type Func_name = Name
type Constructor = (Name, [(Maybe Name, Type)])
type Cons_vars = [ExpQ]
type Function_body = ExpQ
type Gen_func = Constructor -> Cons_vars -> Function_body
type Funcs = [(Func_name, Gen_func)]
-- construct an instance of class class_name for type for_type
-- funcs is a list of instance method names with a corresponding
-- function to build the method body
gen_instance :: Name -> TypeQ -> [Constructor] -> Funcs -> DecQ
gen_instance class_name for_type constructors funcs =
instanceD (cxt [])
(appT (conT class_name) for_type)
(map func_def funcs)
where func_def (func_name, gen_func)
= funD func_name -- method name
-- generate function body for each constructor
(map (gen_clause gen_func) constructors)
-- Generate the pattern match and function body for a given method and
-- a given constructor. func_body is a function that generations the
-- function body
gen_clause :: (Constructor -> [ExpQ] -> ExpQ) -> Constructor -> ClauseQ
gen_clause func_body data_con@(con_name, components) =
-- create a parameter for each component of the constructor
do vars <- mapM var components
-- function (unnamed) that pattern matches the constructor
-- mapping each component to a value.
(clause [(conP con_name (map varP vars))]
(normalB (func_body data_con (map varE vars))) [])
-- create a unique name for each component.
where var (_, typ)
= newName
$ case typ of
(ConT name) -> toL $ nameBase name
otherwise -> "parm"
where toL (x:y) = (toLower x):y
unCapalize :: [Char] -> [Char]
unCapalize (x:y) = (toLower x):y
-- Generate an intance of the class TH_Render for the type typName
gen_render :: Name -> Q [Dec]
gen_render typName =
do (TyConI d) <- reify typName -- Get all the information on the type
(type_name,_,_,constructors) <- typeInfo (return d) -- extract name and constructors
i_dec <- gen_instance (mkName "TH_Render") (conT type_name) constructors
-- generation function for method "render"
[(mkName "render", gen_render)]
return [i_dec] -- return the instance declaration
-- function to generation the function body for a particular function
-- and constructor
where gen_render (conName, components) vars
-- function name is based on constructor name
= let funcName = makeName $ unCapalize $ nameBase conName
-- choose the correct builder function
headFunc = case vars of
[] -> "func_out"
otherwise -> "build"
-- build 'funcName parm1 parm2 parm3 ...
in appsE $ (varE $ mkName headFunc):funcName:vars -- put it all together
-- equivalent to 'funcStr where funcStr CONTAINS the name to be returned
makeName funcStr = (appE (varE (mkName "mkName")) (litE $ StringL funcStr))