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local me = { }

-- mw.loadData doesn't support loading data that has function type, so use require
local config = require('Module:ArbCaseAlias/data')

function me.luaMain(args)
	local alias = args[1] or ''
	local aliasFor = { }
	for format, normalizer in pairs(config.arbCaseAliasInfo.normalizeAlias)	do
		local normalizedAlias = normalizer(alias)
		if (normalizedAlias ~= nil) then
			aliasFor[format] = normalizedAlias
		end
	end  -- loop over normalizers

    local primaryCategory = config.arbCaseAliasInfo.extractPrimaryKey(alias)
    if (primaryCategory == nil) then
    	return alias
    end

    if (config.arbCaseAliasInfo.caseInfoFor[primaryCategory] == nil) then
    	return alias
    end

	for caseName, caseInfo in pairs(config.arbCaseAliasInfo.caseInfoFor[primaryCategory]) do
		for format, caseAlias in pairs(caseInfo) do
			if (aliasFor[format] == caseAlias) then
				return caseName
			end
		end  -- loop over different case aliases
	end  -- loop over cases for given primary category

	-- failed to find a match
	return alias
end

function me.main(frame)
	local args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame)
	return me.luaMain(args) or ''
end


return me