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(ns enhanced-record | |
(:require [clojure.contrib.str-utils2 :as str2]) | |
(:use [clojure.string :only (join)] | |
[clojure.contrib.pprint :only | |
(*simple-dispatch* use-method pprint-map pprint)])) | |
;;;; enhanced records | |
;; internal helper for maps | |
(defn remove-values-from-map [value-predicate m] | |
(select-keys m (filter #(not (value-predicate (get m %))) (keys m)))) | |
;; internal helpers for name conversion | |
(defn take-even [x] | |
(take-nth 2 x)) | |
(defn take-odd [x] | |
(take-nth 2 (drop 1 x))) | |
(defn camel-to-dashed | |
"Convert a name like 'BigBlueCar' to 'big-blue-car'." | |
[s] | |
(let [parts (drop 1 (str2/partition s #"[A-Z]"))] | |
(join "-" (map #(str %1 %2) | |
(map str2/lower-case (take-even parts)) | |
(take-odd parts))))) | |
;; internal helpers for changing records via maps | |
(defn set-record-field | |
"Set a single field on a record." | |
[source [key value]] | |
(assoc source key value)) | |
(defn set-record-fields | |
"Set many fields on a record, from a map." | |
[initial value-map] | |
(reduce set-record-field initial value-map)) | |
;; NOTE: The way that fields are set in this approach is inefficient and garbage | |
;; objects are thrown off when setting multiple fields, but it does present the | |
;; abstraction we want of setting fields via maps. | |
;; internal helper for generating constructor function | |
(defmacro make-record-constructor | |
"Define the constructor functions used to instantiate a record." | |
[ctor-name default-record] | |
`(defn ~ctor-name | |
([value-map#] | |
(~ctor-name ~default-record value-map#)) | |
([initial# value-map#] | |
(set-record-fields initial# value-map#)))) | |
;; internal helpers for printing | |
(defmacro print-record | |
"Low-level function to print a record to a stream using the specified constructor | |
name in the print output and using the provided write-contents function to write | |
out the contents of the record (represented as a map)." | |
[ctor-name record stream write-contents] | |
`(do | |
(.write ~stream (str "(" ~ctor-name " ")) | |
(~write-contents (remove-values-from-map nil? ~record)) | |
(.write ~stream ")"))) | |
(defn print-record-contents | |
"Simply write the contents of a record to a stream as a string. Used for basic | |
printing." | |
[stream contents] | |
(.write stream (str contents))) | |
(defmacro setup-print-record-method [ctor-name type-name method-name] | |
`(defmethod ~method-name ~type-name [record# writer#] | |
(print-record ~ctor-name record# writer# (partial print-record-contents writer#)))) | |
(defmacro setup-print-record | |
"Define the print methods to print a record nicely (so that records will print in | |
a form that can be evaluated as itself)." | |
[ctor-name type-name] | |
`(do | |
(setup-print-record-method ~ctor-name ~type-name print-method) | |
(setup-print-record-method ~ctor-name ~type-name print-dup))) | |
(defn generate-record-pprint | |
"Return a function that can be used in the pprint dispatch mechanism to handle a | |
specific constructor name." | |
[ctor-name] | |
(fn [record] | |
(print-record ctor-name record *out* pprint-map))) | |
;; public entry point | |
(defmacro defrecord2 | |
"Defines a record and sets up constructor functions, printing, and pprinting for | |
the new record type." | |
([type-name field-list] | |
`(defrecord2 ~type-name ~field-list | |
;; invoke defrecord2 with default constructor function name | |
~(symbol (str "new-" (camel-to-dashed (str type-name)))))) | |
([type-name field-list ctor-name] | |
`(do | |
;; define the record | |
(defrecord ~type-name ~field-list) | |
;; define the constructor functions | |
(make-record-constructor ~ctor-name | |
(~(symbol (str type-name ".")) | |
~@(repeat (count field-list) nil))) | |
;; setup printing | |
(setup-print-record (quote ~ctor-name) ~type-name) | |
;; setup pprinting | |
(use-method *simple-dispatch* ~type-name | |
(generate-record-pprint (quote ~ctor-name)))))) |
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