"======================================================================
|
|   Smalltalk Transcript object (TextCollector class)
|
|   $Revision: 1.7.5$
|   $Date: 2000/05/28 16:56:52$
|   $Author: pb$
|
 ======================================================================"


"======================================================================
|
| Copyright 1988-92, 1994-95, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
| Written by Paolo Bonzini.
|
| This file is part of the GNU Smalltalk class library.
|
| The GNU Smalltalk class library is free software; you can redistribute it
| and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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| 
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| General Public License for more details.
| 
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| If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite
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|
 ======================================================================"


Stream subclass: #TextCollector
    instanceVariableNames: 'semaphore receiver selector'
    classVariableNames: ''
    poolDictionaries: ''
    category: 'Streams'
!

TextCollector comment:
'I am a thread-safe class that maps between standard Stream protocol and
a single message to another object (its selector is pluggable and should
roughly correspond to #nextPutAll:).  I am, in fact, the class that
implements the global Transcript object.'!


!TextCollector class methodsFor: 'accessing'!

new
    self shouldNotImplement
!

message: receiverToSelectorAssociation
    "Answer a new instance of the receiver, that uses the message identified
     by anAssociation to perform write operations.  anAssociation's 
     key is the receiver, while its value is the selector."
    ^self basicNew
	initialize;
	message: receiverToSelectorAssociation
! !


!TextCollector methodsFor: 'set up'!

message
    "Answer an association representing the message to be sent
    to perform write operations.  The key is the receiver, the value is the
    selector"
    ^receiver -> selector
!

message: receiverToSelectorAssociation
    "Set the message to be sent to perform write operations
     to the one represented by anAssociation.  anAssociation's key is the
     receiver, while its value is the selector"
    receiver := receiverToSelectorAssociation key.
    selector := receiverToSelectorAssociation value
! !


!TextCollector methodsFor: 'accessing'!

cr
    "Emit a new-line (carriage return) to the Transcript"
    self nl
!

nextPut: aCharacter
    "Emit aCharacter to the Transcript"
    self nextPutAll: (String with: aCharacter)
!

next: anInteger put: anObject
    "Write anInteger copies of anObject to the Transcript"
    self nextPutAll: (String new: anInteger withAll: anObject)
!

nextPutAll: aString
    "Write aString to the Transcript"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: aString.
	Processor idle
    ]
!

show: aString
    "Write aString to the Transcript"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: aString.
	Processor idle
    ]
!

showCr: aString
    "Write aString to the Transcript, followed by a new-line character"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: aString.
	self primNextPutAll: Character nl asString.
	Processor idle
    ]
!

showOnNewLine: aString
    "Write aString to the Transcript, preceded by a new-line character"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: Character nl asString.
	self primNextPutAll: aString.
	Processor idle
    ]
! !


!TextCollector methodsFor: 'printing'!

print: anObject
    "Print anObject's representation to the Transcript"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: anObject printString.
	Processor idle
    ]
!

printOn: aStream
    "Print a representation of the receiver onto aStream"
    self == Transcript
	ifTrue: [ aStream nextPutAll: 'Transcript' ]
	ifFalse: [ super printOn: aStream ]
! !


!TextCollector methodsFor: 'storing'!

store: anObject
    "Print Smalltalk code which evaluates to anObject on the Transcript"
    semaphore critical: [
	self primNextPutAll: anObject storeString.
	Processor idle
    ]
!

storeOn: aStream
    "Print Smalltalk code which evaluates to the receiver onto aStream"
    self == Transcript
	ifTrue: [ aStream nextPutAll: 'Transcript' ]
	ifFalse: [ super storeOn: aStream ]
! !


!TextCollector methodsFor: 'private'!

primNextPutAll: aString
    "Private - Forward the writing request to the actual object"
    receiver perform: selector with: aString
!

initialize
    "Private - Initialize the receiver's instance variables"
    semaphore := Semaphore forMutualExclusion
! !

Smalltalk
    at: #Transcript
    put: (TextCollector message: stdout -> #nextPutAllFlush:)!
