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/*
    File:        AppleEventUtilities.cp

    Contains:    C++ Wrappers for Apple Event manager

*/

#ifndef __APPLEEVENTUTILITIES__
#include "AppleEventUtilities.h"
#endif

#ifndef __ASREGISTRY__
#include <ASRegistry.h>
#endif

#ifndef Exceptions_h
#include "Exceptions.h"
#endif

#ifndef __OSUTILS__
#include <OSUtils.h>
#endif

#ifndef __SCRIPT__
#include <Script.h>
#endif

#ifndef __APPLEEVENTS__
#include <AppleEvents.h>
#endif

#ifndef __AEOBJECTS__
#include <AEObjects.h>
#endif

#ifndef __ALIASES__
#include <Aliases.h>
#endif

#ifndef __AEOBJECTPACKING__
#include <AEPackObject.h>
#endif

#ifndef __AEREGISTRY__
#include <AERegistry.h>
#endif

#ifndef __GESTALTEQU__
#include <GestaltEqu.h>
#endif

#pragma segment AEMStuff


MakeTokenDescriptorProcPtr gNullContainerCreationProc = nil;
ProcessDescriptorProcPtr gPreResolveProc = nil;
MergeTokensProcPtr gMergeTokensProc = nil;

short TDescriptor::fCallbackFlags = kAEIDoMinimum;

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// InstallNullContainerCreationProc:
//
// The null container creation proc is used by TDescriptor::Resolve whenever it receives
// a null descriptor to resolve.  This function is used to create a token for the null
// container.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void InstallNullContainerCreationProc(MakeTokenDescriptorProcPtr creationProc)
    {
    gNullContainerCreationProc = creationProc;
    } // InstallNullContainerCreationProc

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// InstallPreResolveProc:
//
// The PreResolveProc is called by TDescriptor::Resolve before it actually calls
// AEResolve.  This allows special procs to handle things not understood by AEResolve
// (alias records, for example).
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void InstallPreResolveProc(ProcessDescriptorProcPtr preResolveProc)
    {
    gPreResolveProc = preResolveProc;
    } // InstallPreResolveProc

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// InstallMergeTokensProc:
//
// The MergeTokensProc is called by TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken whenever it needs to add
// a token object to any token descriptor that already contains a token.  The merge token
// proc is provided with two TAbstractScriptableObject*'s; it must return a
// TAbstractScriptableObject* that has adopted the two tokens passed to it.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void InstallMergeTokensProc(MergeTokensProcPtr mergeTokensProc)
    {
    gMergeTokensProc = mergeTokensProc;
    } // InstallMergeTokensProc

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// CreateNullContainerToken:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTokenDescriptor CreateNullContainerToken()
    {
    TTokenDescriptor nullContainer;

    if(gNullContainerCreationProc != nil)
        nullContainer = (*gNullContainerCreationProc)();

    return nullContainer;
    } // CreateNullContainerToken

//========================================================================================
// CLASS TDescriptor
//
// Class TDescriptor is a wrapper class for AEDesc objects.
//========================================================================================


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Dispose:
//
// Disposed of the descriptor and the data stored inside it.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::Dispose()
    {
    FailErr(AEDisposeDesc(*this));
    } // TDescriptor::Dispose

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AttemptCoercion:
//
// Try to coerce the type of the descriptor to something else.  This method will
// NOT fail if the coercion could not be done.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OSErr TDescriptor::AttemptCoercion(DescType typeToCoerceTo)
    {
    OSErr err = noErr;

    if(this->DescriptorType() != typeToCoerceTo)
        {
        TDescriptor tempDescriptor;

        // If AECoerceDesc returns a non-zero result code, then
        // tempDescriptor will be typeNull, and we don't need to
        // worry about disposing of it.
        err = AECoerceDesc(*this,typeToCoerceTo,(AEDesc*)&tempDescriptor);

        if(err == noErr)
            {
            Try
                {
                Handle initialHandle = this->DataHandle();
                Handle coercedHandle = tempDescriptor.DataHandle();

                //
                // If doing a coerce-in-place, try to do a SetHandleSize
                // and then a BlockMove so that we end up using the same
                // handle when we exit as we had when we entered.  To do
                // otherwise is to invite double-dispose/memory leak problems
                // if some other peice of code still has a reference to
                // the descriptor before it was coerced
                //
                if((initialHandle != nil) && (coercedHandle != nil))
                    {
                    Size coercedSize = GetHandleSize(coercedHandle);
                    SetHandleSize(initialHandle, coercedSize);
                    FailErr(MemError());
                    BlockMove(*coercedHandle, *initialHandle, coercedSize);
                    this->fDescriptorType = tempDescriptor.DescriptorType();
                    tempDescriptor.Dispose();
                    }
                //
                // There are a couple of rare cases (typeTrue and typeFalse)
                // where the data handle is nil
                //
                else
                    {
                    //
                    // It's undesirable to go from a nil-handle to a non-nil
                    // handle, or visa-versa.  Don't do it.  Use 'Coerce'
                    // rather than 'CoerceInPlace' if this is necessary.
                    //
                    if((initialHandle != nil) || (coercedHandle != nil))
                        DebugStr("\pPotentially undesirable coerce-in-place");
                    //
                    // Try to dispose of the old descriptor (ignoring errors)
                    // and then plug in the values from the coerced descriptor
                    //
                    AEDisposeDesc(*this);
                    this->AdoptDesc(tempDescriptor);
                    }
                }
            Catch(err)
                {
                tempDescriptor.Dispose();
                }
            }
        }

    return err;
    } // TDescriptor::AttemptCoercion

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CoerceInPlace:
//
// Require that this object be coerced to the specified data type.  This method will
// fail if the coercion does not work.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::CoerceInPlace(DescType typeToCoerceTo)
    {
    FailErr(this->AttemptCoercion(typeToCoerceTo));
    } // TDescriptor::CoerceInPlace

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Coerce:
//
// Require that this object be coerced to the specified data type.  This method will
// fail if the coercion does not work.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::Coerce(DescType typeToCoerceTo) const
    {
    TDescriptor coercedDescriptor;

    FailErr(AECoerceDesc(*this,typeToCoerceTo,coercedDescriptor));

    return coercedDescriptor;
    } // TDescriptor::Coerce

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CoerceToStandardType:
//
// This method attempts to coerce its data into some form of standard type
// (e.g. typeChar or typeLongInteger).  It is really annoying that someone can
// invent yet another data type that is coercable to text or as a long integer,
// but we wouldn't have any way to know that such a coercion should be attempted.
// typeMagnitude and typeEnumeration could throw us for a loop too.
//
// ••• In short, I really hate this routine, but I'm not sure what else to do about it.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::CoerceToStandardType()
    {
    switch(this->DescriptorType())
        {
        case typeAEText:
        case typeIntlText:
        case typeStyledText:
            {
            this->CoerceInPlace(typeChar);
            break;
            }

        case typeShortInteger:
            {
            this->CoerceInPlace(typeLongInteger);
            break;
            }
        }
    } // TDescriptor::CoerceToStandardType

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Clone:
//
// Return an exact copy of this descriptor
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::Clone() const
    {
    TDescriptor clonedDescriptor;

    FailErr(AEDuplicateDesc(*this, (AEDesc*)&clonedDescriptor));

    return clonedDescriptor;
    } // TDescriptor::Clone

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CopyDesc:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::CopyDesc(const TDescriptor& desc)
    {
    FailErr(AEDuplicateDesc((AEDesc*)&desc, *this));
    } // TDescriptor::CopyDesc

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AdoptDesc:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AdoptDesc(TDescriptor& desc)
    {
    //
    // It would be very tempting to set 'desc' to the null descriptor now
    // that we have adopted it here.  That would be a bad idea, though, because
    // we might intend this descriptor to actually be just a reference to
    // the adopted desc, and not actually the new 'owner' of the data.
    //
    this->AdoptHandle(desc.DescriptorType(), desc.DataHandle());
    } // TDescriptor::AdoptDesc

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CreateList:
//
// Create an empty descriptor list or AERecord with factored data.
//
// n.b.    It is better to call MakeList, MakeEmptyList or MakeAERecord rather than
// using TDescriptor::CreateList directly.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::CreateList(Boolean isRecord, Ptr factoringPtr, Size factoredSize)
    {
    FailErr(AECreateList(factoringPtr, factoredSize, isRecord, *this));
    } // TDescriptor::CreateList

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeNull:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeNull()
    {
    this->AdoptHandle(typeNull, nil);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeNull

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AdoptHandle:
//
// Assign some data and a type directly to the descriptor
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AdoptHandle(DescType dataType, Handle dataHandle)
    {
    fDescriptorType = dataType;
    fDataHandle = dataHandle;
    } // TDescriptor::AdoptHandle

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CopyData:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::CopyData(const DescType typeCode, const Ptr data, const Size length)
    {
    FailErr(AECreateDesc(typeCode, data, length, *this));
    } // TDescriptor::CopyData

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeBoolean:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeBoolean(const Boolean data)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeBoolean, (Ptr)&data, sizeof(Boolean));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeBoolean

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeLong:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeLong(const long data)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeLongInteger, (Ptr)&data, sizeof(long));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeLong

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeUnsignedLong:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeUnsignedLong(const unsigned long data)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeMagnitude, (Ptr)&data, sizeof(unsigned long));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeUnsignedLong

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeEnumeration:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeEnumeration(const DescType enumeration)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeEnumeration, (Ptr)&enumeration, sizeof(enumeration));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeEnumeration

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeDescType:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeDescType(const DescType data)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeType, (Ptr)&data, sizeof(DescType));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeDescType

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeKeyword:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeKeyword(const AEKeyword theKeyword)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeKeyword, (Ptr)&theKeyword, sizeof(AEKeyword));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeKeyword

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeOrdinal:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeOrdinal(const DescType data)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeAbsoluteOrdinal, (Ptr)&data, sizeof(DescType));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeOrdinal

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeTypeOrInteger:
//
// This is useful for debugging; it makes a 'type' if the data
// appears to consist of printable characters (e.g. 'ABCD'), but
// otherwise it makes an integer (e.g. -12).
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeTypeOrInteger(const DescType data)
    {
    if(((data >= 'A000') && (data <= 'Zzzz')) || ((data >= 'a000') && (data <= 'zzzz')))
        this->MakeDescType(data);
    else
        this->MakeLong(data);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeTypeOrInteger

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakePoint:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakePoint(const Point& thePoint)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeQDPoint, (Ptr)&thePoint, sizeof(Point));
    } // TDescriptor::MakePoint

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakePoint:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakePoint(const short h, const short v)
    {
    Point thePoint;

    thePoint.v = v;
    thePoint.h = h;
    this->MakePoint(thePoint);
    } // TDescriptor::MakePoint

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeRect:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeRect(const Rect& theRect)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeQDRectangle, (Ptr)&theRect, sizeof(Rect));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeRect

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeString:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeString(Str255 data)
    {
    Size length = data[0];

    this->CopyData(typeChar, (Ptr)&data[1], length);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeString

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec(const DateTimeRec dateTime)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeDateTimeRec, (Ptr)&dateTime, sizeof(DateTimeRec));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec(const long secsSince1904)
    {
    DateTimeRec dateTime;

    //
    // Let the OSUtilities do the hard work of converting seconds
    // since 1904 into a DateTimeRec
    //
    Secs2Date(secsSince1904,&dateTime);
    this->MakeDateTimeRec(dateTime);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec(const LongDateRec dateTime)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeLongDateTimeRec, (Ptr)&dateTime, sizeof(LongDateRec));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec(const DateTimeRec dateTime)
    {
    LongDateRec longDateTime;

    longDateTime.od.eraAlt = 0;
    longDateTime.od.oldDate = dateTime;

    this->MakeLongDateTimeRec(longDateTime);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec(LongDateTime lsecs)
    {
    LongDateRec longDateTime;

    LongSecs2Date(&lsecs, &longDateTime);
    this->MakeLongDateTimeRec(longDateTime);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTime:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTime(const LongDateTime lsecs)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeLongDateTime, (Ptr)&lsecs, sizeof(LongDateTime));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeLongDateTime

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeFSS:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeFSS(const FSSpec& spec)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeFSS, (Ptr)&spec, sizeof(FSSpec));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeFSS

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AdoptAlias:
//
// Takes the provided alias handle and keeps it forever.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AdoptAlias(Handle alias)
    {
    this->AdoptHandle(typeAlias, alias);
    } // TDescriptor::AdoptAlias

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeAlias:
//
// You would think that someone would have spent five minutes to make a coercion
// handler that goes from FSSpecs to Alias records, but nooooooo...
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeAlias(FSSpec& spec)
    {
    AliasHandle alias;

    FailErr(NewAliasMinimal(&spec, &alias));
    this->AdoptAlias((Handle)alias);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeAlias

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeProcessSerialNumber:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeProcessSerialNumber(ProcessSerialNumber psn)
    {
    this->CopyData(typeProcessSerialNumber, (Ptr)&psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeProcessSerialNumber

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeObjectSpecifier:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeObjectSpecifier(DescType desiredClass, TDescriptor container, DescType keyForm, TDescriptor keyData, Boolean disposeInputs)
    {
    FailErr(CreateObjSpecifier(desiredClass,container,keyForm,keyData,disposeInputs,*this));
    } // TDescriptor::MakeObjectSpecifier

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeCompDescriptor:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeCompDescriptor(DescType comparisonOperator, DescType propertyIdentifier, TDescriptor compareWith, Boolean disposeInputs)
    {
    TDescriptor operand1;
    TDescriptor propertyIDDesc;
    TDescriptor objectBeingExamined;

    //
    // 'objectBeingExamined' is a special object specifier that only
    // has meaning in the context of a comparison descriptor
    //
    objectBeingExamined.AdoptHandle(typeObjectBeingExamined,nil);

    //
    // Operand1 is "fPropertyIdentifier of (object being examined)"
    //
    propertyIDDesc.MakeDescType(propertyIdentifier);
    operand1.MakeObjectSpecifier(cProperty, objectBeingExamined, formPropertyID, propertyIDDesc, true);

    //
    // Make a compDescriptor of operand1 compared with (fComparisonOperator) fCompareWith
    //
    CreateCompDescriptor(comparisonOperator, operand1, compareWith, disposeInputs, *this);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeCompDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetBlock:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::GetBlock(Ptr data, Size length, DescType desiredType) const
    {
    if(this->DataHandleIsNil())
        FailErr(errAECantSupplyType);

    if(this->DescriptorType() != desiredType)
        {
        TDescriptor coerceData;

        coerceData = this->Coerce(desiredType);
        coerceData.GetBlock(data,length,desiredType);
        coerceData.Dispose();
        }
    else
        {
        //
        // It would be just wrong to have a situation where a
        // descriptor is of the requested type, but not of the
        // requested length.  This method is only usable for
        // fixed-size blocks
        //
        if(GetHandleSize(fDataHandle) != length)
            {
            FailErr(errAECorruptData);
            }

        BlockMove(*fDataHandle, data, length);
        }
    } // TDescriptor::GetBlock

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetLong:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
long TDescriptor::GetLong() const
    {
    long result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(long), typeLongInteger);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetLong

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetBoolean:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean TDescriptor::GetBoolean() const
    {
    Boolean result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(Boolean), typeBoolean);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetBoolean

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetDescType:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DescType TDescriptor::GetDescType() const
    {
    DescType result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(DescType), typeType);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetDescType

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetKeyword:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AEKeyword TDescriptor::GetKeyword() const
    {
    AEKeyword result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(AEKeyword), typeKeyword);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetKeyword

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetEnumeration:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DescType TDescriptor::GetEnumeration() const
    {
    DescType result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(DescType), typeEnumeration);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetEnumeration

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetOrdinal:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DescType TDescriptor::GetOrdinal() const
    {
    DescType result = 0;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(DescType), typeAbsoluteOrdinal);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetOrdinal

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetPoint:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point TDescriptor::GetPoint() const
    {
    Point result;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(Point), typeQDPoint);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetPoint

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetRect:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rect TDescriptor::GetRect() const
    {
    Rect result;

    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&result, sizeof(Rect), typeQDRectangle);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetRect

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetString:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::GetString(Str255 result) const
    {
    result[0] = 0;

    if(this->DataHandleIsNil())
        FailErr(errAECantSupplyType);

    if(this->DescriptorType() == typeChar)
        {
        Size length = GetHandleSize(fDataHandle);
        if(length > 255)
            length = 255;
        BlockMove(*fDataHandle, (Ptr)&result[1], length);
        result[0] = (unsigned char) length;
        }
    else
        {
        TDescriptor makeDataString;

        makeDataString = this->Coerce(typeChar);
        ASSERT(makeDataString.DescriptorType() == typeChar);
        makeDataString.GetString(result);
        makeDataString.Dispose();
        }
    } // TDescriptor::GetString

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetDateTimeRec:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DateTimeRec TDescriptor::GetDateTimeRec() const
    {
    DateTimeRec dateTime;

    //
    // We'll do our own coercion from typeLongInteger, if necessary.
    // We should really have a coercion handler for this
    //
    if(this->DescriptorType() == typeLongInteger)
        {
        long secsSince1904 = this->GetLong();
        Secs2Date(secsSince1904,&dateTime);
        }
    else
        {
        //
        // Get the time date rec
        //
        this->GetBlock( (Ptr)&dateTime, sizeof(DateTimeRec), typeDateTimeRec);
        }

    return dateTime;
    } // TDescriptor::GetDateTimeRec

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetFSS:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::GetFSS(FSSpec& spec) const
    {
    this->GetBlock((Ptr)&spec, sizeof(FSSpec), typeFSS);
    } // TDescriptor::GetFSS

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// InterpretCompareResult:
//
// Given two keys and a comparison opperator, this function determines if
// the comparison between key2 and key1 is true or false.  key1 and key2 should
// be either two long integers representing the various values of the two descriptors
// being compared, or key1 may be set to 0 and key2 set to -1 (key2 < key1), 0
// (key1 == key2) or 1 (key2 > key1).
//
// This function is used by GeneralCompare, which is used by TDescriptor::Compare
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean InterpretCompareResult(DescType comparisonOperator, long key1, long key2 )
    {
    switch(comparisonOperator)
        {
        case kAEEquals:
            {
            return key1 == key2;
            }

        case kASNotEqual:
            {
            return key1 != key2;
            }

        case kAEGreaterThan:
            {
            return key1 > key2;
            }

        case kAEGreaterThanEquals:
            {
            return key1 >= key2;
            }

        case kAELessThan:
            {
            return key1 < key2;
            }

        case kAELessThanEquals:
            {
            return key1 <= key2;
            }

        //
        // ••• Perhaps we should fail if we don't recognize the comparisonOperator
        //
        default:
            {
            return false;
            }
        }
    } // InterpretCompareResult

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// GeneralCompare:
//
// This is a general comparison routine that works on streams of bytes.  It is assumed
// that the data being compared follows the same ordering rules as strings.  The
// 'caseSensitive' flag should always be true for non-string objects, of course.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean GeneralCompare(DescType comparisonOperator, Ptr data, Size length, Ptr compareWith, Size comparisonLength, Boolean caseSensitive)
    {
    Boolean comparisonResult = false;
    long i = 0;

    switch(comparisonOperator)
        {
        case kAEEquals:
        case kASNotEqual:
        case kAEGreaterThan:
        case kAEGreaterThanEquals:
        case kAELessThan:
        case kASLessThanOrEqual:
            {
            short intermediateResult = 0;
            Size max = (length < comparisonLength ? length : comparisonLength);

            //
            // We have a little bit of code duplication here
            // to make the code run a little faster
            //
            if(caseSensitive)
                {
                for(i=0; i < max; ++i)
                    {
                    if(*((unsigned char*)compareWith) > *((unsigned char*)data))
                        {
                        intermediateResult = 1;
                        break;
                        }
                    else if(*((unsigned char*)compareWith) < *((unsigned char*)data))
                        {
                        intermediateResult = -1;
                        break;
                        }
                    ++compareWith;
                    ++data;
                    }
                }
            else
                {
                for(i=0; i < max; ++i)
                    {
                    unsigned char compareWithChar = *((unsigned char*)compareWith);
                    unsigned char dataChar = *((unsigned char*)data);

                    if((compareWithChar >= 'a') && (compareWithChar <= 'z'))
                        compareWithChar = compareWithChar - 'a' + 'A';
                    if((dataChar >= 'a') && (dataChar <= 'z'))
                        dataChar = dataChar - 'a' + 'A';

                    if(compareWithChar > dataChar)
                        {
                        intermediateResult = 1;
                        break;
                        }
                    else if(compareWithChar < dataChar)
                        {
                        intermediateResult = -1;
                        break;
                        }
                    ++compareWith;
                    ++data;
                    }
                }

            if(intermediateResult == 0)
                intermediateResult = (comparisonLength > length) - (comparisonLength < length);

            comparisonResult = InterpretCompareResult(comparisonOperator,0,intermediateResult);

            break;
            }

        case kAEBeginsWith:
            {
            comparisonResult = GeneralCompare(kAEEquals, data, comparisonLength, compareWith, comparisonLength,caseSensitive);
            break;
            }

        case kAEEndsWith:
            {
            i = (length - comparisonLength);
            if(i >= 0)
                comparisonResult = GeneralCompare(kAEEquals, data + i, comparisonLength, compareWith, comparisonLength,caseSensitive);
            break;
            }

        case kAEContains:
            {
            for(i=0;i<=length - comparisonLength;++i)
                {
                if(GeneralCompare(kAEEquals, data + i, comparisonLength, compareWith, comparisonLength,caseSensitive))
                    {
                    comparisonResult = true;
                    break;
                    }
                }

            break;
            }

        default:
            {
            comparisonResult = false;
            }
        }

    return comparisonResult;
    } // GeneralCompare


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// StringContains:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*Boolean    StringContains(Str255 thisString, Str255 withString)
    {
    unsigned char thisSize = (unsigned char)thisString[0];
    unsigned char withSize = (unsigned char)withString[0];

    if ((thisSize == 0) || (withSize > thisSize))        // quick check
        return false;

    Boolean b = false;
    unsigned char* a = &thisString[0];
    unsigned char* last = a + thisSize - withSize + 1;
    do
        {
        b = IUMagIDString(Ptr(++a), Ptr(withString[1]), withSize, withSize);
        }
    while (b && (a < last));

    return (b == false);
    } // StringContains */

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Compare:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean TDescriptor::Compare(DescType comparisonOperator, Str255 withString) const
    {
    Str255 thisString;
    Size thisSize;
    Size withSize;
    Boolean compareResult = false;

    //
    // Fetch a copy of 'thisString' (which we will freely destroy later)
    //
    this->GetString(thisString);
    thisSize = (unsigned char)thisString[0];
    withSize = (unsigned char)withString[0];

    switch(comparisonOperator)
        {
        //
        // Check to see if we can find the string anywhere inside
        //
        case kAEContains:
            {
            long    i;

            unsigned char* a = &thisString[0];
            for(i=0;i<thisSize - withSize + 1;++i)
                {
                *a = (unsigned char)withSize;
                compareResult = (IUEqualString(a, withString) == 0);
                if(compareResult == true)
                    break;
                ++a;
                }
            }
            break;

        //
        // Relational tests are easy:  use IUCompString
        //
        case kAEGreaterThan:
        case kAEGreaterThanEquals:
        case kAELessThan:
        case kASLessThanOrEqual:
            {
            compareResult = InterpretCompareResult(comparisonOperator, IUCompString(thisString, withString), 0);
            }
            break;

        //
        // For AEEndsWith, move the end of the string down to
        // the beginning of the string, then fall through to
        // the 'begins with' case
        //
        // International allert:  this could clip a two-byte
        // character in half, but doing so probably won't cause
        // a problem, since we are looking for exact matches.
        //
        case kAEEndsWith:
            {
            if(withSize <= thisSize)
                BlockMove((Ptr)&thisString[thisSize - withSize + 1],(Ptr)&thisString[1],withSize);
            }
            // !!! fall through

        //
        // For kAEBeginsWith, set the length of the 'thisString'
        // to the length of the 'withString' and do an equality test
        //
        // International allert:  this could clip a two-byte
        // character in half, but doing so probably won't cause
        // a problem, since we are looking for exact matches.
        //
        case kAEBeginsWith:
            {
            thisString[0] = (unsigned char)withSize;
            }
            // !!! fall through...

        //
        // kAEEquals and kASNotEqual must come immediately after
        // begins with and ends with
        //
        case kAEEquals:
        case kASNotEqual:
            {
            compareResult = (IUEqualString(thisString, withString) == 0);
            if(comparisonOperator == kASNotEqual)
                compareResult = !compareResult;
            }
            break;

        //
        // Shouldn't ever get here...
        //
        default:
            {
            compareResult = GeneralCompare(comparisonOperator,(Ptr)&thisString[1],thisSize,(Ptr)&withString[1],withSize,false);
            }
            break;
        }

    return compareResult;
    } // TDescriptor::Compare

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Compare:
//
// Compare two descriptors.  ComparisonOperator should be one of the following:
//
// kAEEquals, kASNotEqual, kAEGreaterThan, kAEGreaterThanEquals, kAELessThan,
// kASLessThanOrEqual, kAEBeginsWith, kAEEndsWith, or kAEContains
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean TDescriptor::Compare(DescType comparisonOperator, TDescriptor& compareWith) const
    {
    Boolean compareResult = false;

    //
    // It might be nice to try to do a type coercion here, but for now
    // we only compare descriptors of the same type
    //
    if(this->DescriptorType() != compareWith.DescriptorType())
        FailErr(errAEEventNotHandled);

    switch(this->DescriptorType())
        {
        case typeChar:
            {
            Str255 withString;

            compareWith.GetString(withString);
            compareResult = this->Compare(comparisonOperator, withString);

            break;
            }
            break;

        //
        // We convert DateTimeRecs into integers for comparison so that
        // someone can supply "the 300th day of January", and it will compare
        // as being larger than "the 2nd day of February".
        //
        // Begins with, ends with and contains are meaningless for dates, though.
        //
        case typeLongInteger:
        case typeDateTimeRec:
            {
            compareResult = InterpretCompareResult(comparisonOperator, this->GetLong(), compareWith.GetLong() );
            }
            break;

        //
        // If we don't know what type this is, we'll do our best
        // to do a generic comparison.  This can result in some
        // very stupid comparisons, but that's life.
        //
        default:
            {
            Handle        withHandle = compareWith.DataHandle();
            short        thisState;
            short        withState;
            Size        thisSize;
            Size        withSize;

            thisState = HGetState(fDataHandle);
            withState = HGetState(withHandle);
            thisSize = GetHandleSize(fDataHandle);
            withSize = GetHandleSize(withHandle);

            compareResult = GeneralCompare(comparisonOperator,(Ptr)*fDataHandle,thisSize,(Ptr)*withHandle,withSize,true);

            HSetState(fDataHandle,thisState);
            HSetState(withHandle,withState);
            }
            break;
        }

    return compareResult;
    } // TDescriptor::Compare

//========================================================================================
// CLASS TDescriptorLoop
//
// The class TDescriptorLoop is used by the macro FOREACHDESCRIPTOR.  Note that the
// descriptor returned by "Next" is a copy that must be disposed of by the programmer.
//
// We could have TDescriptorLoop keep track of the descriptor it created, and have it
// dispose it when done.  This would necessitate an 'orphan' method, though, in case
// someone else wanted to adopt the descriptor.
//========================================================================================

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptorLoop::Next:
//
// If 'key' is not nil, it is filled in with the keyword from the i'th item of the
// list (if the list is a record)
//
// If 'dataHandle' is not nil, it is filled in with the data handle from the i'th
// item of the list.  This is only done to be nice to the FOREACHTOKEN macro.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boolean TDescriptorLoop::Next(TDescriptor& d, AEKeyword* key, Handle* dataHandle)
    {
    Boolean moreToDo = false;

    //
    // Set up on the first time through the loop
    //
    if(fIndex == 0)
        {
        fCount = fDescriptorList->CountItems();
        if(d.IsNullDescriptor() == false)
            {
            DebugStr("\pTDescriptorLoop::Next:  'd' was not null on first iteration!");
            FailErr(errAEEventFailed);
            }
        }

    //
    // Advance to the next item in the list...
    //
    fIndex++;

    //
    // Dispose of the 'd' from last time through the loop
    //
    d.Dispose();

    //
    // Are there still items in the list?
    //
    if (fIndex <= fCount)
        {
        //
        // At this point, we could check to see if 'fDescriptorList' actually
        // points to something that is _not_ a list; if so, we coule return a
        // _reference_ to the single object, and set a field that indicates that
        // 'd' is a reference, and should not be disposed next time through the
        // loop.  The reason we do not do this is that 'd' will be disposed by
        // the client code if there is a failure, and there is no good way for
        // the client to know if d is a reference or not.  We could remember
        // what 'd' was and clean it up in our destructor, but failures can
        // cause our TDescriptorLoop object to be orphaned without ever being
        // destructed.
        //
        d = fDescriptorList->GetNthDescriptor(fIndex, typeWildCard, key);

        moreToDo = true;
        }
    //
    // No more items, clean up
    //
    else
        {
        if(key != nil)
            *key = typeNull;
        d.MakeNull();
        }

    //
    // Fill in the 'dataHandle' parameter if it was passed in.
    // (We only do this to make life easy for the FOREACHTOKEN macro)
    //
    if(dataHandle != nil)
        *dataHandle = d.DataHandle();

    return moreToDo;
    } // TDescriptorLoop::Next


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeEmptyList:
//
// Make an empty descriptor list.  It is usually not necessary to make an empty list,
// because all of the TDescriptor routines will interpret null descriptors as
// empty lists.  Sometimes it is necessary to return an empty list as the result of
// an AppleEvent handler, though, and in this case a null descriptor is _not_ equivalent.
//
// By default, include no factored data and make an AEList.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeEmptyList()
    {
    this->CreateList(kMakeAEList);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeEmptyList

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeList:
//
// If this descriptor is null, an empty list is created.  If this descriptor is not
// empty, then a list is created and this descriptor is placed inside it.  If this
// descriptor is already a list, then no action is taken.
//
// ••• DANGER:  Does a coerce-in-place!
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeList()
    {
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        this->CreateList();
        }
    else if(this->DescriptorType() != typeAEList)
        {
        this->CoerceInPlace(typeAEList);
        }
    } // TDescriptor::MakeList

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::CountItems:
//
// Count the items in a descriptor list. If this descriptor is not of typeAEList, then it
// only has one item, and if the descriptor is null, then it has no items.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
long TDescriptor::CountItems() const
    {
    long items = 1;
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        items = 0;
    else if((this->DescriptorType() == typeAEList) || (this->DescriptorType() == typeAERecord))
        FailErr(AECountItems(*this, &items));
    return items;
    } // TDescriptor::CountItems

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetNthDescriptor:
//
// Get the indexed descriptor from an event.  This method will fail if given an index
// less than one or greater than the count returned by TDescriptor::CountItems.
// The descriptor returned is _always_ a copy that must be disposed of with
// TDescriptor::Dispose.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::GetNthDescriptor(long index, DescType desiredType, AEKeyword* key) const
    {
    TDescriptor descriptor;
    AEKeyword ignoreKey;

    if(key == nil)
        key = &ignoreKey;

    //
    // We can "GetNthDescriptor" on an item that is not of typeAEList
    // if the index is one; we do this by cloning ourself
    // (n.b. AERecords are also lists)
    //
    if((DescriptorType() != typeAEList) && (DescriptorType() != typeAERecord))
        {
        if(index != 1)
            FailErr(-1);        // ••• index out of range

        *key = typeWildCard;
        descriptor = this->Clone();
        }
    else
        {
        FailErr(AEGetNthDesc(*this, index, desiredType, key, descriptor));
        }

    return descriptor;
    } // TDescriptor::GetNthDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddDescriptor:
//
// Add data to a descriptor list at a specified index, replacing any item already stored
// at that position.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddDescriptor(long index, TDescriptor& data)
    {
    //
    // If the list is completely empty, just put the data directly into
    // this descriptor (don't make a list)
    //
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        this->CopyDesc(data);
        }
    else
        {
        // If we're not a list yet, we'd better make ourselves one now.
        if(this->DescriptorType() != typeAEList)
            this->MakeList();
        FailErr(AEPutDesc(*this, index, data));
        }
    } // TDescriptor::AddDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddDescriptor:
//
// Add data to a descriptor list at the end of the list
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddDescriptor(TDescriptor& data)
    {
    this->AddDescriptor(0,data);
    } // TDescriptor::AddDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddData:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddData(long index, DescType descType, Ptr data, Size length)
    {
    //
    // If the list is completely empty, we'd better make an empty list
    // (the type coercion from null to typeAEList probably works,
    // but I have not tested it yet; the following two lines may
    // be superfluous)
    //
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        this->MakeEmptyList();

    //
    // If we're not a list yet, we'd better make ourselves one now.
    //
    if(this->DescriptorType() != typeAEList)
        this->CoerceInPlace(typeAEList);

    //
    // Put the data into the list
    //
    FailErr(AEPutPtr(*this,index,descType,data,length));
    } // TDescriptor::AddData

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddData:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddData(DescType descType, Ptr data, Size length)
    {
    this->AddData(0,descType,data,length);
    } // TDescriptor::AddData

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddLong:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddLong(long number)
    {
    this->AddData(typeLongInteger,(Ptr)&number,sizeof(long));
    } // TDescriptor::AddLong

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AddType:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AddType(DescType descType)
    {
    this->AddData(typeType,(Ptr)&descType,sizeof(DescType));
    } // TDescriptor::AddType

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AppendList:
//
// Append a list onto the end of this one.  The list passed in may be a null descriptor
// or a single item as well as a list.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AppendList(const TDescriptor& list)
    {
    TDescriptor descriptor;
    OSErr err = noErr;

    //
    // If this descriptor is a null descriptor, then we just want
    // to copy the incoming list.
    //
    // In the past we did not do this check, which resulted in
    // the unfortunate side effect of converting a single-item
    // list into a single (non-list) descriptor whenever said
    // list was 'AppendList'ed into an empty list.  While this
    // may be more efficient, it really hosed us over in the case
    // of GetData on the selection property, which is SUPPOSED
    // to return a single-item list (as opposed to a single
    // descriptor) if there is only one item in the list.  (This
    // is quite different from most other objects, which are
    // supposed to return single descriptors instead of single-
    // item lists whenever there is only one object in the result.)
    //
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        this->CopyDesc(list);
        }
    else if(list.IsNullDescriptor() == false)
        {
        Try
            {
            FOREACHDESCRIPTOR(&list, descriptor)
                {
                this->AddDescriptor(descriptor);
                }
            }
        Catch(err)
            {
            descriptor.Dispose();
            Throw(err);
            }
        }
    } // TDescriptor::AppendList

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::AdoptList:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::AdoptList(TDescriptor* list)
    {
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        this->AdoptDesc(*list);
        }
    else
        {
        this->AppendList(*list);
        list->Dispose();
        }
    } // TDescriptor::AdoptList

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::MakeAERecord:
//
// CreateList creates both AERecords and AELists.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::MakeAERecord()
    {
    this->CreateList(kMakeAERecord);
    } // TDescriptor::MakeAERecord

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetDescriptor:
//
// Get the ae descriptor from the event. If the desired type is not specified, it
// defaults to typeWildCard
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::GetDescriptor(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType)
    {
    TDescriptor result;

    //
    // n.b. This object must be typeAERecord or typeAppleEvent, or this
    // call will fail.  Other record-like descriptors (e.g. object specifiers)
    // cannot be passed to AEGetParamDesc.
    //
    FailErr(AEGetParamDesc(*this, key, desiredType, (AEDesc *) &result));

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetOptionalParameter:
//
// Like 'GetDescriptor, but returns a null descriptor if the specified parameter could not
// be extracted.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::GetOptionalParameter(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType)
    {
    TDescriptor result;
    OSErr err = noErr;

    //
    // It's probably not necessary to call MakeNull if there is
    // an error, but we might as well be safe (paranoid?).
    //
    err = AEGetParamDesc(*this, key, desiredType, (AEDesc *) &result);
    if(err != noErr)
        result.MakeNull();

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetOptionalParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetParameterPtr:
//
// Get the ae descriptor from the record
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::GetParameterPtr(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType, DescType *typeCode, Ptr dataPtr, Size maximumSize, Size *actualSize)
    {
    //
    // n.b. This object must be typeAERecord or typeAppleEvent, or this
    // call will fail.  Other record-like descriptors (e.g. object specifiers)
    // cannot be passed to AEGetParamPtr.
    //
    FailErr(AEGetParamPtr(*this, key, desiredType, typeCode, dataPtr, maximumSize, actualSize));
    } // TDescriptor::GetParameterPtr

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetLongParameter:
//
// Get the first longword of data from a parameter coerced to the specified type
// (usually typeLongInteger)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
long TDescriptor::GetLongParameter(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType)
    {
    long actualSize;
    DescType typeCode;
    long result = 0;
    GetParameterPtr(key, desiredType, &typeCode, (Ptr) &result, sizeof(long), &actualSize);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetLongParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetShortParameter:
//
// Get the first shortword of data from a parameter coerced to the specified type
// (usually typeShortInteger)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
short TDescriptor::GetShortParameter(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType)
    {
    long actualSize;
    DescType typeCode;
    short result = 0;
    GetParameterPtr(key, desiredType, &typeCode, (Ptr) &result, sizeof(short), &actualSize);

    return result;
    } // TDescriptor::GetShortParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetDirectObject:
//
// Get the direct object of the event
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TDescriptor::GetDirectObject()
    {
    return GetDescriptor(keyDirectObject);
    } // TDescriptor::GetDirectObject

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::GetErrorCode:
//
// Get an error code
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
long TDescriptor::GetErrorCode()
    {
    return GetLongParameter(keyErrorNumber);
    } // TDescriptor::GetErrorCode

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutDescriptor:
//
// Put a TDescriptor into the event
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutDescriptor(AEKeyword key, TDescriptor data)
    {
    FailErr(AEPutParamDesc(*this, key, data));
    } // TDescriptor::PutDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutParameterPtr:
//
// Create a descriptor from a block of data and insert it into the record
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutParameterPtr(AEKeyword key, DescType typeCode, Ptr dataPtr, Size dataSize)
    {
    FailErr(AEPutParamPtr(*this, key, typeCode, dataPtr, dataSize));
    } // TDescriptor::PutParameterPtr

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutParameterHandle:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutParameterHandle(AEKeyword key, DescType typeCode, Handle dataHandle)
    {
    short        handleState;
    Size        dataSize;

    //
    // Feature:  if the dataHandle is nil, nothing is added to the AERecord.
    //
    if(dataHandle != nil)
        {
        handleState = HGetState(dataHandle);
        HLock(dataHandle);
        dataSize = GetHandleSize(dataHandle);

        this->PutParameterPtr(key,typeCode,*dataHandle,dataSize);

        HSetState(dataHandle,handleState);
        }
    } // TDescriptor::PutParameterHandle

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutLongParameter:
//
// Put a long parameter (type specified)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutLongParameter(AEKeyword key, DescType typeCode, long data)
    {
    this->PutParameterPtr(key, typeCode, (Ptr) &data, sizeof(long));
    } // TDescriptor::PutLongParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutLongParameter:
//
// Put a long parameter (type is 'typeLongInteger', the most common case)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutLongParameter(AEKeyword key, long data)
    {
    this->PutLongParameter(key,typeLongInteger,data);
    } // TDescriptor::PutLongParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutShortParameter:
//
// Put a short parameter (type specified)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutShortParameter(AEKeyword key, DescType typeCode, short data)
    {
    this->PutParameterPtr(key, typeCode, (Ptr) &data, sizeof(short));
    } // TDescriptor::PutShortParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutShortParameter:
//
// Put a short parameter (type is 'typeShortInteger', the most common case)
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutShortParameter(AEKeyword key, short data)
    {
    this->PutShortParameter(key,typeShortInteger,data);
    } // TDescriptor::PutShortParameter

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutResult:
//
// Put the provided descriptor into the result parameter of this event.  If the data
// is a null descriptor, then put in an empty list instead.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutResult(TDescriptor data)
    {
    OSErr err = noErr;

    //
    // If there's nothing in the data, then insert an empty list.
    //
    if(data.IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        TDescriptor emptyList;

        Try
            {
            emptyList.MakeEmptyList();
            this->PutDescriptor(keyAEResult, emptyList);
            emptyList.Dispose();
            }
        Catch(err)
            {
            emptyList.Dispose();
            Throw(err);
            }
        }
    else
        {
        this->PutDescriptor(keyAEResult,data);
        }
    } // TDescriptor::PutResult

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::PutErrorCode:
//
// Put an error code
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TDescriptor::PutErrorCode(long theErr)
    {
    this->PutLongParameter(keyErrorNumber,theErr);
    } // TDescriptor::PutErrorCode

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Resolve:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTokenDescriptor TDescriptor::Resolve()
    {
    return TDescriptor::Resolve(fCallbackFlags);
    } // TDescriptor::Resolve

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TDescriptor::Resolve:
//
// Resolves a list of object specifiers into a list of tokens.  A null descriptor will
// resolve to a token to the null container.
//
// n.b. AEResolve will return an error if you pass it a null descriptor; this is why
//        we include 'magic' checking for null descriptors here.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTokenDescriptor TDescriptor::Resolve(short callbackFlags)
    {
    TTokenDescriptor resolvedToken;
    TTokenDescriptor intermediate;
    TDescriptor descriptor;

    //
    // First:  special checking for null descriptors
    //
    if(this->IsNullDescriptor())
        {
        resolvedToken = CreateNullContainerToken();
        }
    //
    // Next, process non-lists
    //
    else if(this->DescriptorType() != typeAEList)
        {
        //
        // If a pre-resolve proc was installed, then call it.
        //
        // The Scriptable Finder uses this for resolving token
        // types that AEResolve does not recognize (e.g. alias
        // records)
        //
        if(gPreResolveProc != nil)
            {
            resolvedToken = (*gPreResolveProc)(*this);
            }

        //
        // If the pre-resolve proc did not resolve the token,
        // then call AEResolve
        //
        if(resolvedToken.IsNullDescriptor())
            FailErr(AEResolve(*this, callbackFlags, resolvedToken));
        }
    //
    // If we have a list, try to resolve each element of the list in turn
    //
    else
        {
        OSErr err = noErr;

        Try
            {
            FOREACHDESCRIPTOR(this, descriptor)
                {
                //
                // We do not want to dispose of the intermediate token descriptor
                // because its data is adopted by the 'result' token descriptor.
                //
                intermediate = descriptor.Resolve(callbackFlags);
                resolvedToken.AdoptToken(intermediate);
                intermediate.MakeNull();
                }
            }
        Catch(err)
            {
            descriptor.Dispose();
            intermediate.DisposeToken();
            resolvedToken.DisposeToken();
            Throw(err);
            }
        }

    return resolvedToken;
    } // TDescriptor::Resolve


//========================================================================================
// CLASS TAEvent
//
// AppleEvents are just like AERecords, but they can contain attributes as well as
// parameters.
//========================================================================================


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::TAEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAEvent::TAEvent()
    {

    } // TAEvent::TAEvent


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent(AEEventClass eventClass, AEEventID eventID,
                        const TDescriptor& target, short returnID, long transactionID)
    {
    FailErr(AECreateAppleEvent(eventClass, eventID,
                        (const AEAddressDesc *) &target, returnID, transactionID, *this));
    } // TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent(AEEventClass eventClass, AEEventID eventID,
                        const ProcessSerialNumber& psn, short returnID, long transactionID)
    {
    TDescriptor address;
    address.CopyData(typeProcessSerialNumber, (Ptr) &psn, sizeof(ProcessSerialNumber));

    this->MakeAppleEvent(eventClass, eventID, address, returnID, transactionID);

    address.Dispose();
    } // TAEvent::MakeAppleEvent


#define kCheckAEM            0
#define kDontUseSelfSend    1
#define kSelfSendSafe        2

short gCanUseSelfSend = kCheckAEM;

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSelf:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSelf(AEEventClass eventClass, AEEventID eventID, short returnID, long transactionID)
    {
    ProcessSerialNumber current;        // create psn for the current process
    current.highLongOfPSN = 0;
    current.lowLongOfPSN = kCurrentProcess;

    //
    // Old versions of the AEM leak memory if send-to-self is used
    //
    if(gCanUseSelfSend == kCheckAEM)
        {
        long aevtSelector = 0;
        OSErr err = Gestalt('evnt', &aevtSelector);
        gCanUseSelfSend = ((aevtSelector & 2) != 0) ? kSelfSendSafe : kDontUseSelfSend;
        }

    //
    // Don't make the self-addressed event unless it is safe to do so
    //
    if(gCanUseSelfSend == kSelfSendSafe)
        {
        this->MakeAppleEvent(eventClass, eventID, current, returnID, transactionID);
        }
    else
        FailErr(errAEEventNotHandled);
    } // TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSelf

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSystem:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSystem(AEEventClass eventClass, AEEventID eventID, short returnID, long transactionID)
    {
    ProcessSerialNumber systemPSN;        // create psn for the System
    systemPSN.highLongOfPSN = 0;
    systemPSN.lowLongOfPSN = kSystemProcess;

    this->MakeAppleEvent(eventClass, eventID, systemPSN, returnID, transactionID);
    } // TAEvent::MakeEventAddressedToSystem

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::Send:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::Send( TAEvent* reply,
                    AESendMode sendMode,
                    AESendPriority sendPriority,
                    long timeOutInTicks,
                    AEIdleUPP idleProc,
                    AEFilterUPP filterProc)
    {
    FailErr(AESend(*this, *reply, sendMode, sendPriority, timeOutInTicks, idleProc, filterProc));
    } // TAEvent::Send

#define kAEDontExecute 0x2000 // for SendMode, when you just want an event recorded, not executed

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::SendNoExecute:
//
// This routine sends the event with the 'kAEDontExecute' bit set, so that the
// event will be recorded, but the recipient will not execute it.  The event is
// also sent 'no reply', since it does not make sense to expect a result from
// a command that is not actually executed.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::SendNoExecute()
    {
    //
    // The reply isn't actuall filled in due to the kAENoReply flag
    //
    TAEvent reply;
    Send(&reply, kAENoReply+kAEDontExecute);
    } // TAEvent::SendNoExecute


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::SuspendTheCurrentEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::SuspendTheCurrentEvent()
    {
    FailErr(AESuspendTheCurrentEvent(*this));
    } // TAEvent::SuspendTheCurrentEvent

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::ResumeTheCurrentEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::ResumeTheCurrentEvent(TAEvent* reply, AEEventHandlerUPP dispatcher, long refCon)
    {
    FailErr(AEResumeTheCurrentEvent(*this, *reply, dispatcher, refCon));
    } // TAEvent::ResumeTheCurrentEvent

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::SetTheCurrentEvent:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::SetTheCurrentEvent()
    {
    FailErr(AESetTheCurrentEvent(*this));
    } // TAEvent::SetTheCurrentEvent

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::ResetTimer:
//
// Note:    requires that this event be a 'reply' event passed to one of our event
//            handlers by the AppleEvent manager
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::ResetTimer()
    {
    FailErr(AEResetTimer(*this));
    } // TAEvent::ResetTimer

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::SpecifyThatParameterIsOptional:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::SpecifyThatParameterIsOptional(AEKeyword theOptionalKeyword)
    {
    TDescriptor optionalKeywordsList;
    TDescriptor optionalKeyword;
    OSErr err = noErr;

    Try
        {
        //
        // ◊Script:  We need to test to see if keyOptionalKeywordAttr
        // already exists, and if so, then just add one more element to
        // the list that is already inside the event.
        //
        optionalKeywordsList.MakeList();
        optionalKeyword.MakeKeyword(theOptionalKeyword);
        optionalKeywordsList.AddDescriptor(optionalKeyword);
        optionalKeyword.Dispose();
        this->PutAttribute(keyOptionalKeywordAttr, optionalKeywordsList);
        optionalKeywordsList.Dispose();
        }
    Catch(err)
        {
        optionalKeyword.Dispose();
        optionalKeywordsList.Dispose();

        Throw(err);
        }
    } // TAEvent::SpecifyThatParameterIsOptional

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::GetAttribute:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TDescriptor TAEvent::GetAttribute(AEKeyword key, DescType desiredType /* = typeWildCard */)
    {
    TDescriptor result;

    FailErr(AEGetAttributeDesc(*this, key, desiredType, result));

    return result;
    } // TAEvent::GetAttribute

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::GetLongAttribute:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
long TAEvent::GetLongAttribute(AEKeyword key)
    {
    DescType typeCode;
    long actualSize;
    long result;

    FailErr(AEGetAttributePtr(*this, key, typeLongInteger, &typeCode, (Ptr)&result, sizeof(long), &actualSize));

    return result;
    } // TAEvent::GetLongAttribute

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::PutAttribute:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::PutAttribute(AEKeyword key, TDescriptor attribute)
    {
    FailErr(AEPutAttributeDesc(*this, key, attribute));
    } // TAEvent::PutAttribute

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// PutOptionalDescriptor:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::PutOptionalDescriptor(AEKeyword key, TDescriptor data)
    {
    this->PutDescriptor(key, data);
    this->SpecifyThatParameterIsOptional(key);
    } // TAEvent::PutOptionalDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TAEvent::PutLongAttribute:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TAEvent::PutLongAttribute(AEKeyword key, long attributeValue)
    {
    FailErr(AEPutAttributePtr(*this, key, typeLongInteger, (Ptr)&attributeValue, sizeof(long)));
    } // TAEvent::PutLongAttribute


//========================================================================================
// CLASS TTokenDescriptor
//
// The class TTokenDescriptor represents descriptors returned by AEResolve
//========================================================================================


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor()
    {
    fDescriptorType = typeNull;
    fDataHandle = nil;
    } // TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor(TDescriptor desc)
    {
    this->fDescriptorType = desc.DescriptorType();
    this->fDataHandle = desc.DataHandle();
    } // TTokenDescriptor::TTokenDescriptor

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::DisposeToken:
//
// It is very important that token descriptors be disposed of by AEDisposeToken,
// _not_ AEDisposeDesc.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TTokenDescriptor::DisposeToken()
    {
    AEDisposeToken(*this);  // Should fail on error?  Probably not.

    // FailErr(AEDisposeDesc(*this));
    } // TTokenDescriptor::DisposeToken


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::TokenHandle:
//
// Return the TTokenObject stored inside the token descriptor
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAbstractScriptableObject* TTokenDescriptor::TokenHandle()
    {
    Handle tokenHandle = this->DataHandle();
    TAbstractScriptableObject* tokenObject = nil;

    if((this->DescriptorType() != typeTokenObject) || (tokenHandle == nil))
        {
        //
        // ••• What error code should we fail with here?
        //
        FailErr(errAENoSuchObject);
        }

    //
    // tokenHandle is a handle that contains a TTokenObject*,
    // so it is a pointer to a pointer to a TTokenObject* (wow)
    //
    tokenObject = ** ((TAbstractScriptableObject***) tokenHandle);
    return tokenObject;
    } // TTokenDescriptor::TokenHandle


//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken:
//
// IMPORTANT: ADOPTS THE TOKEN PASSED TO IT
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken(TTokenDescriptor& tokenDescriptor)
    {
    //
    // Don't adopt the new token if it is empty
    //
    if(tokenDescriptor.IsNullDescriptor() == false)
        {
        //
        // If this descriptor is empty, it is easy to adopt the new token
        //
        if( this->IsNullDescriptor() )
            {
            TDescriptor::AdoptHandle(tokenDescriptor.DescriptorType(), tokenDescriptor.DataHandle() );
            tokenDescriptor.MakeNull();
            }
        else
            {
            TAbstractScriptableObject* tokenObject = tokenDescriptor.TokenHandle();
            this->AdoptToken(tokenObject);

            //
            // n.b.    'Dispose', not 'DisposeToken'.  The token that
            // was formerly contained in tokenDescriptor is now referenced
            // in 'this' token descriptor, so it would be a bad idea to
            // delete it.
            //
            tokenDescriptor.Dispose();
            }
        }
    } // TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken:
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken(TAbstractScriptableObject* tokenObject)
    {
    //
    // Don't adopt the new token if it is not a valid object
    //
    if(tokenObject != nil)
        {
        //
        // If this descriptor is empty, then create a new
        // token descriptor to hold a pointer to the tokenObject.
        //
        if(this->IsNullDescriptor() )
            {
            Handle newHandle = NewHandle( sizeof(Ptr) );
            ** ((TAbstractScriptableObject***)newHandle) = tokenObject;

            TDescriptor::AdoptHandle(typeTokenObject, newHandle);
            }
        //
        // If there is already something here, then we need
        // to somehow merge the two tokens together.  In the
        // Scriptable Finder, we want to create a mark token
        // to do the merge.  However, MoreAEM does not depend
        // on files such as MarkToken.h which are outside of
        // the Blue folder.  Therefore, we call a callback proc
        // to fill in the mark token.  The callback proc is
        // installed in InitializeScriptability.
        //
        else
            {
            if(gMergeTokensProc == nil)
                FailErr(errAEEventNotHandled);

            //
            // The MergeTokensProc takes two TAbstractScriptableObject*'s
            // and merges them into another TAbstractScriptableObject*
            // (which adopts the two original tokens).
            //
            TAbstractScriptableObject* mergedTokens = (*gMergeTokensProc)(this->TokenHandle(), tokenObject);

            Handle tokenHandle = this->DataHandle();
            ** ((TAbstractScriptableObject***) tokenHandle) = mergedTokens;
            }
        }
    } // TTokenDescriptor::AdoptToken


#pragma segment CFrontCruft