path: root/ethutil/list.go

package ethutil

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "reflect"
    "sync"
)

// The list type is an anonymous slice handler which can be used
// for containing any slice type to use in an environment which
// does not support slice types (e.g., JavaScript, QML)
type List struct {
    mut    sync.Mutex
    val    interface{}
    list   reflect.Value
    Length int
}

// Initialise a new list. Panics if non-slice type is given.
func NewList(t interface{}) *List {
    list := reflect.ValueOf(t)
    if list.Kind() != reflect.Slice {
        panic("list container initialized with a non-slice type")
    }

    return &List{sync.Mutex{}, t, list, list.Len()}
}

func EmptyList() *List {
    return NewList([]interface{}{})
}

// Get N element from the embedded slice. Returns nil if OOB.
func (self *List) Get(i int) interface{} {
    if self.list.Len() > i {
        self.mut.Lock()
        defer self.mut.Unlock()

        i := self.list.Index(i).Interface()

        return i
    }

    return nil
}

func (self *List) GetAsJson(i int) interface{} {
    e := self.Get(i)

    r, _ := json.Marshal(e)

    return string(r)
}

// Appends value at the end of the slice. Panics when incompatible value
// is given.
func (self *List) Append(v interface{}) {
    self.mut.Lock()
    defer self.mut.Unlock()

    self.list = reflect.Append(self.list, reflect.ValueOf(v))
    self.Length = self.list.Len()
}

// Returns the underlying slice as interface.
func (self *List) Interface() interface{} {
    return self.list.Interface()
}

// For JavaScript <3
func (self *List) ToJSON() string {
    // make(T, 0) != nil
    list := make([]interface{}, 0)
    for i := 0; i < self.Length; i++ {
        list = append(list, self.Get(i))
    }

    data, _ := json.Marshal(list)

    return string(data)
}