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# frozen_string_literal: true

module Vedeu

  module Views

    # A collection of {Vedeu::Cells::Char} instances.
    #
    # @api private
    #
    class Chars < Vedeu::Repositories::Collection

      class << self

        include Vedeu::Common

        # @param collection [void]
        # @param parent [Vedeu::Views::Stream]
        # @param name [NilClass|Symbol|String]
        # @macro raise_invalid_syntax
        # @return [Vedeu::Views::Chars]
        def coerce(collection = [], parent = nil, name = nil)
          if collection.is_a?(Vedeu::Views::Chars)
            collection

          elsif array?(collection)
            return new(collection, parent, name) if collection.empty?

            coerced_collection = []
            collection.each do |element|
              coerced_collection << element if element.is_a?(Vedeu::Cells::Char)
            end

            new(coerced_collection, parent, name)

          elsif collection.is_a?(Vedeu::Views::Stream)
            Vedeu::Views::Chars.coerce(collection.value,
                                       collection.parent,
                                       collection.name)

          elsif string?(collection)
            return new([], parent, name) if collection.empty?

            if parent && parent.attributes
              new_collection = Vedeu::DSL::Text.new(collection,
                                                    parent.attributes).chars

              new(new_collection, parent, name)
            end

          else
            raise Vedeu::Error::InvalidSyntax,
                  'Cannot coerce for Vedeu::View::Chars, as collection is ' \
                  'unrecognised.'

          end
        end

      end # Eigenclass

      alias chars value

    end # Chars

  end # Views

end # Vedeu

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
vedeu-0.8.15	lib/vedeu/views/chars.rb
vedeu-0.8.14	lib/vedeu/views/chars.rb