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EList is the abstract supertype XXX establish terminology: supertype or superclass? of ConstList, FlexList, and ReadOnlyList. XXX complete list?

All indexing is zero-based. All ranges are specified as beginning index, inclusive, to ending index, exclusive (not inclusive end or location and size).

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Protocol

XXX Used a program to generate this list of msgdoc headers from E-on-Java. Clean up and write specs.

? def abcd := __identityFunc(["a", "b", "c", "d"]); null

? def ConstList := List


? /** Coercion-inhibiting guard wrapper. For example, Really[ConstList] will accept only ConstLists and not things which coerce to them. */
> def Really {
>   to get(guard) {
>     return def reallyGuard {
>       to coerce(specimen, optEjector) {
>         def coerced := guard.coerce(specimen, optEjector)
>         if (coerced != specimen) {
>           throw.eject(optEjector, E.toQuote(coerced) + " must be same as original specimen " + E.toQuote(specimen))
>         }
>         return coerced
>       }
>     }
>   }
> }; null

add/1

Signature: add(other :EList) :ConstList

Concatenates (snapshots of) this list and other.

XXX If they have a common class, we should use it.

XXX The above remark is from the original javadoc. Is this still the intended design? Perhaps it refers to e.g. String + String = String. If so, clarify whether or not it also means e.g. FlexList + FlexList = FlexList. --Kevin Reid 17:38, 25 March 2009 (CDT)

? abcd.add(abcd.run(1, 3)) :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "d", "b", "c"]

XXX type error check, other cases, which one is first

asKeys/0

Signature: asKeys() :ConstMap

Returns a ConstMap whose keys are the elements of this EList and values are null, with the first occurrence of duplicates kept.

? abcd.asKeys()
# value: ["a" => null, "b" => null, "c" => null, "d" => null]

? def abcbd := abcd(0, 3) + abcd(1, 2) + abcd(3, 4)
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "b", "d"]

? abcbd.asKeys()
# value: ["a" => null, "b" => null, "c" => null, "d" => null]

asMap/0

Signature: asMap() :ConstMap

Returns a ConstMap whose keys are the indexes and values are the values of this EList, in the same order as this EList.

? abcd.asMap()
# value: [0 => "a", 1 => "b", 2 => "c", 3 => "d"]

asSet/0

Signature: asSet() :ConstSet

contains/1

Signature: contains(_ :null) :Boolean

diverge/0

Signature: diverge() :FlexList

diverge/1

Signature: diverge(_ :Guard) :FlexList

fetch/2

Signature: fetch(index :Integer, _ :Thunk) :any

get/1

Signature: get(index :Integer) :valueType

Return the element at index.

? abcd[0]
# value: "a"

? abcd[2]
# value: "c"

? abcd[-1]
# problem: <XXX specify form of error>

? abcd[4]
# problem: <XXX specify form of error>  

getArray/0

Signature: getArray() :any

getArray/1

Signature: getArray(_ :nullOk[Class]) :any

getArray/3

Signature: getArray(_ :nullOk[Class], _ :Integer, _ :Integer) :any

includes/1

Signature: includes(_ :nullOk[EList]) :Boolean

indexOf1/1

Signature: indexOf1(_) :Integer

indexOf1/2

Signature: indexOf1(_, _ :Integer) :Integer

iterate/1

Signature: iterate(assocFunc :AssocFunc) :void

last/0

Signature: last() :any

lastIndexOf1/1

Signature: lastIndexOf1(_) :Integer

lastIndexOf1/2

Signature: lastIndexOf1(_, _ :Integer) :Integer

lastStartOf/1

Signature: lastStartOf(_ :EList) :Integer

lastStartOf/2

Signature: lastStartOf(_ :EList, _ :Integer) :Integer

multiply/1

Signature: multiply(_ :Integer) :ConstList

printOn/4

Signature: printOn(_ :String, _ :String, _ :String, out :TextWriter) :void

readOnly/0

Signature: readOnly() :EList

Return an EList which is a read-only view of this list. If this list is immutable the result may be the same as this list.

run/2

Signature: run(start :Integer, end :Integer) :{{{4}}} :ConstList

Return a ConstList containing the subsequence of elements in this list starting with element index start and ending with the element before index end.

? abcd.run(1, 3) :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["b", "c"]

? abcd.run(0, abcd.size()) :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

? ESpec.requireWrongArgsFail(abcd, "run", [0..!(abcd.size()), 0..!(abcd.size())])

XXX the above 'ESpec' is an idea about defining some utilities

run/1

Signature: run(start :Integer) :ConstList

Equivalent to thisEList.run(start, thisEList.size()).

? abcd.run(1) :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["b", "c", "d"]

? abcd.run(0) :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "d"] 


size/0

Signature: size() :Integer

Return the current number of elements of this list.

? abcd.size() :Really[int]
# value: 4

snapshot/0

Signature: snapshot() :ConstList

Return a ConstList with the current elements of this list.

XXX test this vs. mutation

? abcd.snapshot() :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "d"]

sort/0

Signature: sort() :ConstList

sort/1

Signature: sort(_ :CompFunc) :ConstList

startOf/1

Signature: startOf(_ :EList) :int32

startOf/2

Signature: startOf(_ :EList, _ :Integer) :int32

valueType/0

Signature: valueType() :Guard

with/1

Signature: with(value) :ConstList

Return a ConstList with the current elements of this list, followed by the one additional element value.

Equivalent to thisEList.with(thisEList.size(), value :any).

? abcd.with("e") :Really[ConstList]
# value: ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]

? __identityFunc([]).with(1) :Really[ConstList]
# value: [1]

XXX more tests?

with/2

Signature: with(index :Integer, value :any) :ConstList

Return a ConstList with the current elements of this list except that the element at index is value. Or, by cases:

  • If index is less than the #size/0, then that element is replaced in the result list.
  • If index is equal to #size/0, then value is an additional element and the size is one greater. (This is equivalent to thisEList + [value].)
  • Otherwise, the index is out of bounds. XXX specify error

XXX write tests

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