GraphQL - Clojure - resolver-fn - clojure

I am researching how to use graphql in clojure and it all seems to make sense, and I can follow the Demo Project, except for the resolver-fn
In https://github.com/tendant/graphql-clj the resolver function is defined to be
(defn resolver-fn [type-name field-name]
(cond
(and (= "QueryRoot" type-name) (= "user" field-name)) (fn [context parent args]
{:name "test user name"
:age 30})))
And in the demo, https://github.com/tendant/graphql-clj-starter, the resolver function is
(defn starter-resolver-fn [type-name field-name]
(match/match
[type-name field-name]
["Query" "hero"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-hero (:episode args)))
["Query" "human"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-human (str (get args "id"))))
["Query" "droid"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-droid (str (get args "id"))))
["Query" "objectList"] (fn [context parent args]
(repeat 3 {:id (java.util.UUID/randomUUID)}))
;; Hacky!!! Should use resolver for interface
["Human" "friends"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-friends parent))
["Droid" "friends"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-friends parent))
["Character" "friends"] (fn [context parent args]
(get-friends parent))
["Mutation" "createHuman"] (fn [context parent args]
(create-human args))
:else nil))
I am confused about what arguments the resolver-fn should take.
I see that it returns another function but where do the context, parent and args come from for this function.
Any help would be much appreciated

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Dispatching function calls on different formats of maps

I'm writing an agar.io clone. I've lately seen a lot of suggestions to limit use of records (like here), so I'm trying to do the whole project only using basic maps.*
I ended up creating constructors for different "types" of bacteria like
(defn new-bacterium [starting-position]
{:mass 0,
:position starting-position})
(defn new-directed-bacterium [starting-position starting-directions]
(-> (new-bacterium starting-position)
(assoc :direction starting-directions)))
The "directed bacterium" has a new entry added to it. The :direction entry will be used to remember what direction it was heading in.
Here's the problem: I want to have one function take-turn that accepts the bacterium and the current state of the world, and returns a vector of [x, y] indicating the offset from the current position to move the bacterium to. I want to have a single function that's called because I can think right now of at least three kinds of bacteria that I'll want to have, and would like to have the ability to add new types later that each define their own take-turn.
A Can-Take-Turn protocol is out the window since I'm just using plain maps.
A take-turn multimethod seemed like it would work at first, but then I realized that I'd have no dispatch values to use in my current setup that would be extensible. I could have :direction be the dispatch function, and then dispatch on nil to use the "directed bacterium"'s take-turn, or default to get the base aimless behavior, but that doesn't give me a way of even having a third "player bacterium" type.
The only solution I can think of it to require that all bacterium have a :type field, and to dispatch on it, like:
(defn new-bacterium [starting-position]
{:type :aimless
:mass 0,
:position starting-position})
(defn new-directed-bacterium [starting-position starting-directions]
(-> (new-bacterium starting-position)
(assoc :type :directed,
:direction starting-directions)))
(defmulti take-turn (fn [b _] (:type b)))
(defmethod take-turn :aimless [this world]
(println "Aimless turn!"))
(defmethod take-turn :directed [this world]
(println "Directed turn!"))
(take-turn (new-bacterium [0 0]) nil)
Aimless turn!
=> nil
(take-turn (new-directed-bacterium [0 0] nil) nil)
Directed turn!
=> nil
But now I'm back to basically dispatching on type, using a slower method than protocols. Is this a legitimate case to use records and protocols, or is there something about mutlimethods that I'm missing? I don't have a lot of practice with them.
* I also decided to try this because I was in the situation where I had a Bacterium record and wanted to create a new "directed" version of the record that had a single field direction added to it (inheritance basically). The original record implemented protocols though, and I didn't want to have to do something like nesting the original record in the new one, and routing all behavior to the nested instance. Every time I created a new type or changed a protocol, I would have to change all the routing, which was a lot of work.
You can use example-based multiple dispatch for this, as explained in this blog post. It is certainly not the most performant way to solve this problem, but arguably more flexible than multi-methods as it does not require you to declare a dispatch-method upfront. So it is open for extension to any data representation, even other things than maps. If you need performance, then multi-methods or protocols as you suggest, is probably the way to go.
First, you need to add a dependency on [bluebell/utils "1.5.0"] and require [bluebell.utils.ebmd :as ebmd]. Then you declare constructors for your data structures (copied from your question) and functions to test those data strucutres:
(defn new-bacterium [starting-position]
{:mass 0
:position starting-position})
(defn new-directed-bacterium [starting-position starting-directions]
(-> (new-bacterium starting-position)
(assoc :direction starting-directions)))
(defn bacterium? [x]
(and (map? x)
(contains? x :position)))
(defn directed-bacterium? [x]
(and (bacterium? x)
(contains? x :direction)))
Now we are going to register those datastructures as so called arg-specs so that we can use them for dispatch:
(ebmd/def-arg-spec ::bacterium {:pred bacterium?
:pos [(new-bacterium [9 8])]
:neg [3 4]})
(ebmd/def-arg-spec ::directed-bacterium {:pred directed-bacterium?
:pos [(new-directed-bacterium [9 8] [3 4])]
:neg [(new-bacterium [3 4])]})
For each arg-spec, we need to declare a few example values under the :pos key, and a few non-examples under the :neg key. Those values are used to resolve the fact that a directed-bacterium is more specific than just a bacterium in order for the dispatch to work properly.
Finally, we are going to define a polymorphic take-turn function. We first declare it, using declare-poly:
(ebmd/declare-poly take-turn)
And then, we can provide different implementations for specific arguments:
(ebmd/def-poly take-turn [::bacterium x
::ebmd/any-arg world]
:aimless)
(ebmd/def-poly take-turn [::directed-bacterium x
::ebmd/any-arg world]
:directed)
Here, the ::ebmd/any-arg is an arg-spec that matches any argument. The above approach is open to extension just like multi-methods, but does not require you to declare a :type field upfront and is thus more flexible. But, as I said, it is also going to be slower than both multimethods and protocols, so ultimately this is a trade-off.
Here is the full solution: https://github.com/jonasseglare/bluebell-utils/blob/archive/2018-11-16-002/test/bluebell/utils/ebmd/bacteria_test.clj
Dispatching a multimethod by a :type field is indeed polymorphic dispatch that could be done with a protocol, but using multimethods allows you to dispatch on different fields. You can add a second multimethod that dispatches on something other than :type, which might be tricky to accomplish with a protocol (or even multiple protocols).
Since a multimethod can dispatch on anything, you could use a set as the dispatch value. Here's an alternative approach. It's not fully extensible, since the keys to select are determined within the dispatch function, but it might give you an idea for a better solution:
(defmulti take-turn (fn [b _] (clojure.set/intersection #{:direction} (set (keys b)))))
(defmethod take-turn #{} [this world]
(println "Aimless turn!"))
(defmethod take-turn #{:direction} [this world]
(println "Directed turn!"))
Fast paths exist for a reason, but Clojure doesn't stop you from doing anything you want to do, per say, including ad hoc predicate dispatch. The world is definitely your oyster. Observe this super quick and dirty example below.
First, we'll start off with an atom to store all of our polymorphic functions:
(def polies (atom {}))
In usage, the internal structure of the polies would look something like this:
{foo ; <- function name
{:dispatch [[pred0 fn0 1 ()] ; <- if (pred0 args) do (fn0 args)
[pred1 fn1 1 ()]
[pred2 fn2 2 '&]]
:prefer {:this-pred #{:that-pred :other-pred}}}
bar
{:dispatch [[pred0 fn0 1 ()]
[pred1 fn1 3 ()]]
:prefer {:some-pred #{:any-pred}}}}
Now, let's make it so that we can prefer predicates (like prefer-method):
(defn- get-parent [pfn x] (->> (parents x) (filter pfn) first))
(defn- in-this-or-parent-prefs? [poly v1 v2 f1 f2]
(if-let [p (-> #polies (get-in [poly :prefer v1]))]
(or (contains? p v2) (get-parent f1 v2) (get-parent f2 v1))))
(defn- default-sort [v1 v2]
(if (= v1 :poly/default)
1
(if (= v2 :poly/default)
-1
0)))
(defn- pref [poly v1 v2]
(if (-> poly (in-this-or-parent-prefs? v1 v2 #(pref poly v1 %) #(pref poly % v2)))
-1
(default-sort v1 v2)))
(defn- sort-disp [poly]
(swap! polies update-in [poly :dispatch] #(->> % (sort-by first (partial pref poly)) vec)))
(defn prefer [poly v1 v2]
(swap! polies update-in [poly :prefer v1] #(-> % (or #{}) (conj v2)))
(sort-disp poly)
nil)
Now, let's create our dispatch lookup system:
(defn- get-disp [poly filter-fn]
(-> #polies (get-in [poly :dispatch]) (->> (filter filter-fn)) first))
(defn- pred->disp [poly pred]
(get-disp poly #(-> % first (= pred))))
(defn- pred->poly-fn [poly pred]
(-> poly (pred->disp pred) second))
(defn- check-args-length [disp args]
((if (= '& (-> disp (nth 3) first)) >= =) (count args) (nth disp 2)))
(defn- args-are? [disp args]
(or (isa? (vec args) (first disp)) (isa? (mapv class args) (first disp))))
(defn- check-dispatch-on-args [disp args]
(if (-> disp first vector?)
(-> disp (args-are? args))
(-> disp first (apply args))))
(defn- disp*args? [disp args]
(and (check-args-length disp args)
(check-dispatch-on-args disp args)))
(defn- args->poly-fn [poly args]
(-> poly (get-disp #(disp*args? % args)) second))
Next, let's prepare our define macro with some initialization and setup functions:
(defn- poly-impl [poly args]
(if-let [poly-fn (-> poly (args->poly-fn args))]
(-> poly-fn (apply args))
(if-let [default-poly-fn (-> poly (pred->poly-fn :poly/default))]
(-> default-poly-fn (apply args))
(throw (ex-info (str "No poly for " poly " with " args) {})))))
(defn- remove-disp [poly pred]
(when-let [disp (pred->disp poly pred)]
(swap! polies update-in [poly :dispatch] #(->> % (remove #{disp}) vec))))
(defn- til& [args]
(count (take-while (partial not= '&) args)))
(defn- add-disp [poly poly-fn pred params]
(swap! polies update-in [poly :dispatch]
#(-> % (or []) (conj [pred poly-fn (til& params) (filter #{'&} params)]))))
(defn- setup-poly [poly poly-fn pred params]
(remove-disp poly pred)
(add-disp poly poly-fn pred params)
(sort-disp poly))
With that, we can finally build our polies by rubbing some macro juice on there:
(defmacro defpoly [poly-name pred params body]
`(do (when-not (-> ~poly-name quote resolve bound?)
(defn ~poly-name [& args#] (poly-impl ~poly-name args#)))
(let [poly-fn# (fn ~(symbol (str poly-name "-poly")) ~params ~body)]
(setup-poly ~poly-name poly-fn# ~pred (quote ~params)))
~poly-name))
Now you can build arbitrary predicate dispatch:
;; use defpoly like defmethod, but without a defmulti declaration
;; unlike defmethods, all params are passed to defpoly's predicate function
(defpoly myinc number? [x] (inc x))
(myinc 1)
;#_=> 2
(myinc "1")
;#_=> Execution error (ExceptionInfo) at user$poly_impl/invokeStatic (REPL:6).
;No poly for user$eval187$myinc__188#5c8eee0f with ("1")
(defpoly myinc :poly/default [x] (inc x))
(myinc "1")
;#_=> Execution error (ClassCastException) at user$eval245$fn__246/invoke (REPL:1).
;java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Number
(defpoly myinc string? [x] (inc (read-string x)))
(myinc "1")
;#_=> 2
(defpoly myinc
#(and (number? %1) (number? %2) (->> %& (filter (complement number?)) empty?))
[x y & z]
(inc (apply + x y z)))
(myinc 1 2 3)
;#_=> 7
(myinc 1 2 3 "4")
;#_=> Execution error (ArityException) at user$poly_impl/invokeStatic (REPL:5).
;Wrong number of args (4) passed to: user/eval523/fn--524
; ^ took the :poly/default path
And when using your example, we can see:
(defn new-bacterium [starting-position]
{:mass 0,
:position starting-position})
(defn new-directed-bacterium [starting-position starting-directions]
(-> (new-bacterium starting-position)
(assoc :direction starting-directions)))
(defpoly take-turn (fn [b _] (-> b keys set (contains? :direction)))
[this world]
(println "Directed turn!"))
;; or, if you'd rather use spec
(defpoly take-turn (fn [b _] (->> b (s/valid? (s/keys :req-un [::direction])))
[this world]
(println "Directed turn!"))
(take-turn (new-directed-bacterium [0 0] nil) nil)
;#_=> Directed turn!
;nil
(defpoly take-turn :poly/default [this world]
(println "Aimless turn!"))
(take-turn (new-bacterium [0 0]) nil)
;#_=> Aimless turn!
;nil
(defpoly take-turn #(-> %& first :show) [this world]
(println :this this :world world))
(take-turn (assoc (new-bacterium [0 0]) :show true) nil)
;#_=> :this {:mass 0, :position [0 0], :show true} :world nil
;nil
Now, let's try using isa? relationships, a la defmulti:
(derive java.util.Map ::collection)
(derive java.util.Collection ::collection)
;; always wrap classes in a vector to dispatch off of isa? relationships
(defpoly foo [::collection] [c] :a-collection)
(defpoly foo [String] [s] :a-string)
(foo [])
;#_=> :a-collection
(foo "bob")
;#_=> :a-string
And of course we can use prefer to disambiguate relationships:
(derive ::rect ::shape)
(defpoly bar [::rect ::shape] [x y] :rect-shape)
(defpoly bar [::shape ::rect] [x y] :shape-rect)
(bar ::rect ::rect)
;#_=> :rect-shape
(prefer bar [::shape ::rect] [::rect ::shape])
(bar ::rect ::rect)
;#_=> :shape-rect
Again, the world's your oyster! There's nothing stopping you from extending the language in any direction you want.

How to parse xml and get an vector for some attributes on an element

I know how to extract one attribute using zip-xml/attr, but how to extract multiple attributes?
e.g I have the following
<table>
<column name="col1" type="varchar" length="8"/>
<column name="col2" type="varchar" length="16"/>
<column name="col3" type="int" length="16"/>
<table>
And the expected result is. A silly way is to call zip-xml/attr for each attribute, but is there any elegant way to do that?
[["co11" "varchar" 8] [["co12" "varchar" 16] [["co13" "int" 16]
My advice is to use a tree-walking function to extract the interesting data from the XML tree. clojure.walk has several of these, but here I use tree-seq from core clojure to just produce a seq of nodes and work on that. This function takes two functions - a branch? predicate which checks if a node can have children and a children function which gets them. I use :content for both, as tags with no nested tags produce nil, which is a falsey value and so it works also as a predicate.
(->> (clojure.xml/parse "res/doc.xml") ;;source file for your xml
(tree-seq :content :content) ;; Produce a seq by walking the tree
(filter #(= :column (:tag %))) ;;Take only :column tags
(mapv (comp vec vals :attrs)))
;;Collect the values of the :attrs maps into vectors
;;and collect those into a vector with mapv
Your desired output had unmatched square brackets, but I assume it should be like
[["col1" "varchar" "8"] ["col2" "varchar" "16"] ["col3" "int" "16"]]
which was my return value. However, this is potentially brittle - you're relying on the maps returned by clojure.xml/parse preserving the ordering of the attributes in the XML in order to know what the data means. That's not really part of the contract of maps. As an implementation detail it creates clojure.lang.PersistentStructMaps which apparently do have this feature, but it might not always be so.
Alternatively you could use just (mapv :attrs) to keep the whole of the map in there.
The right solution depends on how large and complex the XML is and to some extent, what you know about its structure. If it needs to be very generic, then you need to have quite a lot of logic to navigate the nodes etc. However, if it is a known format and you know what nodes you are interested in, its pretty straight-forward.
I used clojure.zip to create a zipper from the XML file and then use clojure.data.zip.xml to extract the nodes/paths I was interested in. I then defined simple helper functions to process specific nodes. This was pretty much my first bit of clojure and I've not yet gone back to it to re-factor it and refine/clarify some of my very rough clojure idioms based on what I've learnt since, but in the spirit of an example being worth 1000 words, here it is -
(ns arcis.models.nessus
(:use [taoensso.timbre :only [trace debug info warn error fatal]])
(:require [arcis.util :as util]
[arcis.models.db :as db]
[clojure.java.io :as io]
[clojure.xml :as xml]
[clojure.zip :as zip]
[clojure.data.zip.xml :as zx]))
(def nessus-host-keys [:hostname :host_fqdn
:system_type :operating_system
:operating_system_unsupported])
(def used-nessus-host-keys (conj nessus-host-keys
:host_start :host_end
:items :traceroute_hop_0 :traceroute_hop_1
:traceroute_hop_2 :traceroute_hop_3
:traceroute_hop_4 :traceroute_hop_5
:traceroute_hop_6 :traceroute_hop_7
:traceroute_hop_8 :traceroute_hop_9
:traceroute_hop_10 :traceroute_hop_11
:traceroute_hop_12 :traceroute_hop_13
:traceroute_hop_14 :traceroute_hop_15
:traceroute_hop_16 :traceroute_hop_17
:host_ip :patch_summary_total_cves
:cpe_0 :cpe_1 :cpe_2 :cpe_3 :cpe_4 :cpe_5
:cpe_6 :cpe_7 :cpe_8 :cpe_9))
(def nessus-item-keys [:port :svc_name :protocol :severity :plugin_id
:plugin_output])
(def used-nessus-item-keys (conj nessus-item-keys
:plugin_details
:plugin_name
:plugin_family))
(def nessus-plugin-keys [:plugin_id :plugin_name :plugin_family :fname
:script_version :plugin_type :exploitability_ease
:vuln_publication_date :cvss_temporal_data
:solution :cvss_temporal_score :risk_factor
:description :cvss_vector :synopsis
:patch_publication_date :exploit_available
:plugin_publication_date :plugin_modification_date
:cve :bid :exploit_framework_canvas :edb_id
:exploit_framework_metasploit :exploit_framework_core
:metasploit_name :canvas_package :osvdb :cwe
:cvss_temporal_vector :cvss_base_score :cpe
:exploited_by_malware])
(def used-nessus-plugin-keys (conj nessus-plugin-keys
:xref :see_also :cert
:attachment :iava :stig_severity :hp
:secunia :iawb :msft))
(def show-unprocessed true)
(defn log-unprocessed [title vls]
(if (and show-unprocessed
(seq vls))
(println (str "Unprocessed " title ": " vls))))
;;; parse nessus report
(defn parse-xref [xref]
{:xref (first (:content xref))})
(defn parse-see-also [see-also]
{:see_also (first (:content see-also))})
(defn parse-plugin [plugin]
{(util/db-keyword (name (:tag plugin))) (first (:content plugin))})
(defn parse-contents [cont]
(let [xref (mapv parse-xref (filter #(= (:tag %) :xref) cont))
see-also (mapv parse-see-also (filter #(= (:tag %) :see-also) cont))
details (reduce merge {}
(map parse-plugin
(remove #(or (= (:tag %) :xref)
(= (:tag %) :see-also)) cont)))]
(assoc details
:see_also see-also
:xref xref)))
(defn fix-item-keywords [item]
(let [ks (keys item)]
(into {}
(for [k ks]
[(util/db-keyword (name k))
(k item)]))))
(defn parse-item [item]
(let [attrs (fix-item-keywords (:attrs item))
contents (parse-contents (:content item))]
(assoc attrs
:plugin_output (:plugin_output contents)
:plugin_details (assoc (dissoc contents :plugin_output)
:plugin_id (:plugin_id attrs)
:plugin_family (:plugin_family attrs)))))
(defn parse-properties [props]
(into {}
(for [p props]
[(util/db-keyword (:name (:attrs p)))
(first (:content p))])))
(defn parse-host [h]
(let [items (map first (zx/xml-> h :ReportItem))
properties (:content (first (zx/xml1-> h :HostProperties)))]
(assoc (parse-properties properties)
:hostname (zx/attr h :name)
:items (mapv parse-item items))))
(defn parse-hosts [hosts]
(mapv parse-host hosts))
(defn parse-file [f]
(let [root (zip/xml-zip (xml/parse (io/file f)))
report-xml (zx/xml1-> root :Report)
hosts (zx/xml-> report-xml :ReportHost)]
{:report_name (zx/attr report-xml :name)
:policy (zx/text (zx/xml1-> root :Policy :policyName))
:hosts (parse-hosts hosts)}))
;;; insert nessus records into db
(defn mk-host-rec [scan-id host]
(let [[id err] (db/get-sequence-nextval "host_seq")]
(if (nil? err)
(assoc (util/build-map host nessus-host-keys)
:ipv4 (:host_ip host)
:scan_start (util/from-nessus-date (:scan_start host))
:scan_end (util/from-nessus-date (:scan_end host))
:total_cves (:patch_summary_total_cves host)
:id id
:scan_id scan-id)
nil)))
(defn insert-patches [p]
(when (seq p)
(db/insert-nessus-host-patch (first p))
(recur (rest p))))
(defn insert-host-patch [id host]
(let [p-keys (filter #(re-find #"patch_summary_*" %) (map name (keys host)))
recs (map (fn [s]
{:id (first (db/get-sequence-nextval "patch_seq"))
:host_id id
:summary ((keyword (str "patch_summary_txt_" s)) host)
:cve_num ((keyword (str "patch_summary_cve_num_" s)) host)
:cves ((keyword (str "patch_summary_cves_" s)) host)})
(filter seq
(map #(second (re-find #"patch_summary_txt_(.*)" %))
p-keys)))]
(insert-patches recs)
(util/remove-keys host (map keyword p-keys))))
(defn mk-item-rec [host-id item]
(let [[id err] (db/get-sequence-nextval "item_seq")]
(assoc (util/build-map item nessus-item-keys)
:host_id host-id
:id id)))
(defn insert-item [host-id item]
(let [rec (mk-item-rec host-id item)
not-done (keys (util/remove-keys item used-nessus-item-keys))]
(log-unprocessed "Item Keys" not-done)
(db/insert-nessus-report-item rec)
(:plugin_id item)))
(defn mk-plugin-rec [item]
(let [rec (util/build-map (:plugin_details item) nessus-plugin-keys)
not-used (keys (util/remove-keys (:plugin_details item)
used-nessus-plugin-keys))]
(log-unprocessed "Plugin Keys" not-used)
(assoc rec
:vuln_publication_date (util/from-nessus-date
(:vuln_publication_date rec))
:patch_publication_date (util/from-nessus-date
(:patch_publication_date rec))
:plugin_publication_date (util/from-nessus-date
(:plugin_publication_date rec))
:plugin_modification_date (util/from-nessus-date
(:plugin_modificaiton_date rec)))))
(defn insert-xref [plugin-id xrefs]
(when (seq xrefs)
(let [xref {:id (first (db/get-sequence-nextval "xref_seq"))
:plugin_id plugin-id
:xref (:xref (first xrefs))}]
(db/insert-nessus-xref xref)
(recur plugin-id (rest xrefs)))))
(defn insert-see-also [plugin-id see-also]
(when (seq see-also)
(let [sa {:id (first (db/get-sequence-nextval "ref_seq"))
:plugin_id plugin-id
:reference (:see_also (first see-also))}]
(db/insert-nessus-ref sa)
(recur plugin-id (rest see-also)))))
(defn insert-plugin [item]
(let [rec (mk-plugin-rec item)
xref (:xref (:plugin_details item))
see-also (:see_also (:plugin_details item))]
(if (seq xref)
(insert-xref (:plugin_id rec) xref))
(if (seq see-also)
(insert-see-also (:plugin_id rec) see-also))
(db/upsert-nessus-plugin rec)))
(defn insert-items [host-id items plugin-set]
(if (empty? items)
plugin-set
(let [p (insert-item host-id (first items))]
(if-not (contains? plugin-set p)
(insert-plugin (first items)))
(recur host-id (rest items) (conj plugin-set p)))))
(defn insert-host [scan-id host plugin-set]
(if-let [h-rec (mk-host-rec scan-id host)]
(let [[v err] (db/insert-nessus-host h-rec)
items (:items host)]
(if (nil? err)
(let [host2 (insert-host-patch (:id h-rec) host)]
(log-unprocessed "Host Keys" (keys (util/remove-keys
host2 used-nessus-host-keys)))
(insert-items (:id h-rec) items plugin-set))
plugin-set))
plugin-set))
(defn insert-hosts
([id hosts]
(insert-hosts id hosts #{}))
([id hosts plugins]
(if (empty? hosts)
plugins
(let [plugin-set (insert-host id (first hosts) plugins)]
(recur id (rest hosts) plugin-set)))))
(defn mk-scan-record [id report]
{:id id
:name (:report_name report)
:scan_dt (util/to-sql-date)
:policy (:policy report)
:entered_dt (util/to-sql-date)})
(defn store-report [update-plugins report]
(let [[id err] (db/get-sequence-nextval "nscan_seq")
scan-rec (mk-scan-record id report)]
(if (nil? err)
(let [[v e] (db/insert-nessus-scan scan-rec)]
(if (nil? e)
(if update-plugins
(let [plugin-list (set (first (db/select-nessus-plugin-ids)))]
[(insert-hosts id (:hosts report) plugin-list) nil])
[(insert-hosts id (:hosts report)) nil])
[v e]))
[id err])))
(defn process-nessus-report [update-plugins filename]
(let [report (parse-file filename)]
(println (str "Report: " (:report_name report)
"\nPolicy: " (:policy report)
"\nHost Records: " (count (:hosts report))))
(store-report update-plugins report)))
Magos's answer using tree-seq is perfectly fine, but there's no reason to abandon zippers; filtering using zippers is more succinct and the arguably the "clojure" way. (note this example uses data.xml ([org.clojure/data.xml "0.0.8"]) instead of clojure.xml).
(require '[clojure.data.zip.xml :as zf])
(require '[clojure.zip :as z])
(def ex
"<table>
<column name=\"col1\" type=\"varchar\" length=\"8\"/>
<column name=\"col2\" type=\"varchar\" length=\"16\"/>
<column name=\"col3\" type=\"int\" length=\"16\"/>
</table>")
(let [x (z/xml-zip (clojure.data.xml/parse-str ex))]
(->> (zf/xml-> x :column) ;;equivalent to (->> treeseq ... filter)
flatten
(keep :attrs)
(map vals)))
;>>> (("col1" "varchar" "8") ("col2" "varchar" "16") ("col3" "int" "16"))
But the xml-> macro simply applies functions in order, so you can do the following:
(let [x (z/xml-zip (clojure.data.xml/parse-str ex))]
(->> (zf/xml-> x :column #(keep :attrs %))
(map vals)))
;>>> (("col1" "varchar" "8") ("col2" "varchar" "16") ("col3" "int" "16"))

macro always throw "UnmatchedDelimiter" if given anon function

I wrote a macro to handle http response
(defmacro defhandler
[name & args]
(let [[docstring args] (if (string? (first args))
[(first args) (next args)]
[nil args])
args (apply hash-map :execute-if true (vec args))]
`(do
(def ~name
(with-meta (fn [scope# promise#]
(let [e# (:execute-if ~args)
ei# (if (fn? e#)
(e# scope#)
(boolean e#))]
(when ei#
(.then promise# (fn [result#]
(let [{:strs [http-status# value#]} result#
the-func# ((keyword http-status#) ~args)]
(the-func# scope# value#))))))) {:structure ~args}))
(alter-meta! (var ~name) assoc :doc ~docstring))))
So I can do
(defhandler my-handler
:200 (fn [$scope value] (set! (.-content $scope) value)))
But that throws "UnmatchedDelimiter" at line 1, but if I try with a named function:
(defn my-func [$scope value] (set! (.-content $scope) value))
(defhandler my-handler
:200 my-func)
It works ok. I'm just curious, is that a normal behaviour?
That is not the behavior I see when I try your example, nor does it seem very likely. I suggest checking that the forms you pasted here are exactly the ones that produce an error; I suspect your actual anonymous function included one too many )s.

Setting a debug function from the command line in Clojure

I have a namespace like this:
(ns foo.core)
(def ^:dynamic *debug-fn*
"A function taking arguments [bar baz]"
nil)
(defn bar-info
[bar _]
(println bar))
(defn baz-info
[_ baz]
(println baz))
(defn do-stuff
[bar baz]
(when *debug-fn* (*debug-fn* bar baz)))
(defn -main
[& {:keys [debug-fn]}]
(binding [*debug-fn* (symbol debug-fn)] ;; THIS WON'T WORK!
(do-stuff 27 42)))
What I would like to do is allow a debug function to be specified from the command line like this: lein run bar-info or lein run baz-info.
I'm not sure how to take the string specified as a command-line argument and turn it into the namespace-qualified function to bind. Do I need a macro to do this?
Use ns-resolve, you will need to specify namespace where your function is defined though.
user=> (defn f [n] (* n n n))
#'user/f
user=> ((ns-resolve *ns* (symbol "f")) 10)
1000
Use alter-var-root:
user=> (doc alter-var-root)
-------------------------
clojure.core/alter-var-root
([v f & args])
Atomically alters the root binding of var v by applying f to its
current value plus any args
nil
user=> (alter-var-root #'*debug-fn* (fn [v] (fn [x] (println x) x)))
#<user$eval171$fn__172$fn__173 user$eval171$fn__172$fn__173#7c93d88e>
user=> (*debug-fn* 1)
1
1
Though I've accepted Guillermo's answer above, I figured that it might also be useful to add the solution I ended up going with:
(def debug-fns
{:bar-info (fn [bar _] (println bar))
:baz-info (fn [_ baz] (println baz))
(def active-debug-fns (atom []))
(defn activate-debug-fn!
[fn-key]
(let [f (debug-fns fn-key)]
(if f
(swap! active-debug-fns conj f)
(warn (str "Debug function " fn-key " not found! Available functions are: "
(join " " (map name (keys debug-fns))))))))
(defn debug-fn-keys
[args]
(if (args "--debug")
(split (or (args "--debug") "") #",")
[]))
(defn do-stuff
[bar baz]
(doseq [f #active-debug-fns]
(f bar baz)))
(defn -main
[& args]
(let [args (apply hash-map args)]
(doseq [f (debug-fn-keys args)]
(activate-debug-fn! (keyword k)))
(do-stuff 27 42)))
So now you can say something like lein run --debug bar-info to get info on bars, or lein run --debug bar,baz to get info on both bars and bazes.
Any suggestions to make this more idiomatic will be happily accepted and edited in. :)

Clojure: Defining a symbol in another namespace

Context
This is the contents of init.clj
(ns init)
(defn get-hotswap []
(filter #(= (ns-name %) 'hotswap) (all-ns)))
(let [x (get-hotswap)]
(let [old-ns *ns*]
(if (empty? x)
(do
(create-ns 'hotswap)
(in-ns 'hotswap)
(def global-kv-store (clojure.core/atom {}))
(in-ns (ns-name old-ns)))
(println "Found Hotswap"))))
Now. hotswap/global-kv-store does not exist, but init/global-kv-store does exist.
Question
How do I fix this? I want to be able to
create a new namespace hotswap
and then define a new variable global-kv-store in it
Thanks!
You can try this:
(if-not (find-ns 'hotswap)
(intern (create-ns 'hotswap) 'global-kv-store (atom {})))