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#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
#  brightness_test
#
# This file is part of Checkbox.
#
# Copyright 2012 Canonical Ltd.
#
# Authors: Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@canonical.com>
#
# Checkbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.

#
# Checkbox is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Checkbox.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

import sys
import os
import time

from sys import stdout, stderr
from glob import glob


class Brightness(object):
    def __init__(self, path='/sys/class/backlight'):
        self.sysfs_path = path
        self._interfaces = self._get_interfaces_from_path()

    def read_value(self, path):
        '''Read the value from a file'''
        # See if the source is a file or a file object
        # and act accordingly
        file = path
        if file == None:
            lines_list = []
        else:
            # It's a file
            if not hasattr(file, 'write'):
                myfile = open(file, 'r')
                lines_list = myfile.readlines()
                myfile.close()
            # It's a file object
            else:
                lines_list = file.readlines()

        return int(''.join(lines_list).strip())

    def write_value(self, value, path, test=None):
        '''Write a value to a file'''
        value = '%d' % value
        # It's a file
        if not hasattr(path, 'write'):
            if test:
                path = open(path, 'a')
            else:
                path = open(path, 'w')
            path.write(value)
            path.close()
        # It's a file object
        else:
            path.write(value)

    def get_max_brightness(self, path):
        full_path = os.path.join(path, 'max_brightness')

        return self.read_value(full_path)

    def get_actual_brightness(self, path):
        full_path = os.path.join(path, 'actual_brightness')

        return self.read_value(full_path)

    def get_last_set_brightness(self, path):
        full_path = os.path.join(path, 'brightness')

        return self.read_value(full_path)

    def _get_interfaces_from_path(self):
        '''check all the files in a directory looking for quirks'''
        interfaces = []
        if os.path.isdir(self.sysfs_path):
            for d in glob(os.path.join(self.sysfs_path, '*')):
                if os.path.isdir(d):
                    interfaces.append(d)

        return interfaces

    def get_best_interface(self):
        '''Get the best acpi interface'''
        # Follow the heuristic in https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/
        #ABI/stable/sysfs-class-backlight
        if len(self._interfaces) == 0:
            return None
        else:
            interfaces = {}
            for interface in self._interfaces:
                try:
                    with open(interface + '/type') as type_file:
                        iface_type = type_file.read().strip()
                except IOError:
                    continue
                interfaces[iface_type] = interface

            if interfaces.get('firmware'):
                return interfaces.get('firmware')
            elif interfaces.get('platform'):
                return interfaces.get('platform')
            elif interfaces.get('raw'):
                return interfaces.get('raw')
            else:
                fallback_type = sorted(interfaces.keys())[0]
                print("WARNING: no interface of type firmware/platform/raw "
                      "found. Using {} of type {}".format(
                      interfaces[fallback_type],
                      fallback_type))
                return interfaces[fallback_type]

    def was_brightness_applied(self, interface):
        '''See if the selected brightness was applied

        Note: this doesn't guarantee that screen brightness
              changed.
        '''
        if (self.get_actual_brightness(interface) !=
            self.get_last_set_brightness(interface)):
            return False
        else:
            return True


def main():
    brightness = Brightness()

    # Make sure that we have root privileges
    if os.geteuid() != 0:
        print('Error: please run this program as root',
              file=sys.stderr)
        exit(1)

    interface = brightness.get_best_interface()
    # If no backlight interface can be found
    if not interface:
        exit(1)

    # Get the current brightness which we can restore later
    current_brightness = brightness.get_actual_brightness(interface)

    # Get the maximum value for brightness
    max_brightness = brightness.get_max_brightness(interface)

    # Set the brightness to half the max value
    brightness.write_value(max_brightness / 2,
                           os.path.join(interface,
                           'brightness'))

    # Check that "actual_brightness" reports the same value we
    # set "brightness" to
    exit_status = not brightness.was_brightness_applied(interface)

    # Wait a little bit before going back to the original value
    time.sleep(2)

    # Set the brightness back to its original value
    brightness.write_value(current_brightness,
                           os.path.join(interface,
                           'brightness'))

    exit(exit_status)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()