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Compiler for the Scala Programming Language
/* NSC -- new Scala compiler
* Copyright 2005-2013 LAMP/EPFL
* @author Martin Odersky
*/
package scala.reflect
package api
import scala.reflect.runtime.{universe => ru}
/**
* EXPERIMENTAL
*
* A trait that defines strongly-typed tree wrappers and operations on them for use in Scala Reflection.
*
* `Expr` wraps an abstract syntax tree ([[scala.reflect.api.Trees#Tree]]) and tags it with its type ([[scala.reflect.api.Types#Type]]).
*
* Usually `Expr`s are created via [[scala.reflect.api.Universe#reify]], in which case a compiler
* produces a [[scala.reflect.api.TreeCreator]] for the provided expression and also
* creates a complementary [[scala.reflect.api.TypeTags#WeakTypeTag]] that corresponds to the type of that expression.
*
* `Expr`s can also be created manually via the `Expr` companion object, but then the burden of providing a `TreeCreator` lies on the programmer.
* Compile-time reflection via macros, as described in [[scala.reflect.macros.Aliases]], provides an easier way to instantiate exprs manually.
* Manual creation, however, is very rarely needed when working with runtime reflection.
*
* `Expr` can be migrated from one mirror to another by using the `in` method. Migration means that all symbolic references
* to classes/objects/packages in the expression are re-resolved within the new mirror
* (typically using that mirror's classloader). The default universe of an `Expr` is typically
* [[scala.reflect.runtime#universe]], the default mirror is typically [[scala.reflect.runtime#currentMirror]].
*
* @group ReflectionAPI
*/
trait Exprs { self: Universe =>
/** Expr wraps an abstract syntax tree and tags it with its type.
* The main source of information about exprs is the [[scala.reflect.api.Exprs]] page.
* @group Expressions
*/
trait Expr[+T] extends Equals with Serializable {
/**
* Underlying mirror of this expr.
*/
val mirror: Mirror
/**
* Migrates the expression into another mirror, jumping into a different universe if necessary.
*/
def in[U <: Universe with Singleton](otherMirror: scala.reflect.api.Mirror[U]): U # Expr[T]
/**
* The Scala abstract syntax tree representing the wrapped expression.
*/
def tree: Tree
/**
* Type of the wrapped expression tree as provided during creation.
*
* When exprs are created by the compiler, `staticType` represents
* a statically known type of the tree as calculated at that point by the compiler.
*/
def staticType: Type
/**
* Type of the wrapped expression tree as found in the underlying tree.
*/
def actualType: Type
/**
* A dummy method to mark expression splicing in reification.
*
* It should only be used within a `reify` call, which eliminates the `splice` call and embeds
* the wrapped tree into the reified surrounding expression.
* If used alone `splice` throws an exception when called at runtime.
*
* If you want to use an Expr in reification of some Scala code, you need to splice it in.
* For an expr of type `Expr[T]`, where `T` has a method `foo`, the following code
* {{{
* reify{ expr.splice.foo }
* }}}
* uses splice to turn an expr of type Expr[T] into a value of type T in the context of `reify`.
*
* It is equivalent to
* {{{
* Select( expr.tree, newTermName("foo") )
* }}}
*
* The following example code however does not compile
* {{{
* reify{ expr.foo }
* }}}
* because expr of type Expr[T] itself does not have a method foo.
*/
// @compileTimeOnly("Cannot use splice outside reify")
def splice: T
/**
* A dummy value to denote cross-stage path-dependent type dependencies.
*
* For example for the following macro definition:
* {{{
* class X { type T }
* object Macros { def foo(x: X): x.T = macro Impls.foo_impl }
* }}}
*
* The corresponding macro implementation should have the following signature (note how the return type denotes path-dependency on x):
* {{{
* object Impls { def foo_impl(c: Context)(x: c.Expr[X]): c.Expr[x.value.T] = ... }
* }}}
*/
// @compileTimeOnly("Cannot use value except for signatures of macro implementations")
val value: T
override def canEqual(x: Any) = x.isInstanceOf[Expr[_]]
override def equals(x: Any) = x.isInstanceOf[Expr[_]] && this.mirror == x.asInstanceOf[Expr[_]].mirror && this.tree == x.asInstanceOf[Expr[_]].tree
override def hashCode = mirror.hashCode * 31 + tree.hashCode
override def toString = "Expr["+staticType+"]("+tree+")"
}
/**
* Constructor/Extractor for Expr.
*
* Can be useful, when having a tree and wanting to splice it in reify call,
* in which case the tree first needs to be wrapped in an expr.
* The main source of information about exprs is the [[scala.reflect.api.Exprs]] page.
* @group Expressions
*/
object Expr {
def apply[T: WeakTypeTag](mirror: scala.reflect.api.Mirror[self.type], treec: TreeCreator): Expr[T] = new ExprImpl[T](mirror.asInstanceOf[Mirror], treec)
def unapply[T](expr: Expr[T]): Option[Tree] = Some(expr.tree)
}
private class ExprImpl[+T: WeakTypeTag](val mirror: Mirror, val treec: TreeCreator) extends Expr[T] {
def in[U <: Universe with Singleton](otherMirror: scala.reflect.api.Mirror[U]): U # Expr[T] = {
val otherMirror1 = otherMirror.asInstanceOf[scala.reflect.api.Mirror[otherMirror.universe.type]]
val tag1 = (implicitly[WeakTypeTag[T]] in otherMirror).asInstanceOf[otherMirror.universe.WeakTypeTag[T]]
otherMirror.universe.Expr[T](otherMirror1, treec)(tag1)
}
lazy val tree: Tree = treec(mirror)
lazy val staticType: Type = implicitly[WeakTypeTag[T]].tpe
def actualType: Type = tree.tpe
def splice: T = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("""
|the function you're calling has not been spliced by the compiler.
|this means there is a cross-stage evaluation involved, and it needs to be invoked explicitly.
|if you're sure this is not an oversight, add scala-compiler.jar to the classpath,
|import `scala.tools.reflect.Eval` and call `.eval` instead.""".trim.stripMargin)
lazy val value: T = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("""
|the value you're calling is only meant to be used in cross-stage path-dependent types.
|if you want to splice the underlying expression, use `.splice`.
|if you want to get a value of the underlying expression, add scala-compiler.jar to the classpath,
|import `scala.tools.reflect.Eval` and call `.eval` instead.""".trim.stripMargin)
private def writeReplace(): AnyRef = new SerializedExpr(treec, implicitly[WeakTypeTag[T]].in(ru.rootMirror))
}
}
private[scala] class SerializedExpr(var treec: TreeCreator, var tag: ru.WeakTypeTag[_]) extends Serializable {
private def writeObject(out: java.io.ObjectOutputStream): Unit = {
out.writeObject(treec)
out.writeObject(tag)
}
private def readObject(in: java.io.ObjectInputStream): Unit = {
treec = in.readObject().asInstanceOf[TreeCreator]
tag = in.readObject().asInstanceOf[ru.WeakTypeTag[_]]
}
private def readResolve(): AnyRef = {
import ru._
Expr(rootMirror, treec)(tag)
}
}