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/**
 * Pure diff utilities for computing LSP text document change ranges.
 * Language-agnostic — works for any text content from any language server.
 *
 * Uses longest-common-prefix/suffix matching to find the minimal changed
 * region between two versions of a file. O(n) in text length.
 */

export interface Position {
  readonly line: number; // 0-based
  readonly character: number; // 0-based
}

export interface TextDocumentContentChangeEvent {
  readonly range: {
    readonly start: Position;
    readonly end: Position;
  };
  readonly text: string;
}

/**
 * Compute the minimal change range that transforms `oldText` into `newText`.
 * Returns a single `TextDocumentContentChangeEvent` suitable for
 * `textDocument/didChange` with incremental sync (change: 2).
 *
 * Algorithm: find the longest common prefix and suffix of the two strings.
 * The region between them is the changed range. The replacement text is
 * the portion of `newText` between the prefix and suffix.
 */
export function computeChangeRange(
  oldText: string,
  newText: string,
): TextDocumentContentChangeEvent {
  const minLen = Math.min(oldText.length, newText.length);

  // Longest common prefix
  let prefixLen = 0;
  while (prefixLen < minLen && oldText[prefixLen] === newText[prefixLen]) {
    prefixLen++;
  }

  // Longest common suffix (must not overlap with prefix)
  const oldRemaining = oldText.length - prefixLen;
  const newRemaining = newText.length - prefixLen;
  const maxSuffix = Math.min(oldRemaining, newRemaining);
  let suffixLen = 0;
  while (
    suffixLen < maxSuffix &&
    oldText[oldText.length - 1 - suffixLen] === newText[newText.length - 1 - suffixLen]
  ) {
    suffixLen++;
  }

  const startOffset = prefixLen;
  const endOffset = oldText.length - suffixLen;
  const replacementText = newText.slice(prefixLen, newText.length - suffixLen);

  return {
    range: {
      start: offsetToPosition(oldText, startOffset),
      end: offsetToPosition(oldText, endOffset),
    },
    text: replacementText,
  };
}

/**
 * Convert a 0-based character offset into a text string to an LSP Position
 * (0-based line and character). Scans for newlines up to the offset.
 */
export function offsetToPosition(text: string, offset: number): Position {
  let line = 0;
  let character = 0;
  const limit = Math.min(offset, text.length);
  for (let i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
    if (text[i] === "\n") {
      line++;
      character = 0;
    } else {
      character++;
    }
  }
  return { line, character };
}