#region MigraDoc - Creating Documents on the Fly
//
// Authors:
//   Stefan Lange (mailto:Stefan.Lange@pdfsharp.com)
//   Klaus Potzesny (mailto:Klaus.Potzesny@pdfsharp.com)
//   David Stephensen (mailto:David.Stephensen@pdfsharp.com)
//
// Copyright (c) 2001-2009 empira Software GmbH, Cologne (Germany)
//
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// http://www.migradoc.com
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#endregion

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;
using MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Internals;

namespace MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Fields
{
  /// <summary>
  /// DateField is used to reference the date and time the printing starts.
  /// </summary>
  public class DateField : DocumentObject
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the DateField class.
    /// </summary>
    public DateField()
    {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the DateField class with the specified parent.
    /// </summary>
    internal DateField(DocumentObject parent) : base(parent) { }

    #region Methods
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a deep copy of this object.
    /// </summary>
    public new DateField Clone()
    {
      return (DateField)DeepCopy();
    }
    #endregion

    #region Properties
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the format of the date.
    /// </summary>
    public string Format
    {
      get { return this.format.Value; }
      set { this.format.Value = value; }
    }
    [DV]
    internal NString format = NString.NullValue;
    #endregion

    #region Internal
    /// <summary>
    /// Converts DateField into DDL.
    /// </summary>
    internal override void Serialize(Serializer serializer)
    {
      string str = "\\field(Date)";
      if (this.format.Value != string.Empty)
        str += "[Format = \"" + this.Format + "\"]";
      else
        str += "[]"; //Has to be appended to avoid confusion with '[' in immediatly following text.

      serializer.Write(str);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines whether this instance is null (not set).
    /// </summary>
    public override bool IsNull()
    {
      return false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns the meta object of this instance.
    /// </summary>
    internal override Meta Meta
    {
      get
      {
        if (meta == null)
          meta = new Meta(typeof(DateField));
        return meta;
      }
    }
    static Meta meta;
    #endregion
  }
}
