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// Thing: base class for wiki data types, providing wiki-specific utility
// functions on top of essential CacheableObject behavior.

import {inspect} from 'node:util';

import {color} from '#cli';
import find from '#find';
import {empty, filterProperties, openAggregate} from '#sugar';
import {getKebabCase} from '#wiki-data';

import {
  isAdditionalFileList,
  isBoolean,
  isCommentary,
  isColor,
  isContributionList,
  isDate,
  isDirectory,
  isFileExtension,
  isName,
  isString,
  isURL,
  validateArrayItems,
  validateInstanceOf,
  validateReference,
  validateReferenceList,
} from '#validators';

import CacheableObject from './cacheable-object.js';

export default class Thing extends CacheableObject {
  static referenceType = Symbol('Thing.referenceType');

  static getPropertyDescriptors = Symbol('Thing.getPropertyDescriptors');
  static getSerializeDescriptors = Symbol('Thing.getSerializeDescriptors');

  // Regularly reused property descriptors, for ease of access and generally
  // duplicating less code across wiki data types. These are specialized utility
  // functions, so check each for how its own arguments behave!
  static common = {
    name: (defaultName) => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isName, default: defaultName},
    }),

    color: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isColor},
    }),

    directory: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isDirectory},
      expose: {
        dependencies: ['name'],
        transform(directory, {name}) {
          if (directory === null && name === null) return null;
          else if (directory === null) return getKebabCase(name);
          else return directory;
        },
      },
    }),

    urls: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: validateArrayItems(isURL)},
      expose: {transform: (value) => value ?? []},
    }),

    // A file extension! Or the default, if provided when calling this.
    fileExtension: (defaultFileExtension = null) => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isFileExtension},
      expose: {transform: (value) => value ?? defaultFileExtension},
    }),

    // Straightforward flag descriptor for a variety of property purposes.
    // Provide a default value, true or false!
    flag: (defaultValue = false) => {
      if (typeof defaultValue !== 'boolean') {
        throw new TypeError(`Always set explicit defaults for flags!`);
      }

      return {
        flags: {update: true, expose: true},
        update: {validate: isBoolean, default: defaultValue},
      };
    },

    // General date type, used as the descriptor for a bunch of properties.
    // This isn't dynamic though - it won't inherit from a date stored on
    // another object, for example.
    simpleDate: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isDate},
    }),

    // General string type. This should probably generally be avoided in favor
    // of more specific validation, but using it makes it easy to find where we
    // might want to improve later, and it's a useful shorthand meanwhile.
    simpleString: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isString},
    }),

    // External function. These should only be used as dependencies for other
    // properties, so they're left unexposed.
    externalFunction: () => ({
      flags: {update: true},
      update: {validate: (t) => typeof t === 'function'},
    }),

    // Super simple "contributions by reference" list, used for a variety of
    // properties (Artists, Cover Artists, etc). This is the property which is
    // externally provided, in the form:
    //
    //     [
    //         {who: 'Artist Name', what: 'Viola'},
    //         {who: 'artist:john-cena', what: null},
    //         ...
    //     ]
    //
    // ...processed from YAML, spreadsheet, or any other kind of input.
    contribsByRef: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isContributionList},
    }),

    // Artist commentary! Generally present on tracks and albums.
    commentary: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isCommentary},
    }),

    // This is a somewhat more involved data structure - it's for additional
    // or "bonus" files associated with albums or tracks (or anything else).
    // It's got this form:
    //
    //     [
    //         {title: 'Booklet', files: ['Booklet.pdf']},
    //         {
    //             title: 'Wallpaper',
    //             description: 'Cool Wallpaper!',
    //             files: ['1440x900.png', '1920x1080.png']
    //         },
    //         {title: 'Alternate Covers', description: null, files: [...]},
    //         ...
    //     ]
    //
    additionalFiles: () => ({
      flags: {update: true, expose: true},
      update: {validate: isAdditionalFileList},
      expose: {
        transform: (additionalFiles) =>
          additionalFiles ?? [],
      },
    }),

    // A reference list! Keep in mind this is for general references to wiki
    // objects of (usually) other Thing subclasses, not specifically leitmotif
    // references in tracks (although that property uses referenceList too!).
    //
    // The underlying function validateReferenceList expects a string like
    // 'artist' or 'track', but this utility keeps from having to hard-code the
    // string in multiple places by referencing the value saved on the class
    // instead.
    referenceList: (thingClass) => {
      const {[Thing.referenceType]: referenceType} = thingClass;
      if (!referenceType) {
        throw new Error(`The passed constructor ${thingClass.name} doesn't define Thing.referenceType!`);
      }

      return {
        flags: {update: true, expose: true},
        update: {validate: validateReferenceList(referenceType)},
      };
    },

    // Corresponding function for a single reference.
    singleReference: (thingClass) => {
      const {[Thing.referenceType]: referenceType} = thingClass;
      if (!referenceType) {
        throw new Error(`The passed constructor ${thingClass.name} doesn't define Thing.referenceType!`);
      }

      return {
        flags: {update: true, expose: true},
        update: {validate: validateReference(referenceType)},
      };
    },

    // Corresponding dynamic property to referenceList, which takes the values
    // in the provided property and searches the specified wiki data for
    // matching actual Thing-subclass objects.
    dynamicThingsFromReferenceList: (
      referenceListProperty,
      thingDataProperty,
      findFn
    ) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},

      expose: {
        dependencies: [referenceListProperty, thingDataProperty],
        compute: ({
          [referenceListProperty]: refs,
          [thingDataProperty]: thingData,
        }) =>
          refs && thingData
            ? refs
                .map((ref) => findFn(ref, thingData, {mode: 'quiet'}))
                .filter(Boolean)
            : [],
      },
    }),

    // Corresponding function for a single reference.
    dynamicThingFromSingleReference: (
      singleReferenceProperty,
      thingDataProperty,
      findFn
    ) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},

      expose: {
        dependencies: [singleReferenceProperty, thingDataProperty],
        compute: ({
          [singleReferenceProperty]: ref,
          [thingDataProperty]: thingData,
        }) => (ref && thingData ? findFn(ref, thingData, {mode: 'quiet'}) : null),
      },
    }),

    // Corresponding dynamic property to contribsByRef, which takes the values
    // in the provided property and searches the object's artistData for
    // matching actual Artist objects. The computed structure has the same form
    // as contribsByRef, but with Artist objects instead of string references:
    //
    //     [
    //         {who: (an Artist), what: 'Viola'},
    //         {who: (an Artist), what: null},
    //         ...
    //     ]
    //
    // Contributions whose "who" values don't match anything in artistData are
    // filtered out. (So if the list is all empty, chances are that either the
    // reference list is somehow messed up, or artistData isn't being provided
    // properly.)
    dynamicContribs: (contribsByRefProperty) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},
      expose: {
        dependencies: ['artistData', contribsByRefProperty],
        compute: ({artistData, [contribsByRefProperty]: contribsByRef}) =>
          Thing.findArtistsFromContribs(contribsByRef, artistData),
      },
    }),

    // Dynamically inherit a contribution list from some other object, if it
    // hasn't been overridden on this object. This is handy for solo albums
    // where all tracks have the same artist, for example.
    dynamicInheritContribs: (
      // If this property is explicitly false, the contribution list returned
      // will always be empty.
      nullerProperty,

      // Property holding contributions on the current object.
      contribsByRefProperty,

      // Property holding corresponding "default" contributions on the parent
      // object, which will fallen back to if the object doesn't have its own
      // contribs.
      parentContribsByRefProperty,

      // Data array to search in and "find" function to locate parent object
      // (which will be passed the child object and the wiki data array).
      thingDataProperty,
      findFn
    ) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},
      expose: {
        dependencies: [
          'this',
          contribsByRefProperty,
          thingDataProperty,
          nullerProperty,
          'artistData',
        ].filter(Boolean),

        compute({
          this: thing,
          [nullerProperty]: nuller,
          [contribsByRefProperty]: contribsByRef,
          [thingDataProperty]: thingData,
          artistData,
        }) {
          if (!artistData) return [];
          if (nuller === false) return [];
          const refs =
            contribsByRef ??
            findFn(thing, thingData, {mode: 'quiet'})?.[parentContribsByRefProperty];
          if (!refs) return [];
          return refs
            .map(({who: ref, what}) => ({
              who: find.artist(ref, artistData),
              what,
            }))
            .filter(({who}) => who);
        },
      },
    }),

    // Nice 'n simple shorthand for an exposed-only flag which is true when any
    // contributions are present in the specified property.
    contribsPresent: (contribsByRefProperty) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},
      expose: {
        dependencies: [contribsByRefProperty],
        compute({
          [contribsByRefProperty]: contribsByRef,
        }) {
          return !empty(contribsByRef);
        },
      }
    }),

    // Neat little shortcut for "reversing" the reference lists stored on other
    // things - for example, tracks specify a "referenced tracks" property, and
    // you would use this to compute a corresponding "referenced *by* tracks"
    // property. Naturally, the passed ref list property is of the things in the
    // wiki data provided, not the requesting Thing itself.
    reverseReferenceList: (thingDataProperty, referencerRefListProperty) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},

      expose: {
        dependencies: ['this', thingDataProperty],

        compute: ({this: thing, [thingDataProperty]: thingData}) =>
          thingData?.filter(t => t[referencerRefListProperty].includes(thing)) ?? [],
      },
    }),

    // Corresponding function for single references. Note that the return value
    // is still a list - this is for matching all the objects whose single
    // reference (in the given property) matches this Thing.
    reverseSingleReference: (thingDataProperty, referencerRefListProperty) => ({
      flags: {expose: true},

      expose: {
        dependencies: ['this', thingDataProperty],

        compute: ({this: thing, [thingDataProperty]: thingData}) =>
          thingData?.filter((t) => t[referencerRefListProperty] === thing) ?? [],
      },
    }),

    // General purpose wiki data constructor, for properties like artistData,
    // trackData, etc.
    wikiData: (thingClass) => ({
      flags: {update: true},
      update: {
        validate: validateArrayItems(validateInstanceOf(thingClass)),
      },
    }),

    // This one's kinda tricky: it parses artist "references" from the
    // commentary content, and finds the matching artist for each reference.
    // This is mostly useful for credits and listings on artist pages.
    commentatorArtists: () => ({
      flags: {expose: true},

      expose: {
        dependencies: ['artistData', 'commentary'],

        compute: ({artistData, commentary}) =>
          artistData && commentary
            ? Array.from(
                new Set(
                  Array.from(
                    commentary
                      .replace(/<\/?b>/g, '')
                      .matchAll(/<i>(?<who>.*?):<\/i>/g)
                  ).map(({groups: {who}}) =>
                    find.artist(who, artistData, {mode: 'quiet'})
                  )
                )
              )
            : [],
      },
    }),
  };

  // Default custom inspect function, which may be overridden by Thing
  // subclasses. This will be used when displaying aggregate errors and other
  // command-line logging - it's the place to provide information useful in
  // identifying the Thing being presented.
  [inspect.custom]() {
    const cname = this.constructor.name;

    return (
      (this.name ? `${cname} ${color.green(`"${this.name}"`)}` : `${cname}`) +
      (this.directory ? ` (${color.blue(Thing.getReference(this))})` : '')
    );
  }

  static getReference(thing) {
    if (!thing.constructor[Thing.referenceType]) {
      throw TypeError(`Passed Thing is ${thing.constructor.name}, which provides no [Thing.referenceType]`);
    }

    if (!thing.directory) {
      throw TypeError(`Passed ${thing.constructor.name} is missing its directory`);
    }

    return `${thing.constructor[Thing.referenceType]}:${thing.directory}`;
  }

  static findArtistsFromContribs(contribsByRef, artistData) {
    if (empty(contribsByRef)) return null;

    return (
      contribsByRef
        .map(({who, what}) => ({
          who: find.artist(who, artistData, {mode: 'quiet'}),
          what,
        }))
        .filter(({who}) => who));
  }

  static composite = {
    // Composes multiple compositional "steps" and a "base" to form a property
    // descriptor out of modular building blocks. This is an extension to the
    // more general-purpose CacheableObject property descriptor syntax, and
    // aims to make modular data processing - which lends to declarativity -
    // much easier, without fundamentally altering much of the typical syntax
    // or terminology, nor building on it to an excessive degree.
    //
    // Think of a composition as being a chain of steps which lead into a final
    // base property, which is usually responsible for returning the value that
    // will actually get exposed when the property being described is accessed.
    //
    // == The compositional base: ==
    //
    // The final item in a compositional list is its base, and it identifies
    // the essential qualities of the property descriptor. The compositional
    // steps preceding it may exit early, in which case the expose function
    // defined on the base won't be called; or they will provide dependencies
    // that the base may use to compute the final value that gets exposed for
    // this property.
    //
    // The base indicates the capabilities of the composition as a whole.
    // It should be {expose: true}, since that's the only area that preceding
    // compositional steps (currently) can actually influence. If it's also
    // {update: true}, then the composition as a whole accepts an update value
    // just like normal update-flag property descriptors - meaning it can be
    // set with `thing.someProperty = value` and that value will be paseed
    // into each (implementing) step's transform() function, as well as the
    // base. Bases usually aren't {compose: true}, but can be - check out the
    // section on "nesting compositions" for details about that.
    //
    // Every composition always has exactly one compositional base, and it's
    // always the last item in the composition list. All items preceding it
    // are compositional steps, described below.
    //
    // == Compositional steps: ==
    //
    // Compositional steps are, in essence, typical property descriptors with
    // the extra flag {compose: true}. They operate on existing dependencies,
    // and are typically dynamically constructed by "utility" functions (but
    // can also be manually declared within the step list of a composition).
    // Compositional steps serve two purposes:
    //
    //  1. exit early, if some condition is matched, returning and exposing
    //     some value directly from that step instead of continuing further
    //     down the step list;
    //
    //  2. and/or provide new, dynamically created "private" dependencies which
    //     can be accessed by further steps down the list, or at the base at
    //     the bottom, modularly supplying information that will contribute to
    //     the final value exposed for this property.
    //
    // Usually it's just one of those two, but it's fine for a step to perform
    // both jobs if the situation benefits.
    //
    // Compositional steps are the real "modular" or "compositional" part of
    // this data processing style - they're designed to be combined together
    // in dynamic, versatile ways, as each property demands it. You usually
    // define a compositional step to be returned by some ordinary static
    // property-descriptor-returning function (customarily namespaced under
    // the relevant Thing class's static `composite` field) - that lets you
    // reuse it in multiple compositions later on.
    //
    // Compositional steps are implemented with "continuation passing style",
    // meaning the connection to the next link on the chain is passed right to
    // each step's compute (or transform) function, and the implementation gets
    // to decide whether to continue on that chain or exit early by returning
    // some other value.
    //
    // Every step along the chain, apart from the base at the bottom, has to
    // have the {compose: true} step. That means its compute() or transform()
    // function will be passed an extra argument at the end, `continuation`.
    // To provide new dependencies to items further down the chain, just pass
    // them directly to this continuation() function, customarily with a hash
    // ('#') prefixing each name - for example:
    //
    //   compute({..some dependencies..}, continuation) {
    //     return continuation({
    //       '#excitingProperty': (..a value made from dependencies..),
    //     });
    //   }
    //
    // Performing an early exit is as simple as returning some other value,
    // instead of the continuation. You may also use `continuation.exit(value)`
    // to perform the exact same kind of early exit - it's just a different
    // syntax that might fit in better in certain longer compositions.
    //
    // It may be fine to simply provide new dependencies under a hard-coded
    // name, such as '#excitingProperty' above, but if you're writing a utility
    // that dynamically returns the compositional step and you suspect you
    // might want to use this step multiple times in a single composition,
    // it's customary to accept a name for the result.
    //
    // Here's a detailed example showing off early exit, dynamically operating
    // on a provided dependency name, and then providing a result in another
    // also-provided dependency name:
    //
    //   static Thing.composite.withResolvedContribs = ({
    //     from: contribsByRefDependency,
    //     to: outputDependency,
    //   }) => ({
    //     flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
    //     expose: {
    //       dependencies: [contribsByRefDependency, 'artistData'],
    //       compute({
    //         [contribsByRefDependency]: contribsByRef,
    //         artistData,
    //       }, continuation) {
    //         if (!artistData) return null;  /* early exit! */
    //         return continuation({
    //           [outputDependency]:  /* this is the important part */
    //             (..resolve contributions one way or another..),
    //         });
    //       },
    //     },
    //   });
    //
    // And how you might work that into a composition:
    //
    //   static Track[Thing.getPropertyDescriptors].coverArtists =
    //     Thing.composite.from([
    //       Track.composite.doSomethingWhichMightEarlyExit(),
    //       Thing.composite.withResolvedContribs({
    //         from: 'coverArtistContribsByRef',
    //         to: '#coverArtistContribs',
    //       }),
    //
    //       {
    //         flags: {expose: true},
    //         expose: {
    //           dependencies: ['#coverArtistContribs'],
    //           compute({'#coverArtistContribs': coverArtistContribs}) {
    //             return coverArtistContribs.map(({who}) => who);
    //           },
    //         },
    //       },
    //     ]);
    //
    // == Cache-safe dependency names: ==
    //
    // [Disclosure: The caching engine hasn't actually been implemented yet.
    //  As such, this section is subject to change, and simply provides sound
    //  forward-facing advice and interfaces.]
    //
    // It's a good idea to write individual compositional steps in such a way
    // that they're "cache-safe" - meaning the same input (dependency) values
    // will always result in the same output (continuation or early exit).
    //
    // In order to facilitate this, compositional step descriptors may specify
    // unique `mapDependencies`, `mapContinuation`, and `options` values.
    //
    // Consider the `withResolvedContribs` example adjusted to make use of
    // two of these options below:
    //
    //   static Thing.composite.withResolvedContribs = ({
    //     from: contribsByRefDependency,
    //     to: outputDependency,
    //   }) => ({
    //     flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
    //     expose: {
    //       dependencies: ['artistData'],
    //       mapDependencies: {contribsByRef: contribsByRefDependency},
    //       mapContinuation: {outputDependency},
    //       compute({
    //         contribsByRef, /* no longer in square brackets */
    //         artistData,
    //       }, continuation) {
    //         if (!artistData) return null;
    //         return continuation({
    //           outputDependency: /* no longer in square brackets */
    //             (..resolve contributions one way or another..),
    //         });
    //       },
    //     },
    //   });
    //
    // With a little destructuring and restructuring JavaScript sugar, the
    // above can be simplified some more:
    //
    //   static Thing.composite.withResolvedContribs = ({from, to}) => ({
    //     flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
    //     expose: {
    //       dependencies: ['artistData'],
    //       mapDependencies: {from},
    //       mapContinuation: {to},
    //       compute({artistData, from: contribsByRef}, continuation) {
    //         if (!artistData) return null;
    //         return continuation({
    //           to: (..resolve contributions one way or another..),
    //         });
    //       },
    //     },
    //   });
    //
    // These two properties let you separate the name-mapping behavior (for
    // dependencies and the continuation) from the main body of the compute
    // function. That means the compute function will *always* get inputs in
    // the same form (dependencies 'artistData' and 'from' above), and will
    // *always* provide its output in the same form (early return or 'to').
    //
    // Thanks to that, this `compute` function is cache-safe! Its outputs can
    // be cached corresponding to each set of mapped inputs. So it won't matter
    // whether the `from` dependency is named `coverArtistContribsByRef` or
    // `contributorContribsByRef` or something else - the compute function
    // doesn't care, and only expects that value to be provided via its `from`
    // argument. Likewise, it doesn't matter if the output should be sent to
    // '#coverArtistContribs` or `#contributorContribs` or some other name;
    // the mapping is handled automatically outside, and compute will always
    // output its value to the continuation's `to`.
    //
    // Note that `mapDependencies` and `mapContinuation` should be objects of
    // the same "shape" each run - that is, the values will change depending on
    // outside context, but the keys are always the same. You shouldn't use
    // `mapDependencies` to dynamically select more or fewer dependencies.
    // If you need to dynamically select a range of dependencies, just specify
    // them in the `dependencies` array like usual. The caching engine will
    // understand that differently named `dependencies` indicate separate
    // input-output caches should be used.
    //
    // The 'options' property makes it possible to specify external arguments
    // that fundamentally change the behavior of the `compute` function, while
    // still remaining cache-safe. It indicates that the caching engine should
    // use a completely different input-to-output cache for each permutation
    // of the 'options' values. This way, those functions are still cacheable
    // at all; they'll just be cached separately for each set of option values.
    // Values on the 'options' property will always be provided in compute's
    // dependencies under '#options' (to avoid name conflicts with other
    // dependencies).
    //
    // == To compute or to transform: ==
    //
    // A compositional step can work directly on a property's stored update
    // value, transforming it in place and either early exiting with it or
    // passing it on (via continuation) to the next item(s) in the
    // compositional step list. (If needed, these can provide dependencies
    // the same way as compute functions too - just pass that object after
    // the updated (or same) transform value in your call to continuation().)
    //
    // But in order to make them more versatile, compositional steps have an
    // extra trick up their sleeve. If a compositional step implements compute
    // and *not* transform, it can still be used in a composition targeting a
    // property which updates! These retain their full dependency-providing and
    // early exit functionality - they just won't be provided the update value.
    // If a compute-implementing step returns its continuation, then whichever
    // later step (or the base) next implements transform() will receive the
    // update value that had so far been running - as well as any dependencies
    // the compute() step returned, of course!
    //
    // Please note that a compositional step which transforms *should not*
    // specify, in its flags, {update: true}. Just provide the transform()
    // function in its expose descriptor; it will be automatically detected
    // and used when appropriate.
    //
    // It's actually possible for a step to specify both transform and compute,
    // in which case the transform() implementation will only be selected if
    // the composition's base is {update: true}. It's not exactly known why you
    // would want to specify unique-but-related transform and compute behavior,
    // but the basic possibility was too cool to skip out on.
    //
    // == Nesting compositions: ==
    //
    // Compositional steps are so convenient that you just might want to bundle
    // them together, and form a whole new step-shaped unit of its own!
    //
    // In order to allow for this while helping to ensure internal dependencies
    // remain neatly isolated from the composition which nests your bundle,
    // the Thing.composite.from() function will accept and adapt to a base that
    // specifies the {compose: true} flag, just like the steps preceding it.
    //
    // The continuation function that gets provided to the base will be mildly
    // special - after all, nothing follows the base within the composition's
    // own list! Instead of appending dependencies alongside any previously
    // provided ones to be available to the next step, the base's continuation
    // function should be used to define "exports" of the composition as a
    // whole. It's similar to the usual behavior of the continuation, just
    // expanded to the scope of the composition instead of following steps.
    //
    // For example, suppose your composition (which you expect to include in
    // other compositions) brings about several internal, hash-prefixed
    // dependencies to contribute to its own results. Those dependencies won't
    // end up "bleeding" into the dependency list of whichever composition is
    // nesting this one - they will totally disappear once all the steps in
    // the nested composition have finished up.
    //
    // To "export" the results of processing all those dependencies (provided
    // that's something you want to do and this composition isn't used purely
    // for a conditional early-exit), you'll want to define them in the
    // continuation passed to the base. (Customarily, those should start with
    // a hash just like the exports from any other compositional step; they're
    // still dynamically provided dependencies!)
    //
    from(firstArg, secondArg) {
      const debug = fn => {
        if (Thing.composite.from.debug === true) {
          const label =
            (annotation
              ? color.dim(`[composite: ${annotation}]`)
              : color.dim(`[composite]`));
          const result = fn();
          if (Array.isArray(result)) {
            console.log(label, ...result.map(value =>
              (typeof value === 'object'
                ? inspect(value, {depth: 0, colors: true, compact: true, breakLength: Infinity})
                : value)));
          } else {
            console.log(label, result);
          }
        }
      };

      let annotation, composition;
      if (typeof firstArg === 'string') {
        [annotation, composition] = [firstArg, secondArg];
      } else {
        [annotation, composition] = [null, firstArg];
      }

      const base = composition.at(-1);
      const steps = composition.slice(0, -1);

      const aggregate = openAggregate({
        message:
          `Errors preparing Thing.composite.from() composition` +
          (annotation ? ` (${annotation})` : ''),
      });

      if (base.flags.compose && base.flags.compute) {
        push(new TypeError(`Base which composes can't also update yet`));
      }

      const exposeSteps = [];
      const exposeDependencies = new Set();

      if (base.expose?.dependencies) {
        for (const dependency of base.expose.dependencies) {
          if (typeof dependency === 'string' && dependency.startsWith('#')) continue;
          exposeDependencies.add(dependency);
        }
      }

      if (base.expose?.mapDependencies) {
        for (const dependency of Object.values(base.expose.mapDependencies)) {
          if (typeof dependency === 'string' && dependency.startsWith('#')) continue;
          exposeDependencies.add(dependency);
        }
      }

      for (let i = 0; i < steps.length; i++) {
        const step = steps[i];
        const message =
          (step.annotation
            ? `Errors in step #${i + 1} (${step.annotation})`
            : `Errors in step #${i + 1}`);

        aggregate.nest({message}, ({push}) => {
          if (!step.flags.compose) {
            push(new TypeError(`Steps (all but bottom item) must be {compose: true}`));
          }

          if (step.flags.update) {
            push(new Error(`Steps which update aren't supported yet`));
          }

          if (step.flags.expose) expose: {
            if (!step.expose.transform && !step.expose.compute) {
              push(new TypeError(`Steps which expose must provide at least one of transform or compute`));
              break expose;
            }

            if (
              step.expose.transform &&
              !step.expose.compute &&
              !base.flags.update &&
              !base.flags.compose
            ) {
              push(new TypeError(`Steps which only transform can't be composed with a non-updating base`));
              break expose;
            }

            if (step.expose.dependencies) {
              for (const dependency of step.expose.dependencies) {
                if (typeof dependency === 'string' && dependency.startsWith('#')) continue;
                exposeDependencies.add(dependency);
              }
            }

            if (step.expose.mapDependencies) {
              for (const dependency of Object.values(step.expose.mapDependencies)) {
                if (typeof dependency === 'string' && dependency.startsWith('#')) continue;
                exposeDependencies.add(dependency);
              }
            }

            exposeSteps.push(step);
          }
        });
      }

      aggregate.close();

      const constructedDescriptor = {};

      if (annotation) {
        constructedDescriptor.annotation = annotation;
      }

      constructedDescriptor.flags = {
        update: !!base.flags.update,
        expose: !!base.flags.expose,
        compose: !!base.flags.compose,
      };

      if (base.flags.update) {
        constructedDescriptor.update = base.update;
      }

      if (base.flags.expose) {
        const expose = constructedDescriptor.expose = {};
        expose.dependencies = Array.from(exposeDependencies);

        const continuationSymbol = Symbol('continuation symbol');
        const noTransformSymbol = Symbol('no-transform symbol');

        function _filterDependencies(dependencies, step) {
          const filteredDependencies =
            (step.expose.dependencies
              ? filterProperties(dependencies, step.expose.dependencies)
              : {});

          if (step.expose.mapDependencies) {
            for (const [to, from] of Object.entries(step.expose.mapDependencies)) {
              filteredDependencies[to] = dependencies[from] ?? null;
            }
          }

          if (step.expose.options) {
            filteredDependencies['#options'] = step.expose.options;
          }

          return filteredDependencies;
        }

        function _assignDependencies(continuationAssignment, step) {
          if (!step.expose.mapContinuation) {
            return continuationAssignment;
          }

          const assignDependencies = {};

          for (const [from, to] of Object.entries(step.expose.mapContinuation)) {
            assignDependencies[to] = continuationAssignment[from] ?? null;
          }

          return assignDependencies;
        }

        function _prepareContinuation(transform) {
          const continuationStorage = {
            returnedWith: null,
            providedDependencies: null,
            providedValue: null,
          };

          const continuation =
            (transform
              ? (providedValue, providedDependencies = null) => {
                  continuationStorage.returnedWith = 'continuation';
                  continuationStorage.providedDependencies = providedDependencies;
                  continuationStorage.providedValue = providedValue;
                  return continuationSymbol;
                }
              : (providedDependencies = null) => {
                  continuationStorage.returnedWith = 'continuation';
                  continuationStorage.providedDependencies = providedDependencies;
                  return continuationSymbol;
                });

          continuation.exit = (providedValue) => {
            continuationStorage.returnedWith = 'exit';
            continuationStorage.providedValue = providedValue;
            return continuationSymbol;
          };

          if (base.flags.compose) {
            continuation.raise =
              (transform
                ? (providedValue, providedDependencies = null) => {
                    continuationStorage.returnedWith = 'raise';
                    continuationStorage.providedDependencies = providedDependencies;
                    continuationStorage.providedValue = providedValue;
                    return continuationSymbol;
                  }
                : (providedDependencies = null) => {
                    continuationStorage.returnedWith = 'raise';
                    continuationStorage.providedDependencies = providedDependencies;
                    return continuationSymbol;
                  });
          }

          return {continuation, continuationStorage};
        }

        function _computeOrTransform(value, initialDependencies, continuationIfApplicable) {
          const dependencies = {...initialDependencies};

          let valueSoFar = value;         // Set only for {update: true} compositions
          let exportDependencies = null;  // Set only for {compose: true} compositions

          debug(() => color.bright(`begin composition`));

          stepLoop: for (let i = 0; i < exposeSteps.length; i++) {
            const step = exposeSteps[i];
            debug(() => [`step #${i+1}:`, step]);

            const transform =
              valueSoFar !== noTransformSymbol &&
              step.expose.transform;

            const filteredDependencies = _filterDependencies(dependencies, step);
            const {continuation, continuationStorage} = _prepareContinuation(transform);

            debug(() => [
              `step #${i+1} - ${transform ? 'transform' : 'compute'}`,
              `with dependencies:`, filteredDependencies]);

            const result =
              (transform
                ? step.expose.transform(valueSoFar, filteredDependencies, continuation)
                : step.expose.compute(filteredDependencies, continuation));

            if (result !== continuationSymbol) {
              if (base.flags.compose) {
                throw new TypeError(`Use continuation.exit() or continuation.raise() in {compose: true} compositions`);
              }

              debug(() => [`step #${i+1} - early-exit (inferred) ->`, result]);
              debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));
              return result;
            }

            switch (continuationStorage.returnedWith) {
              case 'exit':
                debug(() => [`step #${i+1} - result: early-exit (explicit) ->`, continuationStorage.providedValue]);
                debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));
                return continuationStorage.providedValue;

              case 'raise':
                debug(() => `step #${i+1} - result: raise`);
                exportDependencies = _assignDependencies(continuationStorage.providedDependencies, step) ?? {};
                if (transform) valueSoFar = continuationStorage.providedValue;
                break stepLoop;

              case 'continuation':
                if (transform) {
                  valueSoFar = continuationStorage.providedValue;
                }

                if (continuationStorage.providedDependencies) {
                  const assignDependencies = _assignDependencies(continuationStorage.providedDependencies, step);
                  Object.assign(dependencies, assignDependencies);
                  debug(() => `step #${i+1} - result: continuation`);
                  debug(() => [`assign dependencies:`, assignDependencies]);
                } else {
                  debug(() => `step #${i+1} - result: continuation (no provided dependencies)`);
                }

                break;
            }
          }

          if (exportDependencies) {
            debug(() => [`raise dependencies:`, exportDependencies]);
            debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));
            return continuationIfApplicable(exportDependencies);
          }

          debug(() => `completed all steps, reached base`);

          const filteredDependencies = _filterDependencies(dependencies, base);

          const transform =
            valueSoFar !== noTransformSymbol &&
            base.expose.transform;

          debug(() => [
            `base - ${transform ? 'transform' : 'compute'}`,
            `with dependencies:`, filteredDependencies]);

          if (base.flags.compose) {
            const {continuation, continuationStorage} = _prepareContinuation(transform);

            const result =
              (transform
                ? base.expose.transform(valueSoFar, filteredDependencies, continuation)
                : base.expose.compute(filteredDependencies, continuation));

            if (result !== continuationSymbol) {
              throw new TypeError(`Use continuation.exit() or continuation.raise() in {compose: true} composition`);
            }

            switch (continuationStorage.returnedWith) {
              case 'continuation':
                throw new TypeError(`Use continuation.raise() in base of {compose: true} composition`);

              case 'exit':
                debug(() => `base - result: early-exit (explicit)`);
                debug(() => [`early-exit:`, continuationStorage.providedValue]);
                debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));
                return continuationStorage.providedValue;

              case 'raise':
                exportDependencies = _assignDependencies(continuationStorage.providedDependencies, base);
                debug(() => `base - result: raise`);
                debug(() => [`raise dependencies:`, exportDependencies]);
                debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));
                return continuationIfApplicable(exportDependencies);
            }
          } else {
            const result =
              (transform
                ? base.expose.transform(valueSoFar, filteredDependencies)
                : base.expose.compute(filteredDependencies));

            debug(() => [`base - non-compose (final) result:`, result]);
            debug(() => color.bright(`end composition`));

            return result;
          }
        }

        const transformFn =
          (value, initialDependencies, continuationIfApplicable) =>
            _computeOrTransform(value, initialDependencies, continuationIfApplicable);

        const computeFn =
          (initialDependencies, continuationIfApplicable) =>
            _computeOrTransform(noTransformSymbol, initialDependencies, continuationIfApplicable);

        if (base.flags.compose) {
          if (exposeSteps.some(step => step.expose.transform)) {
            expose.transform = transformFn;
          }
          expose.compute = computeFn;
        } else if (base.flags.update) {
          expose.transform = transformFn;
        } else {
          expose.compute = computeFn;
        }
      }

      return constructedDescriptor;
    },

    // Evaluates a function with composite debugging enabled, turns debugging
    // off again, and returns the result of the function. This is mostly syntax
    // sugar, but also helps avoid unit tests avoid accidentally printing debug
    // info for a bunch of unrelated composites (due to property enumeration
    // when displaying an unexpected result). Use as so:
    //
    //   Without debugging:
    //     t.same(thing.someProp, value)
    //
    //   With debugging:
    //     t.same(Thing.composite.debug(() => thing.someProp), value)
    //
    debug(fn) {
      Thing.composite.from.debug = true;
      const value = fn();
      Thing.composite.from.debug = false;
      return value;
    },

    // -- Compositional steps for compositions to nest --

    // Provides dependencies exactly as they are (or null if not defined) to the
    // continuation. Although this can *technically* be used to alias existing
    // dependencies to some other name within the middle of a composition, it's
    // intended to be used only as a composition's base - doing so makes the
    // composition as a whole suitable as a step in some other composition,
    // providing the listed (internal) dependencies to later steps just like
    // other compositional steps.
    export(mapping) {
      const mappingEntries = Object.entries(mapping);

      return {
        annotation: `Thing.composite.export`,
        flags: {expose: true, compose: true},

        expose: {
          options: {mappingEntries},
          dependencies: Object.values(mapping),

          compute({'#options': {mappingEntries}, ...dependencies}, continuation) {
            const exports = {};

            // Note: This is slightly different behavior from filterProperties,
            // as defined in sugar.js, which doesn't fall back to null for
            // properties which don't exist on the original object.
            for (const [exportKey, dependencyKey] of mappingEntries) {
              exports[exportKey] =
                (Object.hasOwn(dependencies, dependencyKey)
                  ? dependencies[dependencyKey]
                  : null);
            }

            return continuation.raise(exports);
          }
        },
      };
    },

    // -- Compositional steps for top-level property descriptors --

    // Exposes a dependency exactly as it is; this is typically the base of a
    // composition which was created to serve as one property's descriptor.
    // Since this serves as a base, specify a value for {update} to indicate
    // that the property as a whole updates (and some previous compositional
    // step works with that update value). Set {update: true} to only enable
    // the update flag, or set update to an object to specify a descriptor
    // (e.g. for custom value validation).
    //
    // Please note that this *doesn't* verify that the dependency exists, so
    // if you provide the wrong name or it hasn't been set by a previous
    // compositional step, the property will be exposed as undefined instead
    // of null.
    //
    exposeDependency(dependency, {
      update = false,
    } = {}) {
      return {
        annotation: `Thing.composite.exposeDependency`,
        flags: {expose: true, update: !!update},

        expose: {
          mapDependencies: {dependency},
          compute: ({dependency}) => dependency,
        },

        update:
          (typeof update === 'object'
            ? update
            : null),
      };
    },

    // Exposes a constant value exactly as it is; like exposeDependency, this
    // is typically the base of a composition serving as a particular property
    // descriptor. It generally follows steps which will conditionally early
    // exit with some other value, with the exposeConstant base serving as the
    // fallback default value. Like exposeDependency, set {update} to true or
    // an object to indicate that the property as a whole updates.
    exposeConstant(value, {
      update = false,
    } = {}) {
      return {
        annotation: `Thing.composite.exposeConstant`,
        flags: {expose: true, update: !!update},

        expose: {
          options: {value},
          compute: ({'#options': {value}}) => value,
        },

        update:
          (typeof update === 'object'
            ? update
            : null),
      };
    },

    // Checks the availability of a dependency or the update value and provides
    // the result to later steps under '#availability' (by default). This is
    // mainly intended for use by the more specific utilities, which you should
    // consider using instead. Customize {mode} to select one of these modes,
    // or leave unset and default to 'null':
    //
    // * 'null':  Check that the value isn't null.
    // * 'empty': Check that the value is neither null nor an empty array.
    // * 'falsy': Check that the value isn't false when treated as a boolean
    //            (nor an empty array). Keep in mind this will also be false
    //            for values like zero and the empty string!
    //
    withResultOfAvailabilityCheck({
      fromUpdateValue,
      fromDependency,
      mode = 'null',
      to = '#availability',
    }) {
      if (!['null', 'empty', 'falsy'].includes(mode)) {
        throw new TypeError(`Expected mode to be null, empty, or falsy`);
      }

      if (fromUpdateValue && fromDependency) {
        throw new TypeError(`Don't provide both fromUpdateValue and fromDependency`);
      }

      if (!fromUpdateValue && !fromDependency) {
        throw new TypeError(`Missing dependency name (or fromUpdateValue)`);
      }

      const checkAvailability = (value, mode) => {
        switch (mode) {
          case 'null': return value !== null;
          case 'empty': return !empty(value);
          case 'falsy': return !empty(value) && !!value;
          default: return false;
        }
      };

      if (fromDependency) {
        return {
          annotation: `Thing.composite.withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.fromDependency`,
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            mapDependencies: {from: fromDependency},
            mapContinuation: {to},
            options: {mode},
            compute: ({from, '#options': {mode}}, continuation) =>
              continuation({to: checkAvailability(from, mode)}),
          },
        };
      } else {
        return {
          annotation: `Thing.composite.withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.fromUpdateValue`,
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            mapContinuation: {to},
            options: {mode},
            transform: (value, {'#options': {mode}}, continuation) =>
              continuation(value, {to: checkAvailability(value, mode)}),
          },
        };
      }
    },

    // Exposes a dependency as it is, or continues if it's unavailable.
    // See withResultOfAvailabilityCheck for {mode} options!
    exposeDependencyOrContinue(dependency, {
      mode = 'null',
    } = {}) {
      return Thing.composite.from(`Thing.composite.exposeDependencyOrContinue`, [
        Thing.composite.withResultOfAvailabilityCheck({
          fromDependency: dependency,
          mode,
        }),

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            dependencies: ['#availability'],
            compute: ({'#availability': availability}, continuation) =>
              (availability
                ? continuation()
                : continuation.raise()),
          },
        },

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            mapDependencies: {dependency},
            compute: ({dependency}, continuation) =>
              continuation.exit(dependency),
          },
        },
      ]);
    },

    // Exposes the update value of an {update: true} property as it is,
    // or continues if it's unavailable. See withResultOfAvailabilityCheck
    // for {mode} options!
    exposeUpdateValueOrContinue({
      mode = 'null',
    } = {}) {
      return Thing.composite.from(`Thing.composite.exposeUpdateValueOrContinue`, [
        Thing.composite.withResultOfAvailabilityCheck({
          fromUpdateValue: true,
          mode,
        }),

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            dependencies: ['#availability'],
            compute: ({'#availability': availability}, continuation) =>
              (availability
                ? continuation()
                : continuation.raise()),
          },
        },

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            transform: (value, {}, continuation) =>
              continuation.exit(value),
          },
        },
      ]);
    },

    // Early exits if a dependency isn't available.
    // See withResultOfAvailabilityCheck for {mode} options!
    earlyExitWithoutDependency(dependency, {
      mode = 'null',
      value = null,
    } = {}) {
      return Thing.composite.from(`Thing.composite.earlyExitWithoutDependency`, [
        Thing.composite.withResultOfAvailabilityCheck({
          fromDependency: dependency,
          mode,
        }),

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            dependencies: ['#availability'],
            compute: ({'#availability': availability}, continuation) =>
              (availability
                ? continuation.raise()
                : continuation()),
          },
        },

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            dependencies: ['#availability'],
            options: {value},

            compute: ({'#options': {value}}, continuation) =>
              continuation.exit(value),
          },
        },
      ]);
    },

    // -- Compositional steps for processing data --

    // Resolves the contribsByRef contained in the provided dependency,
    // providing (named by the second argument) the result. "Resolving"
    // means mapping the "who" reference of each contribution to an artist
    // object, and filtering out those whose "who" doesn't match any artist.
    withResolvedContribs({from, to}) {
      return {
        annotation: `Thing.composite.withResolvedContribs`,
        flags: {expose: true, compose: true},

        expose: {
          dependencies: ['artistData'],
          mapDependencies: {from},
          mapContinuation: {to},
          compute: ({artistData, from}, continuation) =>
            continuation({
              to: Thing.findArtistsFromContribs(from, artistData),
            }),
        },
      };
    },

    // Resolves a reference by using the provided find function to match it
    // within the provided thingData dependency. This will early exit if the
    // data dependency is null, or, if earlyExitIfNotFound is set to true,
    // if the find function doesn't match anything for the reference.
    // Otherwise, the data object is provided on the output dependency;
    // or null, if the reference doesn't match anything or itself was null
    // to begin with.
    withResolvedReference({
      ref,
      data,
      to,
      find: findFunction,
      earlyExitIfNotFound = false,
    }) {
      return Thing.composite.from(`Thing.composite.withResolvedReference`, [
        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            mapDependencies: {ref},
            mapContinuation: {to},

            compute: ({ref}, continuation) =>
              (ref
                ? continuation()
                : continuation.raise({to: null})),
          },
        },

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            mapDependencies: {data},

            compute: ({data}, continuation) =>
              (data === null
                ? continuation.exit(null)
                : continuation()),
          },
        },

        {
          flags: {expose: true, compose: true},
          expose: {
            options: {findFunction, earlyExitIfNotFound},
            mapDependencies: {ref, data},
            mapContinuation: {match: to},

            compute({ref, data, '#options': {findFunction, earlyExitIfNotFound}}, continuation) {
              const match = findFunction(ref, data, {mode: 'quiet'});

              if (match === null && earlyExitIfNotFound) {
                return continuation.exit(null);
              }

              return continuation.raise({match});
            },
          },
        },
      ]);
    },
  };
}