Category talk:Wren-trait

Source code

/* Module "trait.wren" */

/* Cloneable is an abstract class which enables child classes to automatically be
   recognized as 'cloneable' by overriding the 'clone' method.
*/
class Cloneable {
    clone() { this } /* to be overridden by child class */
}

/* CloneableSeq is an abstract class which enables child classes to automatically be
   recognized as both Sequences and 'cloneable' by overriding the 'clone' method.
*/
class CloneableSeq is Sequence {
    clone() { this } /* to be overridden by child class */
}

/*
    Comparable is an abstract class which enables child classes to automatically
    inherit the comparison operators by just overriding the 'compare' method.
    Comparable itself inherits from Cloneable though if one does not wish to override
    the 'clone' method, it will just return the current object by default.
*/
class Comparable is Cloneable {
    compare(other) {
        // This should be overridden in child classes to return -1, 0 or +1
        // depending on whether this < other, this == other or this > other.
    }

    < (other) { compare(other) <  0 }
    > (other) { compare(other) >  0 }
    <=(other) { compare(other) <= 0 }
    >=(other) { compare(other) >= 0 }
    ==(other) { compare(other) == 0 }
    !=(other) { compare(other) != 0 }
}

/*  ByRef wraps a value to enable it to be passed by reference to a method or function. */
class ByRef {
    // Constructs a new ByRef object.
    construct new(value) {
        _value = value
    }

    // Properties to get and set the value of the current instance.
    value     { _value }
    value=(v) { _value = v }

    // Returns the string representation of the current instance's value.
    toString { _value.toString }
}

/*
    ByKey wraps a reference type object to enable it to be used as a Map key. It does this
    by using a counter to create a unique integral key for each such object and maintaining
    an internal map which enables the object to be quickly retrieved from its key.
*/
class ByKey {
    // Retrieves a ByKey object from its key. Returns null if the key is not present.
    static [key] { __map ? __map[key] : null }

    // Retrieves a ByKey object's key from the object it wraps.
    // If the same object has been wrapped more than once, returns the first key found which may
    // not be the lowest. Returns 0 if the object is unwrapped.
    static findKey(obj) {
        for (me in __map) {
            if (me.value.obj == obj) return me.key
        }
        return 0
    }

    // Returns the number of objects currently in the internal map.
    static mapCount { __tally ? __map.count : 0 }

    // Returns the total number of keys created to date.
    static keyCount { __tally ? __tally : 0 }

    // Constructs a new ByKey object.
    construct new(obj) {
        _obj = obj
        if (!__tally) {
            __map = {}
            __tally = 1
        } else {
            __tally = __tally + 1
        }
        _key = __tally
        __map[_key] = this
    }

    // Properties
    obj { _obj }  // returns the current instance
    key { _key }  // returns the current instance's key

    // Removes the current instance from the internal map and sets it to null.
    unkey() {
        __map.remove(_key)
        _obj = null
    }

    // Returns the string representation of the current instance.
    toString { _obj.toString }

/*
    Const represents a group of individually named read-only values which are
    stored internally in a map. Any attempt to change such a value is ignored
    though they can be removed from the map.
*/
class Const {
    // Returns the value of 'name' if it is present in the internal map
    // or null otherwise.
    static [name] { (__cmap && __cmap.containsKey(name)) ? __cmap[name] : null }

    // Associates 'value' with 'name' in the internal map.
    // If 'name' is already in the map, the change is ignored.
    static [name]=(value) {
        if (!__cmap) __cmap = {}
        if (!__cmap.containsKey(name)) {
            __cmap[name] = value
        }
    }

    // Removes 'name' and its associated value from the internal map and returns
    // that value. If 'name' was not present in the map, returns null.
    static remove(name) { __cmap.remove(name) }

    // Returns a list of the entries (name/value pairs) in the internal map.
    static entries { __cmap.toList }
}
}