Adding scala-style matching

lib/option.rb

@@ -1,15 +1,88 @@
+module OptionHelpers
+  class OptionMatcher
+    attr_reader :return_value
+
+    def initialize(option)
+      @option = option
+      @return_value = nil
+    end
+
+    def case(type)
+      if type.is_a?(OptionType)
+        if @option.present?
+          option_val = @option.get
+          if option_val.is_a?(type.type)
+            @return_value = yield(option_val)
+          end
+        end
+      elsif type == SomeClass
+        if @option.present?
+          @return_value = yield(@option.get)
+        end
+      elsif type.is_a?(NoneClass)
+          if [email protected]?
+            @return_value = yield(@option)
+          end
+      else
+        raise TypeError, "can't match an Option against a #{type.to_s}"
+      end
+    end
+
+    def else
+      @return_value = yield(@option)
+    end
+  end
+
+  class OptionType
+    attr_reader :type
+
+    def initialize(type)
+      @type = type
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      def for_class(klass)
+        case klass
+          when Class
+            option_type_cache[klass] ||= OptionType.new(klass)
+          else
+            raise TypeError, "Must be a Class"
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def option_type_cache
+        @option_type_cache ||= {}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 class OptionClass
 
   def or_nil
   end
 
+  class << self
+    def [](type)
+      OptionHelpers::OptionType.for_class(type)
+    end
+  end
+
   def ==(that)
     case that
       when OptionClass then or_nil == that.or_nil
       else or_nil == that
     end
   end
 
+  def match
+    matcher = OptionHelpers::OptionMatcher.new(self)
+    yield matcher
+    matcher.return_value
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_option(result)
@@ -102,6 +175,9 @@ def error(*argv)
 end
 
 class NoneClass < OptionClass
+  def [](type)
+    raise TypeError, "can't specify a type of NoneClass"
+  end
 
   def dup
     raise TypeError, "can't dup NoneClass"
@@ -187,6 +263,6 @@ def Some(value)
   SomeClass.new(value)
 end
 
-def Option(value)
+def Option(value=nil)
   value.nil? ? None : Some(value)
 end

spec/option_spec.rb

@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@
   it "should assemble an Error from the arguments passed in" do
     lambda { None.error(StandardError, "this is a problem") }.must_raise StandardError, "this is a problem"
   end
+
+  it "cannot be typed" do
+    lambda { None[String] }.must_raise TypeError, "can't specify a type of NoneClass"
+  end
 end
 
 describe SomeClass do
@@ -212,6 +216,16 @@
     value = !!(Some(value).error("error") rescue false)
     value.must_equal true
   end
+
+  it "can be typed" do
+    opt = Some[String]
+    opt.class.must_equal OptionHelpers::OptionType
+    opt.type.must_equal String
+  end
+
+  it "must be typed using a class, not a value" do
+    lambda { Some[5] }.must_raise TypeError, "Must be a Class"
+  end
 end
 
 describe OptionClass do
@@ -227,4 +241,43 @@
   it "should do equality checks against the boxed value" do
     Option(value).must_equal(value)
   end
+
+  it "allows matching typed options" do
+    Option(5).match do |matcher|
+      matcher.case(Some[Fixnum]) { |val| val * 2 }
+      matcher.case(Some[String]) { |val| "bar" }
+    end.must_equal 10
+
+    Option("foo").match do |matcher|
+      matcher.case(Some[Fixnum]) { |val| val * 2 }
+      matcher.case(Some[String]) { |val| "bar" }
+    end.must_equal "bar"
+  end
+
+  it "allows matching untyped options" do
+    Option(5).match do |matcher|
+      matcher.case(Some) { |val| val * 2 }
+    end.must_equal 10
+  end
+
+  it "allows matching on none" do
+    None.match do |matcher|
+      matcher.case(None) { "none" }
+    end.must_equal "none"
+  end
+
+  it "allows matching with an else block" do
+    Option(5).match do |matcher|
+      matcher.case(Some[String]) { |val| "bar" }
+      matcher.else { |val| val.get * 2}
+    end.must_equal 10
+  end
+
+  it "does not allow matching against non-option types" do
+    lambda do
+      Option(5).match do |matcher|
+        matcher.case(Fixnum) { 1 }
+      end
+    end.must_raise TypeError, "can't match an Option against a Fixnum"
+  end
 end