/**
A partial and basic implementation of GVariant formatted strings.
See [GVariant Format Strings](https://docs.gtk.org/glib/gvariant-format-strings.html) for details.
:::{.warning}
This API is not considered fully stable and it might therefore
change in backwards incompatible ways without prior notice.
:::
*/
# This file is based on https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager
# Copyright (c) 2017-2022 Home Manager contributors
{ lib }:
let
inherit (lib)
concatMapStringsSep
concatStrings
escape
head
replaceStrings
;
mkPrimitive = t: v: {
_type = "gvariant";
type = t;
value = v;
__toString = self: "@${self.type} ${toString self.value}"; # https://docs.gtk.org/glib/gvariant-text.html
};
type = {
arrayOf = t: "a${t}";
maybeOf = t: "m${t}";
tupleOf = ts: "(${concatStrings ts})";
dictionaryEntryOf = nameType: valueType: "{${nameType}${valueType}}";
string = "s";
boolean = "b";
uchar = "y";
int16 = "n";
uint16 = "q";
int32 = "i";
uint32 = "u";
int64 = "x";
uint64 = "t";
double = "d";
variant = "v";
in
rec {
inherit type;
Check if a value is a GVariant value
# Inputs
`v`
: value to check
# Type
```
isGVariant :: Any -> Bool
isGVariant = v: v._type or "" == "gvariant";
intConstructors = [
{
name = "mkInt32";
type = type.int32;
min = -2147483648;
max = 2147483647;
}
name = "mkUint32";
type = type.uint32;
min = 0;
max = 4294967295;
name = "mkInt64";
type = type.int64;
# Nix does not support such large numbers.
min = null;
max = null;
name = "mkUint64";
type = type.uint64;
name = "mkInt16";
type = type.int16;
min = -32768;
max = 32767;
name = "mkUint16";
type = type.uint16;
max = 65535;
name = "mkUchar";
type = type.uchar;
max = 255;
];
Returns the GVariant value that most closely matches the given Nix value.
If no GVariant value can be found unambiguously then error is thrown.
: 1\. Function argument
mkValue :: Any -> gvariant
mkValue =
v:
if builtins.isBool v then
mkBoolean v
else if builtins.isFloat v then
mkDouble v
else if builtins.isString v then
mkString v
else if builtins.isList v then
mkArray v
else if isGVariant v then
v
else if builtins.isInt v then
validConstructors = builtins.filter (
{ min, max, ... }: (min == null || min <= v) && (max == null || v <= max)
) intConstructors;
throw ''
The GVariant type for number “${builtins.toString v}” is unclear.
Please wrap the value with one of the following, depending on the value type in GSettings schema:
${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (
{ name, type, ... }: "- `lib.gvariant.${name}` for `${type}`"
) validConstructors}
''
else if builtins.isAttrs v then
throw "Cannot construct GVariant value from an attribute set. If you want to construct a dictionary, you will need to create an array containing items constructed with `lib.gvariant.mkDictionaryEntry`."
else
throw "The GVariant type of “${builtins.typeOf v}” can't be inferred.";
Returns the GVariant array from the given type of the elements and a Nix list.
`elems`
mkArray :: [Any] -> gvariant
# Examples
:::{.example}
## `lib.gvariant.mkArray` usage example
```nix
# Creating a string array
lib.gvariant.mkArray [ "a" "b" "c" ]
mkArray =
elems:
vs = map mkValue (lib.throwIf (elems == [ ]) "Please create empty array with mkEmptyArray." elems);
elemType = lib.throwIfNot (lib.all (t: (head vs).type == t) (
map (v: v.type) vs
)) "Elements in a list should have same type." (head vs).type;
mkPrimitive (type.arrayOf elemType) vs
// {
__toString = self: "@${self.type} [${concatMapStringsSep "," toString self.value}]";
Returns the GVariant array from the given empty Nix list.
`elemType`
mkEmptyArray :: gvariant.type -> gvariant
## `lib.gvariant.mkEmptyArray` usage example
# Creating an empty string array
lib.gvariant.mkEmptyArray (lib.gvariant.type.string)
mkEmptyArray =
elemType:
mkPrimitive (type.arrayOf elemType) [ ]
__toString = self: "@${self.type} []";
Returns the GVariant variant from the given Nix value. Variants are containers
of different GVariant type.
`elem`
mkVariant :: Any -> gvariant
## `lib.gvariant.mkVariant` usage example
lib.gvariant.mkArray [
(lib.gvariant.mkVariant "a string")
(lib.gvariant.mkVariant (lib.gvariant.mkInt32 1))
]
mkVariant =
elem:
gvarElem = mkValue elem;
mkPrimitive type.variant gvarElem
__toString = self: "<${toString self.value}>";
Returns the GVariant dictionary entry from the given key and value.
`name`
: The key of the entry
`value`
: The value of the entry
mkDictionaryEntry :: String -> Any -> gvariant
## `lib.gvariant.mkDictionaryEntry` usage example
# A dictionary describing an Epiphany’s search provider
[
(lib.gvariant.mkDictionaryEntry "url" (lib.gvariant.mkVariant "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&t=epiphany"))
(lib.gvariant.mkDictionaryEntry "bang" (lib.gvariant.mkVariant "!d"))
(lib.gvariant.mkDictionaryEntry "name" (lib.gvariant.mkVariant "DuckDuckGo"))
mkDictionaryEntry =
name: value:
name' = mkValue name;
value' = mkValue value;
dictionaryType = type.dictionaryEntryOf name'.type value'.type;
mkPrimitive dictionaryType { inherit name value; }
__toString = self: "@${self.type} {${name'},${value'}}";
Returns the GVariant maybe from the given element type.
: 2\. Function argument
mkMaybe :: gvariant.type -> Any -> gvariant
mkMaybe =
elemType: elem:
mkPrimitive (type.maybeOf elemType) elem
__toString =
self: if self.value == null then "@${self.type} nothing" else "just ${toString self.value}";
Returns the GVariant nothing from the given element type.
mkNothing :: gvariant.type -> gvariant
mkNothing = elemType: mkMaybe elemType null;
Returns the GVariant just from the given Nix value.
mkJust :: Any -> gvariant
mkJust =
mkMaybe gvarElem.type gvarElem;
Returns the GVariant tuple from the given Nix list.
mkTuple :: [Any] -> gvariant
mkTuple =
gvarElems = map mkValue elems;
tupleType = type.tupleOf (map (e: e.type) gvarElems);
mkPrimitive tupleType gvarElems
__toString = self: "@${self.type} (${concatMapStringsSep "," toString self.value})";
Returns the GVariant boolean from the given Nix bool value.
mkBoolean :: Bool -> gvariant
mkBoolean =
mkPrimitive type.boolean v
__toString = self: if self.value then "true" else "false";
Returns the GVariant string from the given Nix string value.
mkString :: String -> gvariant
mkString =
sanitize = s: replaceStrings [ "\n" ] [ "\\n" ] (escape [ "'" "\\" ] s);
mkPrimitive type.string v
__toString = self: "'${sanitize self.value}'";
Returns the GVariant object path from the given Nix string value.
mkObjectpath :: String -> gvariant
mkObjectpath =
__toString = self: "objectpath '${escape [ "'" ] self.value}'";
Returns the GVariant uchar from the given Nix int value.
mkUchar :: Int -> gvariant
mkUchar = mkPrimitive type.uchar;
Returns the GVariant int16 from the given Nix int value.
mkInt16 :: Int -> gvariant
mkInt16 = mkPrimitive type.int16;
Returns the GVariant uint16 from the given Nix int value.
mkUint16 :: Int -> gvariant
mkUint16 = mkPrimitive type.uint16;
Returns the GVariant int32 from the given Nix int value.
mkInt32 :: Int -> gvariant
mkInt32 =
mkPrimitive type.int32 v
__toString = self: toString self.value;
Returns the GVariant uint32 from the given Nix int value.
mkUint32 :: Int -> gvariant
mkUint32 = mkPrimitive type.uint32;
Returns the GVariant int64 from the given Nix int value.
mkInt64 :: Int -> gvariant
mkInt64 = mkPrimitive type.int64;
Returns the GVariant uint64 from the given Nix int value.
mkUint64 :: Int -> gvariant
mkUint64 = mkPrimitive type.uint64;
Returns the GVariant double from the given Nix float value.
mkDouble :: Float -> gvariant
mkDouble =
mkPrimitive type.double v