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package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.lists;

import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * CursorLinkedList is an array-based implementation of a singly linked list.
 * Each node in the array simulates a linked list node, storing an element and
 * the index of the next node. This structure allows for efficient list operations
 * without relying on traditional pointers.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of elements in this list
 */
public class CursorLinkedList<T> {

    /**
     * Node represents an individual element in the list, containing the element
     * itself and a pointer (index) to the next node.
     */
    private static class Node<T> {
        T element;
        int next;

        Node(T element, int next) {
            this.element = element;
            this.next = next;
        }
    }

    private final int os;
    private int head;
    private final Node<T>[] cursorSpace;
    private int count;
    private static final int CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE = 100;

    {
        // Initialize cursor space array and free list pointers
        cursorSpace = new Node[CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE];
        for (int i = 0; i < CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE; i++) {
            cursorSpace[i] = new Node<>(null, i + 1);
        }
        cursorSpace[CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE - 1].next = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an empty CursorLinkedList with the default capacity.
     */
    public CursorLinkedList() {
        os = 0;
        count = 0;
        head = -1;
    }

    /**
     * Prints all elements in the list in their current order.
     */
    public void printList() {
        if (head != -1) {
            int start = head;
            while (start != -1) {
                T element = cursorSpace[start].element;
                System.out.println(element.toString());
                start = cursorSpace[start].next;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Finds the logical index of a specified element in the list.
     *
     * @param element the element to search for in the list
     * @return the logical index of the element, or -1 if not found
     * @throws NullPointerException if element is null
     */
    public int indexOf(T element) {
        if (element == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("Element cannot be null");
        }
        try {
            Objects.requireNonNull(element);
            Node<T> iterator = cursorSpace[head];
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                if (iterator.element.equals(element)) {
                    return i;
                }
                iterator = cursorSpace[iterator.next];
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return -1;
        }
        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves an element at a specified logical index in the list.
     *
     * @param position the logical index of the element
     * @return the element at the specified position, or null if index is out of bounds
     */
    public T get(int position) {
        if (position >= 0 && position < count) {
            int start = head;
            int counter = 0;
            while (start != -1) {
                T element = cursorSpace[start].element;
                if (counter == position) {
                    return element;
                }
                start = cursorSpace[start].next;
                counter++;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the element at a specified logical index from the list.
     *
     * @param index the logical index of the element to remove
     */
    public void removeByIndex(int index) {
        if (index >= 0 && index < count) {
            T element = get(index);
            remove(element);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes a specified element from the list.
     *
     * @param element the element to be removed
     * @throws NullPointerException if element is null
     */
    public void remove(T element) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(element);
        T tempElement = cursorSpace[head].element;
        int tempNext = cursorSpace[head].next;
        if (tempElement.equals(element)) {
            free(head);
            head = tempNext;
        } else {
            int prevIndex = head;
            int currentIndex = cursorSpace[prevIndex].next;
            while (currentIndex != -1) {
                T currentElement = cursorSpace[currentIndex].element;
                if (currentElement.equals(element)) {
                    cursorSpace[prevIndex].next = cursorSpace[currentIndex].next;
                    free(currentIndex);
                    break;
                }
                prevIndex = currentIndex;
                currentIndex = cursorSpace[prevIndex].next;
            }
        }
        count--;
    }

    /**
     * Allocates a new node index for storing an element.
     *
     * @return the index of the newly allocated node
     * @throws OutOfMemoryError if no space is available in cursor space
     */
    private int alloc() {
        int availableNodeIndex = cursorSpace[os].next;
        if (availableNodeIndex == 0) {
            throw new OutOfMemoryError();
        }
        cursorSpace[os].next = cursorSpace[availableNodeIndex].next;
        cursorSpace[availableNodeIndex].next = -1;
        return availableNodeIndex;
    }

    /**
     * Releases a node back to the free list.
     *
     * @param index the index of the node to release
     */
    private void free(int index) {
        Node<T> osNode = cursorSpace[os];
        int osNext = osNode.next;
        cursorSpace[os].next = index;
        cursorSpace[index].element = null;
        cursorSpace[index].next = osNext;
    }

    /**
     * Appends an element to the end of the list.
     *
     * @param element the element to append
     * @throws NullPointerException if element is null
     */
    public void append(T element) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(element);
        int availableIndex = alloc();
        cursorSpace[availableIndex].element = element;
        if (head == -1) {
            head = availableIndex;
        } else {
            int iterator = head;
            while (cursorSpace[iterator].next != -1) {
                iterator = cursorSpace[iterator].next;
            }
            cursorSpace[iterator].next = availableIndex;
        }
        cursorSpace[availableIndex].next = -1;
        count++;
    }
}