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XBase: Overloading '.' operations [message #1766185]

Sat, 17 June 2017 06:38

Amit Yadav

Messages: 28
Registered: June 2017

Junior Member

Hello,

I am trying to figure out if there is a way to override the meaning of '.' operation for a specific java type.

In my DSL I am using a java type which is essentially a Map<String, Object>. What I would like to achieve is that a call to a.field on an object of this type in my DSL could be translated to 'a.get(field)' in my JvmModelInferrer.Similarly an assignment to a.field = blah translates to a.put(field, blah).

Wondering if this is possible with XBase.

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Re: XBase: Overloading '.' operations [message #1766230 is a reply to message #1766185]

Mon, 19 June 2017 01:43

Amit Yadav

Messages: 28
Registered: June 2017

Junior Member

One idea would be in the inferrer detect the XMemberFeatureCall where such usage are happening and then replace that with a newer XExpression.

1) Is it possible to create new XExpressions in the inferrer code ?
2) does this sound like a good idea ?

Thanks,

Amit

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Re: XBase: Overloading '.' operations [message #1766254 is a reply to message #1766230]

Mon, 19 June 2017 14:07

Jan Koehnlein

Messages: 760
Registered: July 2009
Location: Hamburg

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1) The general idea kind of contradicts strict typing, which is inherent in Xbase and Java.
2) The '.' operator is already very overloaded.
3) Changing expressions in the inferrer sounds bad as well. A better location seems to be feature scoping and the compiler, but that could be pretty tricky as well.

Summing up, I'd rather not implement that.

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