:new

Type:	-	message selector
Source:	-	xlobj.c

Syntax

(send class :new args)

class - an existing XLISP class except for class
args - the initializing arguments for the new instance
returns - the new class object

(send class :new ivars [cvars [superclass]])

ivars - list of instance variables for new class
cvars - list of class variable symbols for new class
superclass - superclass for new object, the default is object
returns - the new class object

Description

The ':new' message selector exhibits two different behaviors. When you are creating an instance of a class you only need the ':new' message [consisting of the message selector and any data]. When you are creating a new class with ':new', you need to specify instance variables and optionally the class variables and superclass.

Examples

(setq new-class (send class :new '(state)))      ; create NEW-CLASS with STATE
(setq new-obj (send new-class :new))             ; create NEW-OBJ of NEW-CLASS
(send new-obj :show)                             ; shows the object

(setq sub-class (send class :new '(sub-state)    ; create SUB-CLASS of NEW-CLASS
                                 '() new-class))
(send sub-class :show)                           ; show the SUB-CLASS

See the :new message selector in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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