Add providepath.

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Chris O'Donnell 2016-06-12 19:29:07 -04:00
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`(declarepath name params)`
Declares a new symbol available to be defined as a path. If the path will require parameters, these must be specified here.
See also [providepath](#providepath)
Declares a new symbol available to be defined as a path. If the path will require parameters, these must be specified here. The path itself must be defined using [providepath](#providepath).
```clojure
=> (declarepath SECOND)
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(0 0 2 3 4)
```
### providepath
`(providepath name apath)`
Defines the path that will be associated to the provided name. The name must have been previously declared using [declarepath](#declarepath).
## Collector Macros
### defcollector
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Defines a collector with the given name and parameters. Collectors are navigators which add a value to the list of collected values and do not change the current structure.
Note that `params` should be a vector, as would follow `fn`. `collect-val-impl` must be of the form `(collect-val [this structure] body)`. It should return the value to be collected.
Note that `params` should be a vector, as would follow `fn`.
`collect-val-impl` must be of the form `(collect-val [this structure] body)`. It should return the value to be collected.
An informative example is the actual implementation of `putval`, which follows.
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`select-impl` must be of the form `(select* [this structure next-fn] body)`. It should return the result of calling `next-fn` on whatever transformation the navigator applies to `structure`.
`transform-impl` must be of the form `(transform* [this structure next-fn] body)`. It should find the result of calling `nextfn` on whatever transformation the navigator applies to `structure`. Then it should return the result of reconstructing the original structure with the results of the `nextfn` call.
`transform-impl` must be of the form `(transform* [this structure next-fn] body)`. It should find the result of calling `nextfn` on whatever transformation the navigator applies to `structure`. Then it should return the result of reconstructing the original structure using the results of the `nextfn` call.
See also [nav](#nav)