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/**
* @file Function.hpp
*
* Contains the definition of a Function class used to describe both methods and
* functions in the host code and functions in the script code.
*
* @author Andreas Stöckel (astoecke@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
*/
#ifndef _OUSIA_FUNCTION_HPP_
#define _OUSIA_FUNCTION_HPP_
#include
#include "Argument.hpp"
#include "Variant.hpp"
namespace ousia {
/**
* The Function interface defines all the methods needed to represent a
* generic function. Function objects can be called using the "call" function in
* which an array of Variant is supplied to the function and a Variant is
* returned to the caller. The actual function that is being represented by an
* instance of the Function class may either be a C++ function or a function
* residing in some script.
*/
class Function {
protected:
/**
* Protecte default constructor -- prevents the Function class from being
* created. Use one of the child classes instead.
*/
Function(){};
/**
* Abstract function which is meant to call the underlying function (be it
* a host or a script function) with the given arguments.
*
* @param args is a vector containing all arguments that shall be passed to
* the function.
* @return a Variant containing the return value.
*/
virtual Variant doCall(Variant::arrayType &args, void *thisRef) const = 0;
public:
/**
* Virtual destructor of the Function class.
*/
virtual ~Function(){};
/**
* Calls the function.
*
* @param args is an array of variants that should be passed to the
* function. Note that the arguments might be modified, e.g. by a validation
* process or the called function itself.
* @param thisRef is a user-defined reference which may be pointing at the
* object the function should be working on.
* @return a Variant containing the result of the function call.
*/
Variant call(Variant::arrayType &args, void *thisRef = nullptr) const
{
return doCall(args, thisRef);
}
/**
* Calls the function.
*
* @param args is an array of variants that should be passed to the
* function.
* @param thisRef is a user-defined reference which may be pointing at the
* object the function should be working on.
* @return a Variant containing the result of the function call.
*/
Variant call(const Variant::arrayType &args = Variant::arrayType{},
void *thisRef = nullptr) const
{
Variant::arrayType argsCopy = args;
return doCall(argsCopy, thisRef);
}
};
/**
* Function doing nothing. Instances of this class are used as default values
* for instances of the Function class.
*/
class FunctionStub : public Function {
protected:
Variant doCall(Variant::arrayType &, void *) const override
{
return nullptr;
}
public:
/**
* Constructor of the FunctionStub class.
*/
FunctionStub() {}
};
/**
* Function class providing factilities for the validation of arguments.
*/
class ValidatingFunction : public Function {
private:
/**
* List describing a valid set to arguments.
*/
Arguments arguments;
protected:
/**
* Default constructor. Disables validation, all arguments are allowed.
*/
ValidatingFunction() : arguments(Arguments::None){};
/**
* Default constructor. Disables validation, all arguments are allowed.
*/
ValidatingFunction(Arguments arguments)
: arguments(std::move(arguments)) {};
/**
* Function which cares about validating a set of arguments.
*
* @param args is an array containing the arguments that should be
* validated.
* @return the reference to the array.
*/
Variant::arrayType &validate(Variant::arrayType &args) const;
};
/**
* The Method class refers to a method in the C++ code, belonging to an object
* of a certain type T.
*
* @tparam T is the type of the method that should be called.
*/
template
class Method : public ValidatingFunction {
public:
/**
* Type of the Callback function that is being called by the "call"
* function.
*
* @param args contains the input arguments that were passed to the
* function.
* @param thisRef is a pointer pointing at an instance of type T.
* @return the return value of the function as Variant instance.
*/
using Callback = Variant (*)(Variant::arrayType &args, T *thisRef);
private:
/**
* Pointer at the actual C++ method being called.
*/
const Callback method;
protected:
/**
* Calls the underlying method.
*
* @param args is a vector containing all arguments that should be passed
* to the method.
* @return a Variant containing the return value.
*/
Variant doCall(Variant::arrayType &args, void *thisRef) const override
{
return method(validate(args), static_cast(thisRef));
}
public:
/**
* Constructor of the Method class with a description of the arguments that
* are to be passed to the callback method.
*
* @param arguments is a type description restricting the arguments that are
* being passed to the callback function.
* @param method is the actual callback function that is being called once
* the method is executed. The arguments passed to the method are validated
* using the given argument descriptor.
*/
Method(Arguments arguments, Callback method)
: ValidatingFunction(arguments), method(method){};
/**
* Constructor of the Method class.
*
* @param method is a pointer at the C++ function that should be called.
*/
Method(Callback method) : method(method){};
};
}
#endif /* _OUSIA_FUNCTION_HPP_ */