#region MigraDoc - Creating Documents on the Fly
//
// Authors:
//   Stefan Lange
//   Klaus Potzesny
//   David Stephensen
//
// Copyright (c) 2001-2017 empira Software GmbH, Cologne Area (Germany)
//
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#endregion

using MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.publics;

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>
        public 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 _format.Value; }
            set { _format.Value = value; }
        }
        [DV]
        public NString _format = NString.NullValue;
        #endregion

        #region public
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts DateField into DDL.
        /// </summary>
        public override void Serialize(Serializer serializer)
        {
            string str = "\\field(Date)";
            if (_format.Value != string.Empty)
                str += "[Format = \"" + 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>
        public override Meta Meta
        {
            get { return _meta ?? (_meta = new Meta(typeof(DateField))); }
        }
        static Meta _meta;
        #endregion
    }
}