Starting validation of character_template and character types

SessionZero.SzfLib/Helpers/SzfHelper.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ namespace SessionZero.SzfLib.Helpers;
 
 public static class SzfHelper
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the SzfObject type by its type identifier attribute.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="szfType"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static Type? FindSzfObjectTypeByAttributeType(string szfType)
     {
         var obj = Assembly
@@ -18,6 +23,12 @@ public static class SzfHelper
         return obj.IsAbstract || obj.IsInterface ? null : obj;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Does basic validation of a SzfObject.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="obj"></param>
+    /// <param name="canHaveEmptyFieldValues"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static SzfError BasicSzfValidation(ISzfObject obj, bool canHaveEmptyFieldValues = false)
     {
         SzfError result = new SzfError();
@@ -36,6 +47,12 @@ public static class SzfHelper
         return result;
     }
     
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets all sections and subsections of a SzfObject.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="obj"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static IEnumerable<SzfSection> GetAllSectionsAndSubsections(ISzfObject obj)
     {
         List<SzfSection> allSections = new List<SzfSection>();
@@ -49,6 +66,11 @@ public static class SzfHelper
         return allSections;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets all subsections of a given section recursively.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="section"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static IEnumerable<SzfSection> GetAllSubsections(SzfSection section)
     {
         List<SzfSection> subsections = new List<SzfSection>();
@@ -62,6 +84,11 @@ public static class SzfHelper
         return subsections;
     }
     
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets all fields from all sections and subsections of an SzfObject.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="obj"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static IEnumerable<SzfField> GetAllFields(ISzfObject obj)
     {
         List<SzfField> allFields = new List<SzfField>();

SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/ISzfCharacter.cs

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ namespace SessionZero.SzfLib.Objects;
 
 public interface ISzfCharacter
 {
-    
+    public string Name { get; set; }
+    public ISzfCharacterTemplate TryResolveCharacterTemplate(string lookup);
 }

SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/SzfCharacter.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,29 @@ namespace SessionZero.SzfLib.Objects;
 public class SzfCharacter : SzfObject, ISzfCharacter
 {
     public override string SzfType { get; set; } = "character";
+    public string Name { get; set; } 
+    
+    public ISzfCharacterTemplate? Template { get; set; }
+    
+    public SzfCharacter()
+    {
+        Name = GetMetadataField("Name");
+    }
+    
     public override SzfError Validate()
+    {
+        var result = new SzfError();
+
+        if (Template is null)
+        {
+            result.AddError($"Template is missing from character with name '{Name}'");
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    public ISzfCharacterTemplate TryResolveCharacterTemplate(string lookup)
     {
         throw new NotImplementedException();
     }

SessionZero.SzfLib/Objects/SzfCharacterTemplate.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ public class SzfCharacterTemplate : SzfObject, ISzfCharacterTemplate
     public override string SzfType { get; set; } = "character_template";
     public override SzfError Validate()
     {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
+        var result = new SzfError();
+        
+        var basicValidation = SzfHelper.BasicSzfValidation(this, true);
+        
+        return result;
     }
 }