0];
        params.push(field);
        if (attributes.length > 1 && paramType[params.join('.')] == 'Object') {
            var nestedField = attributes.slice(1).join('.');
            if (!object[field])
                object[field] = {};
            if (typeof object[field] == 'object') {
                object[field][nestedField] = object[key];
                delete object[key];
                handleNestedFields(object[field], nestedField, params, paramType);
            }
        }
    }

    function handleNestedFieldsForAllParams(param, paramType) {
        var result = Object.assign({}, param);
        Object.keys(result).forEach(function (key) {
            handleNestedFields(result, key, [], paramType);
        });
        return result
    }

    function handleArraysAndObjectFields(param, paramType) {
        var result = Object.assign({}, param);
        Object.keys(paramType).forEach(function (key) {
            if (result[key] && (paramType[key].endsWith('[]') || paramType[key] === 'Object')) {
                try {
                    result[key] = JSON.parse(result[key]);
                } catch (e) {;}
            }
        });
        return result
    }

    function handleNestedAndParsingFields(param, paramType) {
        var result = handleArraysAndObjectFields(param, paramType);
        result = handleNestedFieldsForAllParams(result, paramType);
        return result;
    }

    // Converts path params in the {param} format to the accepted :param format, used before inserting the URL params.
    function convertPathParams(url) {
        return url.replace(/{(.+?)}/g, ':$1');
    }

    return {handleNestedAndParsingFields,convertPathParams};
});