# NimYAML - YAML implementation in Nim # (c) Copyright 2016 Felix Krause # # See the file "copying.txt", included in this # distribution, for details about the copyright. ## ================== ## Module yaml.taglib ## ================== ## ## The taglib API enables you to query real names of tags emitted by the parser ## and create own tags. It also enables you to define tags for types used with ## the serialization API. import tables, macros, hashes import data type TagLibrary* = ref object ## A ``TagLibrary`` maps tag URIs to ``TagId`` s. ## ## When `YamlParser <#YamlParser>`_ encounters tags not existing in the ## tag library, it will use ## `registerUri <#registerUri,TagLibrary,string>`_ to add ## the tag to the library. ## ## You can base your tag library on common tag libraries by initializing ## them with `initFailsafeTagLibrary <#initFailsafeTagLibrary>`_, ## `initCoreTagLibrary <#initCoreTagLibrary>`_ or ## `initExtendedTagLibrary <#initExtendedTagLibrary>`_. tags*: Table[string, TagId] nextCustomTagId*: TagId proc initTagLibrary*(): TagLibrary {.raises: [].} = ## initializes the ``tags`` table and sets ``nextCustomTagId`` to ## ``yFirstCustomTagId``. new(result) result.tags = initTable[string, TagId]() result.nextCustomTagId = yFirstCustomTagId proc registerUri*(tagLib: TagLibrary, uri: string): TagId {.raises: [].} = ## registers a custom tag URI with a ``TagLibrary``. The URI will get ## the ``TagId`` ``nextCustomTagId``, which will be incremented. tagLib.tags[uri] = tagLib.nextCustomTagId result = tagLib.nextCustomTagId tagLib.nextCustomTagId = cast[TagId](cast[int](tagLib.nextCustomTagId) + 1) proc uri*(tagLib: TagLibrary, id: TagId): string {.raises: [KeyError].} = ## retrieve the URI a ``TagId`` maps to. for iUri, iId in tagLib.tags.pairs: if iId == id: return iUri raise newException(KeyError, "Unknown tag id: " & $id) template y(suffix: string): string = yamlTagRepositoryPrefix & suffix template n(suffix: string): string = nimyamlTagRepositoryPrefix & suffix proc initFailsafeTagLibrary*(): TagLibrary {.raises: [].} = ## Contains only: ## - ``!`` ## - ``?`` ## - ``!!str`` ## - ``!!map`` ## - ``!!seq`` result = initTagLibrary() result.tags["!"] = yTagExclamationMark result.tags["?"] = yTagQuestionMark result.tags[y"str"] = yTagString result.tags[y"seq"] = yTagSequence result.tags[y"map"] = yTagMapping proc initCoreTagLibrary*(): TagLibrary {.raises: [].} = ## Contains everything in ``initFailsafeTagLibrary`` plus: ## - ``!!null`` ## - ``!!bool`` ## - ``!!int`` ## - ``!!float`` result = initFailsafeTagLibrary() result.tags[y"null"] = yTagNull result.tags[y"bool"] = yTagBoolean result.tags[y"int"] = yTagInteger result.tags[y"float"] = yTagFloat proc initExtendedTagLibrary*(): TagLibrary {.raises: [].} = ## Contains everything from ``initCoreTagLibrary`` plus: ## - ``!!omap`` ## - ``!!pairs`` ## - ``!!set`` ## - ``!!binary`` ## - ``!!merge`` ## - ``!!timestamp`` ## - ``!!value`` ## - ``!!yaml`` result = initCoreTagLibrary() result.tags[y"omap"] = yTagOrderedMap result.tags[y"pairs"] = yTagPairs result.tags[y"binary"] = yTagBinary result.tags[y"merge"] = yTagMerge result.tags[y"timestamp"] = yTagTimestamp result.tags[y"value"] = yTagValue result.tags[y"yaml"] = yTagYaml proc initSerializationTagLibrary*(): TagLibrary = result = initTagLibrary() result.tags["!"] = yTagExclamationMark result.tags["?"] = yTagQuestionMark result.tags[y"str"] = yTagString result.tags[y"null"] = yTagNull result.tags[y"bool"] = yTagBoolean result.tags[y"float"] = yTagFloat result.tags[y"timestamp"] = yTagTimestamp result.tags[y"value"] = yTagValue result.tags[y"binary"] = yTagBinary result.tags[n"field"] = yTagNimField var serializationTagLibrary* = initSerializationTagLibrary() ## \ ## contains all local tags that are used for type serialization. Does ## not contain any of the specific default tags for sequences or maps, ## as those are not suited for Nim's static type system. ## ## Should not be modified manually. Will be extended by ## `serializable <#serializable,stmt,stmt>`_. var nextStaticTagId {.compileTime.} = yFirstStaticTagId ## \ ## used for generating unique TagIds with ``setTagUri``. registeredUris {.compileTime.} = newSeq[string]() ## \ ## Since Table doesn't really work at compile time, we also store ## registered URIs here to be able to generate a static compiler error ## when the user tries to register an URI more than once. template setTagUri*(t: typedesc, uri: string) = ## Associate the given uri with a certain type. This uri is used as YAML tag ## when loading and dumping values of this type. when uri in registeredUris: {. fatal: "[NimYAML] URI \"" & uri & "\" registered twice!" .} const id {.genSym.} = nextStaticTagId static: registeredUris.add(uri) nextStaticTagId = TagId(int(nextStaticTagId) + 1) when nextStaticTagId == yFirstCustomTagId: {.fatal: "Too many tags!".} serializationTagLibrary.tags[uri] = id proc yamlTag*(T: typedesc[t]): TagId {.inline, raises: [].} = id ## autogenerated template setTagUri*(t: typedesc, uri: string, idName: untyped) = ## Like `setTagUri <#setTagUri.t,typedesc,string>`_, but lets ## you choose a symbol for the `TagId <#TagId>`_ of the uri. This is only ## necessary if you want to implement serialization / construction yourself. when uri in registeredUris: {. fatal: "[NimYAML] URI \"" & uri & "\" registered twice!" .} const idName* = nextStaticTagId static: registeredUris.add(uri) nextStaticTagId = TagId(int(nextStaticTagId) + 1) when nextStaticTagId == yFirstCustomTagId: {.fatal: "Too many tags!".} serializationTagLibrary.tags[uri] = idName proc yamlTag*(T: typedesc[t]): TagId {.inline, raises: [].} = idName ## autogenerated static: # standard YAML tags used by serialization registeredUris.add("!") registeredUris.add("?") registeredUris.add(y"str") registeredUris.add(y"null") registeredUris.add(y"bool") registeredUris.add(y"float") registeredUris.add(y"timestamp") registeredUris.add(y"value") registeredUris.add(y"binary") # special tags used by serialization registeredUris.add(n"field") # tags for Nim's standard types setTagUri(char, n"system:char", yTagNimChar) setTagUri(int8, n"system:int8", yTagNimInt8) setTagUri(int16, n"system:int16", yTagNimInt16) setTagUri(int32, n"system:int32", yTagNimInt32) setTagUri(int64, n"system:int64", yTagNimInt64) setTagUri(uint8, n"system:uint8", yTagNimUInt8) setTagUri(uint16, n"system:uint16", yTagNimUInt16) setTagUri(uint32, n"system:uint32", yTagNimUInt32) setTagUri(uint64, n"system:uint64", yTagNimUInt64) setTagUri(float32, n"system:float32", yTagNimFloat32) setTagUri(float64, n"system:float64", yTagNimFloat64) proc nimTag*(suffix: string): string = ## prepends NimYAML's tag repository prefix to the given suffix. For example, ## ``nimTag("system:char")`` yields ``"tag:nimyaml.org,2016:system:char"``. nimyamlTagRepositoryPrefix & suffix