bevy/crates/bevy_reflect/src/from_reflect.rs
Gino Valente 229d6c686f bevy_reflect: Simplify take-or-else-from_reflect operation (#6566)
# Objective

There are times where we want to simply take an owned `dyn Reflect` and cast it to a type `T`.

Currently, this involves doing:

```rust
let value = value.take::<T>().unwrap_or_else(|value| {
  T::from_reflect(&*value).unwrap_or_else(|| {
    panic!(
      "expected value of type {} to convert to type {}.",
      value.type_name(),
      std::any::type_name::<T>()
    )
  })
});
```

This is a common operation that could be easily be simplified.

## Solution

Add the `FromReflect::take_from_reflect` method. This first tries to `take` the value, calling `from_reflect` iff that fails.

```rust
let value = T::take_from_reflect(value).unwrap_or_else(|value| {
  panic!(
    "expected value of type {} to convert to type {}.",
    value.type_name(),
    std::any::type_name::<T>()
  )
});
```

Based on suggestion from @soqb on [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/1002362493634629796/1041046880316043374).

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## Changelog

- Add `FromReflect::take_from_reflect` method
2023-01-11 16:25:37 +00:00

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use crate::{FromType, Reflect};
/// A trait for types which can be constructed from a reflected type.
///
/// This trait can be derived on types which implement [`Reflect`]. Some complex
/// types (such as `Vec<T>`) may only be reflected if their element types
/// implement this trait.
///
/// For structs and tuple structs, fields marked with the `#[reflect(ignore)]`
/// attribute will be constructed using the `Default` implementation of the
/// field type, rather than the corresponding field value (if any) of the
/// reflected value.
pub trait FromReflect: Reflect + Sized {
/// Constructs a concrete instance of `Self` from a reflected value.
fn from_reflect(reflect: &dyn Reflect) -> Option<Self>;
/// Attempts to downcast the given value to `Self` using,
/// constructing the value using [`from_reflect`] if that fails.
///
/// This method is more efficient than using [`from_reflect`] for cases where
/// the given value is likely a boxed instance of `Self` (i.e. `Box<Self>`)
/// rather than a boxed dynamic type (e.g. [`DynamicStruct`], [`DynamicList`], etc.).
///
/// [`from_reflect`]: Self::from_reflect
/// [`DynamicStruct`]: crate::DynamicStruct
/// [`DynamicList`]: crate::DynamicList
fn take_from_reflect(reflect: Box<dyn Reflect>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Reflect>> {
match reflect.take::<Self>() {
Ok(value) => Ok(value),
Err(value) => match Self::from_reflect(value.as_ref()) {
None => Err(value),
Some(value) => Ok(value),
},
}
}
}
/// Type data that represents the [`FromReflect`] trait and allows it to be used dynamically.
///
/// `FromReflect` allows dynamic types (e.g. [`DynamicStruct`], [`DynamicEnum`], etc.) to be converted
/// to their full, concrete types. This is most important when it comes to deserialization where it isn't
/// guaranteed that every field exists when trying to construct the final output.
///
/// However, to do this, you normally need to specify the exact concrete type:
///
/// ```
/// # use bevy_reflect::{DynamicTupleStruct, FromReflect, Reflect};
/// #[derive(Reflect, FromReflect, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
/// struct Foo(#[reflect(default = "default_value")] usize);
///
/// fn default_value() -> usize { 123 }
///
/// let reflected = DynamicTupleStruct::default();
///
/// let concrete: Foo = <Foo as FromReflect>::from_reflect(&reflected).unwrap();
///
/// assert_eq!(Foo(123), concrete);
/// ```
///
/// In a dynamic context where the type might not be known at compile-time, this is nearly impossible to do.
/// That is why this type data struct exists— it allows us to construct the full type without knowing
/// what the actual type is.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// # use bevy_reflect::{DynamicTupleStruct, FromReflect, Reflect, ReflectFromReflect, TypeRegistry};
/// # #[derive(Reflect, FromReflect, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
/// # #[reflect(FromReflect)]
/// # struct Foo(#[reflect(default = "default_value")] usize);
/// # fn default_value() -> usize { 123 }
/// # let mut registry = TypeRegistry::new();
/// # registry.register::<Foo>();
///
/// let mut reflected = DynamicTupleStruct::default();
/// reflected.set_name(std::any::type_name::<Foo>().to_string());
///
/// let registration = registry.get_with_name(reflected.type_name()).unwrap();
/// let rfr = registration.data::<ReflectFromReflect>().unwrap();
///
/// let concrete: Box<dyn Reflect> = rfr.from_reflect(&reflected).unwrap();
///
/// assert_eq!(Foo(123), concrete.take::<Foo>().unwrap());
/// ```
///
/// [`DynamicStruct`]: crate::DynamicStruct
/// [`DynamicEnum`]: crate::DynamicEnum
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct ReflectFromReflect {
from_reflect: fn(&dyn Reflect) -> Option<Box<dyn Reflect>>,
}
impl ReflectFromReflect {
/// Perform a [`FromReflect::from_reflect`] conversion on the given reflection object.
///
/// This will convert the object to a concrete type if it wasn't already, and return
/// the value as `Box<dyn Reflect>`.
#[allow(clippy::wrong_self_convention)]
pub fn from_reflect(&self, reflect_value: &dyn Reflect) -> Option<Box<dyn Reflect>> {
(self.from_reflect)(reflect_value)
}
}
impl<T: FromReflect> FromType<T> for ReflectFromReflect {
fn from_type() -> Self {
Self {
from_reflect: |reflect_value| {
T::from_reflect(reflect_value).map(|value| Box::new(value) as Box<dyn Reflect>)
},
}
}
}