webmcp

annotate framework/env/execute/chunk.lua @ 309:4e69ce9a6365

Mechanism to load, compile, and cache Lua code from the filesystem
author jbe
date Sun Mar 22 22:25:37 2015 +0100 (2015-03-22)
parents 82cc171e8510
children ba68ef9e7c90
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poelzi@31 1 --[[--
jbe@46 2 return_value = -- return value of executed chunk
jbe@46 3 execute.chunk{
jbe@309 4 file_path = file_path, -- path to a Lua source or byte-code file
poelzi@31 5 app = app, -- app name to use or the current will be used
poelzi@31 6 module = module, -- module where chunk is located
jbe@46 7 chunk = chunk -- name of chunk (filename without .lua extension)
poelzi@32 8 id = id, -- id to be returned by param.get_id(...) during execution
poelzi@32 9 params = params -- parameters to be returned by param.get(...) during execution
poelzi@31 10 }
poelzi@31 11
jbe@205 12 This function loads and executes a lua file specified by a given path or constructs a path to load from the module and chunk name. A chunk name should always begin with an underscore. All return values of the loaded and executed chunk are returned by this function as well.
poelzi@31 13
poelzi@31 14 --]]--
poelzi@31 15
jbe@205 16 local function pack_return_values(...)
jbe@205 17 local storage = {...}
jbe@205 18 storage.n = select("#", ...)
jbe@230 19 return storage
jbe@205 20 end
jbe@205 21
jbe@205 22 local function unpack_return_values(storage)
jbe@205 23 return table.unpack(storage, 1, storage.n)
jbe@205 24 end
jbe@205 25
jbe@46 26 function execute.chunk(args)
poelzi@31 27 local file_path = args.file_path
jbe@206 28 local app = args.app or WEBMCP_APP_NAME
poelzi@31 29 local module = args.module
poelzi@31 30 local chunk = args.chunk
poelzi@32 31 local id = args.id
poelzi@32 32 local params = args.params
poelzi@31 33
jbe@46 34 file_path = file_path or encode.file_path(
jbe@206 35 WEBMCP_BASE_PATH, 'app', app, module, chunk .. '.lua'
jbe@46 36 )
poelzi@32 37
jbe@309 38 local func, load_errmsg = loadcached(file_path)
poelzi@31 39 if not func then
poelzi@31 40 error('Could not load file "' .. file_path .. '": ' .. load_errmsg)
poelzi@31 41 end
poelzi@32 42
poelzi@32 43 if id or params then
poelzi@32 44 param.exchange(id, params)
poelzi@32 45 end
poelzi@32 46
jbe@205 47 local result = pack_return_values(func())
poelzi@32 48
poelzi@32 49 if id or params then
poelzi@32 50 param.restore()
poelzi@32 51 end
poelzi@32 52
jbe@205 53 return unpack_return_values(result)
poelzi@31 54 end

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