middleclass/middleclass.lua

local middleclass = {
  _VERSION     = 'middleclass v3.1.0',
  _DESCRIPTION = 'Object Orientation for Lua',
  _URL         = 'https://github.com/kikito/middleclass',
  _LICENSE     = [[
    MIT LICENSE

    Copyright (c) 2011 Enrique García Cota

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
    copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
    the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
    in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
    OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
    CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
    TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
    SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  ]]
}

local function _setClassDictionariesMetatables(aClass)
  local dict = aClass.__instanceDict
  dict.__index = dict

  local super = aClass.super
  if super then
    local superStatic = super.static
    setmetatable(dict, super.__instanceDict)
    setmetatable(aClass.static, { __index = function(_,k) return rawget(dict,k) or superStatic[k] end })
  else
    setmetatable(aClass.static, { __index = function(_,k) return dict[k] end })
  end
end

local all_metamethods_list = { '__add', '__band', '__bor', '__bxor', '__bnot', '__call', '__concat',
                               '__div', '__eq', '__ipairs', '__idiv', '__le', '__len', '__lt', '__mod',
                               '__mul', '__pairs', '__pow', '__shl', '__shr', '__sub', '__tostring', '__unm' }

local all_metamethods = {}

for _, metamethod in ipairs(all_metamethods_list) do
  all_metamethods[metamethod] = true
end

local function _propogateMetamethod(aClass, key, value)
  for subclass in pairs(aClass.subclasses) do
    if not subclass.__metamethods[key] then
      subclass.__instanceDict[key] = value
      _propogateMetamethod(subclass, key, value)
    end
  end
end

local function _updateClassDict(aClass, key, value)
  if all_metamethods[key] then
    if value == nil then
      aClass.__metamethods[key] = nil
      value = aClass.super and aClass.super.__instanceDict[key]
    else
      aClass.__metamethods[key] = true
    end

    _propogateMetamethod(aClass, key, value)
  end

  aClass.__instanceDict[key] = value
end

local function _setClassMetatable(aClass)
  setmetatable(aClass, {
    __tostring = function() return "class " .. aClass.name end,
    __index    = aClass.static,
    __newindex = _updateClassDict,
    __call     = function(self, ...) return self:new(...) end
  })
end

local function _createClass(name, super)
  local aClass = { name = name, super = super, static = {}, __mixins = {}, __instanceDict = {}, __metamethods = {} }
  aClass.subclasses = setmetatable({}, {__mode = "k"})

  _setClassDictionariesMetatables(aClass)
  _setClassMetatable(aClass)

  return aClass
end

local function _setSubclassMetamethods(aClass, subclass)
  for m in pairs(aClass.__metamethods) do
    subclass.__instanceDict[m] = aClass.__instanceDict[m]
  end
end

local function _setDefaultInitializeMethod(aClass, super)
  aClass.initialize = function(instance, ...)
    return super.initialize(instance, ...)
  end
end

local function _includeMixin(aClass, mixin)
  assert(type(mixin)=='table', "mixin must be a table")
  for name,method in pairs(mixin) do
    if name ~= "included" and name ~= "static" then aClass[name] = method end
  end
  if mixin.static then
    for name,method in pairs(mixin.static) do
      aClass.static[name] = method
    end
  end
  if type(mixin.included)=="function" then mixin:included(aClass) end
  aClass.__mixins[mixin] = true
end

local Object = _createClass("Object", nil)

function Object.static:allocate()
  assert(type(self) == 'table', "Make sure that you are using 'Class:allocate' instead of 'Class.allocate'")
  return setmetatable({ class = self }, self.__instanceDict)
end

function Object.static:new(...)
  local instance = self:allocate()
  instance:initialize(...)
  return instance
end

function Object.static:subclass(name)
  assert(type(self) == 'table', "Make sure that you are using 'Class:subclass' instead of 'Class.subclass'")
  assert(type(name) == "string", "You must provide a name(string) for your class")

  local subclass = _createClass(name, self)
  _setSubclassMetamethods(self, subclass)
  _setDefaultInitializeMethod(subclass, self)
  self.subclasses[subclass] = true
  self:subclassed(subclass)

  return subclass
end

function Object.static:subclassed(other) end

function Object.static:isSubclassOf(other)
  return type(other)                   == 'table' and
         type(self)                    == 'table' and
         type(self.super)              == 'table' and
         ( self.super == other or
           type(self.super.isSubclassOf) == 'function' and
           self.super:isSubclassOf(other)
         )
end

function Object.static:include( ... )
  assert(type(self) == 'table', "Make sure you that you are using 'Class:include' instead of 'Class.include'")
  for _,mixin in ipairs({...}) do _includeMixin(self, mixin) end
  return self
end

function Object.static:includes(mixin)
  return type(mixin)          == 'table' and
         type(self)           == 'table' and
         type(self.__mixins)  == 'table' and
         ( self.__mixins[mixin] or
           type(self.super)           == 'table' and
           type(self.super.includes)  == 'function' and
           self.super:includes(mixin)
         )
end

function Object:initialize() end

function Object:__tostring() return "instance of " .. tostring(self.class) end

function Object:isInstanceOf(aClass)
  return type(self)                == 'table' and
         type(self.class)          == 'table' and
         type(aClass)              == 'table' and
         ( aClass == self.class or
           type(aClass.isSubclassOf) == 'function' and
           self.class:isSubclassOf(aClass)
         )
end



function middleclass.class(name, super, ...)
  super = super or Object
  return super:subclass(name, ...)
end

middleclass.Object = Object

setmetatable(middleclass, { __call = function(_, ...) return middleclass.class(...) end })

return middleclass