close #42 (serializable import/export of elements)

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "lib/bitser"]
+	path = lib/bitser
+	url = https://github.com/gvx/bitser

docs/classes/element.html

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
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 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

docs/index.html

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
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 <div id="about">
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 </div> <!-- id="about" -->
 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

docs/modules/Element.html

@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 </div> <!-- id="main" -->
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 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

docs/modules/main.html

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 </div> <!-- id="main" -->
 <div id="about">
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+<i style="float:right;">Last updated 2016-10-30 23:39:49 </i>
 </div> <!-- id="about" -->
 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

docs/modules/pop.html

@@ -148,7 +148,15 @@ element.parent\focusChild element
 table.insert element.parent, element.parent\removeChild(element),</td>
 	</tr>
 	<tr>
-	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#printElementTree-todo4">printElementTree-todo4</a></td>
+	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#textinput-todo4">textinput-todo4</a></td>
+	<td class="summary">doc me</td>
+	</tr>
+	<tr>
+	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#textinput-todo4-todo5">textinput-todo4-todo5</a></td>
+	<td class="summary">doc me</td>
+	</tr>
+	<tr>
+	<td class="name" nowrap><a href="#printElementTree-todo6">printElementTree-todo6</a></td>
 	<td class="summary">Correct this once elements are reimplemented if it needs correction.</td>
 	</tr>
 </table>
@@ -645,8 +653,36 @@ table.insert element.parent, element.parent\removeChild(element),
 
 </dd>
     <dt>
-    <a name = "printElementTree-todo4"></a>
-    <strong>printElementTree-todo4</strong>
+    <a name = "textinput-todo4"></a>
+    <strong>textinput-todo4</strong>
+    </dt>
+    <dd>
+    doc me
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+    <dt>
+    <a name = "textinput-todo4-todo5"></a>
+    <strong>textinput-todo4-todo5</strong>
+    </dt>
+    <dd>
+    doc me
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+    <dt>
+    <a name = "printElementTree-todo6"></a>
+    <strong>printElementTree-todo6</strong>
     </dt>
     <dd>
     Correct this once elements are reimplemented if it needs correction.
@@ -665,7 +701,7 @@ table.insert element.parent, element.parent\removeChild(element),
 </div> <!-- id="main" -->
 <div id="about">
 <i>generated by <a href="http://github.com/stevedonovan/LDoc">LDoc 1.4.3</a></i>
-<i style="float:right;">Last updated 2016-10-30 22:18:17 </i>
+<i style="float:right;">Last updated 2016-10-30 23:39:49 </i>
 </div> <!-- id="about" -->
 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

docs/modules/util.html

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
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 <div id="about">
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+<i style="float:right;">Last updated 2016-10-30 23:39:49 </i>
 </div> <!-- id="about" -->
 </div> <!-- id="container" -->
 </body>

elements/element.lua

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ do
       if self.data.draw == nil then
         self.data.draw = true
       end
+      if not (self.data.type) then
+        self.data.type = "element"
+      end
       self.child = { }
     end,
     __base = _base_0,

elements/element.moon

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class element
         @data.h = 0 unless @data.h
         @data.update = false if @data.update == nil
         @data.draw = true if @data.draw == nil
+        @data.type = "element" unless @data.type
 
         @child = {}
 

elements/window.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ do
         data = { }
       end
       self.parent, self.data = parent, data
-      return _class_0.__parent.__init(self, self.parent, self.data)
+      _class_0.__parent.__init(self, self.parent, self.data)
+      if self.data.type == "element" then
+        self.data.type = "window"
+      end
     end,
     __base = _base_0,
     __name = "window",

elements/window.moon

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class window extends element
     new: (@parent, @data={}) =>
         super @parent, @data
 
+        @data.type = "window" if @data.type == "element"
+
         --- @todo if data, do stuff about it
 
     setSize: =>

init.lua

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ local insert
 insert = table.insert
 local inheritsFromElement
 inheritsFromElement = require(tostring(path) .. "/util").inheritsFromElement
+local dumps, loads
+do
+  local _obj_0 = require(tostring(path) .. "/lib/bitser/bitser")
+  dumps, loads = _obj_0.dumps, _obj_0.loads
+end
 pop.elements = { }
 pop.skins = { }
 pop.extensions = { }
@@ -124,7 +129,6 @@ pop.create = function(element, parent, ...)
     element = pop.elements[element](parent, ...)
     insert(parent.child, element)
     insert(parent.data.child, element.data)
-    element.parent = parent
     element.data.parent = parent.data
   elseif parent == false then
     element = pop.elements[element](false, ...)
@@ -134,7 +138,6 @@ pop.create = function(element, parent, ...)
     element = pop.elements[element](pop.screen, parent, ...)
     insert(pop.screen.child, element)
     insert(pop.screen.data.child, element.data)
-    element.parent = pop.screen
     element.data.parent = pop.screen.data
   end
   return element
@@ -252,6 +255,28 @@ pop.textinput = function(text)
   end
   return false
 end
+pop.import = function(data, parent)
+  if parent == nil then
+    parent = pop.screen
+  end
+  local element
+  if type(data) == "string" then
+    data = loads(data)
+    element = pop.create(data.type, parent, data)
+  else
+    element = pop.elements[data.type](parent, data)
+    insert(parent.child, element)
+  end
+  for i = 1, #data.child do
+    pop.import(data.child[i], element)
+  end
+end
+pop.export = function(element)
+  if element == nil then
+    element = pop.screen
+  end
+  return dumps(element.data)
+end
 pop.debugDraw = function(element)
   if element == nil then
     element = pop.screen

init.moon

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ log "Require path detected: \"#{path}\""
 import filesystem, graphics from love
 import insert from table
 import inheritsFromElement from require "#{path}/util"
+import dumps, loads from require "#{path}/lib/bitser/bitser"
 
 --- @table pop
 --- @tfield table elements All GUI classes are stored here.
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ pop.create = (element, parent=pop.screen, ...) ->
         element = pop.elements[element](parent, ...)
         insert parent.child, element
         insert parent.data.child, element.data
-        element.parent = parent --this should already have been set by the element, this is here as a precaution
+        --element.parent = parent
         element.data.parent = parent.data
     -- if explicitly no parent, just create the element
     elseif parent == false
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ pop.create = (element, parent=pop.screen, ...) ->
         element = pop.elements[element](pop.screen, parent, ...)
         insert pop.screen.child, element
         insert pop.screen.data.child, element.data
-        element.parent = pop.screen --this should already have been set by the element, this is here as a precaution
+        --element.parent = pop.screen
         element.data.parent = pop.screen.data
 
     return element
@@ -369,6 +370,29 @@ pop.textinput = (text) ->
 
 
 
+--- @todo doc me
+
+pop.import = (data, parent=pop.screen) ->
+    local element
+    if type(data) == "string"
+        data = loads(data)
+        element = pop.create(data.type, parent, data)
+    else
+        element = pop.elements[data.type](parent, data)
+        insert parent.child, element
+
+    for i = 1, #data.child
+        pop.import data.child[i], element
+
+
+
+--- @todo doc me
+
+pop.export = (element=pop.screen) ->
+    return dumps(element.data)
+
+
+
 --- Draws simple rectangle outlines to debug placement of elements.
 --- @function debugDraw
 --- @tparam Element element[opt] The element to draw (will draw its children as

lib/bitser

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit cf02122d221f5f7d3ebc898110f004cc6b658764