hump/class.lua
2011-11-16 13:34:59 +01:00

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local function __NULL__() end
-- class "inheritance" by copying functions
local function inherit(class, interface, ...)
if not interface then return end
assert(type(interface) == "table", "Can only inherit from other classes.")
-- __index and construct are not overwritten as for them class[name] is defined
for name, func in pairs(interface) do
if not class[name] then
class[name] = func
end
end
for super in pairs(interface.__is_a or {}) do
class.__is_a[super] = true
end
return inherit(class, ...)
end
-- class builder
local function new(args)
local super = {}
local name = '<unnamed class>'
local constructor = args or __NULL__
if type(args) == "table" then
-- nasty hack to check if args.inherits is a table of classes or a class or nil
super = (args.inherits or {}).__is_a and {args.inherits} or args.inherits or {}
name = args.name or name
constructor = args[1] or __NULL__
end
assert(type(constructor) == "function", 'constructor has to be nil or a function')
-- build class
local class = {}
class.__index = class
class.__tostring = function() return ("<instance of %s>"):format(tostring(class)) end
class.construct = constructor or __NULL__
class.inherit = inherit
class.__is_a = {[class] = true}
class.is_a = function(self, other) return not not self.__is_a[other] end
-- intercept assignment in global environment to infer the class name
if not (type(args) == "table" and args.name) then
local env, env_meta, interceptor = getfenv(0), getmetatable(getfenv(0)), {}
function interceptor:__newindex(key, value)
if value == class then
local name = tostring(key)
getmetatable(class).__tostring = function() return name end
end
-- restore old metatable and insert value
setmetatable(env, env_meta)
if env.global then env.global(key) end -- handle 'strict' module
env[key] = value
end
setmetatable(env, interceptor)
end
-- inherit superclasses (see above)
inherit(class, unpack(super))
-- syntactic sugar
local meta = {
__call = function(self, ...)
local obj = {}
setmetatable(obj, self)
self.construct(obj, ...)
return obj
end,
__tostring = function() return name end
}
return setmetatable(class, meta)
end
-- interface for cross class-system compatibility (see https://github.com/bartbes/Class-Commons).
if class_commons ~= false and not common then
common = {}
function common.class(name, prototype, parent)
local init = prototype.init or (parent or {}).init
return new{name = name, inherits = {prototype, parent}, init}
end
function common.instance(class, ...)
return class(...)
end
end
-- the module
return setmetatable({new = new, inherit = inherit},
{__call = function(_,...) return new(...) end})