path: root/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/OverridingPairs.scala

/* NSC -- new Scala compiler
 * Copyright 2005-2013 LAMP/EPFL
 * @author Martin Odersky
 */

package scala.tools.nsc
package transform

import symtab.Flags._
import scala.reflect.internal.SymbolPairs

/** A class that yields a kind of iterator (`Cursor`),
 *  which yields pairs of corresponding symbols visible in some base class,
 *  unless there's a parent class that already contains the same pairs.
 *  Most of the logic is in SymbolPairs, which contains generic
 *  pair-oriented traversal logic.
 */
abstract class OverridingPairs extends SymbolPairs {
  import global._

  class Cursor(base: Symbol) extends super.Cursor(base) {
    lazy val relatively = new RelativeTo(base.thisType)

    /** Symbols to exclude: Here these are constructors and private/artifact symbols,
     *  including bridges. But it may be refined in subclasses.
     */
    override protected def exclude(sym: Symbol) = sym.isPrivateLocal || sym.isArtifact || sym.isConstructor

    /** Types always match. Term symbols match if their member types
     *  relative to `self` match.
     */
    override protected def matches(lo: Symbol, high: Symbol) = lo.isType || (
         (lo.owner != high.owner)     // don't try to form pairs from overloaded members
      && !high.isPrivate              // private or private[this] members never are overriden
      && !exclude(lo)                 // this admits private, as one can't have a private member that matches a less-private member.
      && relatively.matches(lo, high)
    ) // TODO we don't call exclude(high), should we?
  }
}