/** * Contains basic inheritance mechanism * * Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz * * This file is part of ease.js. * * ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) * any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License * for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . * * @author Mike Gerwitz * @package core */ var util = require( __dirname + '/util' ), ClassBuilder = require( __dirname + '/ClassBuilder' ), class_builder = ClassBuilder( require( __dirname + '/MemberBuilder' )(), require( __dirname + '/VisibilityObjectFactoryFactory' ) .fromEnvironment() ) ; /** * This module may be invoked in order to provide a more natural looking class * definition mechanism * * This may not be used to extend existing classes. To extend an existing class, * use the class's extend() method. If unavailable (or extending a non-ease.js * class/object), use the module's extend() method. * * @param {string=} name optional name * @param {Object} def class definition * * @return {Class} new class */ module.exports = function() { var type = typeof arguments[ 0 ], result = null ; switch ( type ) { // anonymous class case 'object': result = createAnonymousClass.apply( null, arguments ); break; // named class case 'string': result = createNamedClass.apply( null, arguments ); break; default: // we don't know what to do! throw TypeError( "Expecting anonymous class definition or named class definition" ); } return result; }; /** * Creates a class, inheriting either from the provided base class or the * default base class * * @param {Object} base object to extend (extends Class by default) * * @return {Object} extended class */ module.exports.extend = function( base ) { return extend.apply( this, arguments ); }; /** * Implements an interface or set of interfaces * * @param {...Interface} interfaces interfaces to implement * * @return {Class} new class containing interface abstractions */ module.exports.implement = function() { // implement on empty base return createImplement( null, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ) ); }; /** * Determines whether the provided object is a class created through ease.js * * @param {Object} obj object to test * * @return {boolean} true if class (created through ease.js), otherwise false */ module.exports.isClass = function( obj ) { obj = obj || {}; return ( obj.prototype instanceof ClassBuilder.ClassBase ) ? true : false ; }; /** * Determines whether the provided object is an instance of a class created * through ease.js * * @param {Object} obj object to test * * @return {boolean} true if instance of class (created through ease.js), * otherwise false */ module.exports.isClassInstance = function( obj ) { obj = obj || {}; return ( obj instanceof ClassBuilder.ClassBase ) ? true : false; }; /** * Determines if the class is an instance of the given type * * The given type can be a class, interface, trait or any other type of object. * It may be used in place of the 'instanceof' operator and contains additional * enhancements that the operator is unable to provide due to prototypal * restrictions. * * @param {Object} type expected type * @param {Object} instance instance to check * * @return {boolean} true if instance is an instance of type, otherwise false */ module.exports.isInstanceOf = ClassBuilder.isInstanceOf; /** * Alias for isInstanceOf() * * May read better in certain situations (e.g. Cat.isA( Mammal )) and more * accurately conveys the act of inheritance, implementing interfaces and * traits, etc. */ module.exports.isA = module.exports.isInstanceOf; /** * Creates a new anonymous Class from the given class definition * * @param {Object} def class definition * * @return {Class} new anonymous class */ function createAnonymousClass( def ) { // ensure we have the proper number of arguments (if they passed in // too many, it may signify that they don't know what they're doing, // and likely they're not getting the result they're looking for) if ( arguments.length > 1 ) { throw Error( "Expecting one argument for anonymous Class definition; " + arguments.length + " given." ); } return extend( def ); } /** * Creates a new named Class from the given class definition * * @param {string} name class name * @param {Object} def class definition * * @return {Class} new named class */ function createNamedClass( name, def ) { // if too many arguments were provided, it's likely that they're // expecting some result that they're not going to get if ( arguments.length > 2 ) { throw Error( "Expecting at most two arguments for definition of named Class '" + name + "'; " + arguments.length + " given." ); } // if no definition was given, return a staging object, to apply the name to // the class once it is actually created if ( def === undefined ) { return createStaging( name ); } // the definition must be an object else if ( typeof def !== 'object' ) { throw TypeError( "Unexpected value for definition of named Class '" + name + "'; object expected" ); } // add the name to the definition def.__name = name; return extend( def ); } /** * Creates a staging object to stage a class name * * The class name will be applied to the class generated by operations performed * on the staging object. This allows applying names to classes that need to be * extended or need to implement interfaces. * * @param {string} cname desired class name * * @return {Object} object staging the given class name */ function createStaging( cname ) { return { extend: function() { var args = Array.prototype.slice.apply( arguments ); // extend() takes a maximum of two arguments. If only one // argument is provided, then it is to be the class definition. // Otherwise, the first argument is the supertype and the second // argument is the class definition. Either way you look at it, // the class definition is always the final argument. // // We want to add the name to the definition. args[ args.length - 1 ].__name = cname; return extend.apply( null, args ); }, implement: function() { // implement on empty base, providing the class name to be used once // extended return createImplement( null, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ), cname ); }, }; } /** * Creates an intermediate object to permit implementing interfaces * * This object defers processing until extend() is called. This intermediate * object ensures that a usable class is not generated until after extend() is * called, as it does not make sense to create a class without any * body/definition. * * @param {Object} base base class to implement atop of, or null * @param {Array} ifaces interfaces to implement * @param {string=} cname optional class name once extended * * @return {Object} intermediate implementation object */ function createImplement( base, ifaces, cname ) { // Defer processing until after extend(). This also ensures that implement() // returns nothing usable. return { extend: function() { var args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ), def = args.pop(), ext_base = args.pop() ; // if any arguments remain, then they likely misunderstood what this // method does if ( args.length > 0 ) { throw Error( "Expecting no more than two arguments for extend()" ); } // if a base was already provided for extending, don't allow them to // give us yet another one (doesn't make sense) if ( base && ext_base ) { throw Error( "Cannot override parent " + base.toString() + " with " + ext_base.toString() + " via extend()" ); } // if a name was provided, use it if ( cname ) { def.__name = cname; } // If a base was provided when createImplement() was called, use // that. Otherwise, use the extend() base passed to this function. // If neither of those are available, extend from an empty class. ifaces.push( base || ext_base || extend( {} ) ); return extend.call( null, implement.apply( this, ifaces ), def ); }, }; } /** * Mimics class inheritance * * This method will mimic inheritance by setting up the prototype with the * provided base class (or, by default, Class) and copying the additional * properties atop of it. * * The class to inherit from (the first argument) is optional. If omitted, the * first argument will be considered to be the properties list. * * @return {Object} extended class */ function extend() { // set up the new class var new_class = class_builder.build.apply( class_builder, arguments ); // set up some additional convenience props setupProps( new_class ); // lock down the new class (if supported) to ensure that we can't add // members at runtime util.freeze( new_class ); return new_class; } /** * Implements interface(s) into an object * * This will copy all of the abstract methods from the interface and merge it * into the given object. * * @param {Object} base base object * @param {...Interface} interfaces interfaces to implement into dest * * @return {Object} destination object with interfaces implemented */ var implement = function() { var args = Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ), dest = {}, base = args.pop(), len = args.length, arg = null, implemented = [], make_abstract = false ; // add each of the interfaces for ( var i = 0; i < len; i++ ) { arg = args[ i ]; // copy all interface methods to the class (does not yet deep copy) util.propParse( arg.prototype, { method: function( name, func, is_abstract, keywords ) { dest[ 'abstract ' + name ] = func.definition; make_abstract = true; }, } ); implemented.push( arg ); } // xxx: temporary if ( make_abstract ) { dest.___$$abstract$$ = true; } // create a new class with the implemented abstract methods var class_new = module.exports.extend( base, dest ); ClassBuilder.getMeta( class_new ).implemented = implemented; return class_new; } /** * Sets up common properties for the provided function (class) * * @param {function()} func function (class) to set up * * @return {undefined} */ function setupProps( func ) { attachExtend( func ); attachImplement( func ); } /** * Attaches extend method to the given function (class) * * @param {Function} func function (class) to attach method to * * @return {undefined} */ function attachExtend( func ) { /** * Shorthand for extending classes * * This method can be invoked on the object, rather than having to call * Class.extend( this ). * * @param {Object} props properties to add to extended class * * @return {Object} extended class */ util.defineSecureProp( func, 'extend', function( props ) { return extend( this, props ); }); } /** * Attaches implement method to the given function (class) * * Please see the implement() export of this module for more information. * * @param {function()} func function (class) to attach method to * * @return {undefined} */ function attachImplement( func ) { util.defineSecureProp( func, 'implement', function() { return createImplement( func, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments ) ); }); }