A declarative API to connect signals for the AwesomeWM

init.lua

-----
-- AwesomeWM - Slot
--
-- A declarative API to connect signals for the AwesomeWM.
-- It completes the native gears.signal module to make signal connection
-- easier to manage.
--
-- Usage example
-- ---
--
-- Tis module allows to create Slot objects. These object can connect to any
-- signals from Awesome WM's gears.objects and module level signals.
--
-- In the following example, we create a slot that connects to the client
-- global "request::default_keybindings" signal to attach keybindings to
-- clients.
--
-- The slot.slots.client.append_keybindings function is part of this module
-- and is defined as a function iterating over the keybindings parameter to
-- register all defined keybindings with the awful.keyboard.append_client_keybindings
-- function.
--
--    local client_keybinding = slot {
--      id = "CLIENT_KEY_BINDINGS",
--      connect = true,
--      target = capi.client,
--      signal = "request::default_keybindings",
--      slot = slot.slots.client.append_keybindings,
--      slot_params = {
--        keybindings = {
--          awful.key({ "Mod4" }, "f",
--            function(client)
--             client.fullscreen = not client.fullscreen
--             client:raise()
--            end,
--            { description = "toggle fullscreen", group = "client" }),
--          },
--          -- ...
--        },
--    }
--
-- @author Aire-One
-- @copyright 2021 Aire-One <aireone@aireone.xyz>
-----

local gtable = require "gears.table"

local capi = {
    client = _G.client,
    screen = _G.screen,
    tag = _G.tag,
}

local awesome_slot = {
    mt = {},

    --- Slots defined by this module.
    -- @table awesome_slot.slots
    slots = require "awesome-slot.slots",

    --- Special objects that require a static connection instead of object level connection.
    -- @table awesome_slot.static_connect
    static_connect = {
        client = capi.client,
        screen = capi.screen,
        tag = capi.tag,
        ruled_client = require "ruled.client",
        ruled_notification = require "ruled.notification",
    },

    _private = {
        registered_slots = {},
    },
}

local function generate_id(base_id)
    local id = base_id
    local n = 0

    while awesome_slot.slots[id] ~= nil do
        n = n + 1
        id = base_id .. "_#" .. n
    end

    return id
end

--- Find a previously registered slot.
--
-- If the slot asked doesn't exist, the function will fail and throw an error.
--
-- @tparam string|Slot slot The slot id or instance to find.
-- @treturn Slot The slot.
-- @staticfct awesome_slot.get_slot
function awesome_slot.get_slot(slot)
    assert(slot)
    local id = type(slot) == "string" and slot or slot.id
    assert(id, "Slot not found!")

    return awesome_slot._private.registered_slots[id]
end

--- Create a new Slot instance.
--
-- @tparam table params
-- @tparam[opt] string params.id The slot ID.
-- @tparam any params.target The slot target object.
-- @tparam string params.signal The signal the slot connects to.
-- @tparam function params.slot The callback function to connect to the signal.
-- @tparam table params.slot_params The parameters to pass to the callback
--   function. (The signal will invok the callback function with this table as
--   parameter)
-- @tparam[opt=false] boolean params.connect Connect the slot now.
-- @treturn Slot The created Slot instance.
-- @constructorfct awesome_slot
function awesome_slot.create(params)
    local slot = {}

    slot.id = generate_id(params.id or "UNNAMED_SLOT")
    slot.target = params.target
    slot.signal = params.signal
    slot.connected = false

    if params.slot_params then
        slot.params = params.slot_params
        slot.callback = function()
            params.slot(slot.params)
        end
    else
        slot.callback = params.slot
    end

    -- Insert the new slot into the slots list
    awesome_slot._private.registered_slots[slot.id] = slot

    if params.connect then
        awesome_slot.connect(slot)
    end

    return slot
end

--- Remove a registered slot and disconnect it.
--
-- @tparam Slot slot The slot to remove.
-- @staticfct awesome_slot.remove
function awesome_slot.remove(slot)
    local s = awesome_slot.get_slot(slot)

    if s.connected then
        awesome_slot.disconnect_slot(s)
    end

    awesome_slot._private.registered_slots[s.id] = nil
end

--- Connect a slot to its signal.
--
-- @tparam Slot slot The slot to connect.
-- @treturn Slot The slot.
-- @staticfct awesome_slot.connect
function awesome_slot.connect(slot)
    local s = awesome_slot.get_slot(slot)

    -- Some modules expose a static connect_signals function
    -- at the module level, while other tables/objects inheriting from
    -- gears.object implement the signal connection API at the instance level.
    if gtable.hasitem(awesome_slot.static_connect, s.target) then
        s.target.connect_signal(s.signal, s.callback)
    else
        s.target:connect_signal(s.signal, s.callback)
    end

    s.connected = true

    return s
end

--- Disconnect a slot from its signal.
--
-- @tparam Slot slot The slot to disconnect.
-- @treturn Slot The slot.
-- @staticfct awesome_slot.disconnect
function awesome_slot.disconnect(slot)
    local s = awesome_slot.get_slot(slot)

    -- Please check the :connect_slot method to understand why we do this.
    if gtable.hasitem(awesome_slot.static_connect, s.target) then
        s.target.disconnect_slot(s.signal, s.callback)
    else
        s.target:disconnect_slot(s.signal, s.callback)
    end

    s.connected = false

    return s
end

function awesome_slot.mt:__call(...) -- luacheck: ignore unused argument self
    return awesome_slot.create(...)
end

return setmetatable(awesome_slot, awesome_slot.mt)

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