Source: core/Dish.js

/**
 * The data being operated on by each operation.
 *
 * @author n1474335 [n1474335@gmail.com]
 * @copyright Crown Copyright 2016
 * @license Apache-2.0
 *
 * @class
 * @param {byte_array|string|number} value - The value of the input data.
 * @param {number} type - The data type of value, see Dish enums.
 */
var Dish = function(value, type) {
    this.value = value || typeof value == "string" ? value : null;
    this.type  = type || Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
};


/**
 * Dish data type enum for byte arrays.
 * @readonly
 * @enum
 */
Dish.BYTE_ARRAY = 0;
/**
 * Dish data type enum for strings.
 * @readonly
 * @enum
 */
Dish.STRING = 1;
/**
 * Dish data type enum for numbers.
 * @readonly
 * @enum
 */
Dish.NUMBER = 2;
/**
 * Dish data type enum for HTML.
 * @readonly
 * @enum
 */
Dish.HTML = 3;


/**
 * Returns the data type enum for the given type string.
 *
 * @static
 * @param {string} type_str - The name of the data type.
 * @returns {number} The data type enum value.
 */
Dish.type_enum = function(type_str) {
    switch (type_str) {
        case "byte_array":
        case "Byte array":
            return Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
        case "string":
        case "String":
            return Dish.STRING;
        case "number":
        case "Number":
            return Dish.NUMBER;
        case "html":
        case "HTML":
            return Dish.HTML;
        default:
            throw "Invalid data type string. No matching enum.";
    }
};


/**
 * Returns the data type string for the given type enum.
 *
 * @static
 * @param {string} type_enum - The enum value of the data type.
 * @returns {number} The data type as a string.
 */
Dish.enum_lookup = function(type_enum) {
    switch (type_enum) {
        case Dish.BYTE_ARRAY:
            return "byte_array";
        case Dish.STRING:
            return "string";
        case Dish.NUMBER:
            return "number";
        case Dish.HTML:
            return "html";
        default:
            throw "Invalid data type enum. No matching type.";
    }
};


/**
 * Sets the data value and type and then validates them.
 *
 * @param {byte_array|string|number} value - The value of the input data.
 * @param {number} type - The data type of value, see Dish enums.
 */
Dish.prototype.set = function(value, type) {
    this.value = value;
    this.type  = type;
    
    if (!this.valid()) {
        var sample = Utils.truncate(JSON.stringify(this.value), 13);
        throw "Data is not a valid " + Dish.enum_lookup(type) + ": " + sample;
    }
};


/**
 * Returns the value of the data in the type format specified.
 *
 * @param {number} type - The data type of value, see Dish enums.
 * @returns {byte_array|string|number} The value of the output data.
 */
Dish.prototype.get = function(type) {
    if (this.type != type) {
        this.translate(type);
    }
    return this.value;
};


/**
 * Translates the data to the given type format.
 *
 * @param {number} to_type - The data type of value, see Dish enums.
 */
Dish.prototype.translate = function(to_type) {
    // Convert data to intermediate byte_array type
    switch (this.type) {
        case Dish.STRING:
            this.value = this.value ? Utils.str_to_byte_array(this.value) : [];
            this.type = Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
            break;
        case Dish.NUMBER:
            this.value = typeof this.value == "number" ? Utils.str_to_byte_array(this.value.toString()) : [];
            this.type = Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
            break;
        case Dish.HTML:
            this.value = this.value ? Utils.str_to_byte_array(Utils.strip_html_tags(this.value, true)) : [];
            this.type = Dish.BYTE_ARRAY;
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
    
    // Convert from byte_array to to_type
    switch (to_type) {
        case Dish.STRING:
        case Dish.HTML:
            this.value = this.value ? Utils.byte_array_to_utf8(this.value) : "";
            this.type = Dish.STRING;
            break;
        case Dish.NUMBER:
            this.value = this.value ? parseFloat(Utils.byte_array_to_utf8(this.value)) : 0;
            this.type = Dish.NUMBER;
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
};


/**
 * Validates that the value is the type that has been specified.
 * May have to disable parts of BYTE_ARRAY validation if it effects performance.
 *
 * @returns {boolean} Whether the data is valid or not.
*/
Dish.prototype.valid = function() {
    switch (this.type) {
        case Dish.BYTE_ARRAY:
            if (!(this.value instanceof Array)) {
                return false;
            }
            
            // Check that every value is a number between 0 - 255
            for (var i = 0; i < this.value.length; i++) {
                if (typeof this.value[i] != "number" ||
                    this.value[i] < 0 ||
                    this.value[i] > 255) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        case Dish.STRING:
        case Dish.HTML:
            if (typeof this.value == "string") {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        case Dish.NUMBER:
            if (typeof this.value == "number") {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        default:
            return false;
    }
};