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add stealth-mixin code from Strandh et al. (2007).

(in-package #:amuse)

;;;=====================================================================
;;; Taken from: Strandh, R., Hamer, J., and Baumann, G., (2007). Using
;;; Stealth Mixins to Achieve Modularity. In Proceedings of the 2007
;;; Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC'07).
;;; =====================================================================

(defvar *stealth-mixins* (make-hash-table))

(defmacro class-stealth-mixins (class)
  `(gethash ,class *stealth-mixins*))

(defmacro define-stealth-mixin (name super-classes victim-class
				&rest for-defclass)
  "Like DEFCLASS but adds the newly defined class to the super classes
   of `victim−class'."
  `(progn
     ;; First define the class we talk about
     (defclass ,name ,super-classes ,@for-defclass)
     ;; Add the class to the mixins of the victim
     (sb-mop:ensure-class
      ',victim-class
      :direct-superclasses (adjoin ',name
				   (and (find-class ',victim-class nil)
					(sb-mop:class-direct-superclasses
					 (find-class ',victim-class)))
                                      :test #'class-equalp))
     ;; Register it as a new mixin for the victim class
     (pushnew ',name (class-stealth-mixins ',victim-class))
     ;; When one wants to [re] define the victim class the new mixin
     ;; should be present too . We do this by `patching' ensure−class:
     (defmethod sb-mop:ensure-class-using-class :around
         (class (name (eql ',victim-class)) &rest arguments
		&key (direct-superclasses nil direct-superclasses-p)
		&allow-other-keys)
       (cond (direct-superclasses-p
	      ;; Silently modify the super classes to include our new
              ;; mixin.
	      (dolist (k (class-stealth-mixins name))
		(pushnew k direct-superclasses
			 :test #'class-equalp))
	      (apply #'call-next-method class name
		     :direct-superclasses direct-superclasses
		     arguments))
	     (t
	      (call-next-method))))
      ',name))

;; The `direct−superclasses' argument to ensure−class is a list of
;; either classes or their names. Since we want to avoid duplicates,
;; we need an appropriate equivalence predicate:
(defun class-equalp (c1 c2)
   (when (symbolp c1) (setf c1 (find-class c1)))
   (when (symbolp c2) (setf c2 (find-class c2)))
   (eq c1 c2))