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defmodule Fetcher do
@moduledoc """
Public api of the library
"""
@type options :: [all :: boolean]
@type selector :: [binary | atom]
@doc """
extracts the given `selector` from the `source`.
Have a look at the type `options` for possible options
Always returns `{:ok, result}` or `{:error, error}`
## Examples
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{"a" => 1}, ["a"])
{:ok, %{"a" => 1}}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{"a" => 1, "b" => 2}, ["a"])
{:ok, %{"a" => 1}}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{"a" => 1, "b" => 2}, ["a", "b"])
{:ok, %{"a" => 1, "b" => 2}}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{"a" => 1, "b" => 2}, ["a", "b", "c"])
{:error, "the field 'c' is missing"}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{a: 1, b: 2}, [:a, :b])
{:ok, %{a: 1, b: 2}}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{a: 1, b: 2}, [:c, :d])
{:error, "the field 'c' is missing"}
iex> #{__MODULE__}.fetch(%{a: 1, b: 2}, [:c, :d], all: true)
{:error, ["the field 'c' is missing", "the field 'd' is missing"]}
"""
@spec fetch(any, selector, options) :: {:ok, any} | {:error, binary|[binary]}
def fetch(source, selector, options \\ []) when is_map(source) do
Fetcher.Map.fetch(source, selector, Keyword.get(options, :all, false))
end
end