/**
 * any indexable object
 */
//this is a generic type, and needs 'any'
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
type basicObject = {[keys: string]: any};

/**
 * any indexable object with string values
 */
type basicObjectStr = {[keys: string]: string};

/**
 * an abstract version of strings
 */
type bigString = string | string[];

/**
 * an object that contains embeds and can be passed directly to methods like `Discord.TextChannel.send()`
 */
interface embedData {
    content?: string,
    embeds: MessageEmbed[]
}


/**
 * a representation of an author in the LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG > Language > Embed > Field`
 */
interface embedField {
    name: string,
    value: bigString,
    inline?: boolean
}

/**
 * a representation of an author in the LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG > Language > Embed > Author`
 */
interface authorData {
    name: string,
    url?: string,
    icon?: string
}

/**
 * a representation of a footer in the LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG > Language > Embed > Footer`
 */
interface footerData {
    text: string,
    icon?: string
}

/**
 * a representation of an embed in the LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG > Language > Embed`
 */
interface embedObj {
    embed: true,

    content?: string,
    title?: string,
    description?: bigString,
    /**
     * URL
     */
    url?: string,
    /**
     * #FFFFFF
     */
    color?: string,
    footer?: string | footerData,
    thumbnail?: string,
    /**
     * URL
     */
    image?: string,
    /**
     * URL
     */
    author?: string | authorData,
    fields?: embedField[],
    timestamp?: boolean | string | number
}

/**
 * a specific language in the LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG > Language`
 */
type LangObj = { [keys:string]: LangObj | embedObj | string }

/**
 * the entire LANG object
 * 
 * `LANG`
 */
type LangObjWhole = { [langid:string]: LangObj }