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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright 2021 Red Hat
# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

from __future__ import annotations


DOCUMENTATION = r"""
---
module: validate_argument_spec
short_description: Validate role argument specs.
description:
     - This module validates role arguments with a defined argument specification.
version_added: "2.11"
options:
  argument_spec:
    description:
        - A dictionary like AnsibleModule argument_spec. See R(argument spec definition,argument_spec).
    required: true
  provided_arguments:
    description:
        - A dictionary of the arguments that will be validated according to argument_spec.
author:
    - Ansible Core Team
extends_documentation_fragment:
    - action_common_attributes
    - action_common_attributes.conn
    - action_common_attributes.flow
attributes:
    action:
        support: full
    async:
        support: none
    become:
        support: none
    bypass_host_loop:
        support: none
    connection:
        support: none
    check_mode:
        support: full
    delegation:
        support: none
    diff_mode:
        support: none
    platform:
        platforms: all
"""

EXAMPLES = r"""
- name: verify vars needed for this task file are present when included
  ansible.builtin.validate_argument_spec:
    argument_spec: '{{ required_data }}'
  vars:
    required_data:
      # unlike spec file, just put the options in directly
      stuff:
        description: stuff
        type: str
        choices: ['who', 'knows', 'what']
        default: what
      but:
        description: i guess we need one
        type: str
        required: true


- name: verify vars needed for this task file are present when included, with spec from a spec file
  ansible.builtin.validate_argument_spec:
    argument_spec: "{{ (lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'myargspec.yml') | from_yaml )['specname']['options'] }}"


- name: verify vars needed for next include and not from inside it, also with params i'll only define there
  block:
    - ansible.builtin.validate_argument_spec:
        argument_spec: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'nakedoptions.yml') }}"
        provided_arguments:
          but: "that i can define on the include itself, like in it's `vars:` keyword"

    - name: the include itself
      vars:
        stuff: knows
        but: nobuts!
"""

RETURN = r"""
argument_errors:
  description: A list of arg validation errors.
  returned: failure
  type: list
  elements: str
  sample:
    - "error message 1"
    - "error message 2"

argument_spec_data:
  description: A dict of the data from the 'argument_spec' arg.
  returned: failure
  type: dict
  sample:
    some_arg:
      type: "str"
    some_other_arg:
      type: "int"
      required: true

validate_args_context:
  description: A dict of info about where validate_args_spec was used
  type: dict
  returned: always
  sample:
    name: my_role
    type: role
    path: /home/user/roles/my_role/
    argument_spec_name: main
"""