model: Generalize access to `model` form `MEntitiy`.
[nit.git] / src / model / model_base.nit
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16
17 # The abstract concept of model and related common things
18 module model_base
19
20 # The container class of a Nit object-oriented model.
21 # A model knows modules, classes and properties and can retrieve them.
22 class Model
23 end
24
25 # A named and possibly documented entity in the model.
26 # This class is usefull to generalize presentation of entities to the human.
27 abstract class MEntity
28 # The short (unqualified) name of this model entity
29 fun name: String is abstract
30
31 # A Model Entity has a direct link to its model
32 fun model: Model is abstract
33 end
34
35 # Something that represents a concern
36 abstract class MConcern
37 super MEntity
38 # The concern that contains `self` or null if `self` is the root of the concern hierarchy
39 fun parent_concern: nullable MConcern is abstract
40 end
41
42 # A visibility (for modules, class and properties)
43 # Valid visibility are:
44 #
45 # * `intrude_visibility`
46 # * `public_visibility`
47 # * `protected_visibility`
48 # * `none_visibility`
49 #
50 # Note this class is basically an enum.
51 # FIXME: use a real enum once user-defined enums are available
52 class MVisibility
53 super Comparable
54 redef type OTHER: MVisibility
55
56 redef var to_s: String
57
58 private var level: Int
59
60 private init(s: String, level: Int)
61 do
62 self.to_s = s
63 self.level = level
64 end
65
66 # Is self give less visibility than other
67 # none < private < protected < public < intrude
68 redef fun <(other)
69 do
70 return self.level < other.level
71 end
72 end
73
74 fun intrude_visibility: MVisibility do return once new MVisibility("intrude", 5)
75 fun public_visibility: MVisibility do return once new MVisibility("public", 4)
76 fun protected_visibility: MVisibility do return once new MVisibility("protected", 3)
77 fun private_visibility: MVisibility do return once new MVisibility("private", 2)
78 fun none_visibility: MVisibility do return once new MVisibility("none", 1)