draft a mixin for adding element-tracking functionality

src/lib/element-tracker.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+  ELEMENT-TRACKER.hpp  -  registry for tracking instances automatically
+ 
+  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
+    2010,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ 
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ 
+*/
+
+
+/** @file element-tracker.hpp
+ ** Tracking instances automatically on creation and disposal.
+ ** Part of the Session interface is exposed as self-contained 
+ ** interface modules -- both for notational convenience at the
+ ** usage site, and for keeping session implementation code manageable.
+ ** Clients access these modules as nested parts of the public Session interface
+ ** through references exposing just the respective interfaces, while the actual
+ ** implementation is located in-place (within the SesssionImpl object), packaged
+ ** into a non-public baseclass. 
+ ** - the DefsManager acts as frontend to the system of default configurations
+ **   and config rules, allowing to retrieve the \em default version of various
+ **   kinds of objects
+ ** - the top-level Timeline (structural assets) act as facade and entry point
+ **   to the high-level-model (session contents). There is an table of timelines,
+ **   managed automatically and kept in sync with the session::Binding elements
+ **   located directly below model root.
+ ** - likewise there is an table of all Sequence (structural assets), which
+ **   correspond to the roots of track trees, attached below model root.
+ ** 
+ ** \par maintaining the link between session, timelines and sequences
+ ** Timeline and Sequence are implemented as asset::Struct, causing them to be
+ ** maintained by the AssetManager, which in turn is attached to the session::Root
+ ** (WIP 3/2010: yet to be implemented). Creation and destruction of timelines and
+ ** sequences is closely connected to some structural changes within the model
+ ** - Timeline is related to session::Binding, where the timelines are leading
+ **   and the binding elements are dependent on both a timeline and a sequence
+ ** - Sequence is related to a Placement<session::Track> -- but only if attached
+ **   immediately below model root; here the tracks are leading and the sequences
+ **   are completely dependent.
+ ** In any case, ctor and dtor of Timeline and Sequence have to care for proper
+ ** registration into the SessionInterfaceModules for timelines and sequences
+ ** respectively. This is accomplished by using kind-of a backdoor, a SessionServices
+ ** (proc internal API) definition, allowing direct communication on implementation
+ ** level, without the need to expose this access point on the public session API.
+ ** The impl::ElementTracker implemented in this sourcefile here relieves these
+ ** calls to maintain a list of asset smart-ptrs
+ ** 
+ ** @see SessionImpl
+ ** @see session-services.hpp
+ **
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef LIB_ELEMENT_TRACKER_H
+#define LIB_ELEMENT_TRACKER_H
+
+#include "lib/p.hpp"
+#include "lib/ref-array-impl.hpp"
+
+
+
+
+namespace lib {
+
+    using lumiera::P;
+    
+    /**
+     * Custom implementation of the RefArray interface,
+     * used by the Session to keep track of all timelines
+     * and sequences. The registration/deregistration functions
+     * are accessible as SessionServices
+     */
+    template<typename ELM>
+    class ElementTracker
+      : public lib::RefArrayVectorWrapper<P<ELM> >
+      {
+      public:
+        void
+        append (P<ELM> const& asset)
+          {
+            UNIMPLEMENTED ("attach entry to session");
+          }
+        
+        void
+        remove (ELM const& asset)
+          {
+            UNIMPLEMENTED ("detach entry from session");
+          }
+        
+        bool
+        isRegistered (ELM const& asset)
+          {
+            UNIMPLEMENTED ("detect if the given element is indeed registered within this");
+          }
+      };
+    
+  
+  
+  
+  
+} // namespace lib
+#endif

src/proc/assetmanager.hpp

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace asset {
       bool known (IDA id, const Category& cat) ;
       
       /**remove the given asset from the internal DB.
-       * <i>together with all its dependants</i> */
+       * <i>together with all its dependents</i> */
       void remove (IDA id) ;
       
       /** extract a sorted list of all registered Assets */

src/proc/mobject/session/session-interface-modules.hpp

@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
 #ifndef MOBJECT_SESSION_INTERFACE_MODULES_H
 #define MOBJECT_SESSION_INTERFACE_MODULES_H
 
-#include "lib/p.hpp"
+#include "lib/element-tracker.hpp"
-#include "lib/ref-array-impl.hpp"
 
 
 
@@ -76,39 +75,10 @@
 namespace mobject {
 namespace session {
   
-  namespace impl { // impl: list of elements to track
-
-    using lumiera::P;
-    
-    /**
-     * Custom implementation of the RefArray interface,
-     * used by the Session to keep track of all timelines
-     * and sequences. The registration/deregistration functions
-     * are accessible as SessionServices
-     */
-    template<typename ELM>
-    class ElementTracker
-      : public lib::RefArrayVectorWrapper<P<ELM> >
-      {
-      public:
-        void
-        add (P<ELM> const& asset)
-          {
-            UNIMPLEMENTED ("attach entry to session");
-          }
-        
-        void
-        remove (P<ELM> const& asset)
-          {
-            UNIMPLEMENTED ("detach entry from session");
-          }
-      };
-    
-  } //(End) impl list of elements to track
   
   
-  typedef impl::ElementTracker<asset::Timeline> TimelineTracker;
+  typedef lib::ElementTracker<asset::Timeline> TimelineTracker;
-  typedef impl::ElementTracker<asset::Sequence> SequenceTracker;
+  typedef lib::ElementTracker<asset::Sequence> SequenceTracker;
   
   
   /**

tests/components/proc/mobject/session/session-element-tracker-test.cpp

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 //#include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 //#include <iostream>
+#include <tr1/functional>
 
 //using util::isSameObject;
 //using util::contains;
@@ -53,36 +54,96 @@ namespace test    {
     
     int checksum = 0;
     
-    class AutoRegisteringDummy;
     
-    typedef lumiera::P<AutoRegisteringDummy> PDummy;
+    using std::tr1::function;
+    using std::tr1::bind;
+    using std::tr1::ref;
     
-    class AutoRegisteringDummy
+    
+    template<typename TAR>
+    class AutoRegistered
+      {
+        typedef lib::ElementTracker<TAR> Registry;
+        typedef function<Registry&(void)> RegistryLink;
+        
+        static RegistryLink getRegistry;
+        
+      public:
+        
+        template<typename FUN>
+        static void
+        establishRegistryLink (FUN link)
+          {
+            AutoRegistered::getRegistry = link;
+          }
+        
+        static void
+        setRegistryInstance (Registry& registry_to_use)
+          {
+            establishRegistryLink (bind (ref(registry_to_use)));
+          }
+        
+        
+        typedef lumiera::P<TAR> PTarget;
+        
+        static PTarget
+        create()
+          {
+            REQUIRE (getRegistry);
+            
+            PTarget newElement (new TAR());
+            getRegistry().append (newElement);
+            
+            ENSURE (newElement);
+            ENSURE (getRegistry().isRegistered(*newElement));
+            return newElement;
+          }
+        
+        
+        void
+        detach()
+          {
+            getRegistry().remove(*this);
+            
+            ENSURE (!getRegistry().isRegistered(*this));
+          }
+      };
+    
+    /** storage for the functor to link an AutoRegistered entity
+     *  to the corresponding registration service */
+    template<typename TAR>
+    AutoRegistered<TAR>::RegistryLink AutoRegistered<TAR>::getRegistry; 
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Test Dummy: to be created through the inherited static #create(),
+     * managed by smart-ptr. Any Dummy instance gets automatically registered
+     * for tracking, and will be deregistered by invoking #unlink().
+     * The link to the actual registration service has to be established at
+     * runtime once, by calling #establishRegistryLink or #setRegistryInstance
+     */
+    struct Dummy
+      : AutoRegistered<Dummy>
       {
         const uint id_;
         
       public:
-        AutoRegisteringDummy()
+        Dummy()
           : id_(++checksum)
           {
-            TODO ("cause the registration");
+            CHECK (getRegistry().isRegistered (*this));
           }
         
         void
         unlink()
           {
-            TODO ("cause the deregistration");
+            getRegistry().remove(*this);
             checksum -= id_;
           }
         
-        static PDummy create();
       };
     
-    inline PDummy
+    
-    AutoRegisteringDummy::create()
-    {
-      return PDummy (new AutoRegisteringDummy);
-    }
     
   }
 //  using proc_interface::AssetManager;
@@ -123,11 +184,16 @@ namespace test    {
         {
           checksum = 0;
           {
-            impl::ElementTracker<AutoRegisteringDummy> trackedDummies;
+            typedef Dummy AutoRegisteringDummy;
+            typedef lumiera::P<AutoRegisteringDummy> PDummy;
+            typedef lib::ElementTracker<Dummy> DummyRegistry;
+            
+            DummyRegistry trackedDummies;
             
             CHECK (0 == checksum);
             CHECK (0 == trackedDummies.size());
             
+            AutoRegisteringDummy::setRegistryInstance (trackedDummies);
             PDummy dummy1 = AutoRegisteringDummy::create();
             PDummy dummy2 = AutoRegisteringDummy::create();
             
@@ -152,7 +218,7 @@ namespace test    {
             CHECK (2 == dummy3.use_count());
             
             // deliberately discard our reference, 
-            // so the only remaining ref is in the tracker
+            // so the only remaining ref is within the registry
             dummy1.reset();
             dummy2.reset();
             CHECK (1 == trackedDummies[0].use_count());