defmodule Record do @moduledoc """ Module to work with, define, and import records. Records are simply tuples where the first element is an atom: iex> Record.is_record({User, "john", 27}) true This module provides conveniences for working with records at compilation time, where compile-time field names are used to manipulate the tuples, providing fast operations on top of the tuples' compact structure. In Elixir, records are used mostly in two situations: 1. to work with short, internal data 2. to interface with Erlang records The macros `defrecord/3` and `defrecordp/3` can be used to create records while `extract/2` and `extract_all/1` can be used to extract records from Erlang files. ## Types Types can be defined for tuples with the `record/2` macro (only available in typespecs). This macro will expand to a tuple as seen in the example below: defmodule MyModule do require Record Record.defrecord(:user, name: "john", age: 25) @type user :: record(:user, name: String.t(), age: integer) # expands to: "@type user :: {:user, String.t(), integer}" end ## Reflection A list of all records in a module, if any, can be retrieved by reading the `@__records__` module attribute. It returns a list of maps with the record kind, name, tag, and fields. The attribute is only available inside the module definition. """ @doc """ Extracts record information from an Erlang file. Returns a quoted expression containing the fields as a list of tuples. `name`, which is the name of the extracted record, is expected to be an atom *at compile time*. ## Options This function requires one of the following options, which are exclusive to each other (i.e., only one of them can be used in the same call): * `:from` - (binary representing a path to a file) path to the Erlang file that contains the record definition to extract; with this option, this function uses the same path lookup used by the `-include` attribute used in Erlang modules. * `:from_lib` - (binary representing a path to a file) path to the Erlang file that contains the record definition to extract; with this option, this function uses the same path lookup used by the `-include_lib` attribute used in Erlang modules. It additionally accepts the following optional, non-exclusive options: * `:includes` - (a list of directories as binaries) if the record being extracted depends on relative includes, this option allows developers to specify the directory where those relative includes exist. * `:macros` - (keyword list of macro names and values) if the record being extracted depends on the values of macros, this option allows the value of those macros to be set. These options are expected to be literals (including the binary values) at compile time. ## Examples iex> Record.extract(:file_info, from_lib: "kernel/include/file.hrl") [ size: :undefined, type: :undefined, access: :undefined, atime: :undefined, mtime: :undefined, ctime: :undefined, mode: :undefined, links: :undefined, major_device: :undefined, minor_device: :undefined, inode: :undefined, uid: :undefined, gid: :undefined ] """ @spec extract(name :: atom, keyword) :: keyword def extract(name, opts) when is_atom(name) and is_list(opts) do Record.Extractor.extract(name, opts) end @doc """ Extracts all records information from an Erlang file. Returns a keyword list of `{record_name, fields}` tuples where `record_name` is the name of an extracted record and `fields` is a list of `{field, value}` tuples representing the fields for that record. ## Options Accepts the same options as listed for `Record.extract/2`. """ @spec extract_all(keyword) :: [{name :: atom, keyword}] def extract_all(opts) when is_list(opts) do Record.Extractor.extract_all(opts) end @doc """ Checks if the given `data` is a record of kind `kind`. This is implemented as a macro so it can be used in guard clauses. ## Examples iex> record = {User, "john", 27} iex> Record.is_record(record, User) true """ defguard is_record(data, kind) when is_atom(kind) and is_tuple(data) and tuple_size(data) > 0 and elem(data, 0) == kind @doc """ Checks if the given `data` is a record. This is implemented as a macro so it can be used in guard clauses. ## Examples Record.is_record({User, "john", 27}) #=> true Record.is_record({}) #=> false """ defguard is_record(data) when is_tuple(data) and tuple_size(data) > 0 and is_atom(elem(data, 0)) @doc """ Defines a set of macros to create, access, and pattern match on a record. The name of the generated macros will be `name` (which has to be an atom). `tag` is also an atom and is used as the "tag" for the record (i.e., the first element of the record tuple); by default (if `nil`), it's the same as `name`. `kv` is a keyword list of `name: default_value` fields for the new record. The following macros are generated: * `name/0` to create a new record with default values for all fields * `name/1` to create a new record with the given fields and values, to get the zero-based index of the given field in a record or to convert the given record to a keyword list * `name/2` to update an existing record with the given fields and values or to access a given field in a given record All these macros are public macros (as defined by `defmacro`). See the "Examples" section for examples on how to use these macros. ## Examples defmodule User do require Record Record.defrecord(:user, name: "meg", age: "25") end In the example above, a set of macros named `user` but with different arities will be defined to manipulate the underlying record. # Import the module to make the user macros locally available import User # To create records record = user() #=> {:user, "meg", 25} record = user(age: 26) #=> {:user, "meg", 26} # To get a field from the record user(record, :name) #=> "meg" # To update the record user(record, age: 26) #=> {:user, "meg", 26} # To get the zero-based index of the field in record tuple # (index 0 is occupied by the record "tag") user(:name) #=> 1 # Convert a record to a keyword list user(record) #=> [name: "meg", age: 26] The generated macros can also be used in order to pattern match on records and to bind variables during the match: record = user() #=> {:user, "meg", 25} user(name: name) = record name #=> "meg" By default, Elixir uses the record name as the first element of the tuple (the "tag"). However, a different tag can be specified when defining a record, as in the following example, in which we use `Customer` as the second argument of `defrecord/3`: defmodule User do require Record Record.defrecord(:user, Customer, name: nil) end require User User.user() #=> {Customer, nil} ## Defining extracted records with anonymous functions in the values If a record defines an anonymous function in the default values, an `ArgumentError` will be raised. This can happen unintentionally when defining a record after extracting it from an Erlang library that uses anonymous functions for defaults. Record.defrecord(:my_rec, Record.extract(...)) ** (ArgumentError) invalid value for record field fun_field, cannot escape #Function<12.90072148/2 in :erl_eval.expr/5>. To work around this error, redefine the field with your own &M.f/a function, like so: defmodule MyRec do require Record Record.defrecord(:my_rec, Record.extract(...) |> Keyword.merge(fun_field: &__MODULE__.foo/2)) def foo(bar, baz), do: IO.inspect({bar, baz}) end """ defmacro defrecord(name, tag \\ nil, kv) do quote bind_quoted: [name: name, tag: tag, kv: kv] do tag = tag || name fields = Record.__record__(__MODULE__, :defrecord, name, tag, kv) defmacro unquote(name)(args \\ []) do Record.__access__(unquote(tag), unquote(fields), args, __CALLER__) end defmacro unquote(name)(record, args) do Record.__access__(unquote(tag), unquote(fields), record, args, __CALLER__) end end end @doc """ Same as `defrecord/3` but generates private macros. """ defmacro defrecordp(name, tag \\ nil, kv) do quote bind_quoted: [name: name, tag: tag, kv: kv] do tag = tag || name fields = Record.__record__(__MODULE__, :defrecordp, name, tag, kv) defmacrop unquote(name)(args \\ []) do Record.__access__(unquote(tag), unquote(fields), args, __CALLER__) end defmacrop unquote(name)(record, args) do Record.__access__(unquote(tag), unquote(fields), record, args, __CALLER__) end end end defp error_on_duplicate_record(module, name) do defined_arity = Enum.find(0..2, fn arity -> Module.defines?(module, {name, arity}) end) if defined_arity do raise ArgumentError, "cannot define record #{inspect(name)} because a definition #{name}/#{defined_arity} already exists" end end defp warn_on_duplicate_key([]) do :ok end defp warn_on_duplicate_key([{key, _} | [{key, _} | _] = rest]) do IO.warn("duplicate key #{inspect(key)} found in record") warn_on_duplicate_key(rest) end defp warn_on_duplicate_key([_ | rest]) do warn_on_duplicate_key(rest) end # Callback invoked from the record/2 macro. @doc false def __record__(module, kind, name, tag, kv) do error_on_duplicate_record(module, name) fields = fields(kind, kv) Module.register_attribute(module, :__records__, accumulate: true) Module.put_attribute(module, :__records__, %{ kind: kind, name: name, tag: tag, fields: :lists.map(&elem(&1, 0), fields) }) # TODO: Make it raise on v2.0 warn_on_duplicate_key(:lists.keysort(1, fields)) fields end # Normalizes of record fields to have default values. defp fields(kind, fields) do normalizer_fun = fn {key, value} when is_atom(key) -> try do Macro.escape(value) rescue e in [ArgumentError] -> raise ArgumentError, "invalid value for record field #{key}, " <> Exception.message(e) else value -> {key, value} end key when is_atom(key) -> {key, nil} other -> raise ArgumentError, "#{kind} fields must be atoms, got: #{inspect(other)}" end :lists.map(normalizer_fun, fields) end # Callback invoked from record/0 and record/1 macros. @doc false def __access__(tag, fields, args, caller) do cond do is_atom(args) -> index(tag, fields, args) Keyword.keyword?(args) -> create(tag, fields, args, caller) true -> fields = Macro.escape(fields) case Macro.expand(args, caller) do {:{}, _, [^tag | list]} when length(list) == length(fields) -> record = List.to_tuple([tag | list]) Record.__keyword__(tag, fields, record) {^tag, arg} when length(fields) == 1 -> Record.__keyword__(tag, fields, {tag, arg}) _ -> quote(do: Record.__keyword__(unquote(tag), unquote(fields), unquote(args))) end end end # Callback invoked from the record/2 macro. @doc false def __access__(tag, fields, record, args, caller) do cond do is_atom(args) -> get(tag, fields, record, args) Keyword.keyword?(args) -> update(tag, fields, record, args, caller) true -> raise ArgumentError, "expected arguments to be a compile time atom or a keyword list, got: " <> Macro.to_string(args) end end # Gets the index of field. defp index(tag, fields, field) do find_index(fields, field, 1) || raise ArgumentError, "record #{inspect(tag)} does not have the key: #{inspect(field)}" end # Creates a new record with the given default fields and keyword values. defp create(tag, fields, keyword, caller) do # Using {} here is safe, since it's not valid AST default = if Macro.Env.in_match?(caller), do: {:_, [], nil}, else: {} {default, keyword} = Keyword.pop(keyword, :_, default) {keyword, exprs} = hoist_expressions(keyword, caller) {elements, remaining} = Enum.map_reduce(fields, keyword, fn {key, field_default}, remaining -> case Keyword.pop(remaining, key, default) do {{}, remaining} -> {Macro.escape(field_default), remaining} {default, remaining} -> {default, remaining} end end) case remaining do [] -> quote(do: {unquote(tag), unquote_splicing(elements)}) |> maybe_prepend_reversed_exprs(exprs) [{key, _} | _] -> raise ArgumentError, "record #{inspect(tag)} does not have the key: #{inspect(key)}" end end # Updates a record given by var with the given keyword. defp update(tag, fields, var, keyword, caller) do if Macro.Env.in_match?(caller) do raise ArgumentError, "cannot invoke update style macro inside match" end {keyword, exprs} = hoist_expressions(keyword, caller) if Keyword.has_key?(keyword, :_) do message = "updating a record with a default (:_) is equivalent to creating a new record" IO.warn(message, Macro.Env.stacktrace(caller)) create(tag, fields, keyword, caller) else updates = Enum.map(keyword, fn {key, value} -> if index = find_index(fields, key, 2) do {index, value} else raise ArgumentError, "record #{inspect(tag)} does not have the key: #{inspect(key)}" end end) build_update(updates, var) |> maybe_prepend_reversed_exprs(exprs) end end defp hoist_expressions(keyword, %{context: nil, module: module}) do Enum.map_reduce(keyword, [], fn {key, expr}, acc -> if simple_argument?(expr) do {{key, expr}, acc} else var = Macro.unique_var(key, module) {{key, var}, [{:=, [], [var, expr]} | acc]} end end) end defp hoist_expressions(keyword, _), do: {keyword, []} defp maybe_prepend_reversed_exprs(expr, []), do: expr defp maybe_prepend_reversed_exprs(expr, exprs), do: {:__block__, [], :lists.reverse([expr | exprs])} defp build_update(updates, initial) do updates |> Enum.sort(fn {left, _}, {right, _} -> right <= left end) |> Enum.reduce(initial, fn {key, value}, acc -> quote(do: :erlang.setelement(unquote(key), unquote(acc), unquote(value))) end) end defp simple_argument?({name, _, ctx}) when is_atom(name) and is_atom(ctx), do: true defp simple_argument?(other), do: Macro.quoted_literal?(other) # Gets a record key from the given var. defp get(tag, fields, var, key) do index = find_index(fields, key, 2) || raise ArgumentError, "record #{inspect(tag)} does not have the key: #{inspect(key)}" quote do :erlang.element(unquote(index), unquote(var)) end end defp find_index([{k, _} | _], k, i), do: i defp find_index([{_, _} | t], k, i), do: find_index(t, k, i + 1) defp find_index([], _k, _i), do: nil # Returns a keyword list of the record @doc false def __keyword__(tag, fields, record) do if is_record(record, tag) do [_tag | values] = Tuple.to_list(record) case join_keyword(fields, values, []) do kv when is_list(kv) -> kv expected_fields -> raise ArgumentError, "expected argument to be a #{inspect(tag)} record with " <> "#{expected_fields} fields, got: " <> inspect(record) end else raise ArgumentError, "expected argument to be a literal atom, literal keyword or " <> "a #{inspect(tag)} record, got runtime: " <> inspect(record) end end # Returns a keyword list, or expected number of fields on size mismatch defp join_keyword([{field, _default} | fields], [value | values], acc), do: join_keyword(fields, values, [{field, value} | acc]) defp join_keyword([], [], acc), do: :lists.reverse(acc) defp join_keyword(rest_fields, _rest_values, acc), do: length(acc) + length(rest_fields) end