Hi all,
The attached file has some helper functions to make object usage easier.
It is used by the new object orientated Data::Dumper implementation as well as
my EBNF parser generator.
I submit it as a standalone library to reduce code duplication. It might also
be useful for other developers too.
Please refer to the POD of this library for more information about it.
jens
=head1 TITLE
library/objecthacks.imc - This library provides some class and object helper functions.
It is intended as a temporary workaround for some missing features and will be removed
soon.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=over 4
=item __new_class( Foo )
Creates a new class CFoo and calls C_Foo::__register if it exists.
It then adds C_Foo::__init as the constructor if the sub is found.
=item __new_class( Foo, Bar )
Same as above, but creates Foo as a subclass of Bar.
=item __add_method( Foo, bar )
Searches the sub C_Foo::bar and stores it as bar in namespace Foo.
=item __add_method( Baz, asString, __get_string )
Searches the sub '_Baz::asString' and stores it as 'asString' and '__get_string' in
namespace 'Baz'.
=back
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=over 4
=item class = __new_class( name, base )
Creates a new class, calls it's __register sub and adds it's __init method as
constructor.
=over 4
=item parameter Cname
The name of the class to create.
=item parameter Cbase B(PMC|string;optional)
The (name of the) base class of the class to create.
=back
Returns the created ParrotClass object.
=cut
.sub __new_class
.param string name
.param string basename
.param pmc basepmc
.param int twice_ok
.local pmc ret
.local pmc temp
find_type I0, name
if I0 == 0 goto NAME_OK
if twice_ok goto END
print *\n * fatal error: a class with the name '
print name
print ' is already registered!\n *\n\n
sleep 1
branch END
NAME_OK:
# baseclass specified?
if I2 == 2 goto SUBCLASS1
if I3 == 1 goto SUBCLASS2
newclass ret, name
branch INIT
SUBCLASS1:
subclass ret, basename, name
branch INIT
SUBCLASS2:
subclass ret, basepmc, name
INIT:
temp = __lookup_method( name, __init, 1 )
isnull temp, REGISTER
__add_method( name, __init, temp )
REGISTER:
temp = __lookup_method( name, __register, 1 )
isnull temp, END
.pcc_begin prototyped
.pcc_call temp
.pcc_end
END:
.pcc_begin_return
.return ret
.pcc_end_return
.end
=item __add_method( class, method, store_as )
Adds a method to a class namespace.
=over 4
=item parameter Cclass B(string)
The name of the class to which the method should be added.
=item parameter Cmethod B(string)
The name of the method to add.
=item parameter Cstore_as B(string, optional)
Also store the method under this name.
=back
This function returns nothing.
=cut
.sub __add_method
.param string class
.param string method
.param string store
.param pmc sub2
.local pmc sub
.local int argc
argc = I2
sub = sub2
if I3 == 1 goto SKIP_SUB
sub = __lookup_method( class, method )
SKIP_SUB:
# store it as the method sub
store_global class, method, sub
if argc 3 goto END
store_global class, store, sub
END:
.pcc_begin_return
.pcc_end_return
.end
=item (retvals) = __call( obj, methodname, ... )
Calls the specified method of an object.
=over 4
=item parameter Cobj B(PMC)
The object.
=item parameter Cmethod B(string)
Call this method on the specified object.
=back
This function returns the result of the called method.
=cut
.sub __call
set S0, S5
set P2, P5
set S5, S6
set S6, S7
set S7, S8
set S8, S9
set S9, S10
set S10, S11
set S11, S12
set S12, S13
set S13, S14
set S14, S15
set S15, S16
set S16, S17
set S17, S18
set S18, S19
set S19, S20
set S20, S21
set S21, S22
set S22, S23
set S23, S24
set S24, S25
set S25, S26
set S26, S27
set S27, S28
set S28, S29
set S29, S30
set S30, S31
null S31
set P5, P6
set P6, P7
set P7, P8
set P8, P9
set P9, P10
set P10, P11
set P11, P12
set P12, P13
set P13, P14
set P14, P15
set P15, P16
set P16, P17
set P17, P18
set P18, P19
set P19, P20
set P20, P21
set P21, P22
set P22, P23
set P23, P24
set P24, P25
set P25, P26
set P26, P27
set P27, P28
set P28, P29
set P29, P30
set P30, P31
callmethod
.end
=item method = __lookup_method( class, method, nonfatal ) B(internal)
Locates a method's sub PMC.
=over 4
=item parameter Cclass B(string)
The name of the class.
=item parameter Cmethod B(string)
The method name.
=item parameter Cnonfatal B(integer,optional)
If set to 1, C__lookup_method just returns a null PMC
if a method was not found. Otherwise it will
report an error and wait two seconds before continuing.
=back
Returns the method sub for the
