extends Control
## Provides methods and pre-instantiated prompts that can be easily arranged.
class_name Prompter


signal performed(action: String)

var _prompts : Dictionary[StringName, Control] = {}

func _ready() -> void:
	_register_prompts()
	test()

func _register_prompts() -> void:
	for prompt in get_tree().get_nodes_in_group("prompts") as Array[PromptButton]:
		_prompts[prompt.name] = prompt
		prompt.get_parent().remove_child(prompt)
		prompt.performed.connect(_perform)
		prints("Prompter.gd:", "registered", prompt)


func _perform(action : StringName):
	prints("Prompter.gd:", "PERFORMED", action)
	performed.emit(action)


func test() -> void:
	await get_tree().create_timer(0.5).timeout
	var prompts := pick("ui_cancel", "ui_accept")
	show_left_bottom(prompts)


func _show(container: Control, controls: Array[Control], overrides: Array[StringName] = []) -> void:
	for i in range(len(controls)):
		var control := controls[i]
		var override : StringName = overrides[i] if overrides else &""
		container.add_child(control)
		control.appear(override)


func _clear(container: Control) -> void:
	for child in container.get_children():
		container.remove_child(child)


func show_left_bottom(controls: Array[Control], overrides: Array[StringName] = []) -> void:
	_show(%LeftBottom, controls, overrides)


func clear_left_bottom() -> void:
	_clear(%LeftBottom)


## Selects a list of up to three prompts to be passed to the show_xxxxx() functions
func pick(p0: StringName, p1: StringName = "", p2: StringName = "") -> Array[Control]:
	var result : Array[Control] = []
	assert(p0 in _prompts, p0 + " is not a known prompt.")
	assert(not p1 or p1 in _prompts, p1 + " is not a known prompt.")
	assert(not p2 or p2 in _prompts, p2 + " is not a known prompt.")

	result.append(_prompts[p0])
	if p1: result.append(_prompts[p1])
	if p2: result.append(_prompts[p2])

	return result