函数链

http://lua-users.org/wiki/FiltersSourcesAndSinks

A chain is a function that combines the effect of two (or more) other functions, but whose interface is indistinguishable from the interface of one of its components. Thus, a chained filter can be used wherever an atomic filter can be used. However, its effect on data is the combined effect of its component filters. Note that, as a consequence, chains can be chained themselves to create arbitrarily complex operations that can be used just like atomic operations.

DEMO

local function chain2(f1, f2)  return function(chunk)    local ret = f2(f1(chunk))    if chunk then return ret    else return ret .. f2() end  endendlocal filter = {}function filter.chain(...)  local f = arg[1]  for i = 2, table.getn(arg) do    f = chain2(f, arg[i])  end  return fendlocal function addOne( subject )    return subject + 1endlocal function minOne( subject )    return subject - 1endlocal nullFunc = filter.chain(addOne, minOne)local result = nullFunc(56)print(result)local nullFunc_1 = filter.chain(minOne, addOne)local result = nullFunc_1(6)print(result)

扩展

Filters can be seen as internal nodes in a network through which data flows, potentially being transformed along its way. Chains connect these nodes together. To complete the picture, we need sources and sinks as initial and final nodes of the network, respectively. Less abstractly, a source is a function that produces new data every time it is called. On the other hand, sinks are functions that give a final destination to the data they receive. Naturally, sources and sinks can be chained with filters.

Finally, filters, chains, sources, and sinks are all passive entities: they need to be repeatedly called in order for something to happen. Pumps provide the driving force that pushes data through the network, from a source to a sink.

http://lua-users.org/wiki/FiltersSourcesAndSinks

Lua 函数链功能