meta

NAME

meta - functions for working with bash functions.

FUNCTIONS

• meta::copy_function FUNCTION_NAME NEW_FUNCTION_PREFIX - copy function to new function with prefix in name. Create copy of function with new prefix. Old function can be redefined or unset -f.

• meta::wrap BEFORE AFTER FUNCTION_NAME[...] - wrap function. Create wrapper for a function(s). Execute given commands before and after each function. Original function is available as meta::orig_FUNCTION_NAME.

• meta::functions_with_prefix PREFIX - print list of functions with given prefix.

• meta::is_function FUNC_NAME Checks is given name corresponds to a function.

• meta::dispatch PREFIX COMMAND [ARGUMENTS...] - execute function PREFIX__COMMAND [ARGUMENTS]

  For example, it can be used to execute functions (commands) by name, e.g. main() { meta::dispatch command__ "$@" ; }, when called as man hw world will execute command_hw "$world". When command handler is not found, dispatcher will try to call PREFIX__DEFAULT function instead, or return error code when defaulf handler is not found.