@tool
class_name DialogicLayoutLayer
extends Node

## Base class that should be extended by custom dialogic layout layers.

@export_group("Layer")
@export_subgroup("Disabled")
## If [code]true[/code] the layer is hidden and it's processing disabled.
@export var disabled := false

@export_group("Private")
## If [code]true[/code] [method _apply_export_overrides] is called on _ready(). [br]
## When a layer is used in a style, [method _apply_export_overrides] is called
## by the base layer on style changes. However when a style is made custom,
## you might want them to either still be applied (set to [code]true[/code]) or edit settings directly on their nodes going forward (set to [code]false[/code]).
## This is turned on automatically when making the custom.
@export var apply_overrides_on_ready := false

var this_folder: String = get_script().resource_path.get_base_dir()

func _ready() -> void:
	if apply_overrides_on_ready and not Engine.is_editor_hint():
		_apply_export_overrides()



## Override this and load all your exported settings (apply them to the scene)
func _apply_export_overrides() -> void:
	pass


func apply_export_overrides() -> void:
	if disabled:
		if "visible" in self:
			set("visible", false)
		process_mode = Node.PROCESS_MODE_DISABLED
	else:
		if "visible" in self:
			set("visible", true)
		process_mode = Node.PROCESS_MODE_INHERIT

	_apply_export_overrides()


## Use this to get potential global settings.
func get_global_setting(setting_name:StringName, default:Variant) -> Variant:
	return get_parent().get_global_setting(setting_name, default)