oo::define

oo::define , a built-in Tcl command, defines and changes the definition of existing classes in TclOO.

Synopsis

oo::define class definitionScript

oo::define class arg arg ?arg ...?

If given as a sequence of args, the definitionScript is created by making a list of those arguments and evaluating that as if it was given as a definitionScript. Supported definitions for use in the definitionScript are:

constructor argList bodyScript

deletemethod name ?name ...?

destructor bodyScript

export name ?name ...?

filter ?methodName ...?

forward name cmdName ?arg ...?

method name argList bodyScript

mixin ?className ...?

renamemethod fromName toName

self subcommand arg ...

self script

superclass className ?className ...?

unexport name ?name ...?

variable ?name ...?

Documentation

official reference

forward

my can be used as the command name:

oo::objdefine myobject forward method2 my method1 

Precursors, Methods, and Exports

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The act of creating a new method resets the current export setting for the method. In the following example, it is necessary to use export twice in order for the invocation of .~ to succeed.

oo::class create c1 {
    method .~ {} {
        puts {c1 method}
    }
    export .~
}

oo::class create c2 {
    superclass c1
    method .~ {} {
        puts {c2 method}
    }
    export .~
}

c2 create obj1
obj1 .~

As a point of clarification, this is true even if the method is redefined within the same class (c1 here). Furthermore, in the above example, objects of class c1 (not c2) still have the method exported. In other words, the "export" designation goes away for the class in which the method is redefined.