Cleanup some of EIEIO's namespace.
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1 ;;; eieio-base.el --- Base classes for EIEIO.
3 ;;; Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2004-2005, 2007-2013 Free Software
4 ;;; Foundation, Inc.
6 ;; Author: Eric M. Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
7 ;; Keywords: OO, lisp
8 ;; Package: eieio
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25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; Base classes for EIEIO. These classes perform some basic tasks
28 ;; but are generally useless on their own. To use any of these classes,
29 ;; inherit from one or more of them.
31 ;;; Code:
33 (require 'eieio)
35 ;;; eieio-instance-inheritor
37 ;; Enable instance inheritance via the `clone' method.
38 ;; Works by using the `slot-unbound' method which usually throws an
39 ;; error if a slot is unbound.
40 (defclass eieio-instance-inheritor ()
41 ((parent-instance :initarg :parent-instance
42 :type eieio-instance-inheritor-child
43 :documentation
44 "The parent of this instance.
45 If a slot of this class is referenced, and is unbound, then the parent
46 is checked for a value.")
48 "This special class can enable instance inheritance.
49 Use `clone' to make a new object that does instance inheritance from
50 a parent instance. When a slot in the child is referenced, and has
51 not been set, use values from the parent."
52 :abstract t)
54 (defmethod slot-unbound ((object eieio-instance-inheritor) class slot-name fn)
55 "If a slot OBJECT in this CLASS is unbound, try to inherit, or throw a signal.
56 SLOT-NAME is the offending slot. FN is the function signaling the error."
57 (if (slot-boundp object 'parent-instance)
58 ;; It may not look like it, but this line recurses back into this
59 ;; method if the parent instance's slot is unbound.
60 (eieio-oref (oref object parent-instance) slot-name)
61 ;; Throw the regular signal.
62 (call-next-method)))
64 (defmethod clone ((obj eieio-instance-inheritor) &rest params)
65 "Clone OBJ, initializing `:parent' to OBJ.
66 All slots are unbound, except those initialized with PARAMS."
67 (let ((nobj (make-vector (length obj) eieio-unbound))
68 (nm (eieio--object-name obj))
69 (passname (and params (stringp (car params))))
70 (num 1))
71 (aset nobj 0 'object)
72 (setf (eieio--object-class nobj) (eieio--object-class obj))
73 ;; The following was copied from the default clone.
74 (if (not passname)
75 (save-match-data
76 (if (string-match "-\\([0-9]+\\)" nm)
77 (setq num (1+ (string-to-number (match-string 1 nm)))
78 nm (substring nm 0 (match-beginning 0))))
79 (setf (eieio--object-name nobj) (concat nm "-" (int-to-string num))))
80 (setf (eieio--object-name nobj) (car params)))
81 ;; Now initialize from params.
82 (if params (shared-initialize nobj (if passname (cdr params) params)))
83 (oset nobj parent-instance obj)
84 nobj))
86 (defmethod eieio-instance-inheritor-slot-boundp ((object eieio-instance-inheritor)
87 slot)
88 "Return non-nil if the instance inheritor OBJECT's SLOT is bound.
89 See `slot-boundp' for details on binding slots.
90 The instance inheritor uses unbound slots as a way of cascading cloned
91 slot values, so testing for a slot being bound requires extra steps
92 for this kind of object."
93 (if (slot-boundp object slot)
94 ;; If it is regularly bound, return t.
96 (if (slot-boundp object 'parent-instance)
97 (eieio-instance-inheritor-slot-boundp (oref object parent-instance)
98 slot)
99 nil)))
102 ;;; eieio-instance-tracker
104 ;; Track all created instances of this class.
105 ;; The class must initialize the `tracking-symbol' slot, and that
106 ;; symbol is then used to contain these objects.
107 (defclass eieio-instance-tracker ()
108 ((tracking-symbol :type symbol
109 :allocation :class
110 :documentation
111 "The symbol used to maintain a list of our instances.
112 The instance list is treated as a variable, with new instances added to it.")
114 "This special class enables instance tracking.
115 Inheritors from this class must overload `tracking-symbol' which is
116 a variable symbol used to store a list of all instances."
117 :abstract t)
119 (defmethod initialize-instance :AFTER ((this eieio-instance-tracker)
120 &rest slots)
121 "Make sure THIS is in our master list of this class.
122 Optional argument SLOTS are the initialization arguments."
123 ;; Theoretically, this is never called twice for a given instance.
124 (let ((sym (oref this tracking-symbol)))
125 (if (not (memq this (symbol-value sym)))
126 (set sym (append (symbol-value sym) (list this))))))
128 (defmethod delete-instance ((this eieio-instance-tracker))
129 "Remove THIS from the master list of this class."
130 (set (oref this tracking-symbol)
131 (delq this (symbol-value (oref this tracking-symbol)))))
133 ;; In retrospect, this is a silly function.
134 (defun eieio-instance-tracker-find (key slot list-symbol)
135 "Find KEY as an element of SLOT in the objects in LIST-SYMBOL.
136 Returns the first match."
137 (object-assoc key slot (symbol-value list-symbol)))
139 ;;; eieio-singleton
141 ;; The singleton Design Pattern specifies that there is but one object
142 ;; of a given class ever created. The EIEIO singleton base class defines
143 ;; a CLASS allocated slot which contains the instance used. All calls to
144 ;; `make-instance' will either create a new instance and store it in this
145 ;; slot, or it will just return what is there.
146 (defclass eieio-singleton ()
147 ((singleton :type eieio-singleton
148 :allocation :class
149 :documentation
150 "The only instance of this class that will be instantiated.
151 Multiple calls to `make-instance' will return this object."))
152 "This special class causes subclasses to be singletons.
153 A singleton is a class which will only ever have one instance."
154 :abstract t)
156 (defmethod constructor :STATIC ((class eieio-singleton) name &rest slots)
157 "Constructor for singleton CLASS.
158 NAME and SLOTS initialize the new object.
159 This constructor guarantees that no matter how many you request,
160 only one object ever exists."
161 ;; NOTE TO SELF: In next version, make `slot-boundp' support classes
162 ;; with class allocated slots or default values.
163 (let ((old (oref-default class singleton)))
164 (if (eq old eieio-unbound)
165 (oset-default class singleton (call-next-method))
166 old)))
169 ;;; eieio-persistent
171 ;; For objects which must save themselves to disk. Provides an
172 ;; `object-write' method to save an object to disk, and a
173 ;; `eieio-persistent-read' function to call to read an object
174 ;; from disk.
176 ;; Also provide the method `eieio-persistent-path-relative' to
177 ;; calculate path names relative to a given instance. This will
178 ;; make the saved object location independent by converting all file
179 ;; references to be relative to the directory the object is saved to.
180 ;; You must call `eieio-persistent-path-relative' on each file name
181 ;; saved in your object.
182 (defclass eieio-persistent ()
183 ((file :initarg :file
184 :type string
185 :documentation
186 "The save file for this persistent object.
187 This must be a string, and must be specified when the new object is
188 instantiated.")
189 (extension :type string
190 :allocation :class
191 :initform ".eieio"
192 :documentation
193 "Extension of files saved by this object.
194 Enables auto-choosing nice file names based on name.")
195 (file-header-line :type string
196 :allocation :class
197 :initform ";; EIEIO PERSISTENT OBJECT"
198 :documentation
199 "Header line for the save file.
200 This is used with the `object-write' method.")
201 (do-backups :type boolean
202 :allocation :class
203 :initform t
204 :documentation
205 "Saving this object should make backup files.
206 Setting to nil will mean no backups are made."))
207 "This special class enables persistence through save files
208 Use the `object-save' method to write this object to disk. The save
209 format is Emacs Lisp code which calls the constructor for the saved
210 object. For this reason, only slots which do not have an `:initarg'
211 specified will not be saved."
212 :abstract t)
214 (defmethod eieio-persistent-save-interactive ((this eieio-persistent) prompt
215 &optional name)
216 "Prepare to save THIS. Use in an `interactive' statement.
217 Query user for file name with PROMPT if THIS does not yet specify
218 a file. Optional argument NAME specifies a default file name."
219 (unless (slot-boundp this 'file)
220 (oset this file
221 (read-file-name prompt nil
222 (if name
223 (concat name (oref this extension))
224 ))))
225 (oref this file))
227 (defun eieio-persistent-read (filename &optional class allow-subclass)
228 "Read a persistent object from FILENAME, and return it.
229 Signal an error if the object in FILENAME is not a constructor
230 for CLASS. Optional ALLOW-SUBCLASS says that it is ok for
231 `eieio-persistent-read' to load in subclasses of class instead of
232 being pedantic."
233 (unless class
234 (message "Unsafe call to `eieio-persistent-read'."))
235 (when class (eieio--check-type class-p class))
236 (let ((ret nil)
237 (buffstr nil))
238 (unwind-protect
239 (progn
240 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *tmp eieio read*")
241 (insert-file-contents filename nil nil nil t)
242 (goto-char (point-min))
243 (setq buffstr (buffer-string)))
244 ;; Do the read in the buffer the read was initialized from
245 ;; so that any initialize-instance calls that depend on
246 ;; the current buffer will work.
247 (setq ret (read buffstr))
248 (when (not (child-of-class-p (car ret) 'eieio-persistent))
249 (error "Corrupt object on disk: Unknown saved object"))
250 (when (and class
251 (not (or (eq (car ret) class ) ; same class
252 (and allow-subclass
253 (child-of-class-p (car ret) class)) ; subclasses
255 (error "Corrupt object on disk: Invalid saved class"))
256 (setq ret (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object ret))
257 (oset ret file filename))
258 (kill-buffer " *tmp eieio read*"))
259 ret))
261 (defun eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object (inputlist)
262 "Convert the INPUTLIST, representing object creation to an object.
263 While it is possible to just `eval' the INPUTLIST, this code instead
264 validates the existing list, and explicitly creates objects instead of
265 calling eval. This avoids the possibility of accidentally running
266 malicious code.
268 Note: This function recurses when a slot of :type of some object is
269 identified, and needing more object creation."
270 (let ((objclass (nth 0 inputlist))
271 (objname (nth 1 inputlist))
272 (slots (nthcdr 2 inputlist))
273 (createslots nil))
275 ;; If OBJCLASS is an eieio autoload object, then we need to load it.
276 (eieio-class-un-autoload objclass)
278 (while slots
279 (let ((name (car slots))
280 (value (car (cdr slots))))
282 ;; Make sure that the value proposed for SLOT is valid.
283 ;; In addition, strip out quotes, list functions, and update
284 ;; object constructors as needed.
285 (setq value (eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value
286 objclass name value))
288 (push name createslots)
289 (push value createslots)
292 (setq slots (cdr (cdr slots))))
294 (apply 'make-instance objclass objname (nreverse createslots))
296 ;;(eval inputlist)
299 (defun eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value (class slot proposed-value)
300 "Validate that in CLASS, the SLOT with PROPOSED-VALUE is good, then fix.
301 A limited number of functions, such as quote, list, and valid object
302 constructor functions are considered valid.
303 Second, any text properties will be stripped from strings."
304 (cond ((consp proposed-value)
305 ;; Lists with something in them need special treatment.
306 (let ((slot-idx (eieio-slot-name-index class nil slot))
307 (type nil)
308 (classtype nil))
309 (setq slot-idx (- slot-idx 3))
310 (setq type (aref (eieio--class-public-type (class-v class))
311 slot-idx))
313 (setq classtype (eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p
314 type))
316 (cond ((eq (car proposed-value) 'quote)
317 (car (cdr proposed-value)))
319 ;; An empty list sometimes shows up as (list), which is dumb, but
320 ;; we need to support it for backward compat.
321 ((and (eq (car proposed-value) 'list)
322 (= (length proposed-value) 1))
323 nil)
325 ;; We have a slot with a single object that can be
326 ;; saved here. Recurse and evaluate that
327 ;; sub-object.
328 ((and classtype (class-p classtype)
329 (child-of-class-p (car proposed-value) classtype))
330 (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object
331 proposed-value))
333 ;; List of object constructors.
334 ((and (eq (car proposed-value) 'list)
335 ;; 2nd item is a list.
336 (consp (car (cdr proposed-value)))
337 ;; 1st elt of 2nd item is a class name.
338 (class-p (car (car (cdr proposed-value))))
341 ;; Check the value against the input class type.
342 ;; If something goes wrong, issue a smart warning
343 ;; about how a :type is needed for this to work.
344 (unless (and
345 ;; Do we have a type?
346 (consp classtype) (class-p (car classtype)))
347 (error "In save file, list of object constructors found, but no :type specified for slot %S"
348 slot))
350 ;; We have a predicate, but it doesn't satisfy the predicate?
351 (dolist (PV (cdr proposed-value))
352 (unless (child-of-class-p (car PV) (car classtype))
353 (error "Corrupt object on disk")))
355 ;; We have a list of objects here. Lets load them
356 ;; in.
357 (let ((objlist nil))
358 (dolist (subobj (cdr proposed-value))
359 (push (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object subobj)
360 objlist))
361 ;; return the list of objects ... reversed.
362 (nreverse objlist)))
364 proposed-value))))
366 ((stringp proposed-value)
367 ;; Else, check for strings, remove properties.
368 (substring-no-properties proposed-value))
371 ;; Else, just return whatever the constant was.
372 proposed-value))
375 (defun eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p (type)
376 "Return the class refered to in TYPE.
377 If no class is referenced there, then return nil."
378 (cond ((class-p type)
379 ;; If the type is a class, then return it.
380 type)
382 ((and (symbolp type) (string-match "-child$" (symbol-name type))
383 (class-p (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type) 0
384 (match-beginning 0)))))
385 ;; If it is the predicate ending with -child, then return
386 ;; that class. Unfortunately, in EIEIO, typep of just the
387 ;; class is the same as if we used -child, so no further work needed.
388 (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type) 0
389 (match-beginning 0))))
391 ((and (symbolp type) (string-match "-list$" (symbol-name type))
392 (class-p (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type) 0
393 (match-beginning 0)))))
394 ;; If it is the predicate ending with -list, then return
395 ;; that class and the predicate to use.
396 (cons (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type) 0
397 (match-beginning 0)))
398 type))
400 ((and (consp type) (eq (car type) 'or))
401 ;; If type is a list, and is an or, it is possibly something
402 ;; like (or null myclass), so check for that.
403 (let ((ans nil))
404 (dolist (subtype (cdr type))
405 (setq ans (eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p
406 subtype)))
407 ans))
410 ;; No match, not a class.
411 nil)))
413 (defmethod object-write ((this eieio-persistent) &optional comment)
414 "Write persistent object THIS out to the current stream.
415 Optional argument COMMENT is a header line comment."
416 (call-next-method this (or comment (oref this file-header-line))))
418 (defmethod eieio-persistent-path-relative ((this eieio-persistent) file)
419 "For object THIS, make absolute file name FILE relative."
420 (file-relative-name (expand-file-name file)
421 (file-name-directory (oref this file))))
423 (defmethod eieio-persistent-save ((this eieio-persistent) &optional file)
424 "Save persistent object THIS to disk.
425 Optional argument FILE overrides the file name specified in the object
426 instance."
427 (save-excursion
428 (let ((b (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *tmp object write*")))
429 (default-directory (file-name-directory (oref this file)))
430 (cfn (oref this file)))
431 (unwind-protect
432 (save-excursion
433 (erase-buffer)
434 (let ((standard-output (current-buffer)))
435 (oset this file
436 (if file
437 (eieio-persistent-path-relative this file)
438 (file-name-nondirectory cfn)))
439 (object-write this (oref this file-header-line)))
440 (let ((backup-inhibited (not (oref this do-backups)))
441 (cs (car (find-coding-systems-region
442 (point-min) (point-max)))))
443 (unless (eq cs 'undecided)
444 (setq buffer-file-coding-system cs))
445 ;; Old way - write file. Leaves message behind.
446 ;;(write-file cfn nil)
448 ;; New way - Avoid the vast quantities of error checking
449 ;; just so I can get at the special flags that disable
450 ;; displaying random messages.
451 (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
452 cfn nil 1)
454 ;; Restore :file, and kill the tmp buffer
455 (oset this file cfn)
456 (setq buffer-file-name nil)
457 (kill-buffer b)))))
459 ;; Notes on the persistent object:
460 ;; It should also set up some hooks to help it keep itself up to date.
463 ;;; Named object
465 ;; Named objects use the objects `name' as a slot, and that slot
466 ;; is accessed with the `object-name' symbol.
468 (defclass eieio-named ()
470 "Object with a name.
471 Name storage already occurs in an object. This object provides get/set
472 access to it."
473 :abstract t)
475 (defmethod slot-missing ((obj eieio-named)
476 slot-name operation &optional new-value)
477 "Called when a non-existent slot is accessed.
478 For variable `eieio-named', provide an imaginary `object-name' slot.
479 Argument OBJ is the named object.
480 Argument SLOT-NAME is the slot that was attempted to be accessed.
481 OPERATION is the type of access, such as `oref' or `oset'.
482 NEW-VALUE is the value that was being set into SLOT if OPERATION were
483 a set type."
484 (if (memq slot-name '(object-name :object-name))
485 (cond ((eq operation 'oset)
486 (if (not (stringp new-value))
487 (signal 'invalid-slot-type
488 (list obj slot-name 'string new-value)))
489 (eieio-object-set-name-string obj new-value))
490 (t (eieio-object-name-string obj)))
491 (call-next-method)))
493 (provide 'eieio-base)
495 ;;; eieio-base.el ends here