require "aversion/version" # Public: Aversion makes your Ruby objects versionable. It also makes them # immutable, so the only way to obtain transformed copies is to explicitly # mutate state in #transform calls, which will return the modified copy, leaving # the original intact. # # Examples # # class Person # include Aversion # # def initialize(hunger) # @hunger = hunger # end # # def eat # transform do # @hunger -= 5 # end # end # end # # # Objects are immutable. Calls to mutate state will return new modified # # copies (thanks to #transform): # john = Person.new # new_john = john.eat # newer_john = new_john.eat # # # You can roll back to a previous state: # new_john_again = newer_john.rollback # # # Calculate deltas between objects, and replay the differences to get to the # # desired state: # difference = newer_john - john # newer_john_again = john.replay(difference) # module Aversion # Public: When we include Aversion, we override .new with an immutable # constructor and provide a .new_mutable version. def self.included(base) base.class_eval do # Public: Initializes an immutable instance. def self.new(*args) new_mutable(*args).freeze end # Public: Initializes a mutable instance. def self.new_mutable(*args) allocate.tap do |instance| instance.send :initialize, *args instance.instance_eval do self.history = [] @__initial_args__ = args end end end end end # Public: Returns a mutable version of the object, in case anyone needs it. We # do need it internally to perform transformations. def mutable self.class.new_mutable(*initial_args).tap do |mutable| instance_variables.each do |ivar| mutable.instance_variable_set(ivar, instance_variable_get(ivar)) mutable.history = history.dup end end end # Public: The only way to transform state. # # Returns a new, immutable copy with the transformation applied. def transform(&block) mutable.tap do |new_instance| new_instance.replay([block.dup]) end.freeze end # Public: Rolls back to a previous version of the state. # # Returns a new, immutable copy with the previous state. def rollback self.class.new_mutable(*initial_args).tap do |instance| instance.replay(history[0..-2]) end.freeze end # Public: Replays an array of transformations (procs). # # transformations - the Array of Procs to apply. # # Returns a new, immutable copy with those transformations applied. def replay(transformations) (frozen? ? mutable : self).tap do |object| transformations.each do |transformation| object.history << transformation object.instance_eval(&transformation) end end.freeze end # Internal: Returns the history of this object. def history @__transformations__ end # Internal: Sets the history of this object to a specific array fo # transformations. def history=(transformations) @__transformations__ = transformations end # Public: Returns the difference between two versioned objects, which is an # array of the transformations one lacks from the other. def -(other) younger, older = [history, other.history].sort { |a,b| a.length <=> b.length } difference = (older.length - younger.length) - 1 older[difference..-1] end # Public: Returns whether two versionable objects are equal. # # They will be equal as long as they have the same initial args with they were # constructed with and their history is the same. def ==(other) initial_args == other.initial_args && history == other.history end # Public: Exposes the initial arguments passed to the constructor, for # comparison purposes. def initial_args @__initial_args__ end end