tons of small changes to bring this up to date with maxclaims 2.0
[clinton/lisp-on-lines.git] / src / description-class.lisp
index 7e364e3..bba188e 100644 (file)
@@ -4,27 +4,6 @@
 ;;;; A description is an object which is used 
 ;;;; to describe another object.
 
-;;; HACK:
-;;; Since i'm not using deflayer, ensure-layer etc, 
-;;; There are a few places where contextl gets confused 
-;;; trying to locate my description layers.
-
-;;; TODO: investigate switching to deflayer!
-
-(defun contextl::prepare-layer (layer)
-  (if (symbolp layer)
-      (if (eq (symbol-package layer)
-         (find-package :description-definers))
-         layer
-         (contextl::defining-layer layer))
-      
-      layer))
-
-(defmethod find-layer-class :around ((layer symbol) &optional errorp environment)
-  (if (eq (symbol-package layer)
-         (find-package :description-definers))
-      (find-class layer)
-      (call-next-method)))
 
 ;;; #+HACK
 ;;; I'm having some 'issues' with 
@@ -35,6 +14,7 @@
 
 (define-layered-class description-access-class (standard-layer-class contextl::special-layered-access-class )
   ((defined-in-descriptions :initarg :in-description)
+   (class-active-attributes-definition :initarg :attributes)
    (mixin-class-p :initarg :mixinp)))
 
 (defmethod direct-slot-definition-class
     attribute))
 
 (defmethod slot-value-using-class ((class description-access-class) object slotd)
-  (if (or 
+        (call-next-method)
+#+nil  (if (or 
        (eq (slot-definition-name slotd) 'described-object)
        (not (slot-boundp slotd 'attribute-object)))
       (call-next-method)
       (slot-definition-attribute-object slotd)))
     
 
+(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
+  (defparameter *description-attributes* (make-hash-table)))
+
+
+
 (defclass standard-description-class (description-access-class layered-class)
-  ()
+  ((attributes :accessor description-class-attributes :initform (list)))
   (:default-initargs :defining-metaclass 'description-access-class))
 
+
+
 (defmethod validate-superclass
            ((class standard-description-class)
             (superclass standard-class))
 
 (defun description-class-name  (description-class)
     (read-from-string (symbol-name (class-name description-class))))
-  
-(defun initialize-description-class (class)
 
-;;; HACK: initialization does not happ   en properly 
-;;; when compiling and loading or something like that.
-;;; Obviously i'm not sure why.
-;;; So we're going to explicitly initialize things.
-;;; For now. --drewc
-
-  (pushnew class *defined-descriptions*)
-
-;;; ENDHACK.
-
-  (let* ((description (find-layer class)) 
-        (attribute-objects 
-         (mapcar 
-          (lambda (slot)
-            (let* ((*init-time-description* description)
-                         (attribute                 (apply #'make-instance 
-                           'standard-attribute
-                           :description description
-                           (attribute-object-initargs slot))))
-                    
-                    
-              (setf (slot-definition-attribute-object slot) attribute)))
-          (remove 'described-object (class-slots (class-of description))
-                  :key #'slot-definition-name)))
-        (defining-classes (partial-class-defining-classes (class-of description))))
+(defgeneric standard-description-p (description-candidate)
+  (:method (not-description)
+    NIL)
+  (:method ((description standard-description-object))
+    T))
+
+(defun compute-effective-attribute-objects (description)
+  (mapcar 
+   (lambda (slot)
+     (or (find-attribute description 
+                        (slot-definition-name slot) nil)
+        (let* ((*init-time-description* description)
+               (attribute-class (or 
+                                 (ignore-errors 
+                                   (slot-value-using-class 
+                                    (class-of description) description slot))
+                                 'standard-attribute))
+               (attribute                   
+                (apply #'make-instance 
+                       attribute-class
+                       :description description
+                       :attribute-class attribute-class
+                       (attribute-object-initargs slot))))
+          (setf (slot-definition-attribute-object slot) attribute))))
+   (remove 'described-object (class-slots (class-of description))
+          :key #'slot-definition-name)))
+
+(defmacro with-described-object ((object description &rest args)
+                                &body body)
+    `(funcall-with-described-object 
+      (lambda () ,@body)
+      ,object
+      ,description
+      ,@args))
+
+(defun initialize-effective-attribute-values-for-description-class (class description attribute-objects)
 
     (loop 
        :for (layer class) 
-       :on  defining-classes :by #'cddr 
+       :on    (partial-class-defining-classes class) :by #'cddr 
        :do (funcall-with-layer-context 
            (adjoin-layer (find-layer layer) (current-layer-context))
            (lambda ()
                         
                         (apply #'reinitialize-instance attribute 
                                initargs )
-                        (when (not (eq (find-class (attribute-class attribute))
-                                       (class-of attribute)))
-                          
-                          (apply #'change-class attribute  (attribute-class attribute) 
-                                 initargs)))
-                      
+                        (setf (slot-value description (attribute-name attribute)) 
+                              (attribute-class attribute))
+                        (apply #'change-class attribute  (find-class (attribute-class attribute))
+                               initargs))))
+             (when (slot-boundp  class 'class-active-attributes-definition)
+             (with-described-object (nil description) 
+               (setf (slot-value (find-attribute description 'active-attributes) 'value) 
+                     (slot-value class 'class-active-attributes-definition))))))))
+    
+(defun initialize-description-class (class)
+
+;;; HACK: initialization does not happ   en properly 
+;;; when compiling and loading or something like that.
+;;; Obviously i'm not sure why.
+;;; So we're going to explicitly initialize things.
+;;; For now. --drewc
+
+  (pushnew class *defined-descriptions*)
+
+;;; ENDHACK.
+  
+  (let* ((description (find-layer class)) 
+        (attribute-objects 
+         (setf (description-class-attributes (class-of description))
+               (compute-effective-attribute-objects description))))
+
+    (initialize-effective-attribute-values-for-description-class class description attribute-objects)
+))
+
 
-                      )))))))
 
 ;;;; HACK: run this at startup till we figure things out.
 (defun initialize-descriptions () 
   (print-unreadable-object (object stream :type t :identity t)
     (princ  (ignore-errors (description-print-name (find-layer object))) stream)))
 
-(defun find-description (name)
-  (find-layer (find-class (defining-description name))))
+(defun find-description (name &optional (errorp t))
+  (let ((class (find-class (defining-description name) errorp)))
+    (when class (find-layer class))))