Template
Function
Name
__objAddMethod()
Category
API
Subcategory
Objects
Oneliner
Add a METHOD to an already existing class
Syntax
__objAddMethod( <oObject>, <cMethodName>, <nFuncPtr> ) --> oObject
Arguments
<oObject> is the object to work on.
<cMethodName> is the symbol name of the new METHOD to add.
<nFuncPtr> is a pointer to a function to associate with the method.
Returns
__objAddMethod() return a reference to <oObject>.
Description
__objAddMethod() is a low level class support function that add a new METHOD to an object. <oObject> is unchanged if a symbol with the name <cMethodName> already exist in <oObject>.
Note that <nFuncPtr> is a special pointer to a function that was created using the @ operator, see example below.
Examples
// create a new THappy class and add a Smile method
oHappy := HBClass():New( "THappy" )
__objAddMethod( oHappy, "Smile", @MySmile() )
? oHappy:Smile( 1 ) // :)
? oHappy:Smile( 2 ) // ;)
? oHappy:Smile( 3 ) // *SMILE*
STATIC FUNCTION MySmile( nType )
LOCAL cSmile
DO CASE
CASE nType == 1
cSmile := ":)"
CASE nType == 2
cSmile := ";)"
CASE nType == 3
cSmile := "*SMILE*"
ENDCASE
RETURN cSmile
Compliance
Harbour
Files
Library is core
Seealso
__objAddInline(), __objAddData(), __objDelMethod(), __objGetMethodList(), __objGetMsgList(), __objHasMethod(), __objModMethod()