package music

import (
    "errors"
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

var Releases []*MusicRelease;
var Artists []*Artist;

func make_date_work(date string) time.Time {
    res, err := time.Parse("2-Jan-2006", date)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("somehow we failed to parse %s! falling back to epoch :]\n", date)
        return time.Unix(0, 0)
    }
    return res
}

func GetRelease(id string) (*MusicRelease, error) {
    for _, release := range Releases {
        if release.Id == id {
            return release, nil
        }
    }
    return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Release %s not found", id))
}

func GetArtist(id string) (*Artist, error) {
    for _, artist := range Artists {
        if artist.Id == id {
            return artist, nil
        }
    }
    return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Artist %s not found", id))
}