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+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+*
+*
+**********************************************/  /* c8 ignore next 2 */
+((typeof define)[0]=='u'?function(f){module.exports=f(require)}:define)
+(function(require){ var module={} // make module AMD/node compatible...
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+var types = require('ig-types')
+
+
+
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+var HANDLERS =
+module.HANDLERS = {
+	/*/ XXX
+	// XXX need to be able to stop processing handlers...
+	// 		for example when handling 'text' we do not need to also call 
+	// 		'value' too...
+	// 		this can be done via:
+	// 			- a-la evt.preventDefault()
+	// 			- handler.final
+	// 			- callback...
+	example: {
+		match: function(obj){
+			return true },
+		handle: function(obj){
+			...
+			return [key, value, next] },
+	},
+	//*/
+	
+	value: {
+		match: function(obj){
+			return typeof(obj) != 'object' },
+		handle: function(obj){
+			return [[], obj] },
+	},
+
+	object: {
+		match: function(obj){
+			return typeof(obj) == 'object' },
+		handle: function(obj){
+			return [[], {
+				// XXX revise...
+				type: obj.constructor.name,
+				// XXX
+			}] },
+	},
+
+	// XXX do we need to also traverse/index the keys???
+	// 		...if yes then we'll need to somehow indicate a path to a key...
+	// 		one way to do this is to add virtual paths and link to them...
+	// 		...i.e. a virtual path is any path starting from a virtual root
+	// 		that can be linked from within the tree...
+	containerEntries: {
+		containers: [
+			Set,
+			Map,
+		],
+		// XXX should this be more generic and just check for .entries(..) ???
+		match: function(obj){
+			for(var type of this.containers){
+				if(obj instanceof type){
+					return true } } },
+		handle: function(obj){
+			// XXX for some reason the .entries() iterator does not have 
+			// 		the generaator methods -- we can't call obj.entries().map(..)...
+			return [ [...obj.entries()]
+				.map(function([k, v]){ 
+					return [[k], v] }), ] },
+	},
+
+	// XXX do we need to treat array keys as a special case???
+	// XXX need to optionally treat special attributes...
+	keys: {
+		match: function(obj){
+			return typeof(obj) == 'object' },
+		handle: function(obj){
+			return [ Object.entries(obj) 
+				.map(function([k, v]){ 
+					return [[k], v] }), ] },
+	},
+}
+
+
+var getType = 
+module.getType = 
+function*(obj){
+	// XXX
+}
+
+
+var getHandlers = 
+module.getHandlers = 
+function(obj, handlers=module.HANDLERS){
+	return Object.entries(handlers)
+			.filter(function([k, v]){
+				return v.match(obj) })
+			.map(function([k, v]){
+				return v }) }
+
+
+
+// XXX need a way to index the path...
+// 		...and to filter paths by pattern...
+var handle = 
+module.handle = 
+function*(obj, path=[], options={}){
+	// handle recursive structures...
+	// XXX would be nice to index paths to make them unique...
+	var seen = options.seen =
+	   options.seen || new Map()	
+	if(seen.has(obj)){
+		// XXX revise format...
+		yield ['LINK', seen.get(obj)]
+		return }
+	typeof(obj) == 'object'
+		&& seen.set(obj, path)
+
+	// get compatible handler list...
+	var cache = options.cache = 
+		options.cache || new Map()
+	var type = getType(obj)
+	var handlers = 
+		(type && cache.get(type)) 
+			|| module.getHandlers(obj, options.handlers || module.HANDLERS)
+	type
+		&& cache.set(type, handlers)
+
+	// XXX might be a good idea to move this up (or into options) so as 
+	// 		not to define this on each call...
+	// 		...we'll need to somehow curry in the path which is now passed 
+	// 		via a closure...
+	var subtree = function*(data){
+		// a handler just returned a list of next objects to handle...
+		if(data.length == 1){
+			var next = data.pop()
+			var p = path
+		// a normal handler...
+		} else {
+			var [k, v, next] = data
+			var p = path.concat(k)
+			yield [p, v] }
+		// process queued/next objects...
+		yield* (next || [])
+			.iter()
+			.map(function*([k, v]){
+				yield* handle(v, p.concat(k), options) }) }
+
+	// apply the handlers...
+	yield* handlers
+		.iter()
+		.map(function*(handler){
+			yield* handler.handle instanceof types.Generator ?
+				handler.handle(obj, path, options)
+					.map(subtree)
+				: subtree(handler.handle(obj, path, options)) }) }
+
+
+// XXX need a better way to serialize the path...
+var shandle = 
+module.shandle =
+handle
+	.map(function([p, v]){
+		return (
+			// XXX revise...
+			p == 'LINK' ?
+				['LINK', '/'+ v.join('/')]
+			: ['/'+ p.join('/'), v] ) })
+
+
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                               */ return module })