/**
 * Validation error description.
 */
export class ValidationError {
    /**
     *
     * @param shouldDecorate decorate the message with ANSI formatter escape codes for better readability
     * @param hasParent true when the error is a child of an another one
     * @param parentPath path as string to the parent of this property
     */
    toString(shouldDecorate = false, hasParent = false, parentPath = ``) {
        const boldStart = shouldDecorate ? `\x1b[1m` : ``;
        const boldEnd = shouldDecorate ? `\x1b[22m` : ``;
        const propConstraintFailed = (propertyName) => ` - property ${boldStart}${parentPath}${propertyName}${boldEnd} has failed the following constraints: ${boldStart}${Object.keys(this.constraints).join(`, `)}${boldEnd} \n`;
        if (!hasParent) {
            return `An instance of ${boldStart}${this.target ? this.target.constructor.name : "an object"}${boldEnd} has failed the validation:\n` +
                (this.constraints ? propConstraintFailed(this.property) : ``) +
                this.children
                    .map(childError => childError.toString(shouldDecorate, true, this.property))
                    .join(``);
        }
        else {
            // we format numbers as array indexes for better readability.
            const formattedProperty = Number.isInteger(+this.property) ? `[${this.property}]` : `${parentPath ? `.` : ``}${this.property}`;
            if (this.constraints) {
                return propConstraintFailed(formattedProperty);
            }
            else {
                return this.children
                    .map(childError => childError.toString(shouldDecorate, true, `${parentPath}${formattedProperty}`))
                    .join(``);
            }
        }
    }
}

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