; Convert a list of scheme objects into mooix's string representation
; numbers, strings, mooix objects, ?? are OK
(define (scheme->mooix-string slist)
(display
; map the elements of slist into a list of newline-terminated mooix strings, which we then output
(map
(lambda (x)
(cond
((string? x) (string-join x "\n")
((number? x) (string-join (number->string x) "\n")
; If x is a procedure, then either it's a mooix object or an error
((procedure? x)
(let ((dir (x "dir")))
(if (directory? dir)
(string-join "mooix:" dir "\n")
(and (display "Procedure which is not a mooix object not a legal return value." (current-error-port)) #f)
)
)
)
)
)
slist
)
)
)

; Convert a mooix string representation to a list of Scheme objects - numbers, strings, mooix-obj, ??
(define (mooix-string->scheme mstring)
; Read all STDIN lines, and map each into a Scheme object, returning the resulting list
(map
(lambda (x)
(let (
(num (string->number x))
(mobj (string-prefix? "mooix:" x)))
(cond
((not (equal? num #f))
num
)
(mobj
(mooix-obj
(string-copy x 7)
)
)
; Return all others as strings
(else x)
)
)
)
(read-string)
)
; Retrieve or set a file-based field
(define (file-field this method args)
(let (
(num (length args))
(file (this "fieldfile" (list method)))
)
; Behaviour is based on number of arguments; zero means return the file, one means set it, more is an error
(cond
((= num 0)
(read-string file)
)
((= num 1)
(display (car args) (open-output-file file))
)
(else (and (display "Non-method field " method " on object mooix:" (make-absolute-pathname (this "dir")) " passed more than one argument.\n" (current-error-port)) #f))
)
)
; **********
; Regular dispatch table methods follow
; **********
; Returns #t iff the first argument is in the built-in mooix object method list (that is, in dispatch-table), else returns #f
(define (can-dispatch this args)
(if (equal? #f (assoc (car args) dispatch-table))
#f
#t
)
)
(define (get this args)
(mooix-obj (car args))
)
(define (hybridgetfield this args)
(let* (
(field (car args))
(file (this "fieldfile" args))
(dot (string-prefix? "." field))
; True if not a symlink or dir
(reg (regular-file? file))
(exe (file-execute-access? file))
(hybrid (this "test" (list (string-join "." field "-hybrid"))))
)
(and
file
dot
reg
(or (not exe) (and exe hybrid))
; NB: this relies on file fields and methods never being able to return #f as *data* - if that changes (and it seems a piss-poor idea to change it) this will need to be looked at again
(this (car args))
)
)
)
; Get the field named and return a boolean based on treating its value as Perl/C true/false (TODO: empty string, no such file, and 0 are false, else true)
(define (test this args)
(let (
(file (this "fieldfile" args))
)
(cond
((equal? file "") #f)
((not (file-exists? file)) #f)
(else (let* (
(string (this (car args)))
(num (string->number string))
)
(cond
((and num (= 1 num)) #t)
((not (equal? string "")) #t)
(else #f)
)
))
)
)
)