package vote

import (
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

// Vote represents an individual vote in a voting.
type Vote struct {
	// Id contains the unique ID of the vote.
	Id string
	// Elector contains the name of whoever placed the vote.
	Elector string
	// Choice contains the choice of the vote.
	Choice Choice
	// timestamp contains the UTC timestamp of when the vote was placed.
	timestamp time.Time
}

// NewVote returns an initialized Vote.
func NewVote(id, elector string, choice Choice) Vote {
	return Vote{
		Id:        id,
		Elector:   elector,
		Choice:    choice,
		timestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
	}
}

// NewVoteWithTimestamp returns an initialized Vote with a predefined
// timestamp. This can be useful when loading a vote from the store.
func NewVoteWithTimestamp(id, elector string, choice Choice, timestamp time.Time) Vote {
	return Vote{
		Id:        id,
		Elector:   elector,
		Choice:    choice,
		timestamp: timestamp,
	}
}

// String implements fmt.Stringer
func (vote Vote) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s %s", vote.Id, vote.timestamp.Format(time.DateTime), vote.Choice, vote.Elector)
}