Say I have
class RestSimulator {
#Path("/var")
void functionOne() {
final Type type = this.runtimeType;
final InstanceMirror instanceMirror = reflect(this);
final ClassMirror classMirror = instanceMirror.type;
final MethodMirror methodMirror = ?????
var metadata = methodMirror.metadata;
var path = metadata.first.reflectee;
print(path.toString()):
}
}
How can I get the MethodMirror for the calling function???
[Update]
I meant without doing something like
final MethodMirror methodMirror = functions[const Symbol('functionOne')];
So probably the main question is: How do I get the Symbol for the calling / current function?
AFAIK there's no simple way to get a reference on the current function at runtime.
I say simple because you can get the name from a StackTrace but it's really ugly and has horrible performances...
class A {
m() {
var functionName;
try {
throw '';
} catch(e, s) {
functionName = parseStackTraceToGetMethod(s.toString());
}
print(functionName); // displays A.m
}
}
parseStackTraceToGetMethod(String s) =>
s.substring(8, s.indexOf("("));
main() {
new A().m();
}
Related
In the following example one class property is of type Gstrv.
With ObjectClass.list_properties() one can query the Paramspec of all properties, and with get_property() all properties can be requested as GLib.Value. How would I access the Value of type GStrv and convert it to a GLib.Variant?
My GLib version is slightly outdated, so I do not have the GLib.Value.to_variant() function available yet :( .
public class Foo: GLib.Object {
public GLib.HashTable<string, int32> bar;
public Foo() {
bar = new GLib.HashTable<string, int32>(str_hash, str_equal);
}
public string[] bar_keys { owned get { return bar.get_keys_as_array(); } }
}
int main() {
var foo = new Foo();
Type type = foo.get_type();
ObjectClass ocl = (ObjectClass) type.class_ref ();
foreach (ParamSpec spec in ocl.list_properties ()) {
print ("%s\n", spec.get_name ());
Value property_value = Value(spec.value_type);
print ("%s\n", property_value.type_name ());
foo.get_property(spec.name, ref property_value);
// next: convert GLib.Value -> GLib.Variant :(
}
foo.bar.set("baz", 42);
return 0;
}
Output:
bar-keys
GStrv
Using GLib.Value.get_boxed() seems to be working.
Example:
// compile simply with: valac valacode.vala
public class Foo: GLib.Object {
public GLib.HashTable<string, int32> bar;
public Foo() {
bar = new GLib.HashTable<string, int32>(str_hash, str_equal);
}
public string[] bar_keys { owned get { return bar.get_keys_as_array(); } }
}
public Variant first_gstrv_property_as_variant(Object obj)
{
Type class_type = obj.get_type();
ObjectClass ocl = (ObjectClass) class_type.class_ref ();
foreach (ParamSpec spec in ocl.list_properties ()) {
print ("%s\n", spec.get_name ());
Value property_value = Value(spec.value_type);
print ("%s\n", property_value.type_name ());
obj.get_property(spec.name, ref property_value);
// next: convert GLib.Value -> GLib.Variant
if(property_value.type_name () == "GStrv") {
return new GLib.Variant.strv((string[])property_value.get_boxed());
}
}
return new GLib.Variant("s", "No property of type GStrv found");
}
int main() {
var foo = new Foo();
print("%s\n", first_gstrv_property_as_variant(foo).print(true));
foo.bar.set("baz", 42);
print("%s\n", first_gstrv_property_as_variant(foo).print(true));
foo.bar.set("zot", 3);
print("%s\n", first_gstrv_property_as_variant(foo).print(true));
return 0;
}
Output:
bar-keys
GStrv
#as []
bar-keys
GStrv
['baz']
bar-keys
GStrv
['baz', 'zot']
In the generated c-code this looks as follows:
_tmp18_ = g_value_get_boxed (&property_value);
_tmp19_ = g_variant_new_strv ((gchar**) _tmp18_, -1);
Passing -1 as length to g_variant_new_strv() means the string array is considered as null terminated. Inside g_variant_new_strv() the g_strv_length() function is used to determine the length.
Hopefully it will be useful to someone else someday. :-)
I want to parse http response to Dart object，so I defined a abstract class
BaseBean：
abstract class BaseBean{
BaseBean.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json);
Map<String, dynamic> toJson();
}
And I used it in a function：
Future<ResultData<T>> netFetch<T extends BaseBean>(){
......
return new ResultData(T.fromJson(), result, code);
}
but T.fromJson() has an error:
The method 'fromJson' isn't defined for the class 'Type'
So,can I use generics in Dart like this?Is there a better way to solve this problem?
Yes, of course, it is possible, but only with a workaround:
T unmarshal<T>(Map map, {Type type}) {
if (type == null) {
type = T;
}
switch (type) {
case Order:
return Order.fromJson(map) as T;
case OrderItem:
return OrderItem.fromJson(map) as T;
case Product:
return Product.fromJson(map) as T;
default:
throw StateError('Unable to unmarshal value of type \'$type\'');
}
}
var order = unmarshal<Order>(data);
//
var product = unmarshal(data, type: Product) as Product;
//
var type = <String, Type>{};
types['OrderItem'] = OrderItem;
// ...
var type = types['OrderItem'];
var orderItem = unmarshal(data, type: type);
I used the same approach and I came to this solution.
I created a Map<Type, BaseBean Function(dynamic)> decoders.
It looks like
final decoders = {
MyClass: (data) => MyClass.fromJson(data),
};
and I get the function in this way
final MyClass myData = decoders[T]!(data);
You can also create a typedef for the BaseBean Function(dynamic) like this
typedef Decoder = BaseBean Function(dynamic);
So the Map<Type, BaseBean Function(dynamic)> will became Map<Type, Decoder>.
I want to implement call cache(memoization) in non-intrusive way with the metadata annotations.
Hopefully, it will work like this:
class A{
#Cached
foo(msg) {
return msg;
}
}
void main() {
#Cached
var foo = ()=>"hello";
}
Can it be achieved with only dart:mirrors ?
I wrote a whole blog post on this topic a while ago. It's too long to copy here, so here's the link:
http://dartery.blogspot.com/2012/09/memoizing-functions-in-dart.html
The upshot is that you can write higher-order memoizing functions, but they're limited in generality by Dart's lack of flexible args functions. Also, if you want to use dynamic programming with recursive functions, you need to write your function with memoization in mind - it needs to take itself as an argument, so you can pass in the memoized version.
My current solution allows:
class B {
#CachedCallName(#cachedBaz)
baz() => print("first call to baz");
}
class A extends B with CacheableCalls {
#CachedCallName(#foo)
_foo(msg) {
print("first call with: $msg");
return msg + msg;
}
}
void main() {
A a = new A();
print(a.foo(21));
print(a.foo(21));
a.cachedBaz();
print(a.foo(22));
a.cachedBaz();
}
Output:
first call with: 21
42
42
first call to baz
first call with: 22
44
Flaws:
- can't cache methods with their actual names.
- can extend collection view but can't cache existing operators like operator []
- can't cache functions.
Full source:
#MirrorsUsed(metaTargets: CachedCallName)
import 'dart:mirrors';
class CachedCallName {
final Symbol name;
const CachedCallName(this.name);
}
#proxy
class CacheableCalls {
Map _cache = new Map();
dynamic _chacheInvoke(InstanceMirror thisMirror, Symbol
methodName, Invocation invocation) {
String key = "$methodName${invocation.positionalArguments}"
"${invocation.namedArguments}";
if (_cache.containsKey(key)) {
return _cache[key];
} else {
InstanceMirror resultMirror = thisMirror.invoke(methodName,
invocation.positionalArguments, invocation.namedArguments);
_cache[key] = resultMirror.reflectee;
return resultMirror.reflectee;
}
}
dynamic noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
bool isFound = false;
var result;
Symbol called = invocation.memberName;
InstanceMirror instanceMirror = reflect(this);
ClassMirror classMirror = instanceMirror.type;
classMirror.instanceMembers.forEach((Symbol name, MethodMirror mm) {
mm.metadata.forEach((InstanceMirror im) {
if (im.reflectee is CachedCallName) {
if (im.reflectee.name == called) {
isFound = true;
result = _chacheInvoke(instanceMirror, name, invocation);
}
}
});
});
if (isFound) {
return result;
} else {
throw new NoSuchMethodError(this, called,
invocation.positionalArguments, invocation.namedArguments);
}
}
}
class B {
#CachedCallName(#cachedBaz)
baz() => print("first call to baz");
}
class A extends B with CacheableCalls {
#CachedCallName(#foo)
_foo(msg) {
print("first call with: $msg");
return msg + msg;
}
}
void main() {
A a = new A();
print(a.foo(21));
print(a.foo(21));
a.cachedBaz();
print(a.foo(22));
a.cachedBaz();
}
I was wondering if is possible to create an instance of a generic type in Dart. In other languages like Java you could work around this using reflection, but I'm not sure if this is possible in Dart.
I have this class:
class GenericController <T extends RequestHandler> {
void processRequest() {
T t = new T(); // ERROR
}
}
I tried mezonis approach with the Activator and it works. But it is an expensive approach as it uses mirrors, which requires you to use "mirrorsUsed" if you don't want to have a 2-4MB js file.
This morning I had the idea to use a generic typedef as generator and thus get rid of reflection:
You define a method type like this: (Add params if necessary)
typedef S ItemCreator<S>();
or even better:
typedef ItemCreator<S> = S Function();
Then in the class that needs to create the new instances:
class PagedListData<T>{
...
ItemCreator<T> creator;
PagedListData(ItemCreator<T> this.creator) {
}
void performMagic() {
T item = creator();
...
}
}
Then you can instantiate the PagedList like this:
PagedListData<UserListItem> users
= new PagedListData<UserListItem>(()=> new UserListItem());
You don't lose the advantage of using generic because at declaration time you need to provide the target class anyway, so defining the creator method doesn't hurt.
You can use similar code:
import "dart:mirrors";
void main() {
var controller = new GenericController<Foo>();
controller.processRequest();
}
class GenericController<T extends RequestHandler> {
void processRequest() {
//T t = new T();
T t = Activator.createInstance(T);
t.tellAboutHimself();
}
}
class Foo extends RequestHandler {
void tellAboutHimself() {
print("Hello, I am 'Foo'");
}
}
abstract class RequestHandler {
void tellAboutHimself();
}
class Activator {
static createInstance(Type type, [Symbol constructor, List
arguments, Map<Symbol, dynamic> namedArguments]) {
if (type == null) {
throw new ArgumentError("type: $type");
}
if (constructor == null) {
constructor = const Symbol("");
}
if (arguments == null) {
arguments = const [];
}
var typeMirror = reflectType(type);
if (typeMirror is ClassMirror) {
return typeMirror.newInstance(constructor, arguments,
namedArguments).reflectee;
} else {
throw new ArgumentError("Cannot create the instance of the type '$type'.");
}
}
}
I don't know if this is still useful to anyone. But I have found an easy workaround. In the function you want to initialize the type T, pass an extra argument of type T Function(). This function should return an instance of T. Now whenever you want to create object of T, call the function.
class foo<T> {
void foo(T Function() creator) {
final t = creator();
// use t
}
}
P.S. inspired by Patrick's answer
2022 answer
Just came across this problem and found out that although instantiating using T() is still not possible, you can get the constructor of an object easier with SomeClass.new in dart>=2.15.
So what you could do is:
class MyClass<T> {
final T Function() creator;
MyClass(this.creator);
T getGenericInstance() {
return creator();
}
}
and when using it:
final myClass = MyClass<SomeOtherClass>(SomeOtherClass.new)
Nothing different but looks cleaner imo.
Here's my work around for this sad limitation
class RequestHandler {
static final _constructors = {
RequestHandler: () => RequestHandler(),
RequestHandler2: () => RequestHandler2(),
};
static RequestHandler create(Type type) {
return _constructors[type]();
}
}
class RequestHandler2 extends RequestHandler {}
class GenericController<T extends RequestHandler> {
void processRequest() {
//T t = new T(); // ERROR
T t = RequestHandler.create(T);
}
}
test() {
final controller = GenericController<RequestHandler2>();
controller.processRequest();
}
Sorry but as far as I know, a type parameter cannot be used to name a constructor in an instance creation expression in Dart.
Working with FLutter
typedef S ItemCreator<S>();
mixin SharedExtension<T> {
T getSPData(ItemCreator<T> creator) async {
return creator();
}
}
Abc a = sharedObj.getSPData(()=> Abc());
P.S. inspired by Patrick
simple like that.
import 'dart:mirrors';
void main(List<String> args) {
final a = A<B>();
final b1 = a.getInstance();
final b2 = a.getInstance();
print('${b1.value}|${b1.text}|${b1.hashCode}');
print('${b2.value}|${b2.text}|${b2.hashCode}');
}
class A<T extends B> {
static int count = 0;
T getInstance() {
return reflectClass(T).newInstance(
Symbol(''),
['Text ${++count}'],
{Symbol('value'): count},
).reflectee;
}
}
class B {
final int value;
final String text;
B(this.text, {required this.value});
}
Inspired by Patrick's answer, this is the factory I ended up with.
class ServiceFactory<T> {
static final Map<Type, dynamic> _cache = <String, dynamic>{};
static T getInstance<T>(T Function() creator) {
String typeName = T.toString();
return _cache.putIfAbsent(typeName, () => creator());
}
}
Then I would use it like this.
final authClient = ServiceFactory.getInstance<AuthenticationClient>(() => AuthenticationClient());
Warning: Erik made a very good point in the comment below that the same type name can exist in multiple packages and that will cause issues. As much as I dislike to force the user to pass in a string key (that way it's the consumer's responsibility to ensuring the uniqueness of the type name), that might be the only way.
I would like to be able to back a dynamic property with a Map using a lookup in noSuchMethod(). However the latest changes makes the incoming property reference name unavailable. I can understand the minification scenario requiring us to use Symbols rather than Strings for names, but this makes implementing serializable dynamic properties difficult. Anyone have good ideas on how to approach this problem?
I can't use String names since the String names are not fixed between calls to the minifier. (This would completely break serialization)
You can access the original name with MirrorSystem.getName(symbol)
So a dynamic class could look like :
import 'dart:mirrors';
class A {
final _properties = new Map<String, Object>();
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
if (invocation.isAccessor) {
final realName = MirrorSystem.getName(invocation.memberName);
if (invocation.isSetter) {
// for setter realname looks like "prop=" so we remove the "="
final name = realName.substring(0, realName.length - 1);
_properties[name] = invocation.positionalArguments.first;
return;
} else {
return _properties[realName];
}
}
return super.noSuchMethod(invocation);
}
}
main() {
final a = new A();
a.i = 151;
print(a.i); // print 151
a.someMethod(); // throws
}
You could do something like this:
import 'dart:json' as json;
main() {
var t = new Thingy();
print(t.bob());
print(t.jim());
print(json.stringify(t));
}
class Thingy {
Thingy() {
_map[const Symbol('bob')] = "blah";
_map[const Symbol('jim')] = "oi";
}
final Map<Symbol, String> _map = new Map<Symbol, String>();
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
return _map[invocation.memberName];
}
toJson() => {
'bob': _map[const Symbol('bob')],
'jim': _map[const Symbol('jim')]};
}
Update - dynamic example:
import 'dart:json' as json;
main() {
var t = new Thingy();
t.add('bob', 'blah');
t.add('jim', 42);
print(t.bob());
print(t.jim());
print(json.stringify(t));
}
class Thingy {
final Map<Symbol, String> _keys = new Map<Symbol, String>();
final Map<Symbol, dynamic> _values = new Map<Symbol, dynamic>();
add(String key, dynamic value) {
_keys[new Symbol(key)] = key;
_values[new Symbol(key)] = value;
}
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
return _values[invocation.memberName];
}
toJson() {
var map = new Map<String, dynamic>();
_keys.forEach((symbol, name) => map[name] = _values[symbol]);
return map;
}
}
If you only need "dynamic properties", it should be enough to use Symbols as keys in the Map. If you also want to serialize that map, then you need to keep track of the original String names and use those for serialization. When deserializing, you'd have to create new Symbols from those Strings.
Note that all these scenarios (and basically everything that involves new Symbol) require a compiler to create a mapping of original names to the minified ones and put this mapping into the program, which of course makes it bigger.
Thanks for the solution of #Alexandre Ardhuin, I made some modification to make it runnable.
import 'dart:mirrors';
class object {
final _properties = new Map<String, Object>();
object();
object.from(Map<String, Object> initial) {
initial.entries.forEach((element) => _properties[element.key] = element.value);
}
noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) {
if (invocation.isAccessor) {
final realName = MirrorSystem.getName(invocation.memberName);
if (invocation.isSetter) {
// for setter realname looks like "prop=" so we remove the "="
final name = realName.substring(0, realName.length - 1);
_properties[name] = invocation.positionalArguments.first;
return;
} else {
return _properties[realName];
}
}
return super.noSuchMethod(invocation);
}
#override
String toString() {
return _properties.toString();
}
}
main() {
// we can't use var or object type here, because analysis will consider
// https://dart.dev/tools/diagnostic-messages#undefined_setter
// The setter 'i' isn't defined for the type 'object'
// So dynamic is required here!
dynamic a = object.from({'a': 123, 'b': 234});
a.i = 151;
print(a); // print {a: 123, b: 234, i: 151}
try {
a.someMethod(); // throws NoSuchMethodError
} catch (e) {
print(e);
}
}