local GameMod = require "necro.game.data.resource.GameMod"
local FileIO = require "system.game.FileIO"
local JSON = require "system.utils.serial.JSON"
local Utilities = require "system.utils.Utilities"

event.entitySchemaLoadEntity.add("useModData", { order = "overrides", sequence = 1 }, function(ev)
	for _, mod in pairs(GameMod.listLoadedAssetMods()) do
		local modPath = GameMod.getAssetModPath(mod)
		-- only files with certain extensions are loaded as resources, and only
		-- files loaded as resources can be accessed with FileIO
		local schemaFile = modPath .. "/schema/" .. ev.entity.name .. ".txt"

		if FileIO.exists(schemaFile) then
			local data = JSON.decode(FileIO.readFileToString(schemaFile))
			-- Most EntitySchema events define ev.merge, but apparently entitySchemaLoadEntity
			-- does not.
			--
			-- TODO: Sometimes one may want to merge recursively, such as to edit just some
			-- fields of a component, but other times, like when editing animations, it may
			-- be desired to overwrite values (the regular mergeTables may be sufficient).
			-- Introducing more complex syntax (possibly but not necessarily expressed in
			-- JSON) could enable dictating these differing needs.
			Utilities.mergeTables(ev.entity, data)
		end
	end
end)