1 ;;; eieio-base.el --- Base classes for EIEIO.
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6 ;; Author: Eric M. Ludlam <zappo@gnu.org>
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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.
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
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."
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.
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 (aref obj object-name
))
69 (passname (and params
(stringp (car params
))))
72 (aset nobj object-class
(aref obj object-class
))
73 ;; The following was copied from the default clone.
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 (aset nobj object-name
(concat nm
"-" (int-to-string num
))))
80 (aset nobj object-name
(car params
)))
81 ;; Now initialize from params.
82 (if params
(shared-initialize nobj
(if passname
(cdr params
) params
)))
83 (oset nobj parent-instance obj
)
86 (defmethod eieio-instance-inheritor-slot-boundp ((object eieio-instance-inheritor
)
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
)
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
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."
119 (defmethod initialize-instance :AFTER
((this eieio-instance-tracker
)
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
)))
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
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."
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))
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
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
186 "The save file for this persistent object.
187 This must be a string, and must be specified when the new object is
189 (extension :type string
193 "Extension of files saved by this object.
194 Enables auto-choosing nice file names based on name.")
195 (file-header-line :type string
197 :initform
";; EIEIO PERSISTENT OBJECT"
199 "Header line for the save file.
200 This is used with the `object-write' method.")
201 (do-backups :type boolean
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."
214 (defmethod eieio-persistent-save-interactive ((this eieio-persistent
) prompt
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
)
221 (read-file-name prompt nil
223 (concat name
(oref this extension
))
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
234 (message "Unsafe call to `eieio-persistent-read'."))
235 (when (and class
(not (class-p class
)))
236 (signal 'wrong-type-argument
(list 'class-p class
)))
241 (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *tmp eieio read*")
242 (insert-file-contents filename nil nil nil t
)
243 (goto-char (point-min))
244 (setq buffstr
(buffer-string)))
245 ;; Do the read in the buffer the read was initialized from
246 ;; so that any initialize-instance calls that depend on
247 ;; the current buffer will work.
248 (setq ret
(read buffstr
))
249 (when (not (child-of-class-p (car ret
) 'eieio-persistent
))
250 (error "Corrupt object on disk: Unknown saved object"))
252 (not (or (eq (car ret
) class
) ; same class
254 (child-of-class-p (car ret
) class
)) ; subclasses
256 (error "Corrupt object on disk: Invalid saved class"))
257 (setq ret
(eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object ret
))
258 (oset ret file filename
))
259 (kill-buffer " *tmp eieio read*"))
262 (defun eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object (inputlist)
263 "Convert the INPUTLIST, representing object creation to an object.
264 While it is possible to just `eval' the INPUTLIST, this code instead
265 validates the existing list, and explicitly creates objects instead of
266 calling eval. This avoids the possibility of accidentally running
269 Note: This function recurses when a slot of :type of some object is
270 identified, and needing more object creation."
271 (let ((objclass (nth 0 inputlist
))
272 (objname (nth 1 inputlist
))
273 (slots (nthcdr 2 inputlist
))
276 ;; If OBJCLASS is an eieio autoload object, then we need to load it.
277 (eieio-class-un-autoload objclass
)
280 (let ((name (car slots
))
281 (value (car (cdr slots
))))
283 ;; Make sure that the value proposed for SLOT is valid.
284 ;; In addition, strip out quotes, list functions, and update
285 ;; object constructors as needed.
286 (setq value
(eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value
287 objclass name value
))
289 (push name createslots
)
290 (push value createslots
)
293 (setq slots
(cdr (cdr slots
))))
295 (apply 'make-instance objclass objname
(nreverse createslots
))
300 (defun eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value
(class slot proposed-value
)
301 "Validate that in CLASS, the SLOT with PROPOSED-VALUE is good, then fix.
302 A limited number of functions, such as quote, list, and valid object
303 constructor functions are considered valid.
304 Second, any text properties will be stripped from strings."
305 (cond ((consp proposed-value
)
306 ;; Lists with something in them need special treatment.
307 (let ((slot-idx (eieio-slot-name-index class nil slot
))
310 (setq slot-idx
(- slot-idx
3))
311 (setq type
(aref (aref (class-v class
) class-public-type
)
314 (setq classtype
(eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p
317 (cond ((eq (car proposed-value
) 'quote
)
318 (car (cdr proposed-value
)))
320 ;; An empty list sometimes shows up as (list), which is dumb, but
321 ;; we need to support it for backward compat.
322 ((and (eq (car proposed-value
) 'list
)
323 (= (length proposed-value
) 1))
326 ;; We have a slot with a single object that can be
327 ;; saved here. Recurse and evaluate that
329 ((and classtype
(class-p classtype
)
330 (child-of-class-p (car proposed-value
) classtype
))
331 (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object
334 ;; List of object constructors.
335 ((and (eq (car proposed-value
) 'list
)
336 ;; 2nd item is a list.
337 (consp (car (cdr proposed-value
)))
338 ;; 1st elt of 2nd item is a class name.
339 (class-p (car (car (cdr proposed-value
))))
342 ;; Check the value against the input class type.
343 ;; If something goes wrong, issue a smart warning
344 ;; about how a :type is needed for this to work.
346 ;; Do we have a type?
347 (consp classtype
) (class-p (car classtype
)))
348 (error "In save file, list of object constructors found, but no :type specified for slot %S"
351 ;; We have a predicate, but it doesn't satisfy the predicate?
352 (dolist (PV (cdr proposed-value
))
353 (unless (child-of-class-p (car PV
) (car classtype
))
354 (error "Corrupt object on disk")))
356 ;; We have a list of objects here. Lets load them
359 (dolist (subobj (cdr proposed-value
))
360 (push (eieio-persistent-convert-list-to-object subobj
)
362 ;; return the list of objects ... reversed.
367 ((stringp proposed-value
)
368 ;; Else, check for strings, remove properties.
369 (substring-no-properties proposed-value
))
372 ;; Else, just return whatever the constant was.
376 (defun eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p (type)
377 "Return the class refered to in TYPE.
378 If no class is referenced there, then return nil."
379 (cond ((class-p type
)
380 ;; If the type is a class, then return it.
383 ((and (symbolp type
) (string-match "-child$" (symbol-name type
))
384 (class-p (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type
) 0
385 (match-beginning 0)))))
386 ;; If it is the predicate ending with -child, then return
387 ;; that class. Unfortunately, in EIEIO, typep of just the
388 ;; class is the same as if we used -child, so no further work needed.
389 (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type
) 0
390 (match-beginning 0))))
392 ((and (symbolp type
) (string-match "-list$" (symbol-name type
))
393 (class-p (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type
) 0
394 (match-beginning 0)))))
395 ;; If it is the predicate ending with -list, then return
396 ;; that class and the predicate to use.
397 (cons (intern-soft (substring (symbol-name type
) 0
398 (match-beginning 0)))
401 ((and (consp type
) (eq (car type
) 'or
))
402 ;; If type is a list, and is an or, it is possibly something
403 ;; like (or null myclass), so check for that.
405 (dolist (subtype (cdr type
))
406 (setq ans
(eieio-persistent-slot-type-is-class-p
411 ;; No match, not a class.
414 (defmethod object-write ((this eieio-persistent
) &optional comment
)
415 "Write persistent object THIS out to the current stream.
416 Optional argument COMMENT is a header line comment."
417 (call-next-method this
(or comment
(oref this file-header-line
))))
419 (defmethod eieio-persistent-path-relative ((this eieio-persistent
) file
)
420 "For object THIS, make absolute file name FILE relative."
421 (file-relative-name (expand-file-name file
)
422 (file-name-directory (oref this file
))))
424 (defmethod eieio-persistent-save ((this eieio-persistent
) &optional file
)
425 "Save persistent object THIS to disk.
426 Optional argument FILE overrides the file name specified in the object
429 (let ((b (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *tmp object write*")))
430 (default-directory (file-name-directory (oref this file
)))
431 (cfn (oref this file
)))
435 (let ((standard-output (current-buffer)))
438 (eieio-persistent-path-relative this file
)
439 (file-name-nondirectory cfn
)))
440 (object-write this
(oref this file-header-line
)))
441 (let ((backup-inhibited (not (oref this do-backups
)))
442 (cs (car (find-coding-systems-region
443 (point-min) (point-max)))))
444 (unless (eq cs
'undecided
)
445 (setq buffer-file-coding-system cs
))
446 ;; Old way - write file. Leaves message behind.
447 ;;(write-file cfn nil)
449 ;; New way - Avoid the vast quantities of error checking
450 ;; just so I can get at the special flags that disable
451 ;; displaying random messages.
452 (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
455 ;; Restore :file, and kill the tmp buffer
457 (setq buffer-file-name nil
)
460 ;; Notes on the persistent object:
461 ;; It should also set up some hooks to help it keep itself up to date.
466 ;; Named objects use the objects `name' as a slot, and that slot
467 ;; is accessed with the `object-name' symbol.
469 (defclass eieio-named
()
472 Name storage already occurs in an object. This object provides get/set
476 (defmethod slot-missing ((obj eieio-named
)
477 slot-name operation
&optional new-value
)
478 "Called when a non-existent slot is accessed.
479 For variable `eieio-named', provide an imaginary `object-name' slot.
480 Argument OBJ is the named object.
481 Argument SLOT-NAME is the slot that was attempted to be accessed.
482 OPERATION is the type of access, such as `oref' or `oset'.
483 NEW-VALUE is the value that was being set into SLOT if OPERATION were
485 (if (or (eq slot-name
'object-name
)
486 (eq slot-name
:object-name
))
487 (cond ((eq operation
'oset
)
488 (if (not (stringp new-value
))
489 (signal 'invalid-slot-type
490 (list obj slot-name
'string new-value
)))
491 (object-set-name-string obj new-value
))
492 (t (object-name-string obj
)))
495 (provide 'eieio-base
)
497 ;;; eieio-base.el ends here