from hamcrest.core.base_matcher import BaseMatcher
from hamcrest.core.description import Description
from hamcrest.core.matcher import Matcher

__author__ = "Jon Reid"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org"
__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt"


class IsEqualIgnoringCase(BaseMatcher[str]):
    def __init__(self, string: str) -> None:
        if not isinstance(string, str):
            raise TypeError("IsEqualIgnoringCase requires string")
        self.original_string = string
        self.lowered_string = string.lower()

    def _matches(self, item: str) -> bool:
        if not isinstance(item, str):
            return False
        return self.lowered_string == item.lower()

    def describe_to(self, description: Description) -> None:
        description.append_description_of(self.original_string).append_text(" ignoring case")


def equal_to_ignoring_case(string: str) -> Matcher[str]:
    """Matches if object is a string equal to a given string, ignoring case
    differences.

    :param string: The string to compare against as the expected value.

    This matcher first checks whether the evaluated object is a string. If so,
    it compares it with ``string``, ignoring differences of case.

    Example::

        equal_to_ignoring_case("hello world")

    will match "heLLo WorlD".

    """
    return IsEqualIgnoringCase(string)