packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/primary_scroll_controller.dart

// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';

import 'framework.dart';
import 'scroll_controller.dart';

/// Associates a [ScrollController] with a subtree.
///
/// When a [ScrollView] has [ScrollView.primary] set to true and is not given
/// an explicit [ScrollController], the [ScrollView] uses [of] to find the
/// [ScrollController] associated with its subtree.
///
/// This mechanism can be used to provide default behavior for scroll views in a
/// subtree. For example, the [Scaffold] uses this mechanism to implement the
/// scroll-to-top gesture on iOS.
class PrimaryScrollController extends InheritedWidget {
  /// Creates a widget that associates a [ScrollController] with a subtree.
  const PrimaryScrollController({
    Key key,
    @required this.controller,
    @required Widget child
  }) : assert(controller != null),
       super(key: key, child: child);

  /// Creates a subtree without an associated [ScrollController].
  const PrimaryScrollController.none({
    Key key,
    @required Widget child
  }) : controller = null,
       super(key: key, child: child);

  /// The [ScrollController] associated with the subtree.
  ///
  /// See also:
  ///
  ///  * [ScrollView.controller], which discusses the purpose of specifying a
  ///    scroll controller.
  final ScrollController controller;

  /// Returns the [ScrollController] most closely associated with the given
  /// context.
  ///
  /// Returns null if there is no [ScrollController] associated with the given
  /// context.
  static ScrollController of(BuildContext context) {
    final PrimaryScrollController result = context.inheritFromWidgetOfExactType(PrimaryScrollController);
    return result?.controller;
  }

  @override
  bool updateShouldNotify(PrimaryScrollController oldWidget) => controller != oldWidget.controller;

  @override
  void debugFillProperties(DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder properties) {
    super.debugFillProperties(properties);
    properties.add(new DiagnosticsProperty<ScrollController>('controller', controller, ifNull: 'no controller', showName: false));
  }
}