/interpreter/tags/reactive-pattern-matching/src/edu/vub/at/objects/mirrors/NativeField.java

  1/**
  2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
  3 * NATPrimitiveField.java created on Aug 2, 2006 at 12:47:02 AM
  4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
  5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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 28package edu.vub.at.objects.mirrors;
 29
 30import edu.vub.at.eval.Evaluator;
 31import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
 32import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XIllegalOperation;
 33import edu.vub.at.objects.ATField;
 34import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
 35import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable;
 36import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
 37import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;
 38import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATByRef;
 39import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNumber;
 40import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATTable;
 41import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
 42
 43import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 44
 45/**
 46 * Native Fields are represented in our reflective implementation as a pair
 47 * of accessor and mutator methods in the class of the native AmbientTalk object.
 48 * For instance, a native AmbientTalk object of class C has a field 'f' if the
 49 * class C implements a method 'getF()'. If the class also implements 'setF(v)'
 50 * the field is assignable.
 51 * 
 52 * @author tvcutsem
 53 * @author smostinc
 54 */
 55public class NativeField extends NATByRef implements ATField {
 56	
 57	/**
 58	 * The AmbientTalk name of the field
 59	 */
 60	private final ATSymbol name_;
 61	
 62	/**
 63	 * The AmbientTalk native object to which this field belongs
 64	 */
 65	private final ATObject host_;
 66	
 67	/**
 68	 * The native Java accessor method to be called when accessing the field
 69	 */
 70	private final Method accessor_;
 71	
 72	/**
 73	 * The native Java mutator method to be called when assigning to the field.
 74	 * This field may be null which indicates a read-only field
 75	 */
 76	private final Method mutator_;
 77
 78	public NativeField(ATObject host, ATSymbol name, Method accessor, Method mutator) {
 79		host_ = host;
 80		name_ = name;
 81		accessor_ = accessor;
 82		mutator_ = mutator;
 83	}
 84
 85	public ATSymbol base_name() {
 86		return name_;
 87	}
 88
 89	public ATObject base_readField() throws InterpreterException {
 90		return JavaInterfaceAdaptor.invokeNativeATMethod(accessor_, host_, NATTable.EMPTY.elements_);
 91	}
 92
 93	public ATObject base_writeField(ATObject newValue) throws InterpreterException {
 94		// certain fields may not have setters
 95		if (mutator_ != null) {
 96			JavaInterfaceAdaptor.invokeNativeATMethod(accessor_, host_, new ATObject[] { newValue });
 97			return Evaluator.getNil();
 98		} else {
 99			throw new XIllegalOperation("Field " + name_ + " cannot be set.");
100		}
101	}
102	
103	/**
104	 * Fields can be re-initialized when installed in an object that is being cloned.
105	 * They expect the new owner of the field as the sole instance to their 'new' method
106	 */
107	public ATObject meta_newInstance(ATTable initargs) throws InterpreterException {
108		if (initargs.base_length() != NATNumber.ONE) {
109			return super.meta_newInstance(initargs);
110		} else {
111		    ATObject newhost = initargs.base_at(NATNumber.ONE);
112		    return new NativeField(newhost, name_, accessor_, mutator_);
113		}
114	}
115
116	public NATText meta_print() throws InterpreterException {
117		return NATText.atValue("<native field:"+name_+" of "+ host_.meta_print().javaValue +">");
118	}
119	
120    public ATTable meta_typeTags() throws InterpreterException {
121    	return NATTable.of(NativeTypeTags._FIELD_);
122    }
123	
124    public boolean isNativeField() {
125        return true;
126    }
127	
128	public ATField asField() {
129		return this;
130	}
131	
132}