true_high_level_api_example.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
True High-Level API Design vs Current Thin Wrappers

Shows the difference between current pass-through wrappers and truly
developer-friendly high-level API methods.
"""

from python_alfresco_api import ClientFactory
from python_alfresco_api.auth_util import SimpleAuthUtil
from datetime import datetime


def demonstrate_api_levels():
    """Show the different levels of API abstraction."""
    print("🎯 TRUE HIGH-LEVEL API DESIGN vs CURRENT THIN WRAPPERS")
    print("=" * 70)
    
    # Setup (same for all approaches)
    auth = SimpleAuthUtil('admin', 'admin')
    factory = ClientFactory(base_url='http://localhost:8080', auth_util=auth, verify_ssl=False)
    core_client = factory.create_core_client()
    
    print("\n📊 COMPARISON OF API ABSTRACTION LEVELS")
    print("=" * 50)
    
    # ================================================================
    # LEVEL 1: RAW CLIENT (Lowest level)
    # ================================================================
    print("\n🔴 LEVEL 1: RAW CLIENT (Lowest Level)")
    print("-" * 40)
    print("from python_alfresco_api.raw_clients.alfresco_core_client.core_client.api.nodes import create_node")
    print("from python_alfresco_api.raw_clients.alfresco_core_client.core_client.models.node_body_create import NodeBodyCreate")
    print("")
    print("folder_body = NodeBodyCreate(")
    print("    name='My Folder',")
    print("    node_type='cm:folder',")
    print("    properties={'cm:title': 'My Title'} if properties else UNSET")
    print(")")
    print("result = create_node.sync(client=core_client, node_id='-root-', body=folder_body)")
    print("")
    print("📋 Developer Experience:")
    print("   ❌ Need to import raw client functions")
    print("   ❌ Need to understand model objects")
    print("   ❌ Need to handle UNSET values")
    print("   ❌ No error handling or validation")
    print("   ❌ No progress tracking")
    print("   ❌ Verbose and error-prone")
    
    # ================================================================
    # LEVEL 2: CURRENT THIN WRAPPERS (What I implemented)
    # ================================================================
    print("\n🟡 LEVEL 2: CURRENT THIN WRAPPERS (What I Implemented)")
    print("-" * 50)
    print("result = core_client.create_folder_sync(")
    print("    parent_id='-root-',")
    print("    name='My Folder',")
    print("    title='My Title'")
    print(")")
    print("")
    print("📋 Developer Experience:")
    print("   ✅ Slightly cleaner method call")
    print("   ✅ Hides some model complexity")
    print("   ❌ Still exposes sync/async modes confusion")
    print("   ❌ Still need to understand parent_id patterns")
    print("   ❌ No error handling or validation")
    print("   ❌ No progress tracking")
    print("   ❌ Just a thin pass-through wrapper")
    
    # ================================================================
    # LEVEL 3: TRUE HIGH-LEVEL API (What it should be)
    # ================================================================
    print("\n🟢 LEVEL 3: TRUE HIGH-LEVEL API (What It Should Be)")
    print("-" * 50)
    print("# Simple, intuitive method calls:")
    print("folder = core_client.create_folder('My Documents')")
    print("file = folder.upload_file('document.pdf', content=file_data)")
    print("file.set_permissions(users=['admin'], access='read')")
    print("if file.upload_complete:")
    print("    print(f'File uploaded: {file.download_url}')")
    print("")
    print("# Or fluent/chainable API:")
    print("result = (core_client")
    print("    .create_folder('Project Files')")
    print("    .in_location('-my-')")
    print("    .with_title('My Project')")
    print("    .with_permissions(users=['team'], access='collaborate')")
    print("    .execute())")
    print("")
    print("📋 Developer Experience:")
    print("   ✅ Intuitive, self-documenting method names")
    print("   ✅ Sensible defaults (parent location, permissions)")
    print("   ✅ Built-in validation and error handling")
    print("   ✅ Progress tracking for long operations")
    print("   ✅ Chainable operations for workflows")
    print("   ✅ Return rich objects with useful methods")
    print("   ✅ Hide all internal complexity")
    print("   ✅ async/sync handled transparently")
    
    # ================================================================
    # WHAT TRUE HIGH-LEVEL METHODS SHOULD PROVIDE
    # ================================================================
    print("\n🚀 WHAT TRUE HIGH-LEVEL METHODS SHOULD PROVIDE")
    print("=" * 50)
    
    features = [
        "🎯 Intuitive method names (create_folder, not create_folder_sync)",
        "🔧 Sensible defaults (parent='-my-' for user home)",
        "✅ Input validation (check names, paths, permissions)",
        "🛡️  Error handling with helpful messages",
        "📈 Progress tracking for uploads/downloads",
        "🔄 Retry logic with exponential backoff",
        "🔗 Chainable operations for complex workflows",
        "📦 Rich return objects with useful methods",
        "🎭 Hide sync/async complexity (auto-detect or configure)",
        "🏷️  Smart type hints and IDE auto-completion",
        "📋 Built-in logging and debugging support",
        "⚡ Performance optimizations (batching, caching)"
    ]
    
    for feature in features:
        print(f"   {feature}")
    
    # ================================================================
    # PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
    # ================================================================
    print("\n📋 PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY")
    print("=" * 50)
    
    print("🔄 STEP 1: Keep Current Thin Wrappers")
    print("   • They provide some value (model object creation)")
    print("   • Useful as building blocks for true high-level methods")
    print("   • Backward compatibility")
    
    print("\n🚀 STEP 2: Build True High-Level Methods ON TOP")
    print("   • Use thin wrappers as building blocks")
    print("   • Add validation, defaults, error handling")
    print("   • Implement progress tracking and retry logic")
    print("   • Create fluent/chainable APIs")
    
    print("\n🎯 STEP 3: Rich Return Objects")
    print("   • Return AlfrescoFolder, AlfrescoFile objects")
    print("   • With methods like .upload(), .download(), .share()")
    print("   • Smart properties like .size, .permissions, .url")
    
    print("\n💡 STEP 4: Developer Experience Features")
    print("   • Auto-complete friendly method signatures")
    print("   • Built-in help and documentation")
    print("   • Smart defaults based on context")
    print("   • Helpful error messages with suggestions")
    
    # ================================================================
    # EXAMPLE TRUE HIGH-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION
    # ================================================================
    print("\n💎 EXAMPLE TRUE HIGH-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION")
    print("=" * 50)
    
    print("class AlfrescoCoreClient:")
    print("    def create_folder(self, name: str, parent: str = '-my-',")
    print("                     title: str = None, description: str = None,")
    print("                     permissions: dict = None) -> AlfrescoFolder:")
    print("        '''Create a folder with sensible defaults and validation.'''")
    print("        ")
    print("        # Validation")
    print("        if not self._is_valid_name(name):")
    print("            raise ValueError(f'Invalid folder name: {name}')")
    print("        ")
    print("        # Sensible defaults")
    print("        if title is None:")
    print("            title = name")
    print("        ")
    print("        # Use thin wrapper as building block")
    print("        try:")
    print("            result = self.create_folder_sync(parent, name, title, description)")
    print("            return AlfrescoFolder(result, client=self)")
    print("        except Exception as e:")
    print("            raise AlfrescoError(f'Failed to create folder {name}: {e}')")
    print("")
    print("class AlfrescoFolder:")
    print("    def upload_file(self, filename: str, content: bytes) -> AlfrescoFile:")
    print("        '''Upload a file with progress tracking.'''")
    print("        # Implementation with progress bar, retry logic, etc.")
    print("        pass")
    
    print("\n🎉 RESULT: Truly developer-friendly, enterprise-grade API!")
    print("   • Hide complexity, expose functionality")
    print("   • Sensible defaults and smart validation")  
    print("   • Rich objects with useful methods")
    print("   • Progress tracking and error resilience")
    print("   • Chainable operations for workflows")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    demonstrate_api_levels()