demo/gdml/src/commonTest/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/gdml/GDMLVisionTest.kt

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 
-class GDMLVisualTest {
+class GDMLVisionTest {
 
 //    @Test
 //    fun testCubesStyles(){

visionforge-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/VisionBase.kt

@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ internal data class PropertyListener(
  */
 @Serializable
 @SerialName("vision")
-public open class VisionBase : Vision {
+public open class VisionBase(
+    override @Transient var parent: VisionGroup? = null,
     protected var properties: Config? = null
-
+) : Vision {
-    @Transient
-    override var parent: VisionGroup? = null
 
     @Synchronized
     protected fun getOrCreateProperties(): Config {

visionforge-gdml/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/gdml/layerMarker.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package space.kscience.visionforge.gdml
+
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
+import space.kscience.dataforge.names.plus
+import space.kscience.visionforge.VisionGroup
+
+private fun VisionGroup.countChildren(namePrefix: Name, cache: MutableMap<Name, Int> = hashMapOf()): Int {
+    var counter = 0
+    children.forEach { (token, child) ->
+        if (child is VisionGroup) {
+            counter += child.countChildren(namePrefix + token, cache)
+        } else {
+            counter++
+        }
+    }
+    cache[namePrefix] = counter
+    return counter
+}
+
+
+public fun VisionGroup.processLayers() {
+
+}

visionforge-gdml/src/commonTest/kotlin/TestCubes.kt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestCubes {
         val smallBoxPrototype = vision.getPrototype("solids.smallBox".toName()) as? Box
         assertNotNull(smallBoxPrototype)
         assertEquals(30.0, smallBoxPrototype.xSize.toDouble())
-        val smallBoxVision = vision["composite-111.smallBox"]?.prototype as? Box
+        val smallBoxVision = vision["composite-111.smallBox"]?.unref as? Box
         assertNotNull(smallBoxVision)
         assertEquals(30.0, smallBoxVision.xSize.toDouble())
     }

visionforge-gdml/src/jvmTest/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/gdml/bmanStatistics.kt

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import nl.adaptivity.xmlutil.StAXReader
 import space.kscience.gdml.Gdml
 import space.kscience.gdml.decodeFromReader
-import space.kscience.visionforge.solid.prototype
 import space.kscience.visionforge.visitor.countDistinct
 import space.kscience.visionforge.visitor.flowStatistics
 import java.io.File
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ suspend fun main() {
 
 
         vision.flowStatistics<KClass<*>>{ _, child ->
-            child.prototype::class
+            child::class
         }.countDistinct().forEach { (depth, size) ->
             println("$depth\t$size")
         }

visionforge-solid/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/solid/Solid.kt

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
  * Interface for 3-dimensional [Vision]
  */
 public interface Solid : Vision {
+
     override val descriptor: NodeDescriptor get() = Companion.descriptor
 
     public companion object {

visionforge-solid/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/solid/SolidBase.kt

@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ import space.kscience.visionforge.VisionChange
 
 @Serializable
 @SerialName("solid")
-public open class SolidBase(
+public open class SolidBase : VisionBase(), Solid {
-//    override var position: Point3D? = null,
-//    override var rotation: Point3D? = null,
-//    override var scale: Point3D? = null,
-) : VisionBase(), Solid {
     override val descriptor: NodeDescriptor get() = Solid.descriptor
 
     override fun update(change: VisionChange) {

visionforge-solid/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/solid/SolidGroup.kt

@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 package space.kscience.visionforge.solid
 
-import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
-import kotlinx.serialization.PolymorphicSerializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlinx.serialization.builtins.MapSerializer
-import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.SerialDescriptor
-import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Decoder
-import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Encoder
-import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.MetaItem
 import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.descriptors.NodeDescriptor
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.NameToken
@@ -27,37 +20,35 @@ public interface PrototypeHolder {
  */
 @Serializable
 @SerialName("group.solid")
-public class SolidGroup(
+public class SolidGroup : VisionGroupBase(), Solid, PrototypeHolder {
-    @Serializable(PrototypeSerializer::class) internal var prototypes: MutableVisionGroup? = null,
-) : VisionGroupBase(), Solid, PrototypeHolder {
 
-    init {
+    override val children: Map<NameToken, Vision> get() = super.childrenInternal.filter { it.key != PROTOTYPES_TOKEN }
-        prototypes?.parent = this
+
+    public var prototypes: MutableVisionGroup?
+        get() = childrenInternal[PROTOTYPES_TOKEN] as? MutableVisionGroup
+        set(value) {
+            set(PROTOTYPES_TOKEN, value)
         }
 
+
     override val descriptor: NodeDescriptor get() = Solid.descriptor
 
     /**
-     * Ger a prototype redirecting the request to the parent if prototype is not found
+     * Get a prototype redirecting the request to the parent if prototype is not found.
+     * If prototype is a ref, then it is unfolded until
      */
     override fun getPrototype(name: Name): Solid? =
-        (prototypes?.get(name) as? Solid) ?: (parent as? PrototypeHolder)?.getPrototype(name)
+        prototypes?.get(name)?.unref ?: (parent as? PrototypeHolder)?.getPrototype(name)
 
     /**
      * Create or edit prototype node as a group
      */
     override fun prototypes(builder: VisionContainerBuilder<Solid>.() -> Unit): Unit {
-        (prototypes ?: Prototypes().also {
+        (prototypes ?: SolidGroup().also {
             prototypes = it
-            it.parent = this
         }).run(builder)
     }
 
-//    /**
-//     * TODO add special static group to hold statics without propagation
-//     */
-//    override fun addStatic(child: VisualObject) = setChild(NameToken("@static(${child.hashCode()})"), child)
-
     override fun createGroup(): SolidGroup = SolidGroup()
 
     override fun update(change: VisionChange) {
@@ -87,50 +78,3 @@ public fun VisionContainerBuilder<Vision>.group(
 @VisionBuilder
 public fun VisionContainerBuilder<Vision>.group(name: String, action: SolidGroup.() -> Unit = {}): SolidGroup =
     SolidGroup().apply(action).also { set(name, it) }
-
-/**
- * A special class which works as a holder for prototypes
- */
-internal class Prototypes(
-    children: MutableMap<NameToken, Vision> = hashMapOf(),
-) : VisionGroupBase(children), PrototypeHolder {
-
-    override fun getProperty(
-        name: Name,
-        inherit: Boolean,
-        includeStyles: Boolean,
-        includeDefaults: Boolean,
-    ): MetaItem? = null
-
-    override fun setProperty(name: Name, item: MetaItem?, notify: Boolean) {
-        error("Can't set property of a prototypes container")
-    }
-
-    override val descriptor: NodeDescriptor? = null
-
-    override fun prototypes(builder: VisionContainerBuilder<Solid>.() -> Unit) {
-        apply(builder)
-    }
-
-    override fun getPrototype(name: Name): Solid? = get(name) as? Solid
-}
-
-internal class PrototypeSerializer : KSerializer<MutableVisionGroup> {
-
-    private val mapSerializer: KSerializer<Map<NameToken, Vision>> =
-        MapSerializer(
-            NameToken.serializer(),
-            PolymorphicSerializer(Vision::class)
-        )
-
-    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor get() = mapSerializer.descriptor
-
-    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): MutableVisionGroup {
-        val map = mapSerializer.deserialize(decoder)
-        return Prototypes(map.toMutableMap())
-    }
-
-    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: MutableVisionGroup) {
-        mapSerializer.serialize(encoder, value.children)
-    }
-}

visionforge-solid/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/visionforge/solid/SolidReference.kt

@@ -11,10 +11,27 @@ import space.kscience.dataforge.misc.DFExperimental
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.*
 import space.kscience.visionforge.*
 
-public interface SolidReference : Solid {
+
+public interface SolidReference : VisionGroup {
+    /**
+     * The prototype for this reference. Always returns a "real" prototype, not a reference
+     */
     public val prototype: Solid
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Get a vision prototype if it is a [SolidReference] or vision itself if it is not.
+ * Unref is recursive, so it always returns a non-reference.
+ */
+public val Vision.unref: Solid
+    get() = when (this) {
+        is SolidReference -> prototype.unref
+        is Solid -> this
+        else -> error("This Vision is neither Solid nor SolidReference")
+    }
+
+
 private fun SolidReference.getRefProperty(
     name: Name,
     inherit: Boolean,
@@ -31,6 +48,12 @@ private fun SolidReference.getRefProperty(
     }
 }.merge()
 
+private fun childToken(childName: Name): NameToken =
+    NameToken(SolidReferenceGroup.REFERENCE_CHILD_PROPERTY_PREFIX, childName.toString())
+
+private fun childPropertyName(childName: Name, propertyName: Name): Name =
+    childToken(childName) + propertyName
+
 /**
  * A reference [Solid] to reuse a template object
  */
@@ -38,48 +61,24 @@ private fun SolidReference.getRefProperty(
 @SerialName("solid.ref")
 public class SolidReferenceGroup(
     public val refName: Name,
-) : SolidBase(), SolidReference, VisionGroup {
+) : VisionBase(), SolidReference, VisionGroup, Solid {
 
     /**
      * Recursively search for defined template in the parent
      */
-    override val prototype: Solid
+    override val prototype: Solid by lazy {
-        get() {
         if (parent == null) error("No parent is present for SolidReferenceGroup")
-            if (parent !is SolidGroup) error("Reference parent is not a group")
+        if (parent !is PrototypeHolder) error("Parent does not hold prototypes")
-            return (parent as? SolidGroup)?.getPrototype(refName)
+        (parent as? PrototypeHolder)?.getPrototype(refName) ?: error("Prototype with name $refName not found")
-                ?: error("Prototype with name $refName not found")
     }
 
     override val children: Map<NameToken, Vision>
         get() = (prototype as? VisionGroup)?.children
-            ?.filter { !it.key.toString().startsWith("@") }
+            ?.filter { it.key != SolidGroup.PROTOTYPES_TOKEN }
             ?.mapValues {
-                ReferenceChild(it.key.asName())
+                ReferenceChild(this, it.key.asName())
             } ?: emptyMap()
 
-    private fun childToken(childName: Name): NameToken =
-        NameToken(REFERENCE_CHILD_PROPERTY_PREFIX, childName.toString())
-
-    private fun childPropertyName(childName: Name, propertyName: Name): Name =
-        childToken(childName) + propertyName
-
-    private fun getChildProperty(childName: Name, propertyName: Name): MetaItem? {
-        return getOwnProperty(childPropertyName(childName, propertyName))
-    }
-
-    private fun setChildProperty(childName: Name, propertyName: Name, item: MetaItem?, notify: Boolean) {
-        setProperty(childPropertyName(childName, propertyName), item, notify)
-    }
-
-    private fun prototypeFor(name: Name): Solid {
-        return if (name.isEmpty()) prototype else {
-            val proto = (prototype as? SolidGroup)?.get(name)
-                ?: error("Prototype with name $name not found in SolidReferenceGroup $refName")
-            proto as? Solid ?: error("Prototype with name $name is ${proto::class} but expected Solid")
-        }
-    }
-
     override fun getProperty(
         name: Name,
         inherit: Boolean,
@@ -94,20 +93,31 @@ public class SolidReferenceGroup(
      * A ProxyChild is created temporarily only to interact with properties, it does not store any values
      * (properties are stored in external cache) and created and destroyed on-demand).
      */
-    private inner class ReferenceChild(private val childName: Name) : SolidReference, VisionGroup {
+    private class ReferenceChild(
-        override val prototype: Solid get() = prototypeFor(childName)
+        val owner: SolidReferenceGroup,
+        private val childName: Name
+    ) : SolidReference, VisionGroup {
+
+        override val prototype: Solid by lazy {
+            if (childName.isEmpty()) owner.prototype else {
+                val proto = (owner.prototype as? VisionGroup)?.get(childName)
+                    ?: error("Prototype with name $childName not found in SolidReferenceGroup ${owner.refName}")
+                proto.unref as? Solid ?: error("Prototype with name $childName is ${proto::class} but expected Solid")
+            }
+        }
 
         override val children: Map<NameToken, Vision>
             get() = (prototype as? VisionGroup)?.children
-                ?.filter { !it.key.toString().startsWith("@") }
+                ?.filter { it.key != SolidGroup.PROTOTYPES_TOKEN }
                 ?.mapValues { (key, _) ->
-                    ReferenceChild(childName + key.asName())
+                    ReferenceChild(owner, childName + key.asName())
                 } ?: emptyMap()
 
-        override fun getOwnProperty(name: Name): MetaItem? = getChildProperty(childName, name)
+        override fun getOwnProperty(name: Name): MetaItem? =
+            owner.getOwnProperty(childPropertyName(childName, name))
 
         override fun setProperty(name: Name, item: MetaItem?, notify: Boolean) {
-            setChildProperty(childName, name, item, notify)
+            owner.setProperty(childPropertyName(childName, name), item, notify)
         }
 
         override fun getProperty(
@@ -124,7 +134,7 @@ public class SolidReferenceGroup(
         override var parent: VisionGroup?
             get() {
                 val parentName = childName.cutLast()
-                return if (parentName.isEmpty()) this@SolidReferenceGroup else ReferenceChild(parentName)
+                return if (parentName.isEmpty()) owner else ReferenceChild(owner, parentName)
             }
             set(_) {
                 error("Setting a parent for a reference child is not possible")
@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@ public class SolidReferenceGroup(
 
         @DFExperimental
         override val propertyChanges: Flow<Name>
-            get() = this@SolidReferenceGroup.propertyChanges.mapNotNull { name ->
+            get() = owner.propertyChanges.mapNotNull { name ->
                 if (name.startsWith(childToken(childName))) {
                     name.cutFirst()
                 } else {
@@ -141,7 +151,7 @@ public class SolidReferenceGroup(
             }
 
         override fun invalidateProperty(propertyName: Name) {
-            this@SolidReferenceGroup.invalidateProperty(childPropertyName(childName, propertyName))
+            owner.invalidateProperty(childPropertyName(childName, propertyName))
         }
 
         override fun update(change: VisionChange) {
@@ -159,12 +169,6 @@ public class SolidReferenceGroup(
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * Get a vision prototype if it is a [SolidReferenceGroup] or vision itself if it is not
- */
-public val Vision.prototype: Vision
-    get() = if (this is SolidReference) prototype.prototype else this
-
 /**
  * Create ref for existing prototype
  */