namespace DeepDrftModels.DTOs;

/// <summary>
/// Cross-project track filter contract. Threaded alongside (never inside) the external
/// <c>PagingParameters&lt;T&gt;</c>, which cannot carry a where-clause. An instance with all
/// properties null is equivalent to no filter — see <c>TrackFilter.IsEmpty</c>.
/// </summary>
public class TrackFilter
{
    /// <summary>Free-text, case-insensitive LIKE across TrackName, Artist, and Album.</summary>
    public string? SearchText { get; set; }

    /// <summary>Exact album match.</summary>
    public string? Album { get; set; }

    /// <summary>Exact genre match.</summary>
    public string? Genre { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// True when no predicate is set. An empty filter must produce identical results to a null
    /// filter, so callers collapse it to null before querying.
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsEmpty =>
        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SearchText)
        && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Album)
        && string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Genre);
}