--[[	*** DataStore ***
Written by : Thaoky, EU-Marécages de Zangar
July 15th, 2009

This is the main DataStore module, its purpose is to be a single point of contact for common operations between client addons and other DataStore modules.
For instance, it prevents client addons from calling a different :GetCharacter() in each module, as the value returned by the main module can be passed to the other ones.

Other services offered by DataStore:
	- DataStore Events ; possibility to trigger and respond to DataStore's own events (see the respective modules for details)
	- Tracks guild members status in a slightly more accurate way than with GUILD_ROSTER_UPDATE alone.
	- Guild member info can be requested by character name (DataStore:GetGuildMemberInfo(member)) rather than by index (GetGuildRosterInfo)
	- Tracks online guild members' alts, used mostly by other DataStore modules, but can also be used by client addons.
		Note: a "main" is the currently connected player, "alts" are all his other characters in the same guild. The notions of "main" & "alts" are thus only valid for live data, nothing else.
--]]

local addonName, addon = ...
DataStore = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon(addon, addonName, "AceConsole-3.0", "AceEvent-3.0", "AceComm-3.0", "AceSerializer-3.0")
addon.Version = "v" .. GetAddOnMetadata(addonName, "Version")

local THIS_ACCOUNT = "Default"
local THIS_REALM = GetRealmName()
local THIS_CHAR = UnitName("player")
local THIS_CHARKEY = format("%s.%s.%s", THIS_ACCOUNT, THIS_REALM, THIS_CHAR)
local commPrefix = "DataStore"
local Characters, Guilds			-- pointers to the parts of the DB that contain character, guild data

local RegisteredModules = {}
local RegisteredMethods = {}

local guildMembersIndexes = {} 	-- hash table containing guild member info
local onlineMembers = {}			-- simple hash table to track online members:		["member"] = true (or nil)
local onlineMembersAlts = {}		-- simple hash table to track online members' alts:	["member"] = "alt1|alt2|alt3..."

local currentCharacterKey
local currentGuildKey

-- Message types
local MSG_ANNOUNCELOGIN				= 1	-- broadcast at login
local MSG_LOGINREPLY					= 2	-- reply to MSG_ANNOUNCELOGIN

local AddonDB_Defaults = {
	global = {
		Guilds = {},				-- no 'magic key' ['*'] to avoid listing an additional "wrong" guild when the guild is actually on another realm
		Characters = {
			['*'] = {				-- ["Account.Realm.Name"]
				faction = nil,
				guildName = nil,		-- nil = not in a guild, as returned by GetGuildInfo("player")
			}
		},
		SharedContent = {			-- lists the shared content
			--	["Account.Realm.Name"]  = true means the char is shared,
			--	["Account.Realm.Name.Module"]  = true means the module is shared for that char
		},
		ConnectedRealms = nil,
		ShortToLongRealmNames = {
			-- relationship between "short" and "long" realm names, 
			-- ex: ["MarécagedeZangar"] = "Marécage de Zangar"
			-- necessary for guild banks on other realms..
		},
	}
}

local function GetKey(name, realm, account)
	-- default values
	name = name or UnitName("player")
	realm = realm or GetRealmName()
	account = account or THIS_ACCOUNT

	return format("%s.%s.%s", account, realm, name)
end

local function GetDBVersion()
	return addon.db.global.Version or 0
end

local function SetDBVersion(version)
	addon.db.global.Version = version
end

local DBUpdaters = {
	-- Table of functions, each one updates to its index's version
	--	ex: [3] = the function that upgrades from v2 to v3
	[1] = function(self)
			-- This function moves character keys from the "global" level to the "Characters" sub-table
			-- keys are also changed from a simple boolean (previously set to true) to a table. Only faction & guildname are tracked (for later use)
			for k, v in pairs(addon.db.global) do
				if type(v) == "boolean" then
					if not addon.db.global.Characters[k].faction then		-- for characters other than the current one ..
						addon.db.global.Characters[k].faction = "" -- set the faction field to create the table.
					end
					addon.db.global[k] = nil	-- kill the key at the old location
				end
			end
		end,
}

local function UpdateDB()
	local version = GetDBVersion()

	for i = (version+1), #DBUpdaters do		-- start from latest version +1 to the very last
		DBUpdaters[i]()
		SetDBVersion(i)
	end

	DBUpdaters = nil
	GetDBVersion = nil
	SetDBVersion = nil
end

local function GetAlts(guild)
	-- returns a | delimited string containing the list of alts in the same guild
	guild = guild or GetGuildInfo("player")
	if not guild then	return end

	local out = {}
	for k, v in pairs(Characters) do
		local accountKey, realmKey, charKey = strsplit(".", k)

		if accountKey and accountKey == THIS_ACCOUNT then			-- same account
			if realmKey and realmKey == GetRealmName() then			-- same realm
				if charKey and charKey ~= UnitName("player") then	-- skip current char
					if v.guildName and v.guildName == guild then		-- same guild (to send only guilded alts, privacy concern, do not change this)
						table.insert(out, charKey)
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end

	return table.concat(out, "|")
end

local function SaveAlts(sender, alts)
	if alts then
		if strlen(alts) > 0 then	-- sender has no alts
			onlineMembersAlts[sender] = alts				-- "alt1|alt2|alt3..."
		end
		addon:SendMessage("DATASTORE_GUILD_ALTS_RECEIVED", sender, alts)
	end
end

local function GuildBroadcast(messageType, ...)
	local serializedData = addon:Serialize(messageType, ...)
	addon:SendCommMessage(commPrefix, serializedData, "GUILD")
end

local function GuildWhisper(player, messageType, ...)
	if addon:IsGuildMemberOnline(player) then
		local serializedData = addon:Serialize(messageType, ...)
		addon:SendCommMessage(commPrefix, serializedData, "WHISPER", player)
	end
end

local function CopyTable(src, dest)
	for k, v in pairs (src) do
		if type(v) == "table" then
			dest[k] = {}
			CopyTable(v, dest[k])
		else
			dest[k] = v
		end
	end
end

-- *** Event Handlers ***
local currentGuildName

local function OnPlayerGuildUpdate()

	-- at login this event is called between OnEnable and PLAYER_ALIVE, where GetGuildInfo returns a wrong value
	-- however, the value returned here is correct
	if IsInGuild() and not currentGuildName then		-- the event may be triggered multiple times, and GetGuildInfo may return incoherent values in subsequent calls, so only save if we have no value.
		local realmName, _
		currentGuildName, _, _, realmName = GetGuildInfo("player")		-- realmName will be nil if guild is on the same realm as the character
		
		if currentGuildName then
			local guildKey
			
			if not realmName then
				-- if realm is nil (= current realm), the guild key will be a classic key
				guildKey = GetKey(currentGuildName)
				
			else
				-- if realm is not nil, the guild key will use the long realm name
				local longName = addon:GetLongRealmName(realmName)	
			
				if longName then
					guildKey = GetKey(currentGuildName, longName)
				end
			end

			-- guild key may be nil if the character is on a different realm than his guild, and he never logged on to that server
			-- .. so the long realm name is unknown ..
			if guildKey then
				if not Guilds[guildKey] then
					Guilds[guildKey] = {}
				end

				Guilds[guildKey].faction = UnitFactionGroup("player")
				
				-- the first time a valid value is found, broadcast to guild, it must happen here for a standard login, but won't work here after a reloadui since this event is not triggered
				GuildBroadcast(MSG_ANNOUNCELOGIN, GetAlts(currentGuildName))
				addon:SendMessage("DATASTORE_ANNOUNCELOGIN", currentGuildName)
			end
		end
	end
	Characters[GetKey()].guildName = currentGuildName
end

local function OnPlayerAlive()
	Characters[GetKey()].faction = UnitFactionGroup("player")
	OnPlayerGuildUpdate()
end

local function OnGuildRosterUpdate()
	wipe(guildMembersIndexes)
	local numGuildMembers, numOnline = GetNumGuildMembers()
	
	for i=1, numGuildMembers do		-- browse all players (online & offline)
		local name, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, onlineStatus = GetGuildRosterInfo(i)
		
		onlineStatus = (onlineStatus) and true or nil	-- force a nil, instead of false
		
		if name then
			name = Ambiguate(name, "none")
			guildMembersIndexes[name] = i

			if onlineMembers[name] and not onlineStatus then	-- if a player was online but has now gone offline, trigger a message
				addon:SendMessage("DATASTORE_GUILD_MEMBER_OFFLINE", name)
			end
			onlineMembers[name] = onlineStatus
		end
	end
end

local msgOffline = gsub(ERR_FRIEND_OFFLINE_S, "%%s", "(.+)")		-- this turns "%s has gone offline." into "(.+) has gone offline."

local function OnChatMsgSystem(event, arg)
	if arg then
		local member = arg:match(msgOffline)
		if member then
			-- guild roster update can be triggered every 10 secs max, so if a players logs in & out right after, sending him message will result in "No player named xx"
			-- marking him as offline prevents this
			onlineMembers[member] = nil
			onlineMembersAlts[member] = nil
			addon:SendMessage("DATASTORE_GUILD_MEMBER_OFFLINE", member)
		end
	end
end

-- *** Guild Comm ***
local GuildCommCallbacks = {
	[commPrefix] = {
		[MSG_ANNOUNCELOGIN] = function(sender, alts)
				onlineMembers[sender] = true									-- sender is obviously online
				if sender ~= UnitName("player") then						-- don't send back to self
					GuildWhisper(sender, MSG_LOGINREPLY, GetAlts())		-- reply by sending my own alts ..
				end
				SaveAlts(sender, alts)											-- .. and save received data
			end,
		[MSG_LOGINREPLY] = function(sender, alts)
				SaveAlts(sender, alts)
			end,
	},
}

local function GuildCommHandler(prefix, message, distribution, sender)
	-- This handler will be used by other modules as well
	local success, msgType, arg1, arg2, arg3 = addon:Deserialize(message)

	if success and msgType and GuildCommCallbacks[prefix] then
		local func = GuildCommCallbacks[prefix][msgType]

		if func then
			sender = Ambiguate(sender, "none")
			func(sender, arg1, arg2, arg3)
		end
	end
end

-- Explanation of this piece of code
-- Whenever DataStore:MethodXXX(arg1, arg2, etc..) is called, this attempts to find the method in the registered list
-- If this method is character related, we intercept the string (ex: ["Default.RealmZZZ.CharYYY") and get the associated character table in the module that owns these data
-- since we actually pass a table to registered methods, the "conversion" is done here.

--[[	*** Sample code ***
	local character = DataStore:GetCharacter()

	-- while the implementation of GetNumSpells in DataStore_Spells expects a table as first parameter, the string value returned by GetCharacter is converted on the fly
	-- this service prevents having to maintain a separate pointer to each character table in the respective DataStore_* modules.
	local n = DataStore:GetNumSpells(character, "Fire")
	print(n)
--]]

local lookupMethods = { __index = function(self, key)
	return function(self, arg1, ...)
		if not RegisteredMethods[key] then
--			print(format("DataStore : method <%s> is missing.", key))			-- enable this in Debug only, there's a risk that this function gets called unexpectedly
			return
		end

		if RegisteredMethods[key].isCharBased then		-- if this method is character related, the first expected parameter is the character
			local owner = RegisteredMethods[key].owner
			currentCharacterKey = arg1
			arg1 = owner.Characters[currentCharacterKey]	-- turns a "string" parameter into a table, fully intended.
			if not arg1.lastUpdate then return end			-- lastUpdate must be present in the Character part of a db, if not, data is unavailable
			
		elseif RegisteredMethods[key].isGuildBased then	-- if this method is guild related, the first expected parameter is the guild
			local owner = RegisteredMethods[key].owner
			currentGuildKey = arg1
			arg1 = owner.Guilds[currentGuildKey]			-- turns a "string" parameter into a table, fully intended.
			if not arg1 then return end
		end
		return RegisteredMethods[key].func(arg1, ...)
	end
end }

function addon:OnInitialize()
	addon.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("DataStoreDB", AddonDB_Defaults)

	Characters = addon.db.global.Characters
	Guilds = addon.db.global.Guilds
	UpdateDB()
	
	-- a hidden frame to contain all children frames of submodules, this avoids polluting _G[].
	addon.Frames = CreateFrame("Frame", "DataStoreFrames", UIParent)

	setmetatable(addon, lookupMethods)

	addon:SetupOptions()		-- See Options.lua
end

function addon:OnEnable()
	addon:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_ALIVE", OnPlayerAlive)
	addon:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE", OnPlayerGuildUpdate)				-- for gkick, gquit, etc..

	if IsInGuild() then
		addon:RegisterEvent("GUILD_ROSTER_UPDATE", OnGuildRosterUpdate)
		-- we only care about "%s has come online" or "%s has gone offline", so register only if player is in a guild
		addon:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_SYSTEM", OnChatMsgSystem)
		addon:RegisterComm(commPrefix, GuildCommHandler)

		-- since 4.1, required !
		if not C_ChatInfo.IsAddonMessagePrefixRegistered(commPrefix) then
			C_ChatInfo.RegisterAddonMessagePrefix(commPrefix)
		end

		local guild = GetGuildInfo("player")		-- will be nil in a standard login (called too soon), but ok for a reloadui.
		if guild then
			GuildBroadcast(MSG_ANNOUNCELOGIN, GetAlts(guild))
			addon:SendMessage("DATASTORE_ANNOUNCELOGIN", guild)
		end
	end

	addon.db.global.ConnectedRealms = nil
	addon:SetLongRealmName(THIS_REALM:gsub(" ", ""), THIS_REALM)
end

function addon:OnDisable()
	addon:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_ALIVE")
	addon:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE")
	addon:UnregisterEvent("GUILD_ROSTER_UPDATE")
	addon:UnregisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_SYSTEM")
end

-- *** DB functions ***
function addon:RegisterModule(moduleName, module, publicMethods, allowOverrides)
	assert(type(moduleName) == "string")
	assert(type(module) == "table")

	-- add the module's database address (addon.db.global) to the list of known modules, if it is not already known
	if RegisteredModules[moduleName] then return end

	RegisteredModules[moduleName] = module
	local db = module.db.global

	-- simplifies the life of child modules, and prepares a few pointers for them
	module.ThisCharacter = db.Characters[GetKey()]
	module.Characters = db.Characters
	module.Guilds = db.Guilds

	-- register module's public method
	for methodName, method in pairs(publicMethods) do
		if RegisteredMethods[methodName] and not allowOverrides then
			print(format("DataStore:RegisterMethod() : adding method for module <%s> failed.", moduleName))
			print(format("DataStore:RegisterMethod() : method <%s> already exists !", methodName))
			return
		end

		RegisteredMethods[methodName] = {
			func = method,
			owner = module, 			-- module that owns this method & associated data
		}
	end

	-- automatically clean orphan data in child modules (ie: data exist for a char/guild in a sub module, but no key in the main module)
	-- needs fixing ! test with empty sv files to reproduce
	-- for charKey, _ in pairs(db.Characters) do

		-- if the key is not valid in the main module, kill the data
		-- if not Characters[charKey] or not Characters[charKey].faction then
			-- db.Characters[charKey] = nil
		-- end
	-- end
end

-- returns owning module's name or nil if method is not registered
function addon:GetMethodOwner(methodName)
	local info = RegisteredMethods[methodName]
	local ownerName
	if info then
		local owner = info.owner
		if owner.GetName then
			-- implemented for any AceAddon addon or module
			ownerName = owner:GetName()
		else
			for moduleName, moduleTable in pairs(RegisteredModules) do
				if moduleTable == owner then
					ownerName = moduleName
					break
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return ownerName
end

function addon:SetCharacterBasedMethod(methodName)
	-- flags a given method as character based
	if RegisteredMethods[methodName] then
		-- this will take care of error checking before calling the registered method, and pass the appropriate character table as argument
		RegisteredMethods[methodName].isCharBased = true
	end
end

function addon:IsCharacterBasedMethod(methodName)
	local info = RegisteredMethods[methodName]
	if info and info.isCharBased then
		return true
	end
end

function addon:SetGuildBasedMethod(methodName)
	if RegisteredMethods[methodName] then
		RegisteredMethods[methodName].isGuildBased = true		-- same as above for guilds
	end
end

function addon:IsGuildBasedMethod(methodName)
	local info = RegisteredMethods[methodName]
	if info and info.isGuildBased then
		return true
	end
end

function addon:GetMethodInfo(methodName)
	return addon:GetMethodOwner(methodName), addon:IsCharacterBasedMethod(methodName), addon:IsGuildBasedMethod(methodName)
end

function addon:GetGuildCommHandler()
	return GuildCommHandler
end

function addon:SetGuildCommCallbacks(prefix, callbacks)
	GuildCommCallbacks[prefix] = callbacks		-- no need to create a new table, it exists already as a local table in the calling module
end

function addon:IsModuleEnabled(name)
	assert(type(name) == "string")

	if RegisteredModules[name] then
		return true
	end
end

function addon:GetCurrentCharacterKey()
	return currentCharacterKey
end

function addon:GetCurrentGuildKey()
	-- review if still necessary
	return currentGuildKey
end

function addon:GetThisGuildKey()
	-- return the correct guild key to use, with support for connected realms
	local guild, _, _, realm = GetGuildInfo("player")
	if not guild then return end
	
	if not realm then
		-- realm = nil : guild is on the same realm as the player
		return format("%s.%s.%s", THIS_ACCOUNT, GetRealmName(), guild)
	end
	
	-- realm not nil : guild is on a connected realm
	
	-- guild "unknwon" if it's not possible to match its short name to its long name
	local longName = addon:GetLongRealmName(realm)
	if not longName then return end
	
	return format("%s.%s.%s", THIS_ACCOUNT, longName, guild)
end

function addon:GetCharacter(name, realm, account)
	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)
	if Characters[key] then		-- if the key is known, return it to caller, it can be passed to other modules
		return key
	end
end

function addon:GetCharacters(realm, account)
	-- get a list of characters on a given realm/account
	realm = realm or GetRealmName()
	account = account or THIS_ACCOUNT

	local out = {}
	local accountKey, realmKey, charKey
	for k, v in pairs(Characters) do
		if v.faction and v.faction == "" then		-- this is an integrity check, may happen after a failed account sync.
			Characters[k] = nil							-- kill the key, don't add it to the list.
		else
			accountKey, realmKey, charKey = strsplit(".", k)

			if accountKey and realmKey then
				if accountKey == account and realmKey == realm then
					out[charKey] = k
					-- allows this kind of iteration:
						-- for characterName, character in pairs(DS:GetCharacters(realm, account)) do
							-- do stuff with characterName only
							-- or do stuff with the "character" key to pass to other DataStore functions
						-- end
				end
			end
		end
	end

	return out
end

function addon:DeleteCharacter(name, realm, account)
	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)
	if not Characters[key] or key == THIS_CHARKEY then return end	-- never delete current character

	-- delete the character in all modules
	for moduleName, moduleDB in pairs(RegisteredModules) do
		if moduleDB.Characters then
			moduleDB.Characters[key] = nil
		end
	end

	-- delete the key in DataStore
	Characters[key] = nil
end

function addon:GetNumCharactersInDB()
	-- a simple count of the number of character entries in the db

	local count = 0
	for _, _ in pairs(Characters) do
		count = count + 1
	end
	return count
end

function addon:GetGuild(name, realm, account)
	name = name or GetGuildInfo("player")
	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)

	if Guilds[key] then		-- if the key is known, return it to caller, it can be passed to other modules
		return key
	end
end

function addon:GetGuilds(realm, account)
	-- get a list of guilds on a given realm/account
	realm = realm or GetRealmName()
	account = account or THIS_ACCOUNT

	local out = {}
	local accountKey, realmKey, guildKey
	for k, _ in pairs(Guilds) do
		accountKey, realmKey, guildKey = strsplit(".", k)
		
		if accountKey and realmKey then
			if accountKey == account and realmKey == realm then
				out[guildKey] = k
				-- this allows to iterate with this kind of loop:
					-- for guildName, guild in pairs(DS:GetGuilds(realm, account)) do
						-- do stuff with guildName only
						-- or do stuff with the "guild" key to pass to other DataStore functions
					-- end
			end
		end
	end

	return out
end

function addon:GetGuildFaction(name, realm, account)
	name = name or GetGuildInfo("player")
	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)

	if Guilds[key] then
		return Guilds[key].faction
	end
end

function addon:DeleteGuild(name, realm, account)
	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)
	if not Guilds[key] then return end

	-- delete the guild in all modules
	for moduleName, moduleDB in pairs(RegisteredModules) do
		if moduleDB.Guilds then
			moduleDB.Guilds[key] = nil
		end
	end

	-- delete the key in DataStore
	Guilds[key] = nil
end

function addon:DeleteRealm(realm, account)
	for name, _ in pairs(addon:GetCharacters(realm, account)) do
		addon:DeleteCharacter(name, realm, account)
	end

	for name, _ in pairs(addon:GetGuilds(realm, account)) do
		addon:DeleteGuild(name, realm, account)
	end
end

local function WipeCharacterTable(t)
	if not t then return end

	for key, v in pairs(t) do	-- key is the character key
		if key ~= THIS_CHARKEY then	-- only delete an entry if it is not the current character
			t[key] = nil
		end
	end
end

local function WipeGuildTable(t)
	if not t then return end

	for key, v in pairs(t) do	-- key is the guild key
		t[key] = nil
	end
end

function addon:ClearAllData()

	-- sub-module data
	for moduleName, moduleDB in pairs(RegisteredModules) do
		WipeCharacterTable(moduleDB.Characters)
		WipeGuildTable(moduleDB.Guilds)
	end

	-- main module data
	WipeCharacterTable(Characters)
	WipeGuildTable(Guilds)
end

function addon:GetRealms(account)
	account = account or THIS_ACCOUNT

	local out = {}
	local accountKey, realmKey
	for k, _ in pairs(Characters) do
		accountKey, realmKey = strsplit(".", k)

		if accountKey and realmKey then
			if accountKey == account then
				out[realmKey] = true
				-- allows this kind of iteration:
					-- for realmName in pairs(DS:GetRealms( account)) do
					-- end
			end
		end
	end
	return out
end

function addon:GetAccounts()
	local out = {}
	local accountKey
	for k, _ in pairs(Characters) do
		accountKey = strsplit(".", k)

		if accountKey then
			out[accountKey] = true
				-- allows this kind of iteration:
					-- for accountName in pairs(DS:GetAccounts()) do
					-- end
		end
	end
	return out
end

function addon:GetModules()
	return RegisteredModules
		-- for moduleName, module in pairs(DS:GetModules()) do
		-- end
end

function addon:GetCharacterTable(module, name, realm, account)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:GetCharacterTable("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:GetCharacterTable(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	assert(type(module) == "table")
	return module.Characters[GetKey(name, realm, account)]
end

function addon:GetModuleLastUpdate(module, name, realm, account)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:GetModuleLastUpdate("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:GetModuleLastUpdate(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	assert(type(module) == "table")

	local key = GetKey(name, realm, account)
	if key then
		return module.Characters[key].lastUpdate
	end
end

function addon:GetModuleLastUpdateByKey(module, key)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:GetModuleLastUpdate("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:GetModuleLastUpdate(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	if key and type(module) == "table" then
		return module.Characters[key].lastUpdate
	end
end

function addon:ImportData(module, data, name, realm, account)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:ImportData("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:ImportData(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	assert(type(module) == "table")
	-- change this, it should be a COPYTABLE instead of an assignation, otherwise, ace DB wildcards are not applied
	-- module.Characters[GetKey(name, realm, account)] = data
	CopyTable(data, module.Characters[GetKey(name, realm, account)])

end

function addon:ImportCharacter(key, faction, guild)
	-- after data has been imported, add a player entry to the DB, so that it becomes "visible" to the outside world.
	-- in other words, the correct sequence of operations should be something like:
	--	DataStore:ImportData(DataStore_Talents)
	--	DataStore:ImportData(DataStore_Spells)
	--	DataStore:ImportCharacter(key, faction, guild)

	Characters[key].faction = faction
	Characters[key].guildName = guild

	-- ensure a key is created for every module, even those which were not imported. Required for proper UI support without extra validation of every method
	for moduleName, moduleDB in pairs(RegisteredModules) do
		if moduleDB.Characters then
			moduleDB.Characters[key].lastUpdate = time()
		end
	end
end

function addon:SetOption(module, option, value)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:SetOption("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:SetOption(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	if type(module) == "table" then
		if module.db.global.Options then
			module.db.global.Options[option] = value
		end
	end
end

function addon:GetOption(module, option)
	-- module can be either the module name (string) or the module table
	-- ex: DS:GetOption("DataStore_Containers", ...) or DS:GetOption(DataStore_Containers, ...)
	if type(module) == "string" then
		module = RegisteredModules[module]
	end

	if type(module) == "table" then
		if module.db.global.Options then
			return module.db.global.Options[option]
		end
	end
end

-- *** Guild stuff ***
function addon:GetGuildMemberInfo(member)
	-- returns the same info as the genuine GetGuildRosterInfo(), but it can be called by character name instead of by index.
	local index = guildMembersIndexes[member]
	if index then
		local fullName, rank, rankIndex, level, class, zone, note, officernote, online, status, englishClass, achievementPoints, achievementRank, isMobile, canSoR, reputation = GetGuildRosterInfo(index)

		if fullName then
			fullName = Ambiguate(fullName, "none")
		end

		return fullName, rank, rankIndex, level, class, zone, note, officernote, online, status, englishClass, achievementPoints, achievementRank, isMobile, canSoR, reputation
	end
end

function addon:GetGuildMemberAlts(member)
	local index = onlineMembersAlts[member]
	if index then
		return onlineMembersAlts[member]
	end
end

function addon:GetOnlineGuildMembers()
	return onlineMembers
end

function addon:IsGuildMemberOnline(member)
	if member == UnitName("player") then		-- if self, always return true, may happen if login broadcast hasn't come back yet
		return true
	end
	return onlineMembers[member]
end

function addon:GetNameOfMain(player)
	-- returns the name of the guild mate to whom an alt belongs

	-- ex, player x has alts a, b, c
	if onlineMembers[player] then			-- if x is passed ..it's the main
		return player							-- return it
	end

	for member, alts in pairs(onlineMembersAlts) do		--if b is passed, browse all online players who sent their alts
		for _, alt in pairs( { strsplit("|", alts) }) do	-- browse the list of alts
			if alt == player then								-- alt found ?
				return member										-- return the name of his main (currently connected)
			end
		end
	end
end

-- *** Connected Realms ***
function addon:SetLongRealmName(realm, name)
	addon.db.global.ShortToLongRealmNames[realm] = name
end

function addon:GetLongRealmName(realm)
	-- 2021-01-21 : the 'or realm' is mandatory to properly return the info of connected realms
	return (realm) and addon.db.global.ShortToLongRealmNames[realm] or realm
end

function addon:GetRealmsConnectedWith(realm)
	local realms = addon.db.global.ShortToLongRealmNames
	local out = {}

	local autoCompleteRealms = GetAutoCompleteRealms()		-- this could return nil..
	if autoCompleteRealms then
		for _, shortName in pairs(autoCompleteRealms) do
			local longName = realms[shortName]
			
			if longName and longName ~= THIS_REALM then
				table.insert(out, longName)
			end
		end
	end
	
	return out
end

-- *** Global Utility Functions ***
function addon:GetHashSize(hash)
	local count = 0
	
	for _, _ in pairs(hash) do
		count = count + 1
	end
	
	return count
end

function addon:HashToSortedArray(hash)
	local array = {}
	
	for k, _ in pairs(hash) do
		table.insert(array, k)			-- simply insert every entry into an array ..
	end
	table.sort(array)						-- .. then sort it
	
	return array
end

function addon:SortedArrayClone(array)
	-- Clone an array and sort it, useful to be sure the original array is unmodified
	local clone = {}
	
	for _, v in pairs(array) do
		table.insert(clone, v)
	end
	table.sort(clone)
	
	return clone
end