JE::Object::Function - JavaScript function class


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NAME

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JE::Object::Function - JavaScript function class

SYNOPSIS

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  use JE::Object::Function;

  # simple constructors:

  $f = new JE::Object::Function $scope, @argnames, $function;
  $f = new JE::Object::Function $scope, $function;

  # constructor that lets you do anything:

  $f = new JE::Object::Function {
          name             => $name,
          scope            => $scope,
          length           => $number_of_args,
          argnames         => [ @argnames ],
          function         => $function,
          function_args    => [ $arglist ],
          constructor      => sub { ... },
          constructor_args => [ $arglist ],
          downgrade        => 0,
  };




  $f->(@args);
  $f->call_with($obj, @args);

DESCRIPTION

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All JavaScript functions are instances of this class. If you want to call a JavaScript function from Perl, just treat is as a coderef ($f->()) or use the call_with method ($f->call_with($obj, @args)) if you want to specify the invocant (the 'this' value).

OBJECT CREATION

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new

Creates and returns a new function (see the next few items for its usage). The new function will have a prototype property that is an object with a constructor property that refers to the function itself.

The return value of the function will be upgraded if necessary (see UPGRADING VALUES (UPGRADING VALUES in JE::Types) in the JE::Types man page), which is why new has to be given a reference to the global object or the scope chain. (But see also new_function in JE and new_method in JE.)

A function written in Perl can return an lvalue if it wants to. Use new JE::LValue($object, 'property name') to create it. To create an lvalue that refers to a variable visible within the function's scope, use $scope->var('varname') (this assumes that you have shifted the scope object off @_ and called it $scope; you also need to call new with hashref syntax and specify the function_args [see below]).

new JE::Object::Function $scope_or_global, @argnames, $function;
new JE::Object::Function $scope_or_global, $function;

$scope_or_global is one of the following:

  - a global (JE) object
  - a scope chain (JE::Scope) object

@argnames is a list of argument names, that JavaScript functions use to access the arguments.

$function is one of

  - a string containing the body of the function (JavaScript code)
  - a JE::Code object
  - a coderef

new JE::Object::Function { ... };

This is the big fancy way of creating a function that lets you do anything. The elements of the hash ref passed to new are as follows (they are all optional, except for scope):

name

The name of the function. This is used only by toString.

scope

A global object or scope chain object.

length

The number of arguments expected. If this is omitted, the number of elements of argnames will be used. If that is omitted, 0 will be used. Note that this does not cause the argument list to be checked. It only provides the length property (and possibly, later, an arity property) for inquisitive scripts to look at.

argnames

An array ref containing the variable names that a JS function uses to access the arguments.

function

A coderef, string of JS code or JE::Code object (the body of the function).

This will be run when the function is called from JavaScript without the new keyword, or from Perl via the call method.

function_args

This only applies when function is a code ref. function_args is an array ref, the elements being strings that indicated what arguments should be passed to the Perl subroutine. The strings, and what they mean, are as follows:

  self    the function object itself
  scope   the scope chain
  this    the invocant
  args    the arguments passed to the function (as individual
          arguments)
  [args]  the arguments passed to the function (as an array ref)

If function_args is omitted, 'args' will be assumed.

constructor

A code ref that creates and initialises a new object. This is called when the new keyword is used in JavaScript, or when the construct method is used in Perl.

If this is omitted, when new or construct is used, a new empty object will be created and passed to the sub specified under function as its 'this' value. The return value of the sub will be returned if it is an object; the (possibly modified) object originally passed to the function will be returned otherwise.

constructor_args

Like function_args, but the 'this' string does not apply. If constructor_args is omitted, the arg list will be set to [ qw( scope args ) ] (this might change).

This is completely ignored if constructor is omitted.

downgrade (not yet implemented)

This applies only when function or constructor is a code ref. This is a boolean indicating whether the arguments to the function should have their value methods called automatically.; i.e., as though map $_->value, @args were used instead of @args.

no_proto

If this is set to true, the returned function will have no prototype property.

METHODS

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new JE::Object::Function

See OBJECT CREATION.

call_with ( $obj, @args )

Calls a function with the given arguments. The $obj becomes the function's invocant. This method is intended for general use from the Perl side. The arguments (including $obj) are automatically upgraded.

call ( @args )

This method, intended mainly for internal use, calls a function with the given arguments, without upgrading them. The invocant (the 'this' value) will be the global object. This is just a wrapper around apply.

This method is very badly named and will probably be renamed in a future version. Does anyone have any suggestions?

construct

This method, likewise intended mainly for internal use, calls the constructor, if this function has one (functions written in JS don't have this). Otherwise, an object will be created and passed to the function as its invocant. The return value of the function will be discarded, and the object (possibly modified) will be returned instead.

apply ( $obj, @args )

This method, intended mainly for internal use just like the two above, calls the function with $obj as the invocant and @args as the args. No upgrading occurs.

This method is very badly named and will probably be renamed in a future version. Does anyone have any suggestions?

typeof

This returns the string 'function'.

class

This returns the string 'Function'.

value

Not yet implemented.

OVERLOADING

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You can use a JE::Object::Function as a coderef. The sub returned simply invokes the call method, so the following are equivalent:

  $function->call( $function->global->upgrade(@args) )
  $function->(@args)

The stringification, numification, boolification, and hash dereference ops are also overloaded. See JE::Object, which this class inherits from.

SEE ALSO

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JE
JE::Object
JE::Types
JE::Scope
JE::LValue

JE documentation Contained in the JE distribution.
package JE::Object::Function;

our $VERSION = '0.044';


use strict;
use warnings; no warnings 'utf8';
use Carp                 ;
use Scalar::Util 'blessed';

use overload
	fallback => 1,
	'&{}' => sub {
		my $self = shift;
		sub {
			my $ret = $self->call($self->global->upgrade(@_));
			typeof $ret eq 'undefined' ? undef : $ret
		}
	 };

our @ISA = 'JE::Object';

require JE::Code         ;
require JE::Number          ;
require JE::Object              ;
require JE::Object::Error::TypeError;
require JE::Parser                    ;
require JE::Scope                      ;

import JE::Code 'add_line_number';
sub add_line_number;

sub new {
	# E 15.3.2
	my($class,$scope) = (shift,shift);
	my %opts;

	if(ref $scope eq 'HASH') {
		%opts = %$scope;
		$scope = $opts{scope};
	}
	else {
		%opts = @_ == 1  # bypass param-parsing for the sake of
		                 # efficiency
		? 	( function => shift )
		: 	( argnames => do {
				my $src = '(' . join(',', @_[0..$#_-1]) .
					')';
				$src =~ s/\p{Cf}//g;
				# ~~~ What should I do here for the file
				#     name and the starting line number?
				my $params = JE::Parser::_parse(
					params => $src, $scope
				);
				$@ and die $@;
				$params;
			  },
			  function => pop )
		;
	}

	defined blessed $scope
	    or croak "The 'scope' passed to JE::Object::Function->new (" .
		(defined $scope ? $scope : 'undef') . ") is not an object";

# ~~~ I should be able to remove the need for this to be a JE::Scope. Per-
#     haps it could be an array ref instead. That way, the caller won’t
#     have to bless something that we copy & bless further down anyway.
#     Right now, other parts of the code base rely on it, so it would
#     require a marathon debugging session.
	ref $scope ne 'JE::Scope' and $scope = bless [$scope], 'JE::Scope';
	my $global = $$scope[0];

	my $self = $class->SUPER::new($global, {
		prototype => $global->prototype_for('Function')
	});
	my $guts = $$self;

	$$guts{scope} = $scope;


	$opts{no_proto} or $self->prop({
		name     => 'prototype',
		dontdel  => 1,
		value    => JE::Object->new($scope),
	})->prop({
		name     => 'constructor',
		dontenum => 1,
		value    => $self,
	});

	{ no warnings 'uninitialized';

	$$guts{function} =
	  ref($opts{function}) =~ /^(?:JE::Code|CODE)\z/ ? $opts{function}
	: length $opts{function} &&
		(
		  parse $global $opts{function} or die
		)
	;

	$self->prop({
		name     => 'length',
		value    => JE::Number->new($global, $opts{length} ||
		            (ref $opts{argnames} eq 'ARRAY'
		                ? scalar @{$opts{argnames}} : 0)),
		dontenum => 1,
		dontdel  => 1, 
		readonly => 1,
	});

	} #warnings back on

	$$guts{func_argnames} = [
		ref $opts{argnames} eq 'ARRAY' ? @{$opts{argnames}} : ()
	];
	$$guts{func_args} = [
		ref $opts{function_args} eq 'ARRAY'
		? @{$opts{function_args}} :
		'args'
	];

	if(exists $opts{constructor}) {
		$$guts{constructor} = $opts{constructor};
		$$guts{constructor_args} = [
			ref $opts{constructor_args} eq 'ARRAY'
			? @{$opts{constructor_args}} : ('scope', 'args')
				# ~~~ what is the most useful default here?
		];
	}
	if(exists $opts{name}) {
		$$guts{func_name} = $opts{name};
	}

	$self->prop({dontdel=>1, name=>'arguments',value=>$global->null});
	 	
	$self;
}


sub call_with {
 my $func = shift;
 my $ret = $func->apply( $func->global->upgrade(@_) );
 typeof $ret eq 'undefined' ? undef : $ret
}

sub call {
	my $self = shift;
	$self->apply($$$self{global}, @_);
}




sub construct { # ~~~ we need to upgrade the args passed to construct, but 
                #     still retain the unupgraded values to pass to the 
                #     function *if* the function wants them downgraded
	my $self = shift;
	my $guts = $$self;
	if(exists $$guts{constructor}
	   and ref $$guts{constructor} eq 'CODE') {
		my $code = $$guts{constructor};
		my @args;
		for(  @{ $$guts{constructor_args} }  ) {
			push @args,
			  $_ eq 'self'
			?	$self
			: $_ eq 'scope'
			?	_init_scope($self, $$guts{scope},
					[], @_)
			: $_ eq 'args'
			?	@_ # ~~~ downgrade if wanted
			: $_ eq '[args]'
			?	[@_] # ~~~ downgrade if wanted
			: 	undef;
		}
		# ~~~ What can we do to avoid the upgrade overhead for
		#     JS internal functions?
		return $$guts{global}->upgrade($code->(@args));
	}
	else {
		# If the prototype property does not exist, then, since it
		# is undeletable, this can only be a function created with
		# no_proto => 1, i.e., an internal functions that’s meant
		# to die here.
		defined(my $proto = $self->prop('prototype'))
			or die JE::Object::Error::TypeError->new(
				$$guts{global}, add_line_number
				+($$guts{func_name} || 'The function').
				    " cannot be called as a constructor");

		my $obj = JE::Object->new($$guts{global},
			!$proto->primitive ?
				{ prototype => $proto }
			: ()
		);
		my $return = $$guts{global}->upgrade(
			$self->apply($obj, @_)
		);
		return $return->can('primitive') && !$return->primitive
			? $return
			: $obj;
	}
}




sub apply { # ~~~ we need to upgrade the args passed to apply, but still
            #     retain the unupgraded values to pass to the function *if*
            #     the function wants them downgraded
	my ($self, $obj) = (shift, shift);
	my $guts = $$self;
	my $global = $$guts{global};

	if(!blessed $obj or ref $obj eq 'JE::Object::Function::Call' 
	    or ref($obj) =~ /^JE::(?:Null|Undefined)\z/) {
		$obj = $global;
	}

	if(ref $$guts{function} eq 'CODE') {
		my @args;
		for(  @{ $$guts{func_args} }  ) {
			push @args,
			  $_ eq 'self'
			?	$self
			: $_ eq 'scope'
			?	_init_scope($self, $$guts{scope},
					$$guts{func_argnames}, @_)
			: $_ eq 'this'
			?	$obj
			: $_ eq 'args'
			?	@_ # ~~~ downgrade if wanted
			: $_ eq '[args]'
			?	[@_] # ~~~ downgrade if wanted
			: 	undef;
		}
		return $global->upgrade(
			# This list slice is necessary to work around a bug
			# in perl5.8.8 (but not in 5.8.6 or 5.10). Try
			# running this code to see what  I  mean:
			# 
			# bless ($foo=[]); sub bar{print "ok\n"}
			# $foo->bar(sub{warn;return "anything"}->())
			#
			(scalar $$guts{function}->(@args))[0]
		);
	}
	elsif ($$guts{function}) {
		my $at = $@;
		my $scope = _init_scope(
				$self, $$guts{scope},
				$$guts{func_argnames}, @_
			);
		my $time_bomb = bless [$self, $self->prop('arguments')],
			'JE::Object::Function::_arg_wiper';
		$self->prop('arguments', $$scope[-1]{-arguments});
		my $ret = $$guts{function}->execute(
			$obj->to_object, $scope, 2
		);
		defined $ret or die;
		$@ = $at;
		return $ret;
	}
	else {
		return $global->undefined;
	}
}

sub JE::Object::Function::_arg_wiper::DESTROY {
	$_[0][0] # function
	 ->prop(
	  'arguments', $_[0][1] # old arguments value
	 )
}

sub _init_scope { # initialise the new scope for the function call
	my($self, $scope, $argnames, @args) = @_;

	bless([ @$scope, JE::Object::Function::Call->new({
		global   => $scope,
		argnames => $argnames,
		args     => [@args],
		function => $self,
	})], 'JE::Scope');
}




sub typeof { 'function' }




sub class { 'Function' }




sub value { die "JE::Object::Function::value is not yet implemented." }


#----------- PRIVATE SUBROUTINES ---------------#

# _init_proto takes the Function prototype (Function.prototype) as its sole
# arg and adds all the default properties thereto.

sub _init_proto {
	my $proto = shift;
	my $scope = $$proto->{global};

	# E 15.3.4
	$proto->prop({
		dontenum => 1,
		name => 'constructor',
		value => $scope->prop('Function'),
	});

	$proto->prop({
		name      => 'toString',
		value     => JE::Object::Function->new({
			scope    => $scope,
			name     => 'toString',
			no_proto => 1,
			function_args => ['this'],
			function => sub {
				my $self = shift;
				$self->isa(__PACKAGE__) or die new
					JE::Object::Error::TypeError
					$scope, add_line_number "Function."
					."prototype.toString can only be "
					."called on functions";
				my $guts = $$self;
				my $str = 'function ';
				JE::String->_new($scope,
				  'function ' .
				  ( exists $$guts{func_name} ?
				    $$guts{func_name} :
				    'anon'.$self->id) .
				  '(' .
				  join(',', @{$$guts{func_argnames}})
				  . ") {" .
				  ( ref $$guts{function}
				    eq 'JE::Code'
				    ? do {
				      my $code = 
				        $$guts{function};
				      my $offsets =
				        $$guts{function}
				          {tree}[0];
				      $code = substr ${$$code{source}},
				                     $$offsets[0],
				                     $$offsets[1] -
				                       $$offsets[0];
				      # We have to check for a final line
				      # break in case it ends with a sin-
				      # gle-line comment.
				      $code =~ /[\cm\cj\x{2028}\x{2029}]\z/
				      ? $code : $code . "\n"
				    }
				    : "\n    // [native code]\n"
				  ) . '}'
# ~~~ perhaps this should be changed so it doesn't comment out the
#     the [native code] thingy. That way an attempt to
#     eval the strung version will fail. (In this case, I need to add a
#     teest too make sure it dies.)
				);
			},
		}),
		dontenum  => 1,
	});
	$proto->prop({
		name      => 'apply',
		value     => JE::Object::Function->new({
			scope    => $scope,
			name     => 'apply',
			argnames => [qw/thisArg argArray/],
			no_proto => 1,
			function_args => ['this','args'],
			function => sub {
				my($self,$obj,$args) = @_;

				my $at = $@;

				no warnings 'uninitialized';
				if(defined $args and
				   ref($args) !~ /^JE::(Null|Undefined|
										Object::Function::Arguments)\z/x
				   and eval{$args->class} ne 'Array') {
					die JE::Object::Error::TypeError
					->new($scope, add_line_number
					      "Second argument to "
					      . "'apply' is of type '" . 
					      (eval{$args->class} ||
					       eval{$args->typeof} ||
					       ref $args) .
					      "', not 'Arguments' or " .
					      "'Array'");
				}
				$@ = $at;
				$args = $args->value if defined $args;
				$self->apply($obj, defined $args ?
					@$args : ());
			},
		}),
		dontenum  => 1,
	});
	$proto->prop({
		name      => 'call',
		value     => JE::Object::Function->new({
			scope    => $scope,
			name     => 'call',
			argnames => ['thisArg'],
			no_proto => 1,
			function_args => ['this','args'],
			function => sub {
				shift->apply(@_);
			},
		}),
		dontenum  => 1,
	});
}


#----------- THE REST OF THE DOCUMENTATION ---------------#


package JE::Object::Function::Call;

our $VERSION = '0.044';

sub new {
	# See sub JE::Object::Function::_init_sub for the usage.

	my($class,$opts) = @_;
	my @args = @{$$opts{args}};
	my(%self,$arg_val);
	for(@{$$opts{argnames}}){
		$arg_val = shift @args;
		$self{-dontdel}{$_} = 1;
		$self{$_} = defined $arg_val ? $arg_val :
			$$opts{global}->undefined;
	}

	$self{-dontdel}{arguments} = 1;

	$self{'-global'}  = $$opts{global};
	# A call object's properties can never be accessed via bracket
	# syntax, so '-global' cannot conflict with properties, since the
	# latter have to be valid identifiers. Same 'pplies to dontdel, o'
	# course.
	
	# Note on arguments vs  -arguments:  ‘arguments’  represents the
	# actual ‘arguments’  property,  which may or may not refer to the
	# Arguments object,  depending on  whether  there  is  an  argument
	# named  ‘arguments’.  ‘-arguments’  always refers to the Arguments
	# object, which we need further up when we assign to the arguments
	# property of the function itself.

	$self{-arguments} = 
			JE::Object::Function::Arguments->new(
				$$opts{global},
				$$opts{function},
				\%self,
				$$opts{argnames},
				@{$$opts{args}},
			);
	unless (exists $self{arguments}) {
		$self{arguments} = $self{-arguments}
	};

	return bless \%self, $class;
}

sub prop {
	my ($self, $name)  =(shift,shift);

	if(ref $name eq 'HASH') {
		my $opts = $name;
		$name = $$opts{name};
		@_ = exists($$opts{value}) ? $$opts{value} : ();
		$$self{'-dontdel'}{$name} = !!$$opts{dontdel}
			if exists $$opts{dontdel};
	}

	if (@_ ) {
		return $$self{$name} = shift;
	}

	if (exists $$self{$name}) {
		return $$self{$name};
	}

	return
}

sub delete {
	my ($self,$varname) = @_;
	unless($_[2]) { # if $_[2] is true we delete it anyway
		exists $$self{-dontdel}{$varname}
			&& $$self{-dontdel}{$varname}
			&& return !1;
	}
	delete $$self{-dontdel}{$varname};
	delete $$self{$varname};
	return 1;
}

sub exists { exists $_[0]{$_[1]} }
sub prototype{}




package JE::Object::Function::Arguments;

our $VERSION = '0.044';

our @ISA = 'JE::Object';

sub new {
	my($class,$global,$function,$call,$argnames,@args) = @_;
	
	my $self = $class->SUPER::new($global);
	my $guts = $$self;

	$$guts{args_call} = $call;
	$self->prop({
		name => 'callee',
		value => $function,
		dontenum => 1,
	});
	$self->prop({
		name => 'length',
		value => JE::Number->new($global, scalar @args),
		dontenum => 1,
	});
	$$guts{args_length} = @args; # in case the length prop
	                              # gets changed

	my (%seen,$name,$val);
	for (reverse 0..($#args,$#$argnames)[$#$argnames < $#args]) {
		($name,$val) = ($$argnames[$_], $args[$_]);
		if($seen{$name}++) {
			$self->prop({
				name => $_,
				value => $val,
				dontenum => 1,
			});
		}
		else {
			$$guts{args_magic}{$_} = $name;
		}
	}

	# deal with any extra properties
	for (@$argnames..$#args) {
		$self->prop({
			name => $_,
			value => $args[$_],
			dontenum => 1,
		});
	}

	$self;
}

sub prop {
	# Some properties are magically linked to properties of
	# the call object.

	my($self,$name) = @_;
	my $guts = $$self;
	if (exists $$guts{args_magic} and exists $$guts{args_magic}{$name})
	{
		return $$guts{args_call}->prop(
			$$guts{args_magic}{$name}, @_[2..$#_]
		);
	}
	SUPER::prop $self @_[1..$#_];
}

sub delete { 
	# Magical properties are still deleteable.
	my($self,$name) = @_;
	my $guts = $$self;
	if (exists $$guts{args_magic} and exists $$guts{args_magic}{$name})
	{
		delete $$guts{args_magic}{$name}
	}
	SUPER::delete $self @_[1..$#_];
}

sub value {
	my $self = shift;
	[ map $self->prop($_), 0..$$$self{args_length}-1 ];
}

1;