Module PropDef
Classes for defining elementary properties and property sets. The classes in this module define the structure of a property set and the types of the elementary properties in a property set. A property set definition is represented by a tree of classes derived from the class PropBase. The inner nodes of the tree are represented by the class PropSet (which represents a set of properties) and the leafs have the type PropDef (which represents an elementary property).
Functions
| PropBase:fullName () | Return the full name of the property. |
| PropBase:isMain () | Check whether the property definition refers to a main property set. |
| PropBase:isSet () | Check whether the property definition refers to a set of properties. |
| PropDef:doValidation (val) | Check whether a given value is valid for the property. |
| PropDef:getCppType () | Return the C++ type that shall represent the property set. |
| PropDef:getInitializer () | Return C++ code required for initializing the property as C++ object with its default value. |
| PropDef:getLuaType () | Return the type identifier of the Lua type which may be used to initialized the property. |
| PropDef:new (base, pdef) | Create an elementary property. |
| PropSet:contentPairs () | Generator which returns pairs of local name and definition of the inner property definitions of the property set. |
| PropSet:getCppType (name) | Return the C++ type that shall represent the property set. |
| PropSet:getId () | Return the identifier of the property set (non-empty only if the set is a main set) |
| PropSet:getInitializer (name) | Return C++ code required for initializing the property set as C++ object. |
| PropSet:isMain () | Check whether the property definition refers to a main property set. |
| PropSet:isSet () | Return true since definition refers to a set of properties. |
| PropSet:new (innerdefs) | Create a property set definition. |
| PropSet:propDefPairs () | Generator which returns pairs of full name and definition of the elementary properties in the set sorted alphabetically by their full name. |
| PropSet:setIsMain (file) | Define the property set to be a 'main' set and store the name of its def-file. |
| createDefFromDSL (cfg) | Create a property set definition from DSL-calls (given as executable chunk). |
| dsl.bool (initVal) | DSL command 'bool' which creates a boolean property. |
| dsl.double (initVal) | DSL command 'double' which creates a double property. |
| dsl.float (initVal) | DSL command 'float' which creates a float property. |
| dsl.import (file) | DSL command 'import' which reads a file that contains the self-contained definition of a property set and returns this property set definition. |
| dsl.include (file) | DSL command 'include' which reads a given file and evaluates its content as if it were part of the DSL code where it is contained. |
| dsl.int (initVal) | DSL command 'int' which creates an integer property. |
| dsl.long (initVal) | DSL command 'long' which creates a long integer property. |
| dsl.set (inner) | DSL command 'set' which creates a property set |
| dsl.string (initVal) | DSL command 'string' which creates a string property. |
| getDsl () | Accessor for the DSL environment (used for testing purposes) |
| loadDefFile (file) | Load a property definition file and return it as a Lua chunk |
| parseDef (defstring) | Read and parse a property set definition from DSL-commands in a string |
| parseDefFile (file) | Read and parse a property set definition from DSL-commands in a file. |
Tables
| PropBase | Base class for property definitions. |
| PropDef | Class that represents the definition of an elementary property. |
| PropSet | Class that represents a set of properties. |
| dsl | Table which is used as environment for evaluating the property definition DSL. |
Functions
- PropBase:fullName ()
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Return the full name of the property. (i.e. the path to the property if the property is contained in a property set; elements in the path are separated by '.'.
Return value:
the full name of the property in the format x.y.z - PropBase:isMain ()
- Check whether the property definition refers to a main property set.
- PropBase:isSet ()
- Check whether the property definition refers to a set of properties.
- PropDef:doValidation (val)
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Check whether a given value is valid for the property.
Parameters
- val:
Return value:
flag whether the validation was successful and an error message as optional second return value if the validation was not successful - PropDef:getCppType ()
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Return the C++ type that shall represent the property set.
Return value:
string containing the C++ type - PropDef:getInitializer ()
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Return C++ code required for initializing the property as C++ object with its default value.
Return value:
string containing the C++ initialization code - PropDef:getLuaType ()
- Return the type identifier of the Lua type which may be used to initialized the property.
- PropDef:new (base, pdef)
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Create an elementary property.
Parameters
- base: a table with the default definitions for the property type which shall be created
- pdef: a table which overrides the default settings given with parameter 'base'
Return value:
a newly created property definition - PropSet:contentPairs ()
- Generator which returns pairs of local name and definition of the inner property definitions of the property set.
- PropSet:getCppType (name)
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Return the C++ type that shall represent the property set.
Parameters
- name:
Return value:
string containing the C++ type - PropSet:getId ()
- Return the identifier of the property set (non-empty only if the set is a main set)
- PropSet:getInitializer (name)
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Return C++ code required for initializing the property set as C++ object. Returns the empty string if the set is not a main set because non-main sets are initialized as part of the main set to which they belong.
Parameters
- name: name of the set
Return value:
string containing the C++ initialization code - PropSet:isMain ()
- Check whether the property definition refers to a main property set.
- PropSet:isSet ()
- Return true since definition refers to a set of properties. Overrides implementation in PropBase
- PropSet:new (innerdefs)
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Create a property set definition. The property set is initialized as a non-main property set.
Parameters
- innerdefs: map of properties indexed by name which belong to the property set to be created
Return value:
a newly created property set - PropSet:propDefPairs ()
- Generator which returns pairs of full name and definition of the elementary properties in the set sorted alphabetically by their full name.
- PropSet:setIsMain (file)
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Define the property set to be a 'main' set and store the name of its def-file.
Parameters
- file: name of the def-file (must end with .propdef)
- createDefFromDSL (cfg)
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Create a property set definition from DSL-calls (given as executable chunk).
Parameters
- cfg: the chunk which contains the property set definition
Return value:
a property set containing all properties defined in cfg. - dsl.bool (initVal)
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DSL command 'bool' which creates a boolean property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- dsl.double (initVal)
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DSL command 'double' which creates a double property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- dsl.float (initVal)
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DSL command 'float' which creates a float property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- dsl.import (file)
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DSL command 'import' which reads a file that contains the self-contained definition of a property set and returns this property set definition.
Parameters
- file:
- dsl.include (file)
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DSL command 'include' which reads a given file and evaluates its content as if it were part of the DSL code where it is contained.
Parameters
- file:
- dsl.int (initVal)
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DSL command 'int' which creates an integer property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- dsl.long (initVal)
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DSL command 'long' which creates a long integer property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- dsl.set (inner)
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DSL command 'set' which creates a property set
Parameters
- inner: the definition of the content of the property set (given as map with names as keys and property definitions as values).
- dsl.string (initVal)
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DSL command 'string' which creates a string property.
Parameters
- initVal:
- getDsl ()
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Accessor for the DSL environment (used for testing purposes)
Return value:
the DSL environment table - loadDefFile (file)
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Load a property definition file and return it as a Lua chunk
Parameters
- file: name or base file name (suffix .propdef is assumed)
Return value:
Lua chunk with the parsed content of the given file - parseDef (defstring)
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Read and parse a property set definition from DSL-commands in a string
Parameters
- defstring: a string containing a property set definition.
Return value:
a property set containing all properties defined in the given string. - parseDefFile (file)
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Read and parse a property set definition from DSL-commands in a file.
Parameters
- file: a file containing a property set definition.
Return value:
a property set containing all properties defined in the given file.
Tables
- PropBase
- Base class for property definitions.
Fields
- name: the local name of the property (may be undefined for unnamed properties)
- parent: a reference to the property set to which the property belongs
- type: identifier of the type of the property (see definitions of the derived classes for a list of supported types)
- PropDef
- Class that represents the definition of an elementary property.
Fields
- type: id of the property type (supported types: "string", "int", "bool", "float")
- luatype: contains the type of the Lua representation of the property type
- cpptype: contains the C++ type of the property type
- default: default value of the property
- typeValidate: reference to a validation function which shall be called when the property value is set (optional, may be nil).
- validate: reference to a validation function which shall be called when the property value is set (optional, may be nil).
- convert: reference to a conversion function which converts a Lua object to the internal representation of the property value (optional, may be nil).
- PropSet
- Class that represents a set of properties.
Fields
- type: contains always "set" in for this type
- content: an array containing the definitions of the properties that belong to the property set
- main: flag whether the property set is a 'main' set, i.e., it has a self-contained definition (usually in its own .def-file)
- id: identifier of the property set (non-empty only for main sets)
- file: the file which contains the definition of the property set (if the property set was loaded from a file)
- dsl
- Table which is used as environment for evaluating the property definition DSL.