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function notesBetween(a, b) {
    const [tonicA, tonicB] = [a[0], b[0]]
    const abs = tonicB.charCodeAt() - tonicA.charCodeAt();
    if (abs < 0) {
        return abs + 7;
    } else {
        return abs;
    }
}

export class Note {
    static natural = '♮';
    static sharp = '♯';
    static flat = '♭';

    static range = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'];
    static get first() {
        return this.range.at(0);
    }
    static get last() {
        return this.range.at(-1);
    }

    static noSharps = ['B', 'E'];
    static get noFlats() {
        return this.noSharps.map(n => String.fromCharCode(n.charCodeAt()+1))
    }

    static fromString(string) {
        const [root, accidental] = [string[0], string[1]];
        switch (accidental) {
        case this.sharp:
            if (this.noSharps.includes(root)) {
                return new this(String.fromCharCode(root.charCodeAt()+1))
            } else {
                return new this(root, true);
            }
        case this.flat:
            if (this.noFlats.includes(root)) {
                return new this(String.fromCharCode(root.charCodeAt()-1));
            } else if (root === Note.first) {
                // i don't want to make a ring buffer that accepts
                // negative indices, ok???
                return new this(Note.last, true);
            } else {
                const code = root.charCodeAt();
                return new this(String.fromCharCode(code-1), true);
            }
        case undefined:
        case this.natural:
            return new this(root);
        default:
            throw new Error('wtf is that accidental', accidental);
        }
    }

    constructor(root, isSharp=false) {
        if (isSharp && Note.noSharps.includes(root)) {
            throw new Error(`bad note: ${root}${Note.sharp}`);
        }
        this.root = root;
        this.isSharp = isSharp;
    }

    toString() {
        return this.root + (this.isSharp ? Note.sharp : '');
    }

    toAlternateString() {
        if (this.isSharp) {
            const next = (this.root === Note.last) ? Note.first : String.fromCharCode(this.root.charCodeAt()+1);
            if (Note.noSharps.includes(this.root)) {
                return next;
            } else {
                return next + Note.flat;
            }
        } else if (Note.noFlats.includes(this.root)) {
            const prev = (this.root === Note.first) ? Note.last : String.fromCharCode(this.root.charCodeAt()-1);
            return prev + Note.sharp;
        } else {
            return this.toString();
        }
    }

    toRelativeString(other) {
        const alternate = this.toAlternateString();
        const otherStr = other.toString();
        const delta = otherStr.charCodeAt() - alternate.charCodeAt();
        if (delta === -1 || delta === 1) {
            return alternate;
        } else {
            return this.toString();
        }
    }
}

const ringHandler = {
    get(target, prop) {
        return target[prop % target.length] || Reflect.get(...arguments);
    }
};

export const chromaticScale = new Proxy(
    ['C', 'C♯', 'D', 'D♯', 'E', 'F', 'F♯', 'G', 'G♯', 'A', 'A♯', 'B'],
    ringHandler);

// todo: handle tonics with a flat ‘♭’, so we can deal with [BE]♭.
function scaleFromIntervals(tonic, intervals) {
    const scaleIndex = chromaticScale.indexOf(tonic);
    if (scaleIndex < 0) {
        throw new Error(`tonic ${tonic} not found in scale ${chromaticScale.toString()}`);
    }

    let scale = [tonic];
    let steps = 0;
    let lastBase = tonic[0];
    for (let i = 0; i < intervals.length; i++) {
        steps += intervals[i];
        const note = chromaticScale[scaleIndex + steps];
        // don't display two base notes in a row by changing
        // accidentals.
        const delta = notesBetween(lastBase, note);
        if (delta === 0) {
            const nextBase = chromaticScale[scaleIndex + steps + 1][0];
            scale.push(`${nextBase}♭`)
        } else if (delta === 1) {
            scale.push(`${note}`)
        } else {
            // we can only be two away, so take the sharp of the
            // previous note.
            const nextBase = chromaticScale[scaleIndex + steps - 1][0];
            scale.push(`${nextBase}♯`)
        }
        lastBase = scale[scale.length-1];
    }
    return new Proxy(scale, ringHandler);
}

class Scale {
    constructor(tonic, intervals) {
        this.scale = scaleFromIntervals(tonic, intervals);
        return new Proxy(this, {
            get(target, prop) {
                if (prop in target) {
                    return target[prop];
                } else {
                    return target.scale[prop] || Reflect.get(...arguments);
                }
            }
        });
    }

    get tonic() {
        return this.scale[0];
    }

    get third() {
        return this.scale[2];
    }

    get fifth() {
        return this.scale[4];
    }

    get length() {
        return this.scale.length;
    }

    toString() {
        return `[${this.scale.join(", ")}]`;
    }
}

export function MajorScale(tonic) {
    console.debug(`MajorScale(${tonic})`);
    const intervals = [2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2];
    return new Scale(tonic, intervals);
}

export function MinorScale(tonic) {
    console.debug(`MinorScale(${tonic})`);
    const intervals = [2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2];
    return new Scale(tonic, intervals);
}