using System;
using iTextSharp.text;
using Spring.Objects;
using Sleis.Utility;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using log4net;

namespace Sleis.Pdf
{
    public class ObjectValueParser : ElementWriter, IElementWriter
    {

        
        //public readonly ILog LOG = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(ObjectValueParser));

        public string Format { get; set; }
        //public string Select { get; set; }
        /*
        public void Init()
        {
            ArgumentValidationUtility.ThrowOnEmpty(Select, "Select");
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Format))
            {
                Format = "{0}";
            }
        }
        */
        public string Make(ObjectWrapper context)
        {
            LOG.Debug("Init Make");
            object selectionValue = null;
            try { selectionValue = context.GetPropertyValue(Select); }
            catch (Exception err) { LOG.Debug(String.Format("Error getting accessing {0} : {1}", Select, err.Message)); return null; }//swallowed
            return String.Format(Format, selectionValue);
            
        }
    }
}