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import java.io.File

package object common {

  /** An alias for the `Nothing` type.
   *  Denotes that the type should be filled in.
   */
  type ??? = Nothing

  /** An alias for the `Any` type.
   *  Denotes that the type should be filled in.
   */
  type *** = Any

  
  /**
   * Get a child of a file. For example,
   * 
   *   subFile(homeDir, "b", "c")
   * 
   * corresponds to ~/b/c
   */
  def subFile(file: File, children: String*) = {
    children.foldLeft(file)((file, child) => new File(file, child))
  }

  /**
   * Get a resource from the `src/main/resources` directory. Eclipse does not copy
   * resources to the output directory, then the class loader cannot find them.
   */
  def resourceAsStreamFromSrc(resourcePath: List[String]): Option[java.io.InputStream] = {
    val classesDir = new File(getClass.getResource(".").toURI)
    val projectDir = classesDir.getParentFile.getParentFile.getParentFile.getParentFile
    val resourceFile = subFile(projectDir, ("src" :: "main" :: "resources" :: resourcePath): _*)
    if (resourceFile.exists)
      Some(new java.io.FileInputStream(resourceFile))
    else
      None
  }
}