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@@ -9,25 +9,45 @@ .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME -my \- invoke any method of current object +my, myclass \- invoke any method of current object or its class .SH SYNOPSIS .nf package require TclOO \fBmy\fI methodName\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR? +\fBmyclass\fI methodName\fR ?\fIarg ...\fR? .fi .BE .SH DESCRIPTION .PP -The \fBmy\fR command is used to allow methods of objects to invoke any method -of the object (or its class). In particular, the set of valid values for +The \fBmy\fR command is used to allow methods of objects to invoke methods +of the object (or its class), +.VS TIP478 +and he \fBmyclass\fR command is used to allow methods of objects to invoke +methods of the current class of the object \fIas an object\fR. +.VE TIP478 +In particular, the set of valid values for \fImethodName\fR is the set of all methods supported by an object and its -superclasses, including those that are not exported. The object upon which the -method is invoked is always the one that is the current context of the method -(i.e. the object that is returned by \fBself object\fR) from which the -\fBmy\fR command is invoked. +superclasses, including those that are not exported +.VS TIP500 +and private methods of the object or class when used within another method +defined by that object or class. +.VE TIP500 .PP -Each object has its own \fBmy\fR command, contained in its instance namespace. +The object upon which the method is invoked via \fBmy\fR is the one that owns +the namespace that the \fBmy\fR command is contained in initially (\fBNB:\fR the link +remains if the command is renamed), which is the currently invoked object by +default. +.VS TIP478 +Similarly, the object on which the method is invoked via \fBmyclass\fR is the +object that is the current class of the object that owns the namespace that +the \fBmyclass\fR command is contained in initially. As with \fBmy\fR, the +link remains even if the command is renamed into another namespace, and +defaults to being the manufacturing class of the current object. +.VE TIP478 +.PP +Each object has its own \fBmy\fR and \fBmyclass\fR commands, contained in its +instance namespace. .SH EXAMPLES .PP This example shows basic use of \fBmy\fR to use the \fBvariables\fR method of @@ -40,16 +60,71 @@ oo::class create c { puts [incr counter] } } + c create o o count \fI\(-> prints "1"\fR o count \fI\(-> prints "2"\fR o count \fI\(-> prints "3"\fR .CE +.PP +This example shows how you can use \fBmy\fR to make callbacks to private +methods from outside the object (from a \fBtrace\fR), using +\fBnamespace code\fR to enter the correct context. (See the \fBcallback\fR +command for the recommended way of doing this.) +.PP +.CS +oo::class create HasCallback { + method makeCallback {} { + return [namespace code { + \fBmy\fR Callback + }] + } + + method Callback {args} { + puts "callback: $args" + } +} + +set o [HasCallback new] +trace add variable xyz write [$o makeCallback] +set xyz "called" \fI\(-> prints "callback: xyz {} write"\fR +.CE +.PP +.VS TIP478 +This example shows how to access a private method of a class from an instance +of that class. (See the \fBclassmethod\fR declaration in \fBoo::define\fR for +a higher level interface for doing this.) +.PP +.CS +oo::class create CountedSteps { + self { + variable count + method Count {} { + return [incr count] + } + } + method advanceTwice {} { + puts "in [self] step A: [\fBmyclass\fR Count]" + puts "in [self] step B: [\fBmyclass\fR Count]" + } +} + +CountedSteps create x +CountedSteps create y +x advanceTwice \fI\(-> prints "in ::x step A: 1"\fR + \fI\(-> prints "in ::x step B: 2"\fR +y advanceTwice \fI\(-> prints "in ::y step A: 3"\fR + \fI\(-> prints "in ::y step B: 4"\fR +x advanceTwice \fI\(-> prints "in ::x step A: 5"\fR + \fI\(-> prints "in ::x step B: 6"\fR +y advanceTwice \fI\(-> prints "in ::y step A: 7"\fR + \fI\(-> prints "in ::y step B: 8"\fR +.CE +.VE TIP478 .SH "SEE ALSO" next(n), oo::object(n), self(n) .SH KEYWORDS method, method visibility, object, private method, public method - .\" Local variables: .\" mode: nroff .\" fill-column: 78 |