racket/collects/scribblings/gui/style-list-class.scrbl
Matthew Flatt dbdfd4236f racket/snip: fix style-list%' notify-on-change' and contracts
The method uses the new `impersonator-ephemeron' function to
retain a callback as long any value that it impersonates
is reachable.
2013-02-18 17:01:11 -07:00

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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "common.rkt")
@defclass/title[style-list% object% ()]{
A @racket[style-list%] object contains a set of @racket[style<%>]
objects and maintains the hierarchical relationships between them. A
@racket[style<%>] object can only be created through the methods of a
@racket[style-list%] object. There is a global style list object,
@indexed-racket[the-style-list], but any number of independent lists can be
created for separate style hierarchies. Each editor creates its own
private style list.
See @|stylediscuss| for more information.
@defconstructor[()]{
The root style, named @racket["Basic"], is automatically created.
}
@defmethod[#:mode public-final
(basic-style)
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Returns the root style. Each style list has its own root style.
See also @|mrprefsdiscuss| for information about the
@ResourceFirst{default-font-size}.
}
@defmethod[(convert [style (is-a?/c style<%>)])
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Converts @racket[style], which can be from another style list, to a style
in this list. If @racket[style] is already in this list, then @racket[ style]
is returned. If @racket[style] is named and a style by that name is
already in this list, then the existing named style is returned.
Otherwise, the style is converted by converting its base style
(and shift style if @racket[style] is a join style) and then creating
a new style in this list.
}
@defmethod[(find-named-style [name string?])
(or/c (is-a?/c style<%>) #f)]{
Finds a style by name. If no such style can be found, @racket[#f] is
returned.
}
@defmethod[(find-or-create-join-style [base-style (is-a?/c style<%>)]
[shift-style (is-a?/c style<%>)])
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Creates a new join style, or finds an appropriate existing one. The
returned style is always unnamed. See @|stylediscuss| for more
information.
The @racket[base-style] argument must be a style within this style
list.
}
@defmethod[(find-or-create-style [base-style (is-a?/c style<%>)]
[delta (is-a?/c style-delta%)])
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Creates a new derived style, or finds an appropriate existing one.
The returned style is always unnamed. See @|stylediscuss| for more
information.
The @racket[base-style] argument must be a style within this style
list. If @racket[base-style] is not a join style, if it has no name,
and if its delta can be collapsed with @racket[delta] (see
@xmethod[style-delta% collapse]), then the collapsed delta is used in
place of @racket[delta], and the base style of @racket[base-style] is
used in place of @racket[base-style]; this collapsing and substitution
of base styles is performed recursively.}
@defmethod[(forget-notification [key any/c])
void?]{
See @method[style-list% notify-on-change].
The @racket[key] argument is the value returned by @method[style-list%
notify-on-change].
}
@defmethod[(index-to-style [i exact-nonnegative-integer?])
(or/c (is-a?/c style<%>) #f)]{
Returns the style associated with the given index, or @racket[#f] for
a bad index. See also @method[style-list% style-to-index].
}
@defmethod[(new-named-style [name string?]
[like-style (is-a?/c style<%>)])
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Creates a new named style, unless the name is already being used.
If @racket[name] is already being used, then @racket[like-style] is
ignored and the old style associated to the name is
returned. Otherwise, a new style is created for @racket[name] with
the same characteristics (i.e., the same base style and same style
delta or shift style) as @racket[like-style].
The @racket[like-style] style must be in this style list, otherwise
the named style is derived from the basic style with an empty style
delta.
}
@defmethod[(notify-on-change [f ((or/c (is-a?/c style<%>) #f) . -> . any)])
any/c]{
Attaches a callback @racket[f] to the style list. The callback
@racket[f] is invoked whenever a style is modified.
Often, a change in one style will trigger a change in several other
derived styles; to allow clients to handle all the changes in a
batch, @racket[#f] is passed to @racket[f] as the changing style after a set of
styles has been processed.
The return value from @method[style-list% notify-on-change] is an
opaque key to be used with @method[style-list% forget-notification].
The callback @racket[f] replaces any callback for which it is
@racket[equal?], which helps avoid redundant notifications in case of
redundant registrations. The callback @racket[f] is retained only
weakly (in the sense of @racket[make-weak-box]), but it is retained
as long as any value that @racket[f] impersonates is reachable; for
example, if @racket[f] represents a function with a contract applied,
then @racket[f] is retained for notification as long as the original
(pre-contract) function is reachable. The callback @racket[f] is also
retained as long as the opaque key produced by @method[style-list%
notify-on-change] is reachable.}
@defmethod[(number)
exact-nonnegative-integer?]{
Returns the number of styles in the list.
}
@defmethod[(replace-named-style [name string?]
[like-style (is-a?/c style<%>)])
(is-a?/c style<%>)]{
Like @method[style-list% new-named-style], except that if the name is
already mapped to a style, the existing mapping is replaced.
}
@defmethod[(style-to-index [style (is-a?/c style<%>)])
(or/c exact-nonnegative-integer? #f)]{
Returns the index for a particular style. The index for a style's base
style (and shift style, if it is a join style) is guaranteed to be
lower than the style's own index. (As a result, the root style's
index is always @racket[0].) A style's index can change whenever a new
style is added to the list, or the base style or shift style of
another style is changed.
If the given style is not in this list, @racket[#f] is returned.
}}