{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-} {-| @Validity@ is used to specify additional invariants upon values that are not enforced by the type system. Let's take an example. Suppose we were to implement a type @Prime@ that represents prime integers. If you were to completely enforce the invariant that the represented number is a prime, then we could use @Numeric.Natural@ and only store the index of the given prime in the infinite sequence of prime numbers. This is very safe but also very expensive if we ever want to use the number, because we would have to calculcate all the prime numbers until that index. Instead we choose to implement @Prime@ by a @newtype Prime = Prime Int@. Now we have to maintain the invariant that the @Int@ that we use to represent the prime is in fact positive and a prime. The @Validity@ typeclass allows us to specify this invariant (and enables testing via the @genvalidity@ libraries: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/genvalidity ): > instance Validity Prime where > isValid (Prime n) = isPrime n -} module Data.Validity ( Validity(..) , isInvalid , constructValid , constructValidUnsafe ) where import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe) -- | A class of types that have additional invariants defined upon them -- that aren't enforced by the type system class Validity a where isValid :: a -> Bool -- ^ Check whether a given value is a valid value. isInvalid :: Validity a => a -> Bool isInvalid = not . isValid -- | Any tuple of things is valid if both of its elements are valid instance (Validity a, Validity b) => Validity (a, b) where isValid (a, b) = isValid a && isValid b -- | Any Either of things is valid if the contents are valid in either of the cases. instance (Validity a, Validity b) => Validity (Either a b) where isValid (Left a) = isValid a isValid (Right b) = isValid b -- | Any tuple of things is valid if all three of its elements are valid instance (Validity a, Validity b, Validity c) => Validity (a, b, c) where isValid (a, b, c) = isValid a && isValid b && isValid c -- | A list of things is valid if all of the things are valid. -- -- This means that the empty list is considered valid. -- If the empty list should not be considered valid as part of your custom data -- type, make sure to write a custom @Validity instance@ instance Validity a => Validity [a] where isValid = all isValid -- | A Maybe thing is valid if the thing inside is valid or it's nothing -- It makes sense to assume that 'Nothing' is valid. -- If Nothing wasn't valid, you wouldn't have used a Maybe -- in the datastructure. instance Validity a => Validity (Maybe a) where isValid Nothing = True isValid (Just a) = isValid a -- | Trivially valid instance Validity () where isValid = const True -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Bool where isValid = const True -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Ordering where isValid = const True -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Char where isValid = const True -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Int where isValid = const True -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Word where isValid = const True -- | NOT trivially valid: -- -- * NaN is not valid. -- * Infinite values are not valid. instance Validity Float where isValid d = not (isNaN d) && not (isInfinite d) -- | NOT trivially valid: -- -- * NaN is not valid. -- * Infinite values are not valid. instance Validity Double where isValid d = not (isNaN d) && not (isInfinite d) -- | Trivially valid instance Validity Integer where isValid = const True -- | Construct a valid element from an unchecked element constructValid :: Validity a => a -> Maybe a constructValid p = if isValid p then Just p else Nothing -- | Construct a valid element from an unchecked element, throwing 'error' -- on invalid elements. constructValidUnsafe :: (Show a, Validity a) => a -> a constructValidUnsafe p = fromMaybe (error $ show p ++ " is not valid") $ constructValid p