Revised Mirrors proposal/take 3.

mirrors/reflective_change.dart

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+#library("reflective_change");
+#import("introspection.dart");
+
+
+/**
+Install the libraries described by libs into isolate's reflectee in one
+atomic step.
+
+An exception is thrown if the target isolate is not suspended.
+An exception may be thrown if any of the code described in libs would cause
+a compile-time error. If an exception is thrown, none of the code is installed.
+
+This is an asynchronous method.
+
+*/
+void install(List<LibraryMirrorBuilder> libs, IsolateMirror isolate) {
+
+}
+
+/**
+A builder for libraries.
+
+One can describe a library either via source or by supplying its imports and 
+declarations explicitly. 
+There is no distinction between different kinds of declarations, as the mirror builders provided
+are self-describing.
+*/
+interface LibraryDeclarationBuilder {
+
+/** 
+Create a builder for a library whose code is identical to that of the reflectee of
+the argument mirror m.
+*/
+   LibraryDeclartionBuilder.fromMirror(LibraryDeclarationMirror m);
+
+/** Create a builder for a library named sname.
+
+*/
+  LibraryDeclarationBuilder.named(String sname);
+
+   String simpleName();
+   Map declarations();
+
+   Map<Object, String> imports();
+   String source(); 
+}
+
+/** Allows for building types */
+interface TypeMirrorBuilder {
+  String simpleName; 
+  
+/** if this is empty, this is a non-parameterized type */
+  final Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder> typeArguments; 
+  TypeMirrorBuilder(String this.simpleName, [List<TypeMirrorBuilder> tas]): 
+     typeArguments = tas === null ? new Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder>() :makeTypeArgs(tas);
+  static Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder> makeTypeArgs(List<TypeMirrorBuilder> tas){
+    // fill in
+  }
+}
+
+
+/** Describes a type under construction, prior to installation. 
+There is no ClassDeclarationBuilder - to keep the API manageable, we use this class for constructing both
+classes and interfaces. 
+*/
+interface InterfaceDeclarationBuilder {
+  String simpleName;
+
+
+/** Create a builder that describes the same code as the argument mirror m. */
+  InterfaceDeclarationBuilder.fromMirror(InterfaceDeclarationMirror m);
+  
+/** Create a builder for a class or interface named sname.
+
+*/
+  InterfaceDeclarationBuilder.named(String sname);  /*: 
+      simpleName = sname, members = new Map(), 
+      superinterfaces = new Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder>(), 
+      typeParameters = new Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder>();
+*/ 
+
+/** Allows for adding all kinds of members;
+    The mirror builders provided are self-describing */
+  final List<Object, MethodMirrorBuilder> members; 
+  
+  final Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder> superinterfaces; 
+  
+  /** If this is an interface, always return an InterfaceMirror for Object.*/
+  TypeMirror superclass;
+
+  final Map<Object, TypeMirrorBuilder> typeParameters; 
+  
+  /** Return true iff this represents an actual class */
+  bool isClass;
+}
+
+
+/**
+Do we need this? It seems to just wrap the source code for a function.
+*/
+class MethodMirrorBuilder {
+  MethodMirrorBuilder(String src);
+}
+