variables: let one object be driven by several variables

`bindings` mapped an object id to a single variable name, so binding an object
to a second variable silently dropped the first — a binding lost with nothing
to show for it. The reference app binds the selected object to the selected
variable, one click at a time, and nowhere says a second binding replaces the
first (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/automate-visualize-data/
automate-actions/work-with-variables.html), so this allows several instead.

`bindings` is now a set of variable names per object. `dataset.select` walks
them in the order the variables are defined, which keeps two text variables on
one object deterministic (the later one's value is what is left, and `applied`
counts both). `variable.bind` reports `bound` (added) and `already` (was there
already); `variable.unbind` takes an optional `variable` to drop one binding
instead of all of them.

This is done before the field ships rather than after: `variables` has never
been in a released file, so the shape can still change for free. Once a version
with it is out, the same change would need a format version bump and a
migration, since `crates/format` keeps every version from 1 loading.

A strict superset of what worked before: every binding a document had is still
there and still applied, in the same order.

cargo xtask ci: all 7 steps pass.
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Fahri Meral 2026-10-09 20:39:55 +03:00 committed by bflatastic
parent 202894372a
commit eb0f2ff2e4
3 changed files with 122 additions and 32 deletions

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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
//! them all at once. One template document produces many variants (badges, price
//! lists, localized copies) by selecting a dataset instead of editing each object.
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ pub struct DataSet {
}
/// The variable state of a document: definitions, datasets, bindings
/// (object id → variable name) and which dataset is active.
/// (object id → the variables bound to it) and which dataset is active.
///
/// An object may be driven by several variables — the reference app binds the selected object
/// to the selected variable, one click at a time, and never says a second binding replaces the
/// first — so a binding is a set. `dataset.select` applies them in the order the variables are
/// defined, which is what makes two text variables on one object deterministic: the last one
/// wins, and `applied` counts both.
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct Variables {
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ pub struct Variables {
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
pub datasets: Vec<DataSet>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "BTreeMap::is_empty")]
pub bindings: BTreeMap<NodeId, String>,
pub bindings: BTreeMap<NodeId, BTreeSet<String>>,
#[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub active_dataset: Option<String>,
}
@ -95,9 +101,25 @@ impl Variables {
self.datasets.iter().find(|d| d.name == name)
}
/// Bind `id` to the variable `name`. True when it was not bound to it already.
pub fn bind(&mut self, id: NodeId, name: &str) -> bool {
self.bindings.entry(id).or_default().insert(name.to_string())
}
/// Drop `id`'s binding to `name` (and the binding itself when that was its last variable).
/// True when there was one.
pub fn unbind(&mut self, id: NodeId, name: &str) -> bool {
let Some(bound) = self.bindings.get_mut(&id) else { return false };
let dropped = bound.remove(name);
if bound.is_empty() {
self.bindings.remove(&id);
}
dropped
}
/// The objects bound to the variable `name`, in document order.
pub fn objects_of(&self, name: &str) -> Vec<NodeId> {
let mut ids: Vec<NodeId> = self.bindings.iter().filter(|(_, v)| *v == name).map(|(id, _)| *id).collect();
let mut ids: Vec<NodeId> = self.bindings.iter().filter(|(_, v)| v.contains(name)).map(|(id, _)| *id).collect();
ids.sort_unstable();
ids
}
@ -111,7 +133,10 @@ impl Variables {
for dataset in &mut self.datasets {
dataset.values.retain(|k, _| !names.contains(k));
}
self.bindings.retain(|_, v| !names.contains(v));
for bound in self.bindings.values_mut() {
bound.retain(|v| !names.contains(v));
}
self.bindings.retain(|_, v| !v.is_empty());
before - self.variables.len()
}
}

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@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fn list(s: &mut Session, _p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
.variables
.iter()
.map(|v| {
let bindings = st.doc.variables.bindings.values().filter(|b| *b == &v.name).count();
let bindings = st.doc.variables.objects_of(&v.name).len();
json!({"name": v.name, "kind": v.kind.label(), "bindings": bindings})
})
.collect();
@ -123,27 +123,35 @@ fn bind(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
Some(_) => {}
}
}
// An object holds one binding, so binding it again replaces what it had; say which.
let replaced: Vec<u64> = ids.iter().filter(|id| doc.variables.bindings.get(id).is_some_and(|b| *b != name)).map(|id| id.0).collect();
s.edit("Bind Variable", |d, _| {
for id in &ids {
d.variables.bindings.insert(*id, name.clone());
}
Ok(())
})?;
Ok(json!({"variable": name, "ids": ids.iter().map(|i| i.0).collect::<Vec<_>>(), "replaced": replaced}))
// Binding again is not a second binding, and says so rather than counting as a change.
let already: Vec<u64> = ids.iter().filter(|id| doc.variables.objects_of(&name).contains(id)).map(|id| id.0).collect();
let n = s.edit("Bind Variable", |d, _| Ok(ids.iter().filter(|id| d.variables.bind(**id, &name)).count()))?;
Ok(json!({"variable": name, "ids": ids.iter().map(|i| i.0).collect::<Vec<_>>(), "bound": n, "already": already}))
}
fn unbind(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
const C: &str = "variable.unbind";
let ids = match ids_param(p, "ids") {
Some(v) => v,
None => selected_roots(s)?,
};
let name = match str_param(p, "variable").filter(|v| !v.is_empty()) {
Some(v) => {
let v = v.to_string();
if s.doc()?.doc.variables.variable(&v).is_none() {
return Err(bad(C, format!("no variable named `{v}`")));
}
Some(v)
}
None => None,
};
let n = s.edit("Unbind Variable", |d, _| {
let mut n = 0;
for id in &ids {
if d.variables.bindings.remove(id).is_some() {
n += 1;
// With `variable` only that one binding goes; without it, every one the object has.
match &name {
Some(v) => n += usize::from(d.variables.unbind(*id, v)),
None => n += usize::from(d.variables.bindings.remove(id).is_some()),
}
}
Ok(n)
@ -207,10 +215,15 @@ fn apply_dataset(s: &mut Session, name: &str) -> Result<Value> {
const C: &str = "dataset.select";
let (applied, skipped) = s.edit("Apply Data Set", |d, _| {
let ds = d.variables.dataset(name).cloned().ok_or_else(|| bad(C, format!("no dataset named `{name}`")))?;
let bindings: Vec<(NodeId, String)> = d.variables.bindings.iter().map(|(id, v)| (*id, v.clone())).collect();
// One object may be driven by several variables; walk them in definition order, so two
// text variables on the same object land the later one's value and both are counted.
let mut pairs: Vec<(NodeId, String)> = Vec::new();
for v in &d.variables.variables {
pairs.extend(d.variables.objects_of(&v.name).into_iter().map(|id| (id, v.name.clone())));
}
let mut applied = 0usize;
let mut skipped = 0usize;
for (id, var) in bindings {
for (id, var) in pairs {
// A binding whose variable is gone, whose value this row doesn't carry, or whose
// value doesn't fit the variable's kind, is left alone and counted, never
// silently reinterpreted.
@ -288,11 +301,19 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
"Bind Variable",
["Window", "Variables"],
None,
"{variable, ids?} bind objects (default: the selection) to a variable; text needs type, locked art is refused. An object holds one binding, so this replaces what it had → {ids, replaced}",
"{variable, ids?} bind objects (default: the selection) to a variable; text needs type, locked art is refused. An object may hold several variables, and binding it to one it already has changes nothing → {bound, already}",
has_doc,
bind
),
cmd!("variable.unbind", "Unbind Variable", ["Window", "Variables"], None, "{ids?} drop bindings (default: the selection)", has_doc, unbind),
cmd!(
"variable.unbind",
"Unbind Variable",
["Window", "Variables"],
None,
"{ids?, variable?} drop bindings (default: the selection): `variable` drops that one, else every variable the object has",
has_doc,
unbind
),
cmd!("dataset.new", "New Data Set…", ["Window", "Variables"], None, "{name, values?: {variable: value}} add a dataset", has_doc, dataset_new),
cmd!(
"dataset.set",

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@ -167,24 +167,68 @@ fn delete_reports_what_it_actually_removed() {
assert_eq!(s.execute("dataset.delete", &json!({"names": ["D"]})).unwrap()["deleted"], 0);
}
/// An object holds one binding, so binding it again replaces what it had, and the reply says
/// which objects were rebound rather than letting the old variable silently lose them.
/// An object may be driven by several variables, so binding it again adds to what it has
/// instead of quietly dropping the earlier one.
#[test]
fn binding_again_replaces_and_says_so() {
fn one_object_can_be_driven_by_several_variables() {
let mut s = session();
let t = text(&mut s, "x");
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "First", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Second", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "First", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
let v = s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Second", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
assert_eq!(v["replaced"], json!([t.0]));
let r = rect(&mut s);
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Title", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Price", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Badge", "kind": "visibility"})).unwrap();
// A text object driven by two text variables keeps both.
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Title", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap()["bound"], 1);
let v = s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Price", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
assert_eq!((v["bound"].clone(), v["already"].clone()), (json!(1), json!([])), "Title is untouched");
// A rectangle driven by a visibility variable as well as nothing else yet.
s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Badge", "ids": [r.0]})).unwrap();
s.execute("dataset.new", &json!({"name": "D", "values": {"Title": "Hat", "Price": "9.99", "Badge": false}})).unwrap();
let v = s.execute("dataset.select", &json!({"name": "D"})).unwrap();
assert_eq!((v["applied"].as_u64(), v["skipped"].as_u64()), (Some(3), Some(0)), "every binding applied");
// Both text variables are counted; the later one in definition order is what is left.
assert_eq!(plain(&s, t), "9.99");
assert!(!s.doc().unwrap().doc.node(r).unwrap().visible);
let vars = s.execute("variable.list", &json!({})).unwrap();
let of = |n: &str| vars["variables"].as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|v| v["name"] == n).unwrap()["bindings"].as_u64();
assert_eq!((of("First"), of("Second")), (Some(0), Some(1)));
// Rebinding to the same variable changes nothing and reports no replacement.
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Second", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap()["replaced"], json!([]));
assert_eq!((of("Title"), of("Price"), of("Badge")), (Some(1), Some(1), Some(1)));
// Binding again to one it already has is not a change, and says so.
let v = s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Price", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
assert_eq!((v["bound"].clone(), v["already"].clone()), (json!(0), json!([t.0])));
// Unbinding one variable leaves the object's others alone.
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0], "variable": "Price"})).unwrap()["unbound"], 1);
s.execute("edit.undo", &json!({})).unwrap();
let vars = s.execute("variable.list", &json!({})).unwrap();
assert_eq!(vars["variables"][1]["bindings"], 1, "the other binding is still there");
assert!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0], "variable": "Ghost"})).is_err());
// Deleting a variable drops only its own binding.
s.execute("variable.delete", &json!({"names": ["Price"]})).unwrap();
let vars = s.execute("variable.list", &json!({})).unwrap();
assert_eq!(vars["variables"][0]["bindings"], 1, "Title still drives the text");
}
/// `unbound` counts what was actually dropped, like `variable.delete` does.
#[test]
fn unbind_reports_what_it_actually_removed() {
let mut s = session();
let t = text(&mut s, "x");
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Title", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.define", &json!({"name": "Price", "kind": "text"})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Title", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
s.execute("variable.bind", &json!({"variable": "Price", "ids": [t.0]})).unwrap();
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0], "variable": "Title"})).unwrap()["unbound"], 1);
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0], "variable": "Title"})).unwrap()["unbound"], 0, "already gone");
// Without `variable` the object's last binding goes and the entry with it.
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0]})).unwrap()["unbound"], 1);
assert_eq!(s.execute("variable.unbind", &json!({"ids": [t.0]})).unwrap()["unbound"], 0);
// An object with no binding left is not kept as an empty set.
let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(&serde_json::to_string(&s.doc().unwrap().doc).unwrap()).unwrap();
assert!(v["variables"].get("bindings").is_none_or(|v| v == &json!({})), "{v}");
}
/// Locked art is the document's to rewrite only while it isn't locked.