CAL Documentation

Accumulate

Defines accumulation functions, that can be used to compute multiple summaries over data, along with finalizing the results.

Array

Defines the abstract data type Array along with a variety of functions and instances for the type.

ArrayPrimitives

This module is a helper module for the Array module, defining the necessary functions and types to support the various Java primitive arrays.

Bits

Defines the type class and operations for bitwise operations.

BlockingQueue

This module defines a fixed length blocking queue, that can be used in conjunction with the Cal.Experimental.Concurrent.Parallel module to pass items between threads.

BusinessCalendar

This module contains the BusinessCalendar type which provides information about valid period values, display names, etc... for period types (Year, Quarter, Month, etc...) in the calendar.

CALDoc

This tutorial module goes over the basics of writing documentation comments (a.k.a. CALDoc) in CAL.

CalIntro

This module contains a basic tutorial on the CAL language.

CellularAutomata

This module contains an implementation of simple 1-dimensional cellular automata.

Char

Defines many useful functions for the Char type.

CollectionUtilities

Utilities for manipulating collections.

Color

Defines the CAL Color type, as well as associated functions.

Console

The Console module defines basic functions for working with Console input and output.

DataDictionary

This module contains the DataDictionary type class, which exposes a simplified view of a database and can be queried more simply than constructing SQL (directly or using the Cal.Data.Sql module types).

DataGems

DataGems provide a way to access database metadata, as well as query and modify database tables.

DataProcessing

This is a tutorial module intended to show how CAL can be used to connect to a database and retrieve and process records.

DatabaseMetadata

This module provides types that model the metadata of a relational database.

Debug

Defines some useful functions and type classes for use when debugging CAL programs.

Decimal

Defines many useful functions for the Decimal type.

DictionaryQuery

This module contains the model for constructing high-level database queries against data dictionaries.

DirectedGraph

A directed graph of distinguishable objects.

DirectedGraphLibrary

This module exposes the functionality of Cal.Utilities.DirectedGraph in a way that can be exported via a standalone library JAR.

Drawing

This experimental module contains functions which give access to Java2D functionality from CAL.

Dynamic

Defines the Dynamic type along with a variety of functions for working with it.

Encoding

This module implements simple string encoding and decoding based on Java's Charset class.

Exception

Provides core support for handling exceptions in CAL.

ExpressionLexer

This module implements a lexer for general expressions, based on the module Parser.

Fibonacci

This is a tutorial module that shows various approaches to writing a function to produce the nth Fibonnaci number in CAL.

File

The File module defines types and functions for working with files and directories.

FiscalBusinessCalendar

This module contains an implementation of a BusinessCalendar based on a simple fiscal calendar which can be shifted some number of months from the Gregorian calendar.

Format

Defines some useful functions for formatting collections of Strings for pleasant viewing.

GemModelDemo

Contains a variety of "demo" gems.

GemModelDemo_Designs

Contains a variety of "demo" gems.

GregorianBusinessCalendar

This module contains an implementation of a BusinessCalendar based on the Gregorian calendar.

IntMap

An efficient implementation of maps from Int to values.

List

Defines many useful functions for the List type.

Locale

This module defines the Locale type, and provides functions for working with locale values, accessing locale properties of the system, and performing locale-sensitive string comparisons through the use of Collator and CollationKey.

LocalizedStrings

This tutorial module goes over the basics on using localized string resources in CAL.

LongMap

An efficient implementation of maps from Long to values.

Map

An efficient implementation of maps from keys to values.

Math

Defines many useful math functions.

Memoize

Implementation of memoization: based on the paper 'Disposable Memo Functions' by Cook and Launchbury.

MessageFormat

This module defines a set of functions for formatting strings with message patterns.

Parallel

Various functions for parallel evaluation in CAL.

Parser

This module defines a parser combinator library which can be used to define parsers for both context-free and context-sensitive grammars.

Plot

This module is intended as a low level plotter for geometric objects.

Prelude

The Prelude module is the core module of CAL and must be imported by every other CAL module.

PrettyPrinter

Functions for pretty-printing text.

QuickCheck (Tutorials)

This is a tutorial module that shows how the Cal.Utilities.QuickCheck module can be used to facilitate testing.

QuickCheck (Utilities)

QuickCheck provides a simple mechanism for testing programs by generating arbitrary test data.

Random

Provides simple mechanisms for generating Lists of pseudo-random numbers of various common types.

Range

Defines the Range type as well as core support functions associated with ranges.

Record

Defines many useful functions for working with CAL record types.

RelativeTime

This module contains the RelativeDate, RelativeTime and RelativeDateTime types, together with the functions that operate on them.

Resource

Provides access to user resources in the CAL environment.

Set

An efficient implementation of sets of values.

SimpleLibrary

This is a demo of some simple functions exposed via a standalone library JAR.

Sql

This module provides a combinator library for creating abstract SQL queries.

SqlBuilder

This module contains implementations of SqlBuilder for several kinds of RDBMS.

SqlDataDictionary

This module contains an implementation of a DataDictionary based on the Sql and DataGems modules.

SqlParser

This module implements a SQL parser.

SqlType

This module contains a type describing type data types of SQL database values.

String

Defines many useful functions for the String type.

StringNoCase

Defines StringNoCase, a case-insensitive string type and a variety of useful operations and class instances for it.

StringProperties

This module defines the types StringProperties and StringResourceBundle which are useful for working with string resource files.

Sudoku

This module contains gems defining and solving a Sudoku puzzle.

Summary

This is the CAL Summary module.

System

This module contains functions for interacting with the current CAL execution environment.

Time

This module defines types and functions for working with absolute time values.

TimeZone

Defines the TimeZone type and its affiliated operations.

UniqueIdentifier

UniqueIdentifier is a type-safe way of representing a unique name for some value.

ValueType

This module defines an enumeration to represent several common types.

XmlBuilder

This module contains types and functions for creating XML documents.

XmlCharacterClasses

This module provides optimized functions for testing whether characters match the productions in Appendix B, Character Classes, of the XML 1.0 specification.

XmlParser

This module implements an XML 1.0 parser based on the functions from the Parser library module.

XmlParserEngine

This module implements an XML 1.0 parser based on the functions from the Parser library module.

XmlParserState

This module implements the state for an XML 1.0 parser written using the Parser library module.

XmlPrinters

This module implements functions for printing XML to strings.