Roxen.git/ server/ etc/ modules/ RXML.pmod/ module.pmod

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2001-02-11

2001-02-11 12:16:42 by Martin Stjernholm <mast@lysator.liu.se>

Added some design discussion to justify the type argument to
Value.rxml_var_eval. Also added a similar argument to Scope.`[], which is an
incompatible change. Added debug code to detect cyclic rxml_var_eval calls
in rxml_index.

Rev: server/etc/modules/RXML.pmod/module.pmod:1.128

2:   //!   //! Created 1999-07-30 by Martin Stjernholm.   //! - //! $Id: module.pmod,v 1.127 2001/02/11 03:02:13 nilsson Exp $ + //! $Id: module.pmod,v 1.128 2001/02/11 12:16:42 mast Exp $      //! Kludge: Must use "RXML.refs" somewhere for the whole module to be   //! loaded correctly.
802:   //! when referenced.   {    mixed rxml_var_eval (Context ctx, string var, string scope_name, void|Type type) -  //! This is called to get the value of the variable. ctx, var and -  //! scope_name are set to where this Value object was found. Note -  //! that scope_name can be on the form scope.index1.index2... when -  //! this object was encountered through subindexing. +  //! This is called to get the value of the variable. @[ctx], @[var] +  //! and @[scope_name] are set to where this @[Value] object was +  //! found. Note that @[scope_name] can be on the form +  //! @tt{scope.index1.index2...@} when this object was encountered +  //! through subindexing. Either @[nil] or the undefined value may be +  //! returned if the variable doesn't have a value.    //! -  //! If the type argument is given, it's the type the returned value -  //! should have. If the value can't be converted to that type, an -  //! RXML error should be thrown. If you don't want to do any special -  //! handling of this, it's enough to call type->encode(value), -  //! since the encode functions does just that. +  //! If the @[type] argument is given, it's the type the returned +  //! value should have. If the value can't be converted to that type, +  //! an RXML error should be thrown. If you don't want to do any +  //! special handling of this, it's enough to call +  //! @tt{@[type]->encode(value)@}, since the encode functions does +  //! just that. +  //! +  //! Some design discussion follows to justify the last paragraph; +  //! there are no more interface rules below. +  //! +  //! It may seem like forcing a lot of overhead upon the +  //! implementations having to call encode functions, but that's +  //! really not the case. In the case when a type check and +  //! conversion is wanted, i.e. when @[type] isn't zero, that work +  //! have to be done somewhere anyway, so letting the producer of the +  //! value do it instead of the caller both improves the chances for +  //! doing optimizations and gives more power to the producer. +  //! +  //! By using knowledge about the actual value, the producer can in +  //! many cases avoid the call to the encode function. A typical case +  //! is when the value is known to be an arbitrary string (not zero), +  //! which is preferably optimized like this: +  //! +  //! @example +  //! return type && type != RXML.TText ? +  //! type->encode (my_string) : my_string; +  //! @endexample +  //! +  //! Also, by letting the producer know the type context of the value +  //! and handle the type conversion, it's possible for the producer +  //! to adapt the value according to the context it'll be used in, +  //! e.g. to return a powerful object if no type conversion is +  //! wanted, a simple text representation of it when the type is +  //! @[RXML.TText], and a more nicely formatted representation when +  //! it's @[RXML.THtml]. +  //! +  //! @note The @[type] argument being @tt{void|Type@} means that the +  //! caller is free to leave out that argument, not that the function +  //! implementor is free to ignore it.    {    mixed val = rxml_const_eval (ctx, var, scope_name, type);    ctx->set_var(var, val, scope_name);
819:    }       mixed rxml_const_eval (Context ctx, string var, string scope_name, void|Type type); -  //! If the variable value is the same throughout the life of the context, -  //! this method should be used instead of rxml_var_eval. +  //! If the variable value is the same throughout the life of the +  //! context, this method should be used instead of @[rxml_var_eval].       string _sprintf() {return "RXML.Value";}   }      class Scope - //! Interface for objects that emulates a scope mapping. + //! Interface for objects that emulate a scope mapping.   //! - //! Note that the scope_name argument to the functions can be on the - //! form scope.index1.index2... when this object was encountered - //! through subindexing. + //! Note that the @tt{scope_name@} argument to the functions can be on + //! the form @tt{scope.index1.index2...@} when this object was + //! encountered through subindexing.   { -  mixed `[] (string var, void|Context ctx, void|string scope_name) +  mixed `[] (string var, void|Context ctx, +  void|string scope_name, void|Type type) +  //! Called to get the value of a variable in the scope. @[var] is +  //! the name of it, @[ctx] and @[scope_name] are set to where this +  //! @[Scope] object was found. Either @[nil] or the undefined value +  //! may be returned if the variable doesn't exist in the scope. +  //! +  //! If the @[type] argument is given, it's the type the returned +  //! value should have, unless it's an object which implements +  //! @[Value.rxml_var_eval]. If the value can't be converted to that +  //! type, an RXML error should be thrown. If you don't want to do +  //! any special handling of this, it's enough to call +  //! @tt{@[type]->encode(value)@}, since the encode functions does +  //! just that. See @[Value.rxml_var_eval] for more discussion about +  //! this. +  //! +  //! @note The @[type] argument being @tt{void|Type@} means that the +  //! caller is free to leave out that argument, not that the function +  //! implementor is free to ignore it.    {parse_error ("Cannot query variable" + _in_the_scope (scope_name) + ".\n");}       mixed `[]= (string var, mixed val, void|Context ctx, void|string scope_name) -  +  //! Called to set the value of a variable in the scope. @[var] is +  //! the name of it, @[ctx] and @[scope_name] are set to where this +  //! @[Scope] object was found. +  //! +  //! An RXML error may be thrown if the value is not acceptable for +  //! the variable. It's undefined what happens if a variable is set +  //! to @[nil]; it should be avoided.    {parse_error ("Cannot set variable" + _in_the_scope (scope_name) + ".\n");}       array(string) _indices (void|Context ctx, void|string scope_name) -  +  //! Called to get a list of all defined variables in the scope. +  //! @[ctx] and @[scope_name] are set to where this @[Scope] object +  //! was found. +  //! +  //! There's no guarantee that the returned variable names produce a +  //! value (i.e. neither @[nil] nor the undefined value) when +  //! indexed.    {parse_error ("Cannot list variables" + _in_the_scope (scope_name) + ".\n");}    -  +  void _m_delete (string var, void|Context ctx, void|string scope_name) +  //! Called to delete a variable in the scope. @[var] is the name of +  //! it, @[ctx] and @[scope_name] are set to where this @[Scope] +  //! object was found. +  { +  if (m_delete != local::m_delete) +  m_delete (var, ctx, scope_name); // For compatibility with 2.1. +  else +  parse_error ("Cannot delete variable" + _in_the_scope (scope_name) + ".\n"); +  } +     void m_delete (string var, void|Context ctx, void|string scope_name) -  {parse_error ("Cannot delete variable" + _in_the_scope (scope_name) + ".\n");} +  // For compatibility with 2.1. +  {_m_delete (var, ctx, scope_name);}       private string _in_the_scope (string scope_name)    {
1069:    }    else var = var[0];    -  if (objectp (vars) && vars->m_delete) -  ([object(Scope)] vars)->m_delete (var, this_object(), scope_name); +  if (objectp (vars) && vars->_m_delete) +  ([object(Scope)] vars)->_m_delete (var, this_object(), scope_name);    else if (mappingp (vars))    m_delete ([mapping(string:mixed)] vars, var);    else if (multisetp (vars))
2985:   //! is called to produce its value.   //! o If a value which is about to be indexed is an object which has   //! a `[] function, it's called as a Scope object. - //! o Both the special value nil and a zero with zero_type 1 may be - //! used to signify no value at all, and both will be returned as a - //! zero with zero_type 1. + //! o Both the special value nil and the undefined value (a zero with + //! zero_type 1) may be used to signify no value at all, and both + //! will be returned as the undefined value.   //!   //! If the want_type argument is set, the result value is converted to   //! that type with Type.encode(). If the value can't be converted, an
3001:    error ("Invalid index specifier.\n");   #endif    +  int scope_got_type = 0;    array(string|int) idxpath; -  if (arrayp (index)) idxpath = index[1..], index = index[0]; -  else idxpath = ({}); +  if (arrayp (index)) idxpath = index, index = index[0]; +  else idxpath = ({0});    -  if (objectp (val) ? -  zero_type (val = ([object(Scope)] val)->`[] (index, ctx, scope_name)) : -  zero_type (val = val[index])) -  val = nil; -  -  foreach (idxpath, string|int subindex) { -  scope_name += "." + index; -  index = subindex; -  -  while (objectp (val) && ([object] val)->rxml_var_eval) -  if (zero_type (val = ([object(Value)] val)->rxml_var_eval ( -  ctx, index, scope_name, 0))) { -  val = nil; -  break; -  } -  +  for (int i = 1;; i++) {    // stringp was not really a good idea.    if( arrayp( val ) /*|| stringp( val )*/ )    if (intp (index) && index)
3038:    parse_error ("%s produced no value to index with %O.\n", scope_name, index);    else if( objectp( val ) && val->`[] ) {    if (zero_type ( -  val = ([object(Scope)] val)->`[](index, ctx, scope_name))) +  val = ([object(Scope)] val)->`[]( +  index, ctx, scope_name, +  i == sizeof (idxpath) && (scope_got_type = 1, want_type))))    val = nil;    }    else if( mappingp( val ) || objectp (val) ) {
3050:    else if (!(<1, -1>)[index])    parse_error ("%s is %O which cannot be indexed with %O.\n",    scope_name, val, index); +  +  if (i == sizeof (idxpath)) break; +  scope_name += "." + index; +  index = idxpath[i]; +  + #ifdef MODULE_DEBUG +  mapping(object:int) called = ([]); + #endif +  while (objectp (val) && ([object] val)->rxml_var_eval) { + #ifdef MODULE_DEBUG +  // Detect infinite loops. This check is slightly too strong; +  // it's theoretically possible that a couple of Value objects +  // return each other a few rounds and then something different, +  // but we'll live with that. Besides, that situation ought to be +  // solved internally in them anyway. +  if (called[val]) +  error ("Cyclic rxml_var_eval chain detected in %O.\n" +  "All called objects:%{ %O%}\n", val, indices (called)); +  called[val] = 1; + #endif +  if (zero_type (val = ([object(Value)] val)->rxml_var_eval ( +  ctx, index, scope_name, 0))) { +  val = nil; +  break;    } -  +  } +  }       if (val == nil)    return ([])[0];    else if (!objectp (val) || !([object] val)->rxml_var_eval) -  if (want_type) +  if (want_type && !scope_got_type)    return    // FIXME: Some system to find out the source type?    zero_type (val = want_type->encode (val)) || val == nil ? ([])[0] : val;    else    return val;    -  + #ifdef MODULE_DEBUG +  mapping(object:int) called = ([]); + #endif    do { -  + #ifdef MODULE_DEBUG +  if (called[val]) +  error ("Cyclic rxml_var_eval chain detected in %O.\n" +  "All called objects:%{ %O%}\n", val, indices (called)); +  called[val] = 1; + #endif    if (zero_type (val = ([object(Value)] val)->rxml_var_eval (    ctx, index, scope_name, want_type)) ||    val == nil)