--[[ state machine a finite state machine implementation each state is either: - a table with enter, exit, update and draw callbacks (all optional) which each take the state table and varargs as arguments - a plain function which gets passed the current event name, the machine table, and varargs as arguments on changing state, the outgoing state's exit callback is called then the incoming state's enter callback is called enter can trigger another transition by returning a string on update, the current state's update callback is called the return value can trigger a transition on draw, the current state's draw callback is called the return value is discarded TODO: consider coroutine friendliness ]] local path = (...):gsub("state_machine", "") local class = require(path .. "class") local state_machine = class({ name = "state_machine", }) function state_machine:new(states, start_in_state) self.states = states or {} self.current_state_name = "" self.prev_state_name = "" self.reset_state_name = start_in_state or "" self:reset() end --get the current state table (or nil if it doesn't exist) function state_machine:current_state() return self.states[self.current_state_name] end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --internal helpers --make an internal call function state_machine:_call(name, ...) local state = self:current_state() if state then if type(state[name]) == "function" then return state[name](state, ...) elseif type(state) == "function" then return state(name, self, ...) end end return nil end --make an internal call -- transition if the return value is a valid state name - and return nil if so -- return the call result if it isn't a valid state name function state_machine:_call_and_transition(name, ...) local r = self:_call(name, ...) if type(r) == "string" and self:has_state(r) then self:set_state(r, true) return nil end return r end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --various checks function state_machine:in_state(name) return self.current_state_name == name end function state_machine:has_state(name) return self.states[name] ~= nil end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --state management --add a state function state_machine:add_state(name, state) if self:has_state(name) then error("error: added duplicate state " .. name) else self.states[name] = state if self:in_state(name) then self:_call_and_transition("enter") end end return self end --remove a state function state_machine:remove_state(name) if not self:has_state(name) then error("error: removed missing state " .. name) else if self:in_state(name) then self:_call("exit") end self.states[name] = nil end return self end --hard-replace a state table -- if we're replacing the current state, -- exit is called on the old state and enter is called on the new state -- mask_transitions can be used to prevent this if you need to function state_machine:replace_state(name, state, mask_transitions) local do_transitions = not mask_transitions and self:in_state(name) if do_transitions then self:_call("exit") end self.states[name] = state if do_transitions then self:_call_and_transition("enter", self) end return self end --ensure a state doesn't exist; transition out of it if we're currently in it function state_machine:clear_state(name) return self:replace_state(name, nil) end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --transitions and updates --reset the machine state to whatever state was specified at creation function state_machine:reset() if self.reset_state_name then self:set_state(self.reset_state_name, true) end end --set the current state -- if the enter callback of the target state returns a valid state name, -- then it is transitioned to in turn, -- and so on until the machine is at rest function state_machine:set_state(name, reset) if self.current_state_name ~= name or reset then self:_call("exit") self.prev_state_name = self.current_state_name self.current_state_name = name self:_call_and_transition("enter", self) end return self end --perform an update --pass in an optional delta time, which is passed as an arg to the state functions --if the state update returns a string, and we have that state -- then we change state (reset if it's the current state) -- and return nil --otherwise, the result is returned function state_machine:update(dt) return self:_call_and_transition("update", dt) end --draw the current state function state_machine:draw() self:_call("draw") end --for compatibility when a state machine is nested as a state in another machine function state_machine:enter(parent) self.parent = parent self:reset() end return state_machine