| --- Provides a reuseable and convenient framework for creating classes in Lua. | |
| -- Two possible notations: | |
| -- | |
| -- B = class(A) | |
| -- class.B(A) | |
| -- | |
| -- The latter form creates a named class within the current environment. Note | |
| -- that this implicitly brings in `pl.utils` as a dependency. | |
| -- | |
| -- See the Guide for further @{01-introduction.md.Simplifying_Object_Oriented_Programming_in_Lua|discussion} | |
| -- @module pl.class | |
| local error, getmetatable, io, pairs, rawget, rawset, setmetatable, tostring, type = | |
| _G.error, _G.getmetatable, _G.io, _G.pairs, _G.rawget, _G.rawset, _G.setmetatable, _G.tostring, _G.type | |
| local compat | |
| -- this trickery is necessary to prevent the inheritance of 'super' and | |
| -- the resulting recursive call problems. | |
| local function call_ctor (c,obj,...) | |
| -- nice alias for the base class ctor | |
| local base = rawget(c,'_base') | |
| if base then | |
| local parent_ctor = rawget(base,'_init') | |
| while not parent_ctor do | |
| base = rawget(base,'_base') | |
| if not base then break end | |
| parent_ctor = rawget(base,'_init') | |
| end | |
| if parent_ctor then | |
| rawset(obj,'super',function(obj,...) | |
| call_ctor(base,obj,...) | |
| end) | |
| end | |
| end | |
| local res = c._init(obj,...) | |
| rawset(obj,'super',nil) | |
| return res | |
| end | |
| --- initializes an __instance__ upon creation. | |
| -- @function class:_init | |
| -- @param ... parameters passed to the constructor | |
| -- @usage local Cat = class() | |
| -- function Cat:_init(name) | |
| -- --self:super(name) -- call the ancestor initializer if needed | |
| -- self.name = name | |
| -- end | |
| -- | |
| -- local pussycat = Cat("pussycat") | |
| -- print(pussycat.name) --> pussycat | |
| --- checks whether an __instance__ is derived from some class. | |
| -- Works the other way around as `class_of`. It has two ways of using; | |
| -- 1) call with a class to check against, 2) call without params. | |
| -- @function instance:is_a | |
| -- @param some_class class to check against, or `nil` to return the class | |
| -- @return `true` if `instance` is derived from `some_class`, or if `some_class == nil` then | |
| -- it returns the class table of the instance | |
| -- @usage local pussycat = Lion() -- assuming Lion derives from Cat | |
| -- if pussycat:is_a(Cat) then | |
| -- -- it's true, it is a Lion, but also a Cat | |
| -- end | |
| -- | |
| -- if pussycat:is_a() == Lion then | |
| -- -- It's true | |
| -- end | |
| local function is_a(self,klass) | |
| if klass == nil then | |
| -- no class provided, so return the class this instance is derived from | |
| return getmetatable(self) | |
| end | |
| local m = getmetatable(self) | |
| if not m then return false end --*can't be an object! | |
| while m do | |
| if m == klass then return true end | |
| m = rawget(m,'_base') | |
| end | |
| return false | |
| end | |
| --- checks whether an __instance__ is derived from some class. | |
| -- Works the other way around as `is_a`. | |
| -- @function some_class:class_of | |
| -- @param some_instance instance to check against | |
| -- @return `true` if `some_instance` is derived from `some_class` | |
| -- @usage local pussycat = Lion() -- assuming Lion derives from Cat | |
| -- if Cat:class_of(pussycat) then | |
| -- -- it's true | |
| -- end | |
| local function class_of(klass,obj) | |
| if type(klass) ~= 'table' or not rawget(klass,'is_a') then return false end | |
| return klass.is_a(obj,klass) | |
| end | |
| --- cast an object to another class. | |
| -- It is not clever (or safe!) so use carefully. | |
| -- @param some_instance the object to be changed | |
| -- @function some_class:cast | |
| local function cast (klass, obj) | |
| return setmetatable(obj,klass) | |
| end | |
| local function _class_tostring (obj) | |
| local mt = obj._class | |
| local name = rawget(mt,'_name') | |
| setmetatable(obj,nil) | |
| local str = tostring(obj) | |
| setmetatable(obj,mt) | |
| if name then str = name ..str:gsub('table','') end | |
| return str | |
| end | |
| local function tupdate(td,ts,dont_override) | |
| for k,v in pairs(ts) do | |
| if not dont_override or td[k] == nil then | |
| td[k] = v | |
| end | |
| end | |
| end | |
| local function _class(base,c_arg,c) | |
| -- the class `c` will be the metatable for all its objects, | |
| -- and they will look up their methods in it. | |
| local mt = {} -- a metatable for the class to support __call and _handler | |
| -- can define class by passing it a plain table of methods | |
| local plain = type(base) == 'table' and not getmetatable(base) | |
| if plain then | |
| c = base | |
| base = c._base | |
| else | |
| c = c or {} | |
| end | |
| if type(base) == 'table' then | |
| -- our new class is a shallow copy of the base class! | |
| -- but be careful not to wipe out any methods we have been given at this point! | |
| tupdate(c,base,plain) | |
| c._base = base | |
| -- inherit the 'not found' handler, if present | |
| if rawget(c,'_handler') then mt.__index = c._handler end | |
| elseif base ~= nil then | |
| error("must derive from a table type",3) | |
| end | |
| c.__index = c | |
| setmetatable(c,mt) | |
| if not plain then | |
| c._init = nil | |
| end | |
| if base and rawget(base,'_class_init') then | |
| base._class_init(c,c_arg) | |
| end | |
| -- expose a ctor which can be called by <classname>(<args>) | |
| mt.__call = function(class_tbl,...) | |
| local obj | |
| if rawget(c,'_create') then obj = c._create(...) end | |
| if not obj then obj = {} end | |
| setmetatable(obj,c) | |
| if rawget(c,'_init') then -- explicit constructor | |
| local res = call_ctor(c,obj,...) | |
| if res then -- _if_ a ctor returns a value, it becomes the object... | |
| obj = res | |
| setmetatable(obj,c) | |
| end | |
| elseif base and rawget(base,'_init') then -- default constructor | |
| -- make sure that any stuff from the base class is initialized! | |
| call_ctor(base,obj,...) | |
| end | |
| if base and rawget(base,'_post_init') then | |
| base._post_init(obj) | |
| end | |
| if not rawget(c,'__tostring') then | |
| c.__tostring = _class_tostring | |
| end | |
| return obj | |
| end | |
| -- Call Class.catch to set a handler for methods/properties not found in the class! | |
| c.catch = function(self, handler) | |
| if type(self) == "function" then | |
| -- called using . instead of : | |
| handler = self | |
| end | |
| c._handler = handler | |
| mt.__index = handler | |
| end | |
| c.is_a = is_a | |
| c.class_of = class_of | |
| c.cast = cast | |
| c._class = c | |
| return c | |
| end | |
| --- create a new class, derived from a given base class. | |
| -- Supporting two class creation syntaxes: | |
| -- either `Name = class(base)` or `class.Name(base)`. | |
| -- The first form returns the class directly and does not set its `_name`. | |
| -- The second form creates a variable `Name` in the current environment set | |
| -- to the class, and also sets `_name`. | |
| -- @function class | |
| -- @param base optional base class | |
| -- @param c_arg optional parameter to class constructor | |
| -- @param c optional table to be used as class | |
| local class | |
| class = setmetatable({},{ | |
| __call = function(fun,...) | |
| return _class(...) | |
| end, | |
| __index = function(tbl,key) | |
| if key == 'class' then | |
| io.stderr:write('require("pl.class").class is deprecated. Use require("pl.class")\n') | |
| return class | |
| end | |
| compat = compat or require 'pl.compat' | |
| local env = compat.getfenv(2) | |
| return function(...) | |
| local c = _class(...) | |
| c._name = key | |
| rawset(env,key,c) | |
| return c | |
| end | |
| end | |
| }) | |
| class.properties = class() | |
| function class.properties._class_init(klass) | |
| klass.__index = function(t,key) | |
| -- normal class lookup! | |
| local v = klass[key] | |
| if v then return v end | |
| -- is it a getter? | |
| v = rawget(klass,'get_'..key) | |
| if v then | |
| return v(t) | |
| end | |
| -- is it a field? | |
| return rawget(t,'_'..key) | |
| end | |
| klass.__newindex = function (t,key,value) | |
| -- if there's a setter, use that, otherwise directly set table | |
| local p = 'set_'..key | |
| local setter = klass[p] | |
| if setter then | |
| setter(t,value) | |
| else | |
| rawset(t,key,value) | |
| end | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return class | |