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;;;; Objective-CL, an Objective-C bridge for Common Lisp.
;;;; Copyright (C) 2007  Matthias Andreas Benkard.
;;;;
;;;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
;;;; as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
;;;; the License, or (at your option) any later version.
;;;;
;;;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
;;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
;;;; Lesser General Public License for more details.
;;;;
;;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
;;;; License along with this program.  If not, see
;;;; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

(in-package #:mulk.objective-cl)


(defvar *id-objects* (make-weak-value-hash-table))
(defvar *exception-objects* (make-weak-value-hash-table))
(defvar *selector-objects* (make-weak-value-hash-table))


(defun intern-pointer-wrapper (class &rest initargs &key pointer &allow-other-keys)
  (when (or (null-pointer-p pointer)
            (pointer-eq (objcl-get-nil) pointer))
    (return-from intern-pointer-wrapper
      ;; We can't simply return +NIL+ here, because this function might
      ;; be called at load-time (see the MAKE-LOAD-FORM methods in
      ;; data-types.lisp).
      (make-instance 'id :pointer (objcl-get-nil))))
  (when (not (member class '(selector :selector)))
    (cond ((%objcl-object-is-meta-class pointer)
           (return-from intern-pointer-wrapper
             (find-objc-meta-class-by-name (%objcl-class-name pointer))))
          ((%objcl-object-is-class pointer)
           (return-from intern-pointer-wrapper
             (find-objc-class-by-name (%objcl-class-name pointer))))
          ((objcl-object-backed-by-lisp-class-p/pointer pointer)
           (return-from intern-pointer-wrapper
             (apply #'intern-lisp-managed-foreign-instance initargs)))))
  (let* ((hash-table (ecase class
                       ((id :id) *id-objects*)
                       ((exception :exception) *exception-objects*)
                       ((selector :selector) *selector-objects*)))
         (address (cffi:pointer-address pointer))
         (object (weak-gethash address hash-table nil)))
    (if object
        object
        (apply #'make-pointer-wrapper hash-table address class initargs))))


(defun make-pointer-wrapper (hash-table address class
                             &rest initargs
                             &key pointer &allow-other-keys)
  ;; Note that we do not care whether another thread does the same here,
  ;; so we don't need to lock the hash table before peeking into it.  If
  ;; our new object isn't put into the hash table because another thread
  ;; was faster than us, that's fine.  The important thing here is that
  ;; (a) all objects that do get into the hash table are properly set up
  ;; for garbage collection, and (b) most objects don't need to be boxed
  ;; and set up for garbage collection (and later garbage-collected)
  ;; anew all the time but can be retrieved from the hash table.
  ;;
  ;; (a) is ensured by MAKE-INSTANCE (see below), while (b) is what this
  ;; function is all about.
  ;;
  ;; Note, too, that we would indeed have to lock the hash table before
  ;; peeking into it if we wanted all wrapper objects to the same object
  ;; to be EQL.  I think that that would probably not only be necessary,
  ;; but even sufficient.
  ;;
  ;; By the way, is using the return value of SETF considered bad style?
  (let* ((constructor (case class
                        ((exception :exception) #'make-condition)
                        (otherwise #'make-instance)))
         (*in-make-pointer-wrapper-p* t)
         (new-wrapper (apply constructor
                             ;; We do not create direct instances of ID
                             ;; anymore.  Instead, we look for the
                             ;; correct Objective-C wrapper class and
                             ;; use that.
                             ;;
                             ;; Note that we do not have to handle the
                             ;; case of POINTER pointing to a class,
                             ;; because it is handled right at the
                             ;; beginning of the function.
                             (if (member class '(id :id))
                                 (primitive-invoke pointer
                                                   "class"
                                                   'id)
                                 class)
                             initargs)))
    (setf (weak-gethash address hash-table) new-wrapper)
    ;; As classes always have a retain count of -1, we don't have to do
    ;; memory management for them.  Meanwhile, selectors and
    ;; meta-classes cannot receive messages, so trying to do memory
    ;; management for them would not be healthy.  Considering these
    ;; facts, doing memory management only for id instances seems the
    ;; right thing to do.
    (when (member class '(id :id))
      ;; We call the `retain' method on every object that we receive
      ;; from a method call or otherwise except non-convenience
      ;; constructor methods (i.e. those whose name starts with `alloc'
      ;; or `new').  Upon Lisp-side finalization of an object, wie
      ;; `release' it.
      (unless *skip-retaining*
        (primitive-invoke new-wrapper "retain" 'id))
      (flet ((finalizer ()
               ;; Nowadays, PRIMITIVE-INVOKE happily accepts a pointer
               ;; as its first argument, which is important here because
               ;; the previously created object wrapper cannot be used
               ;; anymore.  We're right within its finalisation phase,
               ;; after all.
               (weak-remhash address hash-table)
               (primitive-invoke pointer "release" :void)))
        (trivial-garbage:finalize new-wrapper #'finalizer)))
    new-wrapper))