fn get_selectors_from_serde(
    selectors_from_serde: &Vec<Selector>,
) -> Result<Vec<dnsdistsettings::SharedDNSSelector>, cxx::Exception> {
    let mut results: Vec<dnsdistsettings::SharedDNSSelector> = Vec::new();

    for rule in selectors_from_serde {
        results.push(get_one_selector_from_serde(rule)?)
    }
    Ok(results)
}

fn get_query_rules_from_serde(
    rules_from_serde: &Vec<QueryRuleConfigurationSerde>,
) -> Result<Vec<dnsdistsettings::QueryRuleConfiguration>, cxx::Exception> {
    let mut results: Vec<dnsdistsettings::QueryRuleConfiguration> = Vec::new();

    for rule in rules_from_serde {
        let selector = get_one_selector_from_serde(&rule.selector)?;
        let action = get_one_action_from_serde(&rule.action)?;
        results.push(dnsdistsettings::QueryRuleConfiguration {
            name: rule.name.clone(),
            uuid: rule.uuid.clone(),
            selector,
            action,
        });
    }
    Ok(results)
}

fn get_response_rules_from_serde(
    rules_from_serde: &Vec<ResponseRuleConfigurationSerde>,
) -> Result<Vec<dnsdistsettings::ResponseRuleConfiguration>, cxx::Exception> {
    let mut results: Vec<dnsdistsettings::ResponseRuleConfiguration> = Vec::new();

    for rule in rules_from_serde {
        let selector = get_one_selector_from_serde(&rule.selector)?;
        let action = get_one_response_action_from_serde(&rule.action)?;
        results.push(dnsdistsettings::ResponseRuleConfiguration {
            name: rule.name.clone(),
            uuid: rule.uuid.clone(),
            selector,
            action,
        });
    }
    Ok(results)
}

fn register_remote_loggers(
  config: &dnsdistsettings::RemoteLoggingConfiguration,
) -> Result<(), cxx::Exception> {
  for logger in &config.protobuf_loggers {
    dnsdistsettings::registerProtobufLogger(logger)?;
  }
  for logger in &config.dnstap_loggers {
    dnsdistsettings::registerDnstapLogger(logger)?;
  }
  Ok(())
}

fn get_global_configuration_from_serde(
    serde: GlobalConfigurationSerde,
) -> Result<dnsdistsettings::GlobalConfiguration, cxx::Exception> {
    let mut config = dnsdistsettings::GlobalConfiguration {
        acl: serde.acl,
        backends: serde.backends,
        binds: serde.binds,
        cache_settings: serde.cache_settings,
        console: serde.console,
        dynamic_rules: serde.dynamic_rules,
        dynamic_rules_settings: serde.dynamic_rules_settings,
        ebpf: serde.ebpf,
        edns_client_subnet: serde.edns_client_subnet,
        general: serde.general,
        key_value_stores: serde.key_value_stores,
        load_balancing_policies: serde.load_balancing_policies,
        logging: serde.logging,
        metrics: serde.metrics,
        netmask_groups: serde.netmask_groups,
        packet_caches: serde.packet_caches,
        pools: serde.pools,
        proxy_protocol: serde.proxy_protocol,
        query_count: serde.query_count,
        remote_logging: serde.remote_logging,
        ring_buffers: serde.ring_buffers,
        security_polling: serde.security_polling,
        snmp: serde.snmp,
        timed_ip_sets: serde.timed_ip_sets,
        tuning: serde.tuning,
        webserver: serde.webserver,
        xsk: serde.xsk,
        ..Default::default()
    };
    // this needs to be done before the rules so that they can refer to the loggers
    register_remote_loggers(&config.remote_logging)?;
    // this needs to be done before the rules so that they can refer to the KVS objects
    dnsdistsettings::registerKVSObjects(&config.key_value_stores)?;
    // this needs to be done before the rules so that they can refer to the NMG objects
    dnsdistsettings::registerNMGObjects(&config.netmask_groups)?;
    // this needs to be done before the rules so that they can refer to the TimeIPSet objects
    dnsdistsettings::registerTimedIPSetObjects(&config.timed_ip_sets)?;
    // this needs to be done BEFORE the rules so that they can refer to the selectors
    // by name
    config.selectors = get_selectors_from_serde(&serde.selectors)?;
    config.cache_hit_response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.cache_hit_response_rules)?;
    config.cache_inserted_response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.cache_inserted_response_rules)?;
    config.cache_miss_rules = get_query_rules_from_serde(&serde.cache_miss_rules)?;
    config.query_rules = get_query_rules_from_serde(&serde.query_rules)?;
    config.response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.response_rules)?;
    config.self_answered_response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.self_answered_response_rules)?;
    config.timeout_response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.timeout_response_rules)?;
    config.xfr_response_rules = get_response_rules_from_serde(&serde.xfr_response_rules)?;
    Ok(config)
}

pub fn from_yaml_string(
    str: &str,
) -> Result<dnsdistsettings::GlobalConfiguration, String> {
    let serde_config: Result<GlobalConfigurationSerde, serde_yaml::Error> =
        serde_yaml::from_str(str);

    if let Err(e) = serde_config {
      return Err(e.to_string());
    }
    let serde_config = serde_config.unwrap();
    let validation_result = serde_config.validate();
    if let Err(e) = validation_result {
      return Err(e.to_string())
    }
    match get_global_configuration_from_serde(serde_config) {
      Ok(config) => Ok(config),
      Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
    }
}
