1 USING: help.markup help.syntax strings alien hashtables ;
4 HELP: define-objc-class
5 { $values { "hash" hashtable } { "imeth" "a sequence of instance method definitions" } }
6 { $description "Defines a new Objective C class. The hashtable can contain the following keys:"
8 { { $link +name+ } " - a string naming the new class. Required." }
9 { { $link +superclass+ } " - a string naming the superclass. Required." }
10 { { $link +protocols+ } " - an array of strings naming protocols implemented by the superclass. Optional." }
12 "Every element of " { $snippet "imeth" } " defines an instance method, and is an array having the shape "
13 { $snippet "{ name return args quot }" }
16 { "name" { "a selector name" } }
17 { "name" { "a C type name; see " { $link "c-data" } } }
18 { "args" { "a sequence of C type names; see " { $link "c-data" } } }
19 { "quot" { "a quotation to be run as a callback when the method is invoked; see " { $link alien-callback } } }
21 "The quotation is run with the following values on the stack:"
23 { "the receiver of the message; an " { $link alien } " pointing to an instance of this class" }
24 { "the selector naming the message; in most cases this value can be ignored" }
25 "arguments passed to the message, if any"
27 "There is no way to define instance variables or class methods using this mechanism. However, instance variables can be simulated by using the receiver to key into a hashtable." } ;
30 { $syntax "CLASS: spec imeth... ;" }
31 { $values { "spec" "an array of pairs" } { "name" "a new class name" } { "imeth" "instance method definitions" } }
32 { $description "A sugared form of the following:"
33 { $code "{ imeth... } \"spec\" define-objc-class" }
34 "This word is preferred to calling " { $link define-objc-class } ", because it creates a class word in the " { $vocab-link "cocoa.classes" } " vocabulary at parse time, allowing code to refer to the class word in the same source file where the class is defined." } ;
36 { define-objc-class POSTPONE: CLASS: } related-words
38 ARTICLE: "objc-subclassing" "Subclassing Objective C classes"
39 "Objective C classes can be subclassed, with new methods defined in Factor, using a parsing word:"
40 { $subsection POSTPONE: CLASS: }
41 "This word is actually syntax sugar for an ordinary word:"
42 { $subsection define-objc-class }
43 "Objective C class definitions are saved in the image. If the image is saved and Factor is restarted with the saved image, custom class definitions are made available to the Objective C runtime when they are first accessed from within Factor." ;
46 ABOUT: "objc-subclassing"