custom annotation / Metadata in dart lang - dart

Can any one explain me the use of annotations in Dart?
In the documentations, I found this example:
library todo;
class todo {
final String who;
final String what;
const todo(this.who, this.what);
}
followed by
import 'todo.dart';
#todo('seth', 'make this do something')
void doSomething() {
print('do something');
}
so, what shall I write in the main() to get the doSomething() function executed?
thanks

Something like
import 'dart:mirrors';
import 'do_something.dart';
import 'todo.dart';
void main() {
currentMirrorSystem().libraries.forEach((uri, lib) {
//print('lib: ${uri}');
lib.declarations.forEach((s, decl) {
//print('decl: ${s}');
decl.metadata.where((m) => m.reflectee is Todo).forEach((m) {
var anno = m.reflectee as Todo;
if(decl is MethodMirror) {
print('Todo(${anno.who}, ${anno.what})');
((decl as MethodMirror).owner as LibraryMirror).invoke(s, []);
};
});
});
});
}

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'Future<bool> Function()' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'Future<bool>?'

I'm trying to implement an event callback directly in the constructor, but for some reason it does not compile and I do not understand what's the issue with my code.
abstract class Base {
final Future<bool>? onMagic;
Base({
this.onMagic
});
Future<void> doSomething() async {
if(onMagic != null) {
// does not work... why?
// final useMagic = await onMagic!();
onMagic?.then((magic) {
if(magic) print("TODO make something magical");
});
}
}
}
class RealMagic extends Base {
RealMagic() : super(
// Error: The argument type 'Future<bool> Function()' can't be assigned to the parameter type 'Future<bool>?'.
onMagic: () async => await _magic();
);
Future<bool> _magic() async {
return true;
}
}
I inlined the error above. If that's not possible which alternatives do I have to handle the optional callback?
The problem is with the type of the onMagic. It's not a Future<bool>, it should be a Future<bool> Function()?
abstract class Base {
final Future<bool> Function()? onMagic;
Base({this.onMagic});
Future<void> doSomething() async {
onMagic?.call().then((magic) {
if (magic) print("TODO make something magical");
});
}
}
class RealMagic extends Base {
RealMagic()
: super(
onMagic: () async => await _magic(),
);
static Future<bool> _magic() async { // Made this static so it can be accessed in the constructor
return true;
}
}

dart reflection call by String

I want to wrote method which call all function in class:
class Example extends MyAbstractClass {
void f1(){...}
void f2(){...}
void f3(){...}
Example(){
callAll();//this call f1(), f2() and f3().
}
}
I have problem in this part of code:
reflectClass(this.runtimeType).declarations.forEach((Symbol s, DeclarationMirror d) {
if (d.toString().startsWith("MethodMirror on ")) {
String methodName = d.toString().substring(16).replaceAll("'", "");
print(methodName);
// How to call function by name methodName?
}
});
instead of
if (d.toString().startsWith("MethodMirror on ")) {
you can use
if (d is MethodMirror) {
You need an InstanceMirror of an instance of the class. I think in your case this would be
var im = reflect(this).invoke(d.simpleName, []);
im.declarations.forEach((d) ...
see also How can I use Reflection (Mirrors) to access the method names in a Dart Class?
Using dson you can do:
library example_lib;
import 'package:dson/dson.dart';
part 'main.g.dart';
#serializable
class Example extends _$ExampleSerializable {
Example() {
_callAll();
}
fn1() => print('fn1');
fn2() => print('fn2');
fn3() => print('fn3');
fn4() => print('fn4');
_callAll() {
reflect(this).methods.forEach((name, method) {
if(name != '_callAll') this[name]();
});
}
}
main(List<String> arguments) {
_initMirrors();
new Example();
}

Refer classes by their metadata tag

Is it possible to find(probably with the mirror API) all classes(in my project) with some metadata annotation?
Example:
import 'baz.dart'; //more tagged classes
#Tag(#foo)
class A{
}
#Tag(#foo)
class B{
}
void main() {
List<ClassMirror> li = getClassMirrorsByTag(#foo);
}
I have found the answer:
getClassMirrorsByTag.dart
library impl;
#MirrorsUsed(metaTargets: Tag)
import 'dart:mirrors';
class Tag {
final Symbol name;
const Tag(this.name);
}
List<ClassMirror> getClassMirrorsByTag(Symbol name) {
List<ClassMirror> res = new List<ClassMirror>();
MirrorSystem ms = currentMirrorSystem();
ms.libraries.forEach((u, lm) {
lm.declarations.forEach((s, dm) {
dm.metadata.forEach((im) {
if ((im.reflectee is Tag) && im.reflectee.name == name) {
res.add(dm);
}
});
});
});
return res;
}
extra.dart
library extra;
import 'getClassMirrorsByTag.dart';
#Tag(#foo)
class C {}
main.dart
library main;
import 'getClassMirrorsByTag.dart';
import 'extra.dart';
#Tag(#foo)
class A{}
#Tag(#baz)
class B{}
void main() {
print(getClassMirrorsByTag(#foo));
}
output:
[ClassMirror on 'A', ClassMirror on 'C']

calling main to ngBootstrap with latest polymer-version shows error

To call ngBootstrap I used
void main() {
initPolymer()
.run(() {
ngBootstrap(module: new AppModule());
});
}
Since polymer 0.10.0-pre.8 this seems not possible anymore:
Dartium currently only allows a single Dart script tag per application, and in the future it will run them in separtate isolates. To prepare for this all the following script tags need to be updated to use the mime-type "application/dart;component=1" instead of "application/dart":
&smt;script type=​"application/​dart" src=​"main.dart"></script>
​
Only one Dart script tag allowed per document
But my main is not a component - it is a regular main!!!
Was easier than thought.
index.html:
<head>
<script type='application/dart;component=1' src='main.dart'></script>
</head>
main.dart:
import 'package:polymer/polymer.dart';
import 'package:angular/angular.dart';
import 'package:angular/angular_dynamic.dart';
// HACK until we fix code gen size. This doesn't really fix it,
// just makes it better.
#MirrorsUsed(override: '*')
import 'dart:mirrors';
void myRouteInitializer(Router router, RouteViewFactory views) {
views.configure({
'hello': ngRoute(
path: '/hello',
enter: views('views/hello.html')),
'goodbye': ngRoute(
path: '/hellopolymer/:callerID',
enter: views('views/hello-polymer.html'))
});
}
#NgController( selector: '[webapp-sample]', publishAs: 'ctrl')
class MyControler {
final Repository _repository;
MyControler(final RouteProvider routeProvider,this._repository) {
final int value = routeProvider.parameters["callerID"];
if(value != null && value != null) {
_repository.value = value;
}
}
int get value => _repository.value;
}
class Repository {
int value = 0;
}
class AppModule extends Module {
AppModule() {
value(RouteInitializerFn, myRouteInitializer);
value(Repository,new Repository());
type(MyControler);
factory(NgRoutingUsePushState, (_) => new NgRoutingUsePushState.value(false));
}
}
#initMethod
void init() {
dynamicApplication().addModule(new AppModule()).run();
}

How do I access metadata annotations from a class?

I have a Dart class that is annotated with metadata:
class Awesome {
final String msg;
const Awesome(this.msg);
String toString() => msg;
}
#Awesome('it works!')
class Cool {
}
I want to see if Cool was annotated, and if so, with what. How do I do that?
Use the dart:mirrors library to access metadata annotations.
import 'dart:mirrors';
class Awesome {
final String msg;
const Awesome(this.msg);
String toString() => msg;
}
#Awesome('it works!')
class Cool {
}
void main() {
ClassMirror classMirror = reflectClass(Cool);
List<InstanceMirror> metadata = classMirror.metadata;
var obj = metadata.first.reflectee;
print(obj); // it works!
}
To learn more, read about the ClassMirror#metadata method.

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