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16 package Automake::Location;
18 use 5.006;
20 =head1 NAME
22 Automake::Location - a class for location tracking, with a stack of contexts
24 =head1 SYNOPSIS
26 use Automake::Location;
28 # Create a new Location object
29 my $where = new Automake::Location "foo.c:13";
31 # Change the location
32 $where->set ("foo.c:14");
34 # Get the location (without context).
35 # Here this should print "foo.c:14"
36 print $where->get, "\n";
38 # Push a context, and change the location
39 $where->push_context ("included from here");
40 $where->set ("bar.h:1");
42 # Print the location and the stack of context (for debugging)
43 print $where->dump;
44 # This should display
45 # bar.h:1:
46 # foo.c:14: included from here
48 # Get the contexts (list of [$location_string, $description])
49 for my $pair (reverse $where->contexts)
51 my ($loc, $descr) = @{$pair};
52 ...
55 # Pop a context, and reset the location to the previous context.
56 $where->pop_context;
58 # Clone a Location. Use this when storing the state of a location
59 # that would otherwise be modified.
60 my $where_copy = $where->clone;
62 # Serialize a Location object (for passing through a thread queue,
63 # for example)
64 my @array = $where->serialize ();
66 # De-serialize: recreate a Location object from a queue.
67 my $where = new Automake::Location::deserialize ($queue);
69 =head1 DESCRIPTION
71 C<Location> objects are used to keep track of locations in Automake,
72 and used to produce diagnostics.
74 A C<Location> object is made of two parts: a location string, and
75 a stack of contexts.
77 For instance if C<VAR> is defined at line 1 in F<bar.h> which was
78 included at line 14 in F<foo.c>, then the location string should be
79 C<"bar.h:10"> and the context should be the pair (C<"foo.c:14">,
80 C<"included from here">).
82 Section I<SYNOPSIS> shows how to setup such a C<Location>, and access
83 the location string or the stack of contexts.
85 You can pass a C<Location> to C<Automake::Channels::msg>.
87 =cut
89 =head2 Methods
91 =over
93 =item C<$where = new Automake::Location ([$position])>
95 Create and return a new Location object.
97 =cut
99 sub new ($;$)
101 my ($class, $position) = @_;
102 my $self = {
103 position => $position,
104 contexts => [],
106 bless $self, $class;
107 return $self;
110 =item C<$location-E<gt>set ($position)>
112 Change the location to be C<$position>.
114 =cut
116 sub set ($$)
118 my ($self, $position) = @_;
119 $self->{'position'} = $position;
122 =item C<$location-E<gt>get>
124 Get the location (without context).
126 =cut
128 sub get ($)
130 my ($self) = @_;
131 return $self->{'position'};
134 =item C<$location-E<gt>push_context ($context)>
136 Push a context to the location.
138 =cut
140 sub push_context ($$)
142 my ($self, $context) = @_;
143 push @{$self->{'contexts'}}, [$self->get, $context];
144 $self->set (undef);
147 =item C<$where = $location-E<gt>pop_context ($context)>
149 Pop a context, and reset the location to the previous context.
151 =cut
153 sub pop_context ($)
155 my ($self) = @_;
156 my $pair = pop @{$self->{'contexts'}};
157 $self->set ($pair->[0]);
158 return @{$pair};
161 =item C<@contexts = $location-E<gt>get_contexts>
163 Return the array of contexts.
165 =cut
167 sub get_contexts ($)
169 my ($self) = @_;
170 return @{$self->{'contexts'}};
173 =item C<$location = $location-E<gt>clone>
175 Clone a Location. Use this when storing the state of a location
176 that would otherwise be modified.
178 =cut
180 sub clone ($)
182 my ($self) = @_;
183 my $other = new Automake::Location ($self->get);
184 my @contexts = $self->get_contexts;
185 for my $pair (@contexts)
187 push @{$other->{'contexts'}}, [@{$pair}];
189 return $other;
192 =item C<$res = $location-E<gt>dump>
194 Print the location and the stack of context (for debugging).
196 =cut
198 sub dump ($)
200 my ($self) = @_;
201 my $res = ($self->get || 'INTERNAL') . ":\n";
202 for my $pair (reverse $self->get_contexts)
204 $res .= $pair->[0] || 'INTERNAL';
205 $res .= ": $pair->[1]\n";
207 return $res;
210 =item C<@array = $location-E<gt>serialize>
212 Serialize a Location object (for passing through a thread queue,
213 for example).
215 =cut
217 sub serialize ($)
219 my ($self) = @_;
220 my @serial = ();
221 push @serial, $self->get;
222 my @contexts = $self->get_contexts;
223 for my $pair (@contexts)
225 push @serial, @{$pair};
227 push @serial, undef;
228 return @serial;
231 =item C<new Automake::Location::deserialize ($queue)>
233 De-serialize: recreate a Location object from a queue.
235 =cut
237 sub deserialize ($)
239 my ($queue) = @_;
240 my $position = $queue->dequeue ();
241 my $self = new Automake::Location $position;
242 while (my $position = $queue->dequeue ())
244 my $context = $queue->dequeue ();
245 push @{$self->{'contexts'}}, [$position, $context];
247 return $self;
250 =back
252 =head1 SEE ALSO
254 L<Automake::Channels>
256 =head1 HISTORY
258 Written by Alexandre Duret-Lutz E<lt>F<adl@gnu.org>E<gt>.
260 =cut