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  1. #1

    Properties

    Charles,
    are there any plans to add properties (to classes) like in FreeBasic or FreePascal?

    Thanks
    efgee

  2. #2

    Re: Properties

    Hi efgee,

    This is the easiest O2 way to express classes with properties and methods:

    [code=thinbasic]
    '
    '---------------------------------
    'SIMPLE CLASSES
    '=================================

    'The methods are defined inside the class block.
    '
    basic

    '-------------
    class cuboid
    '=============

    protected

    height as double
    width as double
    length as double

    public

    method surface() as double
    return (length*width+length*height+width*height)*2
    end method

    method volume() as double
    return length*width*height
    end method

    method setsize(l as double,w as double, h as double)
    length=l : width=w : height=h
    end method

    end class


    cuboid cu
    cu.setsize 10,5,2

    cr=chr 13
    tab=chr 9

    print "Volume:" tab cu.volume() cr "Surface:" tab cu.surface()


    '----------
    class brick
    '==========

    has cuboid 'dimensions and also ..

    protected

    density as double
    material as string

    public

    method setmaterial(m as string)
    material=m
    density=1
    if m="ceramic" then density=2
    if m="concrete" then density=2.5
    if m="ice" then density=0.95
    end method

    method weight() as double
    return volume()*density
    end method

    end class

    brick br
    br.SetMaterial "concrete"
    br.SetSize 20,10,7.5

    print "Brick weight: " br.weight


    [/code]

    but you can also define methods outside the class declaration:

    [code=thinbasic]
    '
    '---------------------------------
    'SIMPLE CLASSES
    '=================================

    'The methods are defined inside the class block.
    '
    basic

    '-------------
    class cuboid
    '=============

    public
    method surface() as double
    method volume() as double
    method setsize(l as double,w as double, h as double)
    /
    protected
    height as double
    width as double
    length as double

    end class

    methods of cuboid
    '================

    method surface() as double
    return (length*width+length*height+width*height)*2
    end method

    method volume() as double
    return length*width*height
    end method

    method setsize(l as double,w as double, h as double)
    length=l : width=w : height=h
    end method

    end methods


    cuboid cu
    cu.setsize 10,5,2

    cr=chr 13
    tab=chr 9

    print "Volume:" tab cu.volume() cr "Surface:" tab cu.surface()


    '----------
    class brick
    '==========

    public
    has cuboid 'dimensions and also ..
    method setmaterial(m as string)
    method weight() as double
    /
    protected
    density as double
    material as string

    end class

    methods of brick
    '===============

    method setmaterial(m as string)
    material=m
    density=1
    if m="ceramic" then density=2
    if m="concrete" then density=2.5
    if m="ice" then density=0.95
    end method

    method weight() as double
    return volume()*density
    end method

    end methods



    brick br
    br.SetMaterial "concrete"
    br.SetSize 20,10,7.5

    print "Brick weight: " br.weight


    [/code]

    Charles

  3. #3

    Re: Properties

    Thank you but syntax wise it's not treated as properties...

    Method -> br.SetMaterial("concrete")

    Still a method -> br.SetMaterial "concrete"

    Property -> br.SetMaterial = "concrete"


    What you showed me is the "BASIC" way of disregarding the parenthesis - not what I hoped for

    Bye
    efgee

  4. #4

    Re: Properties


    You can use parentheses for all procedures if you so desire, but in a simple expression they are optional.
    I am lazy

    Oxygen supports pseudo variables, so you can make a method look like a property for assignment purposes. Is this what you wanted?

    [code=thinbasic]
    brick br
    br.SetMaterial="concrete"
    br.SetSize=20,10,7.5
    'or
    br.SetSize=(20,10,7.5)

    print "Brick weight: " br.weight()

    [/code]

    Charles

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    Re: Properties

    I think efgee wants what is called property or accessor in other languages.
    Oxygen already has it, although it is defined using method syntax:
    [code=thinbasic]

    'CLASSES AND METHODS
    '

    Uses "oxygen","file"

    Dim As String src = "

    class myClass

    pA as long

    ' property set
    method A(value as long)
    pA = value
    end method

    ' property get
    method A() as long
    method = pA
    end method

    end class

    '====
    'TEST
    '====

    dim o as myClass

    o.A = 6
    print o.A

    terminate

    "

    O2_BASIC src

    'msgbox 0, o2_view "o2h "+src

    If Len(O2_ERROR) Then
    MsgBox 0, O2_ERROR : Stop
    End If

    O2_EXEC
    [/code]


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  6. #6

    Re: Properties


    Thanks Petr,

    Your example also demonstrates method overloading. The get and set methods have the same name but the compiler selects which one to use, by matching their parameters to the call parameters.

    Charles

  7. #7

    Re: Properties

    Hi,

    Normally a lexer is very rigid - unambiguous - especially C compilers.
    They even give a warning because the last line in the code is not empty.
    Because of that I didn't even try to use a property syntax on a method.

    Should have known better.

    Oxygen is as ambiguous as it can be, I can use different syntax in the same code and it still compiles... and works.



    Thank you both.
    efgee

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    Re: Properties

    Petr and Charles, that example is cool. I like the flexibility of being able to overload the function in a nice minimal syntax as o.A = 7 or print o.A
    That is really cool.

    Using get and set are nice too. It is very nice to have choices!!
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