JSON, TOML output for tables

.gitmodules

@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/cstrings"]
 	path = deps/cstrings
 	url = https://github.com/mosteo/cstrings
+[submodule "deps/lml"]
+	path = deps/lml
+	url = https://github.com/mosteo/lml_ada.git

alire.gpr

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ with "den";
 with "dirty_booleans";
 with "diskflags";
 with "gnatcoll";
+with "lml";
 with "minirest";
 with "optional";
 with "semantic_versioning";

alire.toml

@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ executables = ["alr"]
 aaa = "~0.3.0"
 ada_toml = "~0.3"
 ajunitgen = "^1.0.1"
-ansiada = "^1.0"
+ansiada = "^1.1"
 c_strings = "^1.0"
 clic = "~0.3"
 den = "~0.1"
 dirty_booleans = "~0.1"
 diskflags = "~0.1"
 gnatcoll = "^21"
+lml = "~0.1"
 minirest = "~0.3"
 optional = "~0.1"
 semantic_versioning = "^3.0"
@@ -50,23 +51,30 @@ windows = { ALIRE_OS = "windows" }
 
 # Some dependencies require precise versions during the development cycle:
 [[pins]]
+
 [pins.aaa]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/aaa"
-commit = "0c3b440ac183c450345d4a67d407785678779aae"
+commit = "ddfeffe2d6c8f9d19161df7b31d16d37bef4ba71"
 
 [pins.ada_toml]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/ada-toml"
 commit = "da4e59c382ceb0de6733d571ecbab7ea4919b33d"
+
+[pins.ansiada]
+url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/ansi-ada"
+commit = "0772e48d3e1f640829d142745a36b37edcd5470b"
+
 [pins.c_strings]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/cstrings"
 commit = "e4d58ad90bf32bc44304197e5906a519f5a9a7bf"
 
 [pins.clic]
 url    = "https://github.com/alire-project/clic"
 commit = "56bbdc008e16996b6f76e443fd0165a240de1b13"
+
 [pins.den]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/den"
-commit = "681ab5ca522585953f2e1d70763731df34c96012"
+commit = "b12e8461bf41e2cfe199c8196b45fa4fc213a6aa"
 
 [pins.dirty_booleans]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/dirty_booleans"
@@ -80,6 +88,10 @@ commit = "60729edf31816aca0036b13b2794c39a9bd0172e"
 url    = "https://github.com/alire-project/gnatcoll-core.git"
 commit = "4e663b87a028252e7e074f054f8f453661397166"
 
+[pins.lml]
+url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/lml_ada.git"
+commit = "ae156ef82a2fedb7e28bb4dcaeb3d5c0a2e046ec"
+
 [pins.minirest]
 url    = "https://github.com/mosteo/minirest.git"
 commit = "9a9c660f9c6f27f5ef75417e7fac7061dff14d78"

alr_env.gpr

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ aggregate project Alr_Env is
                          "deps/dirty_booleans",
                          "deps/diskflags",
                          "deps/gnatcoll-slim",
+                         "deps/lml",
                          "deps/minirest",
                          "deps/optional",
                          "deps/semantic_versioning",

src/alire/alire-index-search.adb

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ package body Alire.Index.Search is
       Busy   : Simple_Logging.Ongoing :=
                  Simple_Logging.Activity ("Searching");
    begin
+      --  Preserve old behavior for human output
+      if Utils.Tables.Structured_Output then
+         Table.Header ("NAME").Header ("DESCRIPTION");
+      end if;
+
       for Crate of Alire.Index.All_Crates.all loop
          if Lookup = "" or else
            Contains (To_Lower_Case (+Crate.Name), Lookup) or else
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ package body Alire.Index.Search is
          Busy.Step;
       end loop;
 
-      if Found = 0 then
+      if Found = 0 and then not Utils.Tables.Structured_Output then
          Trace.Always ("No hits");
       else
          Table.Print (Always, Separator => "  ");

src/alire/alire-solutions-diffs.adb

@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ package body Alire.Solutions.Diffs is
       end loop;
 
       if Changed then
-         Table.Print (Level);
+         Table.Print (Level, Structured => False);
 
          Warn_Toolchain_Download;
          Warn_Unsatisfiable_GNAT_External;

src/alire/alire-solutions.adb

@@ -923,8 +923,17 @@ package body Alire.Solutions is
       Table : Utils.Tables.Table;
    begin
       if This.Links.Is_Empty and then Dependency_Map'(This.Pins).Is_Empty then
-         Trace.Always ("There are no pins");
+         if Utils.Tables.Structured_Output then
+            Table.Print (Always);
+         else
+            Trace.Always ("There are no pins");
+         end if;
       else
+         --  To preserve old behavior with human output
+         if Utils.Tables.Structured_Output then
+            Table.Header ("Crate").Header ("Target").Header ("Origin").New_Row;
+         end if;
+
          for Dep of This.Dependencies loop
             if Dep.Is_Linked then
                Table

src/alire/alire-utils-did_you_mean.adb

@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ package body Alire.Utils.Did_You_Mean with Preelaborate is
       for V in Enum loop
          Possible_Values.Append
            (case Transform is
-               when None => V'Img,
+               when None       => V'Img,
                when Lower_Case => AAA.Strings.To_Lower_Case (V'Img),
-               when Upper_Case => AAA.Strings.To_Lower_Case (V'Img),
-               when Tomify => TOML_Adapters.Tomify (V'Img));
+               when Upper_Case => AAA.Strings.To_Upper_Case (V'Img),
+               when Tomify     => TOML_Adapters.Tomify (V'Img));
       end loop;
 
       return Suggestion (Input, Possible_Values);

src/alire/alire-utils-tables.adb

@@ -6,27 +6,39 @@ package body Alire.Utils.Tables is
    -- Header --
    ------------
 
+   overriding
    procedure Header (T : in out Table; Cell : String) is
+      Text : constant String :=
+               (if Structured_Output
+                then AAA.Strings.To_Lower_Case (Cell)
+                else TTY.Emph (AAA.Strings.To_Upper_Case (Cell)));
    begin
-      T.Append (TTY.Emph (AAA.Strings.To_Upper_Case (Cell)));
+      Parent (T).Header (Text);
    end Header;
 
+   ------------
+   -- Header --
+   ------------
+
+   overriding
    function Header (T    : aliased in out Table;
                     Cell : String)
-                    return access Table is
+                    return AAA.Table_IO.Reference
+   is
    begin
       T.Header (Cell);
-      return T'Access;
+      return AAA.Table_IO.Reference'(Table => T'Access);
    end Header;
 
    -----------
    -- Print --
    -----------
 
-   procedure Print (T         : Table;
-                    Level     : Trace.Levels            := Info;
-                    Separator : String                  := " ";
-                    Align     : AAA.Table_IO.Alignments := (1 .. 0 => <>))
+   procedure Print (T          : Table;
+                    Level      : Trace.Levels            := Info;
+                    Separator  : String                  := " ";
+                    Align      : AAA.Table_IO.Alignments := (1 .. 0 => <>);
+                    Structured : Boolean := Structured_Output)
    is
 
       procedure Print (Line : String) is
@@ -37,9 +49,14 @@ package body Alire.Utils.Tables is
       end Print;
 
    begin
-      T.Print (Separator => Separator,
-               Align     => Align,
-               Put_Line  => Print'Access);
+      if Structured then
+         T.Print (Structured_Output_Format,
+                  Put_Line => Print'Access);
+      else
+         T.Print (Separator => Separator,
+                  Align     => Align,
+                  Put_Line  => Print'Access);
+      end if;
    end Print;
 
 end Alire.Utils.Tables;

src/alire/alire-utils-tables.ads

@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
 with AAA.Table_IO;
 
-package Alire.Utils.Tables with Preelaborate is
+with LML;
 
-   type Table is new AAA.Table_IO.Table with null record;
+package Alire.Utils.Tables is
 
+   subtype Formats is LML.Formats;
+
+   Structured_Output        : Boolean := False;
+
+   Structured_Output_Format : Formats;
+
+   subtype Parent is AAA.Table_IO.Table;
+
+   type Table is new Parent with null record;
+
+   overriding
    procedure Header (T : in out Table; Cell : String);
 
+   overriding
    function Header (T    : aliased in out Table;
                     Cell : String)
-                    return access Table;
+                    return AAA.Table_IO.Reference;
 
-   procedure Print (T         : Table;
-                    Level     : Trace.Levels            := Info;
-                    Separator : String                  := " ";
-                    Align     : AAA.Table_IO.Alignments := (1 .. 0 => <>));
-   --  Hook so tables use the default output facilities of Alire
+   procedure Print (T          : Table;
+                    Level      : Trace.Levels            := Info;
+                    Separator  : String                  := " ";
+                    Align      : AAA.Table_IO.Alignments := (1 .. 0 => <>);
+                    Structured : Boolean := Structured_Output);
+   --  Hook so tables use the default output facilities of Alire. When
+   --  Structured_Output is enabled, formatting information is ignored.
 
 end Alire.Utils.Tables;

src/alr/alr-commands-index.adb

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-with AAA.Table_IO;
-
 with Alire.Settings.Edit;
 with Alire.Index;
 with Alire.Index_On_Disk.Loading;
 with Alire.Index_On_Disk.Updates;
-with Alire.Utils;
+with Alire.Utils.Tables;
 
 package body Alr.Commands.Index is
 
@@ -155,18 +153,18 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Index is
                   Index_Load.Find_All
                     (Alire.Settings.Edit.Indexes_Directory, Result);
 
-      Table : AAA.Table_IO.Table;
+      Table : Alire.Utils.Tables.Table;
       Count : Natural := 0;
    begin
       if not Result.Success then
          Reportaise_Command_Failed (Alire.Message (Result));
       end if;
 
       Table
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("#"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("NAME"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("URL"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("PATH"));
+        .Header ("#")
+        .Header ("NAME")
+        .Header ("URL")
+        .Header ("PATH");
 
       if Alire.Log_Level = Alire.Trace.Debug then
          Table.Append (TTY.Emph ("PRIORITY"));
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Index is
       end loop;
 
       if Count > 0 then
-         Table.Print;
+         Table.Print (Always);
       else
          Trace.Info ("No index configured.");
       end if;

src/alr/alr-commands-search.adb

@@ -194,12 +194,12 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Search is
       --  End of option verification, start of search. First load the index,
       --  required to look at its entries.
 
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("NAME"));
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("STATUS"));
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("VERSION"));
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("DESCRIPTION"));
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("NOTES"));
-      Tab.Append (TTY.Bold ("MATCHES"));
+      Tab.Header ("NAME");
+      Tab.Header ("STATUS");
+      Tab.Header ("VERSION");
+      Tab.Header ("DESCRIPTION");
+      Tab.Header ("NOTES");
+      Tab.Header ("MATCHES");
 
       declare
          Busy : Simple_Logging.Ongoing :=

src/alr/alr-commands-toolchain.adb

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-with AAA.Table_IO;
-
 with Alire.Settings.Edit;
 with Alire.Containers;
 with Alire.Dependencies;
@@ -10,14 +8,16 @@ with Alire.Origins.Deployers;
 with Alire.Releases.Containers;
 with Alire.Solver;
 with Alire.Toolchains;
-with Alire.Utils; use Alire.Utils;
+with Alire.Utils.Tables;
 with Alire.Utils.TTY;
 with Alire.Warnings;
 
 with Semantic_Versioning.Extended;
 
 package body Alr.Commands.Toolchain is
 
+   use Alire.Utils;
+
    package Name_Sets renames Alire.Containers.Crate_Name_Sets;
 
    --------------------
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Toolchain is
       pragma Unreferenced (Cmd);
       use Alire;
       use type Dependencies.Dependency;
-      Table : AAA.Table_IO.Table;
+      Table : Tables.Table;
    begin
       Alire.Toolchains.Detect_Externals;
       --  Even if we have selected a non-external toolchain, in this case we
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Toolchain is
       end if;
 
       Table
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("CRATE"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("VERSION"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("STATUS"))
-        .Append (TTY.Emph ("NOTES"))
+        .Header ("CRATE")
+        .Header ("VERSION")
+        .Header ("STATUS")
+        .Header ("NOTES")
         .New_Row;
 
       for Dep of Alire.Toolchains.Available loop
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ package body Alr.Commands.Toolchain is
          end if;
       end loop;
 
-      Table.Print;
+      Table.Print (Always);
    end List;
 
    -------------