opencog-sensory / opencog / atoms / sensory-v0 / LookatLink.cc

/*
 * LookatLink.cc
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2022 Linas Vepstas
 *
 * Author: Linas Vepstas <linasvepstas@gmail.com>  January 2009
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License v3 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation and including the
 * exceptions at http://opencog.org/wiki/Licenses
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
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 */

#include <opencog/atoms/signature/TypeNode.h>
#include <opencog/atoms/value/ValueFactory.h>
#include "LookatLink.h"
#include "OutputStream.h"

using namespace opencog;

LookatLink::LookatLink(const HandleSeq&& oset, Type t)
	: Link(std::move(oset), t)
{
	if (not nameserver().isA(t, LOOKAT_LINK))
	{
		const std::string& tname = nameserver().getTypeName(t);
		throw InvalidParamException(TRACE_INFO,
			"Expecting an LookatLink, got %s", tname.c_str());
	}
	init();
}

LookatLink::LookatLink(const Handle& h)
	: Link({h}, LOOKAT_LINK)
{
	init();
}

void LookatLink::init(void)
{
	if (1 != _outgoing.size())
		throw SyntaxException(TRACE_INFO,
			"Expecting exactly onet argument!");

	if (TYPE_NODE != _outgoing[0]->get_type())
		throw SyntaxException(TRACE_INFO,
			"Expecting the argument to be a type!");

	_kind = TypeNodeCast(_outgoing[0])->get_kind();
}

// ---------------------------------------------------------------

/// When executed, get the stream description for the given type.
ValuePtr LookatLink::execute(AtomSpace* as, bool silent)
{
	ValuePtr svp = valueserver().create(_kind);

	OutputStreamPtr ost(OutputStreamCast(svp));
	if (nullptr == ost)
		throw RuntimeException(TRACE_INFO,
			"No support for %s", _outgoing[0]->to_string().c_str());

	return ost->describe(as, silent);
}

DEFINE_LINK_FACTORY(LookatLink, LOOKAT_LINK)

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