callback! function refactoring

README.md

@@ -81,17 +81,15 @@ julia> app.layout = html_div() do
         html_div(id = "my-div")        
     end
 
-julia> callback!(app, callid"my-id.value => my-div.children") do input_value
+julia> callback!(app, Output("my-div", "children"), Input("my-id", "value")) do input_value
     "You've entered $(input_value)"
 end
 
 julia> run_server(app, "0.0.0.0", 8080)
 ```
-
-* You can make your dashboard interactive by register callbacks for changes in frontend with function ``callback!(func::Function, app::Dash, id::CallbackId)``
-* Inputs and outputs (and states, see below) of callback are described by struct `CallbackId` which can easily created by string macro `callid""`
-* `callid""` parse string in form ``"[{state1 [,...]}] input1[,...] => output1[,...]"`` where all items is ``"<element id>.<property name>"``
-* Callback functions must have the signature(states..., inputs...), and provide a return value comparable (in terms of number of elements) to the outputs being updated.
+* You can make your dashboard interactive by register callbacks for changes in frontend with function ``callback!(func::Function, app::Dash, output, input, state)``
+* Inputs and outputs (and states, see below) of callback can be `Input`, `Output`, `State` objects or vectors of this objects
+* Callback function must have the signature(inputs..., states...), and provide a return value comparable (in terms of number of elements) to the outputs being updated.
 
 ### States and Multiple Outputs
 ```jldoctest
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ julia> app.layout = html_div() do
         html_div(id = "my-div2")        
     end
 
-julia> callback!(app, callid"{my-id.type} my-id.value => my-div.children, my-div2.children") do state_value, input_value
+julia> callback!(app, [Output("my-div"."children"), Output("my-div2"."children")], Input("my-id", "value"), State("my-id", "type")) do input_value, state_value
     "You've entered $(input_value) in input with type $(state_value)",
     "You've entered $(input_value)"
 end
@@ -163,9 +161,10 @@ def update_output(n_clicks, state1, state2):
 ```
 * Dash.jl:
 ```julia
-callback!(app, callid"""{state1.value, state2.value}
-                                   submit-button.n_clicks
-                                   => output.children""" ) do state1, state2, n_clicks
+callback!(app, Output("output", "children"),
+              [Input("submit-button", "n_clicks")],
+              [State("state-1", "value"),
+               State("state-2", "value")]) do  n_clicks, state1, state2
 .....
 end
 ```

src/Dash.jl

@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ include("Front.jl")
 import .Front
 using .Components
 
-export dash, Component, Front, <|, @callid_str, CallbackId, callback!,
+export dash, Component, Front, callback!,
 enable_dev_tools!, ClientsideFunction,
-run_server, PreventUpdate, no_update, @var_str
+run_server, PreventUpdate, no_update, @var_str,
+Input, Output, State, make_handler
 
 
 

src/app/callbacks.jl

@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
-idprop_string(idprop::IdProp) = "$(idprop[1]).$(idprop[2])"
+dependency_string(dep::Dependency) = "$(dep.id).$(dep.property)"
 
 
-function output_string(id::CallbackId)
-    if length(id.output) == 1
-        return idprop_string(id.output[1])
+
+function output_string(deps::CallbackDeps)
+    if deps.multi_out
+        return ".." *
+        join(dependency_string.(deps.output), "...") *
+        ".."
     end
-    return ".." *
-    join(map(idprop_string, id.output), "...") *
-    ".."
+    return dependency_string(deps.output[1])
 end
 
-"""
-    callback!(func::Function, app::Dash, id::CallbackId)
 
-Create a callback that updates the output by calling function `func`.
+"""
+    function callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String},
+        app::DashApp,
+        output::Union{Vector{Output}, Output},
+        input::Union{Vector{Input}, Input},
+        state::Union{Vector{State}, State} = []
+        )
 
+Create a callback that updates the output by calling function `func`. 
 
 # Examples
 
@@ -28,42 +34,97 @@ app = dash() do
 
     end
 end
-callback!(app, CallbackId(
-    state = [(:graphTitle, :type)],
-    input = [(:graphTitle, :value)],
-    output = [(:outputID, :children), (:outputID2, :children)]
-    )
-    ) do stateType, inputValue
+callback!(app, [Output("outputID2", "children"), Output("outputID", "children")],
+    Input("graphTitle", "value"),
+    State("graphTitle", "type")
+    ) do inputValue, stateType
     return (stateType * "..." * inputValue, inputValue)
 end
 ```
+"""
+function callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String},
+     app::DashApp,
+     output::Union{Vector{Output}, Output},
+     input::Union{Vector{Input}, Input},
+     state::Union{Vector{State}, State} = State[]
+     )
+     return _callback!(func, app, CallbackDeps(output, input, state))
+end
+
+"""
+    function callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String},
+        app::DashApp,
+        deps...
+        )
 
-Alternatively, the `callid` string macro is also available when passing `input`, `state`, and `output` arguments to `callback!`: 
+Create a callback that updates the output by calling function `func`. 
+"Flat" version of `callback!` function, `deps` must be ``Output..., Input...[,State...]``
+
+# Examples
 
 ```julia
-callback!(app, callid"{graphTitle.type} graphTitle.value => outputID.children, outputID2.children") do stateType, inputValue
+app = dash() do
+    html_div() do
+        dcc_input(id="graphTitle", value="Let's Dance!", type = "text"),
+        dcc_input(id="graphTitle2", value="Let's Dance!", type = "text"),
+        html_div(id="outputID"),
+        html_div(id="outputID2")
 
+    end
+end
+callback!(app, 
+    Output("outputID2", "children"),
+    Output("outputID", "children"),
+    Input("graphTitle", "value"),
+    State("graphTitle", "type")
+    ) do  inputValue, stateType
     return (stateType * "..." * inputValue, inputValue)
 end
 ```
+"""
+function callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String},
+     app::DashApp,
+     deps::Dependency...
+     )
+     output = Output[]
+     input = Input[]
+     state = State[]
+     _process_callback_args(deps, (output, input, state))
+     return _callback!(func, app, CallbackDeps(output, input, state, length(output) > 1))
+end
+
+function _process_callback_args(args::Tuple{T, Vararg}, dest::Tuple{Vector{T}, Vararg}) where {T}
+    push!(dest[1], args[1])
+    _process_callback_args(Base.tail(args), dest)
+end
+function _process_callback_args(args::Tuple{}, dest::Tuple{Vector{T}, Vararg}) where {T}
+end
+function _process_callback_args(args::Tuple, dest::Tuple{Vector{T}, Vararg}) where {T}
+    _process_callback_args(args, Base.tail(dest))
+end
+function _process_callback_args(args::Tuple, dest::Tuple{}) 
+    error("The callback method must received first all Outputs, then all Inputs, then all States")
+end
+function _process_callback_args(args::Tuple{}, dest::Tuple{}) 
+end
 
 
-"""
-function callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String}, app::DashApp, id::CallbackId)    
+function _callback!(func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction, String}, app::DashApp, deps::CallbackDeps)    
 
-    check_callback(func, app, id)
+    check_callback(func, app, deps)
 
-    out_symbol = Symbol(output_string(id))
-    callback_func = make_callback_func!(app, func, id)      
-    push!(app.callbacks, out_symbol => Callback(callback_func, id))
+    out_symbol = Symbol(output_string(deps))
+    callback_func = make_callback_func!(app, func, deps)      
+    push!(app.callbacks, out_symbol => Callback(callback_func, deps))
 end
 
-make_callback_func!(app::DashApp, func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction}, id::CallbackId) = func
 
-function make_callback_func!(app::DashApp, func::String, id::CallbackId)
-    first_output = first(id.output)
-    namespace = replace("_dashprivate_$(first_output[1])", "\""=>"\\\"")
-    function_name = replace("$(first_output[2])", "\""=>"\\\"")
+make_callback_func!(app::DashApp, func::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction}, deps::CallbackDeps) = func
+
+function make_callback_func!(app::DashApp, func::String, deps::CallbackDeps)
+    first_output = first(deps.output)
+    namespace = replace("_dashprivate_$(first_output.id)", "\""=>"\\\"")
+    function_name = replace("$(first_output.property)", "\""=>"\\\"")
 
     function_string = """
             var clientside = window.dash_clientside = window.dash_clientside || {};
@@ -74,26 +135,26 @@ function make_callback_func!(app::DashApp, func::String, id::CallbackId)
     return ClientsideFunction(namespace, function_name)
 end
 
-function check_callback(func, app::DashApp, id::CallbackId)
+function check_callback(func, app::DashApp, deps::CallbackDeps)
 
-
 
-    isempty(id.input) && error("The callback method requires that one or more properly formatted inputs are passed.")
+    isempty(deps.output) && error("The callback method requires that one or more properly formatted outputs are passed.")
+    isempty(deps.input) && error("The callback method requires that one or more properly formatted inputs are passed.")
 
-    length(id.output) != length(unique(id.output)) && error("One or more callback outputs have been duplicated; please confirm that all outputs are unique.")
+    length(deps.output) != length(unique(deps.output)) && error("One or more callback outputs have been duplicated; please confirm that all outputs are unique.")
 
-    for out in id.output
-        if any(x->out in x.id.output, values(app.callbacks))
+    for out in deps.output
+        if any(x->out in x.dependencies.output, values(app.callbacks))
             error("output \"$(out)\" already registered")
         end
     end
 
-    args_count = length(id.state) + length(id.input)
+    args_count = length(deps.state) + length(deps.input)
 
     check_callback_func(func, args_count)
 
-    for id_prop in id.input
-        id_prop in id.output && error("Circular input and output arguments were found. Please verify that callback outputs are not also input arguments.")
+    for id_prop in deps.input
+        id_prop in deps.output && error("Circular input and output arguments were found. Please verify that callback outputs are not also input arguments.")
     end
 end
 

src/app/supporttypes.jl

@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
-const IdProp = Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}
+struct TraitInput end
+struct TraitOutput end
+struct TraitState end
 
-struct CallbackId
-    state ::Vector{IdProp}
-    input ::Vector{IdProp}
-    output ::Vector{IdProp}    
+struct Dependency{T}
+    id ::String
+    property ::String
 end
 
-CallbackId(;input,
-            output,
-            state = Vector{IdProp}()
-            ) = CallbackId(state, input, output)
+const Input = Dependency{TraitInput}
+const State = Dependency{TraitState}
+const Output = Dependency{TraitOutput}
+
+const IdProp = Tuple{Symbol, Symbol}
+
+
+
+struct CallbackDeps
+    output ::Vector{Output}
+    input ::Vector{Input}
+    state ::Vector{State}
+    multi_out::Bool
+    CallbackDeps(output, input, state, multi_out) = new(output, input, state, multi_out)
+    CallbackDeps(output::Output, input, state = State[]) = new(output, input, state, false)
+    CallbackDeps(output::Vector{Output}, input, state = State[]) = new(output, input, state, true)
+end
 
+Base.convert(::Type{Vector{T}}, v::T) where {T<:Dependency}= [v]
 
-Base.convert(::Type{Vector{IdProp}}, v::IdProp) = [v]
 struct ClientsideFunction
     namespace ::String
     function_name ::String
 end
 struct Callback
     func ::Union{Function, ClientsideFunction}
-    id ::CallbackId
+    dependencies ::CallbackDeps
 end
 
 struct PreventUpdate <: Exception

src/handler/handlers.jl

@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ function _process_callback(app::DashApp, body::String)
         return get(x, :value, nothing)        
     end 
     args = []
-    if haskey(params, :state)
-        append!(args, convert_values(params.state))        
-    end
     if haskey(params, :inputs)
         append!(args, convert_values(params.inputs))        
     end    
+    if haskey(params, :state)
+        append!(args, convert_values(params.state))        
+    end
 
     res = app.callbacks[output].func(args...)
-    if length(app.callbacks[output].id.output) == 1
+    if !app.callbacks[output].dependencies.multi_out
         if !(res isa NoUpdate)
             return Dict(
                 :response => Dict(
                     :props => Dict(
-                        Symbol(app.callbacks[output].id.output[1][2]) => Front.to_dash(res)
+                        Symbol(app.callbacks[output].dependencies.output[1].property) => Front.to_dash(res)
                     )
                 )
             )
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ function _process_callback(app::DashApp, body::String)
         end
     end
     response = Dict{Symbol, Any}()
-    for (ind, out) in enumerate(app.callbacks[output].id.output)
+    for (ind, out) in enumerate(app.callbacks[output].dependencies.output)
         if !(res[ind] isa NoUpdate)
             push!(response, 
-            Symbol(out[1]) => Dict(
-                Symbol(out[2]) => Front.to_dash(res[ind])
+            Symbol(out.id) => Dict(
+                Symbol(out.property) => Front.to_dash(res[ind])
             )
             )
         end
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ validate_layout(layout) = error("The layout must be a component, tree of compone
 #For test purposes, with the ability to pass a custom registry
 function make_handler(app::DashApp, registry::ResourcesRegistry; check_layout = false)
 
-
     state = HandlerState(app, registry)
     prefix = get_setting(app, :routes_pathname_prefix)
     assets_url_path = get_setting(app, :assets_url_path)

src/handler/state.jl

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ end
 _dep_clientside_func(func::ClientsideFunction) = func
 _dep_clientside_func(func) = nothing
 function _dependencies_json(app::DashApp)
-    id_prop_named(p::IdProp) = (id = p[1], property = p[2])
-    result = map(values(app.callbacks)) do dep
-        (inputs = id_prop_named.(dep.id.input),
-        state = id_prop_named.(dep.id.state),
-        output = output_string(dep.id),
-        clientside_function = _dep_clientside_func(dep.func)
+    deps_tuple(p) = (id = p.id, property = p.property)
+    result = map(values(app.callbacks)) do callback
+        (inputs = deps_tuple.(callback.dependencies.input),
+        state = deps_tuple.(callback.dependencies.state),
+        output = output_string(callback.dependencies),
+        clientside_function = _dep_clientside_func(callback.func)
         )
     end
     return JSON2.write(result)

src/utils/misc.jl

@@ -62,27 +62,4 @@ end
 
 function generate_hash()
     return strip(string(UUIDs.uuid4()), '-')    
-end
-
-"""
-    @callid_str"
-
-Macro for crating Dash CallbackId.
-Parse string in form "[{State1[, ...]}] Input1[, ...] => Output1[, ...]"
-
-#Examples
-```julia
-    id1 = callid"{inputDiv.children} input.value => output1.value, output2.value"
-```
-"""
-macro callid_str(s)
-    rex = r"(\{(?<state>.*)\})?(?<input>.*)=>(?<output>.*)"ms
-    m = match(rex, s)
-    if isnothing(m)
-        error("expected {state} input => output")
-    end
-    input = parse_props(strip(m[:input]))
-    output = parse_props(strip(m[:output]))
-    state = isnothing(m[:state]) ? Vector{IdProp}() : parse_props(strip(m[:state]))
-    return CallbackId(state, input, output) 
-end
+end