work in progress: observable implementation using detailed change records

lib/observe/reference.dart

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+// Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+library web_ui.observe.reference;
+
+import 'package:web_ui/observe.dart';
+
+/**
+ * An observable reference to an value. Use this if you want to store a single
+ * value. NOTE: it is generally better to use the `@observable` annotation on
+ * your observable class. This class is provided for demonstration purposes, or
+ * if you happen to need a single unnamed observable reference.
+ */
+class ObservableReference<T> extends Observable {
+  T _value;
+
+  ObservableReference([T initialValue]) : _value = initialValue;
+
+  T get value {
+    if (observeReads) notifyRead(ChangeRecord.FIELD, 'value');
+    return _value;
+  }
+
+  void set value(T newValue) {
+    if (hasObservers) {
+      notifyChange(ChangeRecord.FIELD, 'value', _value, newValue);
+    }
+    _value = newValue;
+  }
+}