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[clinton/lisp-on-lines.git] / src / display.lisp

(in-package :lisp-on-lines)

(defvar *description*)
(defvar *display*)
(defvar *object* nil)


(deflayer display-layer)

(define-layered-function display-using-description (description display object &rest args)
  (:documentation
   "Displays OBJECT via description using/in/with/on display"))

(defun display (display object &rest args &key attributes )
  (let ((*display-attributes* attributes))
    (apply #'display-using-description (description-of object) display object args)))

(define-layered-method display-using-description 
  :around (description display object &rest args)
  (declare (ignorable args))
  (let ((*description* description)
	(*display* display)
	(*object*  object))
    (contextl::funcall-with-special-initargs  
      (loop 
	 :for (key val) :on args :by #'cddr
	 :collect (list (find key (description-attributes description) 
			      :key #'attribute-keyword)
			:value val))
      (lambda ()
	(contextl::funcall-with-special-initargs  
	 (let ((attribute (find-attribute description 'active-attributes)))	
	   (when attribute
	     (loop for spec in (attribute-value object attribute)
		  if (listp spec)
		  collect (cons (or 
				 (find-attribute description (car spec))
						 (error "No attribute matching ~A" (car spec)))
				 (cdr spec)))))
     (lambda ()
       (call-next-method)))))))
			      


(defun display/d (&rest args)
  (apply #'display-using-description args))

(define-layered-method display-using-description (description display object &rest args)
 (error "No DISPLAY-USING-DESCRIPTION methods are specified for: ~%  DESCRIPTION: ~A ~%  DISPLAY: ~A ~%  OBJECT: ~A ~%  ARGS: ~S

OMGWTF! If you didn't do this, it's a bug!" description display object args))

(defmacro define-display (&body body)
  (loop with in-descriptionp = (eq (car body) :in-description)
	with description = (if in-descriptionp (cadr body) 't)
	for tail on (if in-descriptionp (cddr body) body)
	until (listp (car tail))
	collect (car tail) into qualifiers
	finally
	(when (member :in-description qualifiers)
	  (error "Incorrect occurrence of :in-description in defdisplay. Must occur before qualifiers."))
	(return
	  (destructuring-bind (description-spec &optional  (display-spec (gensym)) (object-spec (gensym))) 
	      (car tail) 
		`(define-layered-method
		  display-using-description
		   :in-layer ,(if (eq t description) 
				  t
				  (defining-description description))
		   ,@qualifiers
		   (,(if (listp description-spec)
		        (list (first description-spec)
		 	     (if (eq 'description (second description-spec))
				     'description
				     (defining-description (second description-spec)))))
		   ,display-spec
		   ,object-spec &rest args)
		   (declare (ignorable args))
                   ,@(cdr tail))))))