Diffstat (limited to 'src/walk/protocols.rs')
-rw-r--r--src/walk/protocols.rs43
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/walk/protocols.rs b/src/walk/protocols.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39e5faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/walk/protocols.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+pub mod hint {
+ use crate::protocol::{Implementer, Protocol};
+
+ /// Protocol for giving a hint to a walker.
+ ///
+ /// This protocol is implemented by walkers.
+ ///
+ /// A hint is for a particular protocol `P`.
+ pub struct Hint<P: Meta>(P);
+
+ /// Meta information for the hint.
+ ///
+ /// This gives the visitor more information to work from when selecting a hint.
+ pub trait Meta: Protocol {
+ /// Information known by the walker.
+ ///
+ /// This should be information easy to get without changing the state of the walker
+ /// in a irreversable way.
+ type Known<'a, 'ctx: 'a>;
+
+ /// Extra information the visitor can give to the walker about what it is expecting.
+ type Hint<'a, 'ctx: 'a>;
+ }
+
+ /// Object implementing the [`Hint`] protocol.
+ pub trait Object<'ctx, P: Meta> {
+ /// Hint to the walker to use the `P` protocol.
+ ///
+ /// This should only be called once per [`RequestHint`].
+ fn hint(
+ &mut self,
+ visitor: &mut dyn Implementer<'ctx>,
+ hint: P::Hint<'_, 'ctx>,
+ ) -> Result<(), ()>;
+
+ /// Ask the walker for information about it's support of the protocol.
+ fn known(&mut self, hint: &P::Hint<'_, 'ctx>) -> Result<P::Known<'_, 'ctx>, ()>;
+ }
+
+ impl<P: Meta> Protocol for Hint<P> {
+ type Object<'a, 'ctx: 'a> = &'a mut dyn Object<'ctx, P>;
+ }
+}