Beginning of Trait and Class.use
This is a rough concept showing how traits will be used at definition time by classes (note that this does not yet address how they will be ``mixed in'' at the time of instantiation).perfodd
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/**
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* Provides system for code reuse via traits
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
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*
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* This file is part of GNU ease.js.
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*
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* ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*/
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function Trait()
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{
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switch ( arguments.length )
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{
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case 1:
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return Trait.extend.apply( this, arguments );
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break;
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}
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};
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Trait.extend = function( dfn )
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{
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function TraitType()
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{
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throw Error( "Cannot instantiate trait" );
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};
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TraitType.__trait = true;
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TraitType.__dfn = dfn;
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return TraitType;
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};
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Trait.isTrait = function( trait )
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{
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return !!( trait || {} ).__trait;
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};
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/**
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* Mix trait into the given definition
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*
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* The original object DFN is modified; it is not cloned.
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*
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* @param {Trait} trait trait to mix in
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* @param {Object} dfn definition object to merge into
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*
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* @return {Object} dfn
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*/
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Trait.mixin = function( trait, dfn )
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{
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var tdfn = trait.__dfn || {};
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for ( var f in tdfn )
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{
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dfn[ f ] = tdfn[ f ];
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}
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return dfn;
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};
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module.exports = Trait;
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lib/class.js
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lib/class.js
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MethodWrapperFactory = require( __dirname + '/MethodWrapperFactory' ),
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wrappers = require( __dirname + '/MethodWrappers' ).standard,
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Trait = require( __dirname + '/Trait' ),
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class_builder = ClassBuilder(
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require( __dirname + '/MemberBuilder' )(
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MethodWrapperFactory( wrappers.wrapNew ),
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};
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module.exports.use = function( traits )
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{
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// consume traits onto an empty base
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return createUse(
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null,
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Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments )
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);
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};
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/**
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* Determines whether the provided object is a class created through ease.js
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*
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}
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function createUse( base, traits )
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{
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return {
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extend: function()
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{
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var args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ),
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dfn = args.pop(),
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base = args.pop();
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// "mix" each trait into the provided definition object
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for ( var i = 0, n = traits.length; i < n; i++ )
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{
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Trait.mixin( traits[ i ], dfn );
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}
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return extend.call( null, base, dfn );
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},
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};
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}
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/**
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* Mimics class inheritance
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*
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/**
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* Tests basic trait definition
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2014 Mike Gerwitz
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*
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* This file is part of GNU ease.js.
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*
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* ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*/
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require( 'common' ).testCase(
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{
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caseSetUp: function()
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{
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this.Sut = this.require( 'Trait' );
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this.Class = this.require( 'class' );
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// means of creating anonymous traits
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this.ctor = [
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this.Sut.extend,
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this.Sut,
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];
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},
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/**
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* We continue with the same concept used for class
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* definitions---extending the Trait module itself will create an
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* anonymous trait.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Can extend Trait to create anonymous trait': function( T )
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{
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this.assertOk( this.Sut.isTrait( T( {} ) ) );
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},
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/**
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* A trait can only be used by something else---it does not make sense
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* to instantiate them directly, since they form an incomplete picture.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Cannot instantiate trait without error': function( T )
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{
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this.assertThrows( function()
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{
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T( {} )();
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}, Error );
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},
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/**
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* One way that traits acquire meaning is by their use in creating
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* classes. This also allows us to observe whether traits are actually
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* working as intended without testing too closely to their
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* implementation. This test simply ensures that the Class module will
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* accept our traits.
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*
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* Classes consume traits as part of their definition using the `use'
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* method. We should be able to then invoke the `extend' method to
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* provide our own definition, without having to inherit from another
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* class.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Base class definition is applied when using traits':
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function( T )
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{
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var expected = 'bar';
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var C = this.Class.use( T( {} ) ).extend(
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{
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foo: expected,
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} );
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this.assertOk( this.Class.isClass( C ) );
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this.assertEqual( C().foo, expected );
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},
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/**
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* Traits contribute to the definition of the class that `use's them;
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* therefore, it would stand to reason that we should still be able to
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* inherit from a supertype while using traits.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Supertype definition is applied when using traits':
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function( T )
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{
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var expected = 'bar';
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expected2 = 'baz';
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Foo = this.Class( { foo: expected } ),
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SubFoo = this.Class.use( T( {} ) )
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.extend( Foo, { bar: expected2 } );
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var inst = SubFoo();
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this.assertOk( this.Class.isA( Foo, inst ) );
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this.assertEqual( inst.foo, expected, "Supertype failure" );
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this.assertEqual( inst.bar, expected2, "Subtype failure" );
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},
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/**
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* The above tests have ensured that classes are still operable with
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* traits; we can now test that traits are mixed into the class
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* definition via `use' by asserting on the trait definitions.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Trait definition is mixed into base class definition':
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function( T )
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{
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var called = false;
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var Trait = T( { foo: function() { called = true; } } ),
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inst = this.Class.use( Trait ).extend( {} )();
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// if mixin was successful, then we should have the `foo' method.
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this.assertDoesNotThrow( function()
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{
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inst.foo();
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}, Error, "Should have access to mixed in fields" );
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// if our variable was not set, then it was a bs copy
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this.assertOk( called, "Mixed in field copy error" );
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},
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/**
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* The above test should apply just the same to subtypes.
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*/
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'@each(ctor) Trait definition is mixed into subtype definition':
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function( T )
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{
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var called = false;
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var Trait = T( { foo: function() { called = true; } } ),
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Foo = this.Class( {} ),
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inst = this.Class.use( Trait ).extend( Foo, {} )();
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inst.foo();
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this.assertOk( called );
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},
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//
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// At this point, we assume that each ctor method is working as expected
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// (that is---the same); we will proceed to test only a single method of
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// construction under that assumption.
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//
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} );
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