AbstractApplier
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An abstract Applier implementation.

import androidx.compose.runtime.AbstractApplier
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
import androidx.compose.runtime.ComposeNode
import androidx.compose.runtime.Composition
import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionContext
import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
import androidx.compose.runtime.remember

// Provided we have a tree with a node base type like the following
abstract class Node {
    val children = mutableListOf<Node>()
}

// We would implement an Applier class like the following, which would teach compose how to
// manage a tree of Nodes.
class NodeApplier(root: Node) : AbstractApplier<Node>(root) {
    override fun insertTopDown(index: Int, instance: Node) {
        current.children.add(index, instance)
    }

    override fun insertBottomUp(index: Int, instance: Node) {
        // Ignored as the tree is built top-down.
    }

    override fun remove(index: Int, count: Int) {
        current.children.remove(index, count)
    }

    override fun move(from: Int, to: Int, count: Int) {
        current.children.move(from, to, count)
    }

    override fun onClear() {
        root.children.clear()
    }
}

// A function like the following could be created to create a composition provided a root Node.
fun Node.setContent(parent: CompositionContext, content: @Composable () -> Unit): Composition {
    return Composition(NodeApplier(this), parent).apply { setContent(content) }
}

// assuming we have Node sub-classes like "TextNode" and "GroupNode"
class TextNode : Node() {
    var text: String = ""
    var onClick: () -> Unit = {}
}
class GroupNode : Node()

// Composable equivalents could be created
@Composable
fun Text(text: String, onClick: () -> Unit = {}) {
    ComposeNode<TextNode, NodeApplier>(::TextNode) {
        set(text) { this.text = it }
        set(onClick) { this.onClick = it }
    }
}

@Composable
fun Group(content: @Composable () -> Unit) {
    ComposeNode<GroupNode, NodeApplier>(::GroupNode, {}, content)
}

// and then a sample tree could be composed:
fun runApp(root: GroupNode, parent: CompositionContext) {
    root.setContent(parent) {
        var count by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
        Group {
            Text("Count: $count")
            Text("Increment") { count++ }
        }
    }
}
See also
Applier
Composition
Composer
ComposeNode

Summary

Public constructors
<T : Any?> AbstractApplier(root: T)
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Public functions
final Unit

Move to the root and remove all nodes from the root, preparing both this Applier and its root to be used as the target of a new composition in the future.
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open Unit
down(node: T)

Indicates that the applier is getting traversed "down" the tree.
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open Unit
up()

Indicates that the applier is getting traversed "up" the tree.
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Protected functions
Unit
MutableList<T>.move(from: Int, to: Int, count: Int)
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abstract Unit

Called to perform clearing of the root when clear is called.
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Unit
MutableList<T>.remove(index: Int, count: Int)
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Public properties
open T

The node that operations will be applied on at any given time.
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T
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Inherited functions
From androidx.compose.runtime.Applier
open Unit
apply(block: T.(Any?) -> Unit, value: Any?)

Apply a change to the current node.
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abstract Unit
insertBottomUp(index: Int, instance: T)

Indicates that instance should be inserted as a child of current at index.
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abstract Unit
insertTopDown(index: Int, instance: T)

Indicates that instance should be inserted as a child to current at index.
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abstract Unit
move(from: Int, to: Int, count: Int)

Indicates that count children of current should be moved from index from to index to.
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open Unit

Called when the Composer is about to begin applying changes using this applier.
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open Unit

Called when the Composer is finished applying changes using this applier.
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abstract Unit
remove(index: Int, count: Int)

Indicates that the children of current from index to index + count should be removed.
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open Unit

Notify current is is being reused in reusable content.
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Public constructors

AbstractApplier

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<T : Any?> AbstractApplier(root: T)

Public functions

clear

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final fun clear(): Unit

Move to the root and remove all nodes from the root, preparing both this Applier and its root to be used as the target of a new composition in the future.

down

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open fun down(node: T): Unit

Indicates that the applier is getting traversed "down" the tree. When this gets called, node is expected to be a child of current, and after this operation, node is expected to be the new current.

up

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open fun up(): Unit

Indicates that the applier is getting traversed "up" the tree. After this operation completes, the current should return the "parent" of the current node at the beginning of this operation.

Protected functions

move

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protected fun MutableList<T>.move(from: Int, to: Int, count: Int): Unit

onClear

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protected abstract fun onClear(): Unit

Called to perform clearing of the root when clear is called.

remove

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protected fun MutableList<T>.remove(index: Int, count: Int): Unit

Public properties

current

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open var current: T

The node that operations will be applied on at any given time. It is expected that the value of this property will change as down and up are called.

root

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val root: T