// Mgmt
// Copyright (C) James Shubin and the project contributors
// Written by James Shubin <james@shubin.ca> and the project contributors
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//
// Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7
//
// If you modify this program, or any covered work, by linking or combining it
// with embedded mcl code and modules (and that the embedded mcl code and
// modules which link with this program, contain a copy of their source code in
// the authoritative form) containing parts covered by the terms of any other
// license, the licensors of this program grant you additional permission to
// convey the resulting work. Furthermore, the licensors of this program grant
// the original author, James Shubin, additional permission to update this
// additional permission if he deems it necessary to achieve the goals of this
// additional permission.

package util

import (
	"fmt"
)

// StrPtrCmp compares two pointers to strings. If they aren't both nil or aren't
// both of the same value, then this errors.
func StrPtrCmp(x, y *string) error {
	if (x == nil) != (y == nil) { // xor
		return fmt.Errorf("the ptr differs")
	}
	if x != nil && y != nil {
		if *x != *y { // compare the strings
			return fmt.Errorf("the contents of ptr differ")
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// StrListCmp compares two lists of strings. If they are not the same length or
// do not contain identical strings in the same order, then this errors.
func StrListCmp(x, y []string) error {
	if len(x) != len(y) {
		return fmt.Errorf("the length differs")
	}
	for i := range x {
		if x[i] != y[i] {
			return fmt.Errorf("the elements at position %d differ", i)
		}
	}

	return nil
}