BlockValue.st
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 COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 by Claus Gittinger
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              All Rights Reserved
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 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
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 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
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 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
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 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
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 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
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 hereby transferred.
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ValueModel subclass:#BlockValue
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	instanceVariableNames:'cachedValue arguments block'
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	classVariableNames:''
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	poolDictionaries:''
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	category:'Interface-Support-Models'
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!BlockValue class methodsFor:'documentation'!
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copyright
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"
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 COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 by Claus Gittinger
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              All Rights Reserved
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 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
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 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
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 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
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 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
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 hereby transferred.
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documentation
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    BlockValues depend on multiple other objects (typically valueHolders)
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    and recompute a value whenever one of them changes.
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    If the new value is different, it triggers itself a change to its dependents.
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    Example use is to base an enableChannels value on multiple other boolean values.
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    (See example for how this is done)
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examples
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    |val1 val2 both box|
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    val1 := false asValue.
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    val2 := false asValue.
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    both := BlockValue 
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                with:[:v1 :v2 | 
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                        Transcript showCr:'evaluating ...'.
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                        v1 value and:[v2 value]
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                     ] 
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                arguments:(Array with:val1 with:val2).
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    box := Dialog new.
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    box addCheckBox:'one' on:val1.
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    box addCheckBox:'two' on:val2.
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    box addHorizontalLine.
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    box addCheckBox:'both' on:both.
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    box open
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! !
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!BlockValue class methodsFor:'instance creation'!
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with:aBlock
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    "return a new BlockValue computing aBlock"
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    ^ (super new) setBlock:aBlock
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:16:33 / cg"
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with:aBlock arguments:aCollectionOfArguments
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    "return a new BlockValue computing aBlock"
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    ^ (super new) setBlock:aBlock arguments:aCollectionOfArguments
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:20:14 / cg"
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! !
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!BlockValue methodsFor:'accessing'!
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dependOn:someObject
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    arguments isNil ifTrue:[
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        arguments := Array with:someObject
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    ] ifFalse:[
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        arguments := arguments copyWith:someObject
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    ].
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    someObject addDependent:self
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:18:31 / cg"
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evaluate
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    arguments isNil ifTrue:[
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        ^ block value
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    ].
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    ^ block valueWithArguments:(arguments asArray)
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:27:40 / cg"
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    block := aBlock.
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    arguments notNil ifTrue:[
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        self release
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    ].
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    arguments := nil.
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:16:59 / cg"
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:21:22 / cg"
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setBlock:aBlock arguments:aCollectionOfArguments
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    block := aBlock.
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    arguments notNil ifTrue:[
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        self release
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    arguments := aCollectionOfArguments.
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    arguments do:[:arg |
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        arg addDependent:self
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    ].
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:21:41 / cg"
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:29:42 / cg"
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    ^ cachedValue
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:23:26 / cg"
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:27:50 / cg"
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!BlockValue methodsFor:'change and update'!
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    |oldValue|
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    oldValue := cachedValue.
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    cachedValue := self evaluate.
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    oldValue ~~ cachedValue ifTrue:[
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        self changed:something with:aParameter
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    ].
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    "Created: 16.12.1995 / 19:22:54 / cg"
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:28:00 / cg"
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!BlockValue methodsFor:'release'!
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    arguments notNil ifTrue:[
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        arguments do:[:arg | arg removeDependent:self].
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    ].
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    "Modified: 16.12.1995 / 19:21:11 / cg"
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! !
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!BlockValue class methodsFor:'documentation'!
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version
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    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview2/BlockValue.st,v 1.1 1995-12-16 18:36:39 cg Exp $'
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! !