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| +// Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
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| +// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
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| +// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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| +
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| +library observe.src.observable;
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| +
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| +import 'dart:async';
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| +import 'dart:collection';
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| +
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| +import 'package:smoke/smoke.dart' as smoke;
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| +import 'package:observe/observe.dart';
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| +
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| +// Note: this is an internal library so we can import it from tests.
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| +// TODO(jmesserly): ideally we could import this with a prefix, but it caused
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| +// strange problems on the VM when I tested out the dirty-checking example
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| +// above.
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| +import 'dirty_check.dart';
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| +
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| +/// Represents an object with observable properties. This is used by data in
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| +/// model-view architectures to notify interested parties of [changes] to the
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| +/// object's properties (fields or getter/setter pairs).
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| +///
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| +/// The interface does not require any specific technique to implement
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| +/// observability. You can implement it in the following ways:
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| +///
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| +/// - extend or mixin this class, and let the application call [dirtyCheck]
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| +/// periodically to check for changes to your object.
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| +/// - extend or mixin [ChangeNotifier], and implement change notifications
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| +/// manually by calling [notifyPropertyChange] from your setters.
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| +/// - implement this interface and provide your own implementation.
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| +abstract class Observable {
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| + /// Performs dirty checking of objects that inherit from [Observable].
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| + /// This scans all observed objects using mirrors and determines if any fields
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| + /// have changed. If they have, it delivers the changes for the object.
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| + static void dirtyCheck() => dirtyCheckObservables();
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| +
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| + StreamController _changes;
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| + Map<Symbol, Object> _values;
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| + List<ChangeRecord> _records;
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| +
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| + /// The stream of change records to this object. Records will be delivered
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| + /// asynchronously.
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| + ///
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| + /// [deliverChanges] can be called to force synchronous delivery.
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| + Stream<List<ChangeRecord>> get changes {
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| + if (_changes == null) {
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| + _changes = new StreamController.broadcast(sync: true,
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| + onListen: _observed, onCancel: _unobserved);
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| + }
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| + return _changes.stream;
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| + }
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| +
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| + /// True if this object has any observers, and should call
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| + /// [notifyChange] for changes.
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| + bool get hasObservers => _changes != null && _changes.hasListener;
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| +
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| + void _observed() {
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| + // Register this object for dirty checking purposes.
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| + registerObservable(this);
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| +
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| + var values = new Map<Symbol, Object>();
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| +
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| + // Note: we scan for @observable regardless of whether the base type
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| + // actually includes this mixin. While perhaps too inclusive, it lets us
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| + // avoid complex logic that walks "with" and "implements" clauses.
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| + var queryOptions = new smoke.QueryOptions(includeInherited: true,
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| + includeProperties: false, withAnnotations: const [ObservableProperty]);
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| + for (var decl in smoke.query(this.runtimeType, queryOptions)) {
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| + var name = decl.name;
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| + // Note: since this is a field, getting the value shouldn't execute
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| + // user code, so we don't need to worry about errors.
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| + values[name] = smoke.read(this, name);
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| + }
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| +
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| + _values = values;
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| + }
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| +
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| + /// Release data associated with observation.
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| + void _unobserved() {
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| + // Note: we don't need to explicitly unregister from the dirty check list.
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| + // This will happen automatically at the next call to dirtyCheck.
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| + if (_values != null) {
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| + _values = null;
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| + }
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| + }
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| +
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| + /// Synchronously deliver pending [changes]. Returns true if any records were
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| + /// delivered, otherwise false.
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| + // TODO(jmesserly): this is a bit different from the ES Harmony version, which
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| + // allows delivery of changes to a particular observer:
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| + // http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:observe#object.deliverchangerecords
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| + //
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| + // The rationale for that, and for async delivery in general, is the principal
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| + // that you shouldn't run code (observers) when it doesn't expect to be run.
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| + // If you do that, you risk violating invariants that the code assumes.
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| + //
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| + // For this reason, we need to match the ES Harmony version. The way we can do
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| + // this in Dart is to add a method on StreamSubscription (possibly by
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| + // subclassing Stream* types) that immediately delivers records for only
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| + // that subscription. Alternatively, we could consider using something other
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| + // than Stream to deliver the multicast change records, and provide an
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| + // Observable->Stream adapter.
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| + //
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| + // Also: we should be delivering changes to the observer (subscription) based
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| + // on the birth order of the observer. This is for compatibility with ES
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| + // Harmony as well as predictability for app developers.
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| + bool deliverChanges() {
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| + if (_values == null || !hasObservers) return false;
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| +
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| + // Start with manually notified records (computed properties, etc),
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| + // then scan all fields for additional changes.
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| + List records = _records;
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| + _records = null;
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| +
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| + _values.forEach((name, oldValue) {
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| + var newValue = smoke.read(this, name);
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| + if (oldValue != newValue) {
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| + if (records == null) records = [];
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| + records.add(new PropertyChangeRecord(this, name, oldValue, newValue));
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| + _values[name] = newValue;
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| + }
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| + });
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| +
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| + if (records == null) return false;
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| +
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| + _changes.add(new UnmodifiableListView<ChangeRecord>(records));
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| + return true;
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| + }
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| +
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| + /// Notify that the field [name] of this object has been changed.
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| + ///
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| + /// The [oldValue] and [newValue] are also recorded. If the two values are
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| + /// equal, no change will be recorded.
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| + ///
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| + /// For convenience this returns [newValue].
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| + notifyPropertyChange(Symbol field, Object oldValue, Object newValue)
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| + => notifyPropertyChangeHelper(this, field, oldValue, newValue);
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| +
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| + /// Notify observers of a change.
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| + ///
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| + /// For most objects [Observable.notifyPropertyChange] is more convenient, but
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| + /// collections sometimes deliver other types of changes such as a
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| + /// [ListChangeRecord].
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| + ///
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| + /// Notes:
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| + /// - This is *not* required for fields if you mixin or extend [Observable],
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| + /// but you can use it for computed properties.
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| + /// - Unlike [ChangeNotifier] this will not schedule [deliverChanges]; use
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| + /// [Observable.dirtyCheck] instead.
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| + void notifyChange(ChangeRecord record) {
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| + if (!hasObservers) return;
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| +
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| + if (_records == null) _records = [];
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| + _records.add(record);
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| + }
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| +}
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| +
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| +// TODO(jmesserly): remove the instance method and make this top-level method
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| +// public instead?
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| +// NOTE: this is not exported publically.
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| +notifyPropertyChangeHelper(Observable obj, Symbol field, Object oldValue,
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| + Object newValue) {
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| +
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| + if (obj.hasObservers && oldValue != newValue) {
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| + obj.notifyChange(new PropertyChangeRecord(obj, field, oldValue, newValue));
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| + }
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| + return newValue;
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| +}
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