+ ((atom obj)
+ (intern (symbol-name obj) (find-package 'keyword)))
+ ((consp obj)
+ (cons (intern-in-keyword (car obj) ) (intern-in-keyword (cdr obj))))
+ (t
+ obj)))
+
+(defun canonicalize-value-type (vt)
+ (typecase vt
+ (atom
+ (ensure-keyword vt))
+ (cons
+ (cons (ensure-keyword (car vt)) (cdr vt)))
+ (t
+ t)))
+
+(defmethod compute-effective-slot-definition :around ((cl hyperobject-class)
+ #+(or allegro lispworks) name
+ dsds)
+ #+allergo (declare (ignore name))
+ (let* ((dsd (car dsds))
+ (value-type (canonicalize-value-type (slot-value dsd 'value-type))))
+ (multiple-value-bind (sql-type length) (value-type-to-sql-type value-type)
+ (setf (slot-value dsd 'sql-type) sql-type)
+ (setf (slot-value dsd 'type) (value-type-to-lisp-type value-type))
+ (let ((ia (compute-effective-slot-definition-initargs
+ cl #+lispworks name dsds)))
+ (apply
+ #'make-instance 'hyperobject-esd
+ :value-type value-type
+ :sql-type sql-type
+ :length length
+ :print-formatter (slot-value dsd 'print-formatter)
+ :subobject (slot-value dsd 'subobject)
+ :hyperlink (slot-value dsd 'hyperlink)
+ :hyperlink-parameters (slot-value dsd 'hyperlink-parameters)
+ :description (slot-value dsd 'description)
+ :user-name (slot-value dsd 'user-name)
+ :index (slot-value dsd 'index)
+ :value-constraint (slot-value dsd 'value-constraint)
+ :null-allowed (slot-value dsd 'null-allowed)
+ ia)))))
+
+(defun value-type-to-lisp-type (value-type)
+ (case (if (atom value-type)
+ value-type
+ (car value-type))
+ ((:string :cdata :varchar :char)