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{-| Some common types.

-}

module Ganeti.HTools.Types

    where

-- | The type used to hold idx-to-name mappings

type NameList = [(Int, String)]

-- | The type used to hold name-to-idx mappings

type NameAssoc = [(String, Int)]

{-|

This is similar to the JSON library Result type - *very* similar, but

we want to use it in multiple places, so we abstract it into a

mini-library here

-}

data Result a

    = Bad String

    | Ok a

    deriving (Show)

instance Monad Result where

    (>>=) (Bad x) _ = Bad x

    (>>=) (Ok x) fn = fn x

    return = Ok

    fail = Bad

-- | A generic class for items that have names and indices

class Element a where

    nameOf  :: a -> String

    idxOf   :: a -> Int

    setName :: a -> String -> a

    setIdx  :: a -> Int -> a