persistable sclass G22NetworkElement > MetaWithChangeListeners {
  // network element belongs to
  settable G22Network network;
  
  // position in visual representation
  settable Rect bounds;
  
  // identifier in network (optional)
  settableWithVar S identifier;
  
  // script code to adapt element and to create instance
  settableWithVar S code;
  
  // general properties map depending on element type
  Map properties = syncMap();
  
  // Is code panel visible in GUI
  settableWithVar bool codeVisible = true;
  
  {
    onChange(-> { network?.change(); });
  }
  
  class Port extends MetaWithChangeListeners is IUnstructured {
    // position on element's border (0 to 1, 0 to 1)
    settableWithVar DoublePt position;
    
    // name of port within element
    settableWithVar S name;
    
    // cable attached to this port (optional)
    settableWithVar G22NetworkCable cable;
    
    // is it output or input?
    settableWithVar bool isOutput;
    
    // type of object sent through port
    settableWithVar Class dataType;
    
    G22NetworkElement element() { ret G22NetworkElement.this; }
    
    toString {
      ret (isOutput ? "Output" : "Input") + " port"
        + " " + quote(name) + " of type " + shortClassName(dataType);
    }
    
    Rect bounds() {
      int size = 10;
      Rect r = element().bounds;
      if (r == null) null;
      r = growRectTopAndLeft(r, size);
      ret rect(r.x+iround(position.x*r.w),
        r.y+iround(position.y*r.h),
        size, size);
    }
    
    void delete() {
      disconnect();
      ports.remove(this);
      change();
    }
    
    void disconnect {
      cable?.remove();
    }
    
    bool isConnected() { ret cable != null; }
    
    public void _doneLoading {
      onChange(-> element().change());
    }
  }
  
  L<Port> ports = syncL();
  
  LASCompileResult newCompileResult() { ret new LASCompileResult; }
  
  transient LASCompileResult compileResult;
  LASCompileResult compile(G22Utils g22utils) {
    S code = unnull(this.code);
    //if (code == null) null;
    var cr = compileResult;
    if (cr != null && eq(cr.script, code)) ret cr;
    cr = newCompileResult();
    var parser = g22utils.leftArrowParser();
    configureParser(parser);
    cr.script(code).parser(parser).compile();
    ret compileResult = cr;
  }
  
  void configureParser(GazelleV_LeftArrowScriptParser parser) {
    parser.addVar("blueprint");
    parser.addVar("instance");
  }
  
  GazelleV_LeftArrowScript.Script compileScript(G22Utils g22utils) {
    var compiled = compile(g22utils);
    if (compiled == null) null;
    if (!compiled.runnable()) null;
    ret compiled!;
  }

  void configureBlueprint(G22Utils g22utils) {  
    var script = compileScript(g22utils);
    if (script == null) ret;
    
    new FlexibleVarContext ctx;
    var f = script.getFunction("configure");
    if (f != null)
      f.call(ctx, this);
  }

  O makeInstance(G22Utils g22utils, G22NetworkInstance networkInstance) {
    var script = compileScript(g22utils);
    if (script == null) null;
    
    new FlexibleVarContext ctx;
    for (port : ports)
      if (!port.isOutput() && port.cable != null) {
        var outputPort = port.cable.from;
        if (outputPort != null)
          ctx.set(port.name, networkInstance.getObjectForBlueprint(outputPort.element()));
      }
        
    ret script.get(ctx);
  }

  // Nodes that we directly depend on
  Set<G22NetworkElement> upstreamNodes() {
    new Set<G22NetworkElement> set;
    for (port : ports)
      if (!port.isOutput() && port.cable != null) {
        var outputPort = port.cable.from;
        if (outputPort != null)
          set.add(outputPort.element());
      }
    ret set;
  }
  
  // Nodes that directly depend on this one  
  Set<G22NetworkElement> downstreamNodes() {
    new Set<G22NetworkElement> set;
    for (port : ports)
      if (port.isOutput() && port.cable != null) {
        var outputPort = port.cable.to;
        if (outputPort != null)
          set.add(outputPort.element());
      }
    ret set;
  }
  
  toString { ret or2(identifier(), "Unnamed element"); }
  
  Port getPort(S name) {
    ret firstThat(ports, p -> eq(p.name, name));
  }
  
  void addPort(Port port) {
    port.onChange(l0 change);
    ports.add(port);
  }
  
  void addPort aka addSlot(S name, DoublePt etc position) {
    printFunctionCall("addPort", +name, +position);
    Port p = getPort(name);
    if (p != null) ret;
    addPort(new Port().name(name).position(position));
    change();
  }
  
  void addInputPort(S name, DoublePt etc position, Class type) {
    Port p = getPort(name);
    if (p != null) ret;
    addPort(new Port().name(name).position(position)
      .isOutput(false).dataType(type));
    change();
  }
  
  void addOutputPort(S name, DoublePt etc position, Class type) {
    Port p = getPort(name);
    if (p != null) ret;
    p = new Port().name(name).position(position)
      .isOutput(true).dataType(type);
    addPort(p);
    print("Made port " + p);
    change();
  }
  
  void removePorts aka deletePorts aka removeSlots aka deleteSlots() {
    while (nempty(ports))
      last(ports).delete();
  }
  
  void removeOutputPorts {
    for (p : filter(ports, p -> p.isOutput()))
      p.delete();
  }
  
  void removeInputPorts {
    for (p : antiFilter(ports, p -> p.isOutput()))
      p.delete();
  }
  
  L<Port> ports() { ret cloneList(ports); }
  
  // key and value must be persistable!
  void setProperty(O key, O value) { properties.put(key, value); change(); }
  
  O getProperty(O key) { ret properties.get(key); }
  
  void autoCreateOutputPort(G22NetworkInstance.Value myValue) {
    if (myValue == null) ret;
    removeOutputPorts();
    O o = myValue.object();
    Class type = or(_getClass(o), O);
    addOutputPort("output", 1, 0.5, type);
  }
  
  void autoCreateInputPorts(G22Utils g22utils) {
    removeInputPorts();
    var script = compile(g22utils)!;
    int n = l(script.params);
    int i = 0;
    fOr (name, valueDescriptor : script.params) {
      double y = doubleRatio(++i, (n+1));
      addInputPort(name, 0, y, or(valueDescriptor.javaClass(), O));
    }
  }
  
  selfType defaultName(S name) {
    if (empty(identifier()))
      identifier(name);
    this;
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #1035441