kotlin.properties.ObservableProperty.kt Maven / Gradle / Ivy

/*
 * Copyright 2010-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
 * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
 */

package kotlin.properties

import kotlin.reflect.KProperty

/**
 * Implements the core logic of a property delegate for a read/write property that calls callback functions when changed.
 * @param initialValue the initial value of the property.
 */
public abstract class ObservableProperty(initialValue: T) : ReadWriteProperty {
    private var value = initialValue

    /**
     *  The callback which is called before a change to the property value is attempted.
     *  The value of the property hasn't been changed yet, when this callback is invoked.
     *  If the callback returns `true` the value of the property is being set to the new value,
     *  and if the callback returns `false` the new value is discarded and the property remains its old value.
     */
    protected open fun beforeChange(property: KProperty<*>, oldValue: T, newValue: T): Boolean = true

    /**
     * The callback which is called after the change of the property is made. The value of the property
     * has already been changed when this callback is invoked.
     */
    protected open fun afterChange(property: KProperty<*>, oldValue: T, newValue: T): Unit {}

    public override fun getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T {
        return value
    }

    public override fun setValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) {
        val oldValue = this.value
        if (!beforeChange(property, oldValue, value)) {
            return
        }
        this.value = value
        afterChange(property, oldValue, value)
    }
}