Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/brentsimmons/Evergreen

Evergreen.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 		D5558FD32002245C0066386B /* ScriptingTests.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5558FD22002245C0066386B /* ScriptingTests.swift */; };
 		D5558FD5200225680066386B /* NSAppleEventDescriptor+UserRecordFields.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5558FD4200225680066386B /* NSAppleEventDescriptor+UserRecordFields.swift */; };
 		D5558FD9200228D30066386B /* AppleEventUtils.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5558FD7200228B80066386B /* AppleEventUtils.swift */; };
+		D57BE6E0204CD35F00D11AAC /* NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D57BE6DF204CD35F00D11AAC /* NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift */; };
 		D5907CA0200232A1005947E5 /* testGenericScript.applescript in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5907C9D20023249005947E5 /* testGenericScript.applescript */; };
 		D5907CA1200232A1005947E5 /* testGetURL.applescript in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5558FD1200223F60066386B /* testGetURL.applescript */; };
 		D5907CA2200232AD005947E5 /* testGenericScript.applescript in CopyFiles */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5907C9D20023249005947E5 /* testGenericScript.applescript */; };
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@
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 		D5A267C120131B8300A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5A267B220131B8300A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript */; };
 		D5A267C220131BA000A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript in CopyFiles */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5A267B220131B8300A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript */; };
+		D5D07B18204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5D07B09204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript */; };
+		D5D07B19204B423C0093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript in CopyFiles */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5D07B09204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript */; };
 		D5D1751220020B980047B29D /* Evergreen.sdef in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5D175012002039D0047B29D /* Evergreen.sdef */; };
 		D5E4CC54202C1361009B4FFC /* AppDelegate+Scriptability.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5E4CC53202C1361009B4FFC /* AppDelegate+Scriptability.swift */; };
 		D5E4CC64202C1AC1009B4FFC /* MainWindowController+Scriptability.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = D5E4CC63202C1AC1009B4FFC /* MainWindowController+Scriptability.swift */; };
@@ -480,6 +483,7 @@
 			dstPath = TestScripts;
 			dstSubfolderSpec = 7;
 			files = (
+				D5D07B19204B423C0093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript in CopyFiles */,
 				D5E4CCDE20303A66009B4FFC /* testCurrentArticleIsNil.applescript in CopyFiles */,
 				D5E4CCDF20303A66009B4FFC /* testURLsOfCurrentArticle.applescript in CopyFiles */,
 				D5E4CCDD20303A59009B4FFC /* establishMainWindowStartingState.applescript in CopyFiles */,
@@ -660,6 +664,7 @@
 		D5558FD22002245C0066386B /* ScriptingTests.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = ScriptingTests.swift; path = EvergreenTests/ScriptingTests/ScriptingTests.swift; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		D5558FD4200225680066386B /* NSAppleEventDescriptor+UserRecordFields.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; name = "NSAppleEventDescriptor+UserRecordFields.swift"; path = "AppleEvents/NSAppleEventDescriptor+UserRecordFields.swift"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		D5558FD7200228B80066386B /* AppleEventUtils.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = AppleEventUtils.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		D57BE6DF204CD35F00D11AAC /* NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D5907C9D20023249005947E5 /* testGenericScript.applescript */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.applescript; path = testGenericScript.applescript; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D5907CDC2002F0BE005947E5 /* Evergreen_project_release.xcconfig */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.xcconfig; path = Evergreen_project_release.xcconfig; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D5907CDD2002F0BE005947E5 /* Evergreen_project_debug.xcconfig */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.xcconfig; path = Evergreen_project_debug.xcconfig; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -672,6 +677,7 @@
 		D5A2678B20130ECF00A8D3C0 /* Author+Scriptability.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "Author+Scriptability.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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 		D5A267B220131B8300A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.applescript; path = testFeedOPML.applescript; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		D5D07B09204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.applescript; path = testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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 		D5E4CC53202C1361009B4FFC /* AppDelegate+Scriptability.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "AppDelegate+Scriptability.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		D5E4CC63202C1AC1009B4FFC /* MainWindowController+Scriptability.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = "MainWindowController+Scriptability.swift"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1325,6 +1331,7 @@
 				D5A2679B201312F900A8D3C0 /* testNameOfAuthors.applescript */,
 				D5F4EDD720075C1300B9E363 /* testNameOfEveryFolder.applescript */,
 				D55373A02018797B006D8857 /* testTitleOfArticlesWhose.applescript */,
+				D5D07B09204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript */,
 				D5E4CCD12030260E009B4FFC /* testCurrentArticleIsNil.applescript */,
 				D5E4CCCF203025FF009B4FFC /* testURLsOfCurrentArticle.applescript */,
 				D5E4CCB220300024009B4FFC /* uiScriptingTestSetup.applescript */,
@@ -1366,6 +1373,7 @@
 				D5907D7E2004AC00005947E5 /* NSApplication+Scriptability.swift */,
 				D5907DB12004BB37005947E5 /* ScriptingObjectContainer.swift */,
 				D5F4EDB4200744A700B9E363 /* ScriptingObject.swift */,
+				D57BE6DF204CD35F00D11AAC /* NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift */,
 			);
 			name = Scriptability;
 			path = Evergreen/Scriptability;
@@ -1876,6 +1884,7 @@
 				849A97641ED9EB96007D329B /* SidebarOutlineView.swift in Sources */,
 				D5A2678C20130ECF00A8D3C0 /* Author+Scriptability.swift in Sources */,
 				84F2D5371FC22FCC00998D64 /* PseudoFeed.swift in Sources */,
+				D57BE6E0204CD35F00D11AAC /* NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift in Sources */,
 				D553738B20186C20006D8857 /* Article+Scriptability.swift in Sources */,
 				845EE7C11FC2488C00854A1F /* SmartFeed.swift in Sources */,
 				84702AA41FA27AC0006B8943 /* MarkStatusCommand.swift in Sources */,
@@ -1971,6 +1980,7 @@
 				D5558FD9200228D30066386B /* AppleEventUtils.swift in Sources */,
 				D55373AF2018797C006D8857 /* testTitleOfArticlesWhose.applescript in Sources */,
 				D5907CA1200232A1005947E5 /* testGetURL.applescript in Sources */,
+				D5D07B18204B42050093F739 /* testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript in Sources */,
 				D5A267C120131B8300A8D3C0 /* testFeedOPML.applescript in Sources */,
 				D5A2679C201312F900A8D3C0 /* testNameOfAuthors.applescript in Sources */,
 				849C64761ED37A5D003D8FC0 /* EvergreenTests.swift in Sources */,

Evergreen/Resources/Evergreen.sdef

@@ -7,12 +7,34 @@
     
     <suite name="Standard Suite" code="core" description="Subset of the Standard Suite.">
         <access-group identifier="com.ranchero.Evergreen" access="rw"/>
+        <command name="delete" code="coredelo" description="Delete an object.">
+            <cocoa class="Evergreen.EvergreenDeleteCommand"/>
+            <direct-parameter type="specifier" description="The object(s) to delete."/>
+        </command>
+
         <command name="exists" code="coredoex" description="Verify that an object exists.">
             <cocoa class="Evergreen.EvergreenExistsCommand"/>
             <direct-parameter type="any" requires-access="r" description="The object(s) to check."/>
             <result type="boolean" description="Does the object(s) exist?"/>
         </command>
 
+        <command name="make" code="corecrel" description="Create a new object.">
+            <cocoa class="Evergreen.EvergreenCreateElementCommand"/>
+            <parameter name="new" code="kocl" type="type" description="The class of the new object.">
+                <cocoa key="ObjectClass"/>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="at" code="insh" type="location specifier" optional="yes" description="The location at which to insert the object.">
+                <cocoa key="Location"/>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="with data" code="data" type="any" optional="yes" description="The initial contents of the object.">
+                <cocoa key="ObjectData"/>
+            </parameter>
+            <parameter name="with properties" code="prdt" type="record" optional="yes" description="The initial values for properties of the object.">
+                <cocoa key="KeyDictionary"/>
+            </parameter>
+            <result type="specifier" description="The new object."/>
+        </command>
+
         <class name="application" code="capp" description="The application's top-level scripting object.">
             <cocoa class="NSApplication"/>
             <property name="name" code="pnam" type="text" access="r" description="The name of the application."/>
@@ -140,6 +162,9 @@
             <property name="opml representation" code="OPML" type="text" access="r" description="OPML representation for the folder">
                 <cocoa key="opmlRepresentation"/>
             </property>
+            <element type="feed">
+                <cocoa key="feeds"/>
+            </element>
         </class>
 
         <class name="article" code="Arcl" plural="articles" description="An article in a feed">

Evergreen/Scriptability/Account+Scriptability.swift

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import AppKit
 import Account
 import Data
+import RSCore
 
 @objc(ScriptableAccount)
 class ScriptableAccount: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectContainer {
@@ -45,6 +46,23 @@ class ScriptableAccount: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectConta
     var scriptingClassDescription: NSScriptClassDescription {
         return self.classDescription as! NSScriptClassDescription
     }
+    
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject) {
+       if let scriptableFolder = element as? ScriptableFolder {
+           BatchUpdate.shared.perform {
+               account.deleteFolder(scriptableFolder.folder)
+           }
+       } else if let scriptableFeed = element as? ScriptableFeed {
+           BatchUpdate.shared.perform {
+               account.deleteFeed(scriptableFeed.feed)
+           }
+       }
+    }
+
+    @objc(isLocationRequiredToCreateForKey:)
+    func isLocationRequiredToCreate(forKey key:String) -> Bool {
+       return false;
+    }
 
     // MARK: --- Scriptable elements ---
     
@@ -61,6 +79,12 @@ class ScriptableAccount: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectConta
         return ScriptableFeed(feed, container:self)
     }
     
+    @objc(valueInFeedsWithName:)
+    func valueInFeeds(withName name:String) -> ScriptableFeed? {
+        let feeds = account.children.compactMap { $0 as? Feed }
+        guard let feed = feeds.first(where:{$0.name == name}) else { return nil }
+        return ScriptableFeed(feed, container:self)
+    }
 
     @objc(folders)
     var folders:NSArray  {
@@ -74,8 +98,7 @@ class ScriptableAccount: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectConta
         let folders = account.children.compactMap { $0 as? Folder }
         guard let folder = folders.first(where:{$0.folderID == folderId}) else { return nil }
         return ScriptableFolder(folder, container:self)
-    }
+    }    
-    
 
     // MARK: --- Scriptable properties ---
 

Evergreen/Scriptability/AppDelegate+Scriptability.swift

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //  Evergreen
 //
 //  Created by Olof Hellman on 2/7/18.
-//  Copyright © 2018 Ranchero Software. All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright © 2018 Olof Hellman. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 /*
@@ -56,8 +56,83 @@ extension AppDelegate : AppDelegateAppleEvents {
     }
 }
 
-class EvergreenExistsCommand : NSExistsCommand {
+class EvergreenCreateElementCommand : NSCreateCommand {
+    override func performDefaultImplementation() -> Any? {
+         let classDescription = self.createClassDescription
+         if (classDescription.className == "feed") {
+             return ScriptableFeed.handleCreateElement(command:self)
+         } else if (classDescription.className == "folder") {
+             return ScriptableFolder.handleCreateElement(command:self)
+         }
+         return nil
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+    NSDeleteCommand is kind of an oddball AppleScript command in that the command dispatch
+    goes to the container of the object(s) to be deleted, and the container needs to
+    figure out what to delete. In the code below, 'receivers' is the container object(s)
+    and keySpecifier is the thing to delete, relative to the container(s).  Because there
+    is ambiguity about whether specifiers are lists or single objects, the code switches
+    based on which it is.
+*/
+class EvergreenDeleteCommand : NSDeleteCommand {
+
+    /*
+        delete(objectToDelete:, from container:)
+        At this point in handling the command, we know what the container is.
+        Here the code unravels the case of objectToDelete being a list or a single object,
+        ultimately calling container.deleteElement(element) for each element to delete
+    */
+    func delete(objectToDelete:Any, from container:ScriptingObjectContainer) {
+        if let objectList = objectToDelete as? [Any] {
+            for nthObject in objectList {
+                self.delete(objectToDelete:nthObject, from:container)
+            }
+        } else if let element = objectToDelete as? ScriptingObject {
+            container.deleteElement(element)
+        }
+    }
     
+    /*
+        delete(specifier:, from container:)
+        At this point in handling the command, the container could be a list or a single object,
+        and what to delete is still an unresolved NSScriptObjectSpecifier.
+        Here the code unravels the case of container being a list or a single object. Once the
+        container(s) is known, it is possible to resolve the keySpecifier based on that container.
+        After resolving, we call delete(objectToDelete:, from container:) with the container and
+        the resolved objects
+    */
+    func delete(specifier:NSScriptObjectSpecifier, from container:Any) {
+        if let containerList = container as? [Any] {
+            for nthObject in containerList {
+                self.delete(specifier:specifier, from:nthObject)
+            }
+        } else if let container = container as? ScriptingObjectContainer {
+            if let resolvedObjects = specifier.objectsByEvaluating(withContainers:container) {
+                self.delete(objectToDelete:resolvedObjects, from:container)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+        performDefaultImplementation()
+        This is where handling the delete event starts. receiversSpecifier should be the container(s) of
+        the item to be deleted. keySpecifier is the thing in that container(s) to be deleted
+        The first step is to resolve the receiversSpecifier and then call delete(specifier:, from container:)
+    */
+    override func performDefaultImplementation() -> Any? {
+         if let receiversSpecifier = self.receiversSpecifier {
+             if let receiverObjects = receiversSpecifier.objectsByEvaluatingSpecifier {
+                self.delete(specifier:self.keySpecifier, from:receiverObjects)
+             } 
+         }
+         return nil
+    }
+}
+
+class EvergreenExistsCommand : NSExistsCommand {
+
     // cocoa default behavior doesn't work here, because of cases where we define an object's property
     // to be another object type.  e.g., 'permalink of the current article' parses as
     //    <property> of <property> of <top level object>
@@ -71,8 +146,6 @@ class EvergreenExistsCommand : NSExistsCommand {
     override func performDefaultImplementation() -> Any? {
          guard let result = super.performDefaultImplementation() else { return NSNumber(booleanLiteral:false) }
          return result
-        // return NSNumber(booleanLiteral:true)
-         //  scriptingContainer.handleDoObjectsExist(command:self)
     }
 }
 

Evergreen/Scriptability/Article+Scriptability.swift

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class ScriptableArticle: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectConta
     var scriptingClassDescription: NSScriptClassDescription {
         return self.classDescription as! NSScriptClassDescription
     }
+    
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject) {
+        print ("delete event not handled")
+    }
 
     // MARK: --- Scriptable properties ---
     

Evergreen/Scriptability/Feed+Scriptability.swift

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 import Foundation
+import RSParser
 import Account
 import Data
 
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ class ScriptableFeed: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectContaine
         return (scriptObjectSpecifier)
     }
 
+    @objc(scriptingSpecifierDescriptor)
+    func scriptingSpecifierDescriptor() -> NSScriptObjectSpecifier {
+        return (self.objectSpecifier ?? NSScriptObjectSpecifier() )
+    }
+
     // MARK: --- ScriptingObject protocol ---
 
     var scriptingKey: String {
@@ -47,9 +53,89 @@ class ScriptableFeed: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectContaine
     var scriptingClassDescription: NSScriptClassDescription {
         return self.classDescription as! NSScriptClassDescription
     }
+    
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject) {
+    }
+
+    // MARK: --- handle NSCreateCommand ---
+
+    class func parsedFeedForURL(_ urlString:String, _ completionHandler: @escaping (_ parsedFeed: ParsedFeed?) -> Void) {
+        guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else {
+            completionHandler(nil)
+            return
+        }
+        InitialFeedDownloader.download(url) { (parsedFeed) in
+            completionHandler(parsedFeed)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    class func urlForNewFeed(arguments:[String:Any]) -> String?  {
+        var url:String?
+        if let withDataParam = arguments["ObjectData"] {
+            if let objectDataDescriptor = withDataParam as? NSAppleEventDescriptor {
+                url = objectDataDescriptor.stringValue
+            }
+        } else if let withPropsParam = arguments["ObjectProperties"] as? [String:Any] {
+            url = withPropsParam["url"] as? String
+        }
+        return url
+    }
+    
+    class func scriptableFeed(_ feed:Feed, account:Account, folder:Folder?) -> ScriptableFeed  {
+        let scriptableAccount = ScriptableAccount(account)
+        if let folder = folder {
+            let scriptableFolder = ScriptableFolder(folder, container:scriptableAccount)
+            return ScriptableFeed(feed, container:scriptableFolder)
+        } else  {
+            return ScriptableFeed(feed, container:scriptableAccount)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    class func handleCreateElement(command:NSCreateCommand) -> Any?  {
+        guard command.isCreateCommand(forClass:"Feed") else { return nil }
+        guard let arguments = command.arguments else {return nil}
+        let titleFromArgs = command.property(forKey:"name") as? String
+        let (account, folder) = command.accountAndFolderForNewChild()
+        guard let url = self.urlForNewFeed(arguments:arguments) else {return nil}
+        
+        if let existingFeed = account.existingFeed(withURL:url) {
+            return self.scriptableFeed(existingFeed, account:account, folder:folder)
+        }
+    
+        // at this point, we need to download the feed and parse it.
+        // RS Parser does the callback for the download on the main thread (which it probably shouldn't?)
+        // because we can't wait here (on the main thread, maybe) for the callback, we have to return from this function
+        // Generally, returning from an AppleEvent handler function means that handling the appleEvent is over,
+        // but we don't yet have the result of the event yet, so we prevent the AppleEvent from returning by calling
+        // suspendExecution().  When we get the callback, we can supply the event result and call resumeExecution()
+        command.suspendExecution()
+        
+        self.parsedFeedForURL(url, { (parsedFeedOptional) in
+            if let parsedFeed = parsedFeedOptional {
+                let titleFromFeed = parsedFeed.title
+                
+                guard let feed = account.createFeed(with: titleFromFeed, editedName: titleFromArgs, url: url) else {
+                    command.resumeExecution(withResult:nil)
+                    return
+                }
+                account.update(feed, with:parsedFeed, {})
+                
+                // add the feed, putting it in a folder if needed
+                if account.addFeed(feed, to:folder) {
+                    NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .UserDidAddFeed, object: self, userInfo: [UserInfoKey.feed: feed])
+                }
+                
+                let scriptableFeed = self.scriptableFeed(feed, account:account, folder:folder)
+                command.resumeExecution(withResult:scriptableFeed.objectSpecifier)
+            } else {
+                command.resumeExecution(withResult:nil)
+            }
+        })
+        return nil
+    }
 
     // MARK: --- Scriptable properties ---
-    
+
     @objc(url)
     var url:String  {
         return self.feed.url

Evergreen/Scriptability/Folder+Scriptability.swift

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 import Foundation
 import Account
+import Data
+import RSCore
 
 @objc(ScriptableFolder)
-class ScriptableFolder: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject {
+class ScriptableFolder: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectContainer {
 
     let folder:Folder
     let container:ScriptingObjectContainer
@@ -41,6 +43,58 @@ class ScriptableFolder: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject {
         return folder.folderID
     }
     
+    // MARK: --- ScriptingObjectContainer protocol ---
+    
+    var scriptingClassDescription: NSScriptClassDescription {
+        return self.classDescription as! NSScriptClassDescription
+    }
+ 
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject) {
+        if let scriptableFolder = element as? ScriptableFolder {
+            BatchUpdate.shared.perform {
+                folder.deleteFolder(scriptableFolder.folder)
+            }
+        } else if let scriptableFeed = element as? ScriptableFeed {
+            BatchUpdate.shared.perform {
+                folder.deleteFeed(scriptableFeed.feed)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: --- handle NSCreateCommand ---
+    /*
+        handle an AppleScript like
+           make new folder in account X with properties {name:"new folder name"}
+        or
+           tell account X to make new folder at end with properties {name:"new folder name"}
+    */
+    class func handleCreateElement(command:NSCreateCommand) -> Any?  {
+        guard command.isCreateCommand(forClass:"fold") else { return nil }
+        let name = command.property(forKey:"name") as? String ?? ""
+
+        // some combination of the tell target and the location specifier ("in" or "at")
+        // identifies where the new folder should be created
+        let (account, folder) = command.accountAndFolderForNewChild()
+        guard folder == nil else {
+            print("support for folders within folders is NYI");
+            return nil
+        }
+        let scriptableAccount = ScriptableAccount(account)        
+        if let newFolder = account.ensureFolder(with:name) {
+            let scriptableFolder = ScriptableFolder(newFolder, container:scriptableAccount)
+            return(scriptableFolder.objectSpecifier)
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+    
+    // MARK: --- Scriptable elements ---
+    
+    @objc(feeds)
+    var feeds:NSArray  {
+        let feeds = folder.children.compactMap { $0 as? Feed }
+        return feeds.map { ScriptableFeed($0, container:self) } as NSArray
+    }
+
     // MARK: --- Scriptable properties ---
     
     @objc(uniqueId)

Evergreen/Scriptability/MainWindowController+Scriptability.swift

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //  Evergreen
 //
 //  Created by Olof Hellman on 2/7/18.
-//  Copyright © 2018 Ranchero Software. All rights reserved.
+//  Copyright © 2018 Olof Hellman. All rights reserved.
 //
 
 import Foundation

Evergreen/Scriptability/NSApplication+Scriptability.swift

@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ import Account
 import Data
 
 extension NSApplication : ScriptingObjectContainer {
-    
+
+    // MARK: --- ScriptingObjectContainer protocol ---
+
     var scriptingClassDescription: NSScriptClassDescription {
         return NSApplication.shared.classDescription as! NSScriptClassDescription
     }
-    
+
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject) {
+        print ("delete event not handled")
+    }
+
     var scriptingKey: String {
         return "application"
     }

Evergreen/Scriptability/NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//
+//  NSScriptCommand+Evergreen.swift
+//  Evergreen
+//
+//  Created by Olof Hellman on 3/4/18.
+//  Copyright © 2018 Olof Hellman. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import Account
+
+extension NSScriptCommand {
+    func property(forKey key:String) -> Any? {
+        if let evaluatedArguments = self.evaluatedArguments  {
+            if let props = evaluatedArguments["KeyDictionary"] as? [String: Any] {
+                return props[key] 
+            }
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+    
+    func isCreateCommand(forClass whatClass:String) -> Bool {
+        guard let arguments = self.arguments else {return false}
+        guard let newObjectClass = arguments["ObjectClass"] as? Int else {return false}
+        guard (newObjectClass.FourCharCode() == whatClass.FourCharCode()) else {return false}
+        return true
+    }
+
+    func accountAndFolderForNewChild() -> (Account, Folder?) {
+        let appleEvent = self.appleEvent
+        var account = AccountManager.shared.localAccount
+        var folder:Folder? = nil
+        if let appleEvent = appleEvent {
+            var descriptorToConsider:NSAppleEventDescriptor?
+            if let insertionLocationDescriptor = appleEvent.paramDescriptor(forKeyword:keyAEInsertHere) {
+                 print("insertionLocation : \(insertionLocationDescriptor)")
+                 // insertion location can be a typeObjectSpecifier, e.g.  'in account "Acct"'
+                 // or a typeInsertionLocation, e.g.   'at end of folder "
+                 if (insertionLocationDescriptor.descriptorType == "insl".FourCharCode())  {
+                     descriptorToConsider = insertionLocationDescriptor.forKeyword("kobj".FourCharCode())
+                 } else if ( insertionLocationDescriptor.descriptorType == "obj ".FourCharCode())  {
+                     descriptorToConsider = insertionLocationDescriptor
+                 }
+            } else if let subjectDescriptor = appleEvent.attributeDescriptor(forKeyword:"subj".FourCharCode()) {
+                descriptorToConsider = subjectDescriptor
+            }
+            
+            if let descriptorToConsider = descriptorToConsider {
+                guard let newContainerSpecifier = NSScriptObjectSpecifier(descriptor:descriptorToConsider) else {return (account, folder)}
+                let newContainer = newContainerSpecifier.objectsByEvaluatingSpecifier
+                if let scriptableAccount = newContainer as? ScriptableAccount {
+                    account = scriptableAccount.account
+                } else if let scriptableFolder = newContainer as? ScriptableFolder {
+                    if let folderAccount = scriptableFolder.folder.account {
+                        folder = scriptableFolder.folder
+                        account = folderAccount
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return (account, folder)
+    }
+}

Evergreen/Scriptability/ScriptingObjectContainer.swift

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 //
 
 import AppKit
+import Account
 
 protocol ScriptingObjectContainer: ScriptingObject {
     var scriptingClassDescription:NSScriptClassDescription { get }
+    func deleteElement(_ element:ScriptingObject)
 }
 
 extension ScriptingObjectContainer {

EvergreenTests/ScriptingTests/ScriptingTests.swift

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class ScriptingTests: AppleScriptXCTestCase {
         _ = doIndividualScript(filename: "testTitleOfArticlesWhose")
     }
 
+    func testIterativeCreateAndDeleteScript() {
+        _ = doIndividualScriptWithExpectation(filename: "testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed")
+    }
+
     func doIndividualScriptWithExpectation(filename:String) {
         let queue = DispatchQueue(label:"testQueue")
         let scriptExpectation = self.expectation(description: filename+"expectation")

EvergreenTests/ScriptingTests/scripts/testIterativeCreateAndDeleteFeed.applescript

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+try
+	tell application "Evergreen"
+		tell account id "OnMyMac"
+			repeat 3 times
+				set newFeed to make new feed with data "https://boingboing.net/feed"
+				delete newFeed
+			end repeat
+            
+            set newFolder to make new folder with properties {name:"XCTest folder"}
+			repeat 3 times
+				set newFeed to make new feed in newFolder with data "https://boingboing.net/feed"
+				delete newFeed
+			end repeat
+            delete newFolder
+
+		end tell
+ 	end tell
+    
+    
+	set test_result to true
+	set script_result to "Success"
+on error message
+	return {test_result:false, script_result:message}
+end try
+
+return {test_result:test_result, script_result:script_result}

Frameworks/Account/Account.swift

@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ public final class Account: DisplayNameProvider, UnreadCountProvider, Container,
 		let feed = Feed(accountID: accountID, url: url, feedID: url)
 		feed.name = name
 		feed.editedName = editedName
+        
 		return feed
 	}