function validPath(path, candidates) {
    if (typeof path !== "string" || !/^\/[^,\n]+$/.test(path))
        return false;
    return (candidates || []).includes(path);
}

function validCollection(paths, candidates) {
    const result = [];
    const seen = {};
    for (const path of paths || []) {
        if (!validPath(path, candidates) || seen[path])
            continue;
        seen[path] = true;
        result.push(path);
    }
    return result;
}

function validAssignments(assignments, candidates) {
    const result = {};
    if (!assignments || typeof assignments !== "object" || Array.isArray(assignments))
        return result;
    for (const output of Object.keys(assignments)) {
        if (!/^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/.test(output))
            continue;
        const path = assignments[output];
        if (validPath(path, candidates))
            result[output] = path;
    }
    return result;
}

function effectiveMap(mode, globalPath, slideshowPath, assignments, outputs, candidates) {
    const result = {};
    const fallback = validPath(globalPath, candidates)
        ? globalPath
        : ((candidates || [])[0] || "");
    const selectedAssignments = validAssignments(assignments, candidates);
    const slideshow = validPath(slideshowPath, candidates) ? slideshowPath : fallback;
    for (const output of outputs || []) {
        if (typeof output !== "string" || !/^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$/.test(output))
            continue;
        if (mode === "per-monitor")
            result[output] = selectedAssignments[output] || fallback;
        else if (mode === "slideshow")
            result[output] = slideshow;
        else
            result[output] = fallback;
    }
    return result;
}

function orderedNext(collection, current) {
    const paths = collection || [];
    if (paths.length === 0)
        return "";
    const index = paths.indexOf(current);
    return paths[(index + 1 + paths.length) % paths.length];
}

function shuffledBag(collection, random) {
    const result = Array.from(collection || []);
    const nextRandom = typeof random === "function" ? random : Math.random;
    for (let index = result.length - 1; index > 0; index--) {
        const swap = Math.floor(Math.max(0, Math.min(0.999999999, nextRandom())) * (index + 1));
        const value = result[index];
        result[index] = result[swap];
        result[swap] = value;
    }
    return result;
}

function shuffledNext(collection, bag, current, random) {
    const paths = Array.from(collection || []);
    if (paths.length === 0)
        return { path: "", bag: [] };

    const remaining = [];
    const seen = {};
    for (const path of bag || []) {
        if (!paths.includes(path) || seen[path])
            continue;
        seen[path] = true;
        remaining.push(path);
    }
    if (remaining.length === 0)
        remaining.push(...shuffledBag(paths, random));

    if (remaining.length > 1 && remaining[0] === current) {
        const replacement = remaining.findIndex(path => path !== current);
        const value = remaining[0];
        remaining[0] = remaining[replacement];
        remaining[replacement] = value;
    }

    return { path: remaining[0], bag: remaining.slice(1) };
}