NAME

       oo::object - root class of the class hierarchy

SYNOPSIS

       package require TclOO

       oo::object method ?arg ...?

CLASS HIERARCHY

       oo::object
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DESCRIPTION

       The  oo::object  class  is  the  root  class  of  the object hierarchy; every object is an
       instance of this class. Since classes are themselves objects, they are instances  of  this
       class  too.  Objects  are  always  referred  to  by  their  name, and may be renamed while
       maintaining their identity.

       Instances of objects may be made with either the create or new methods of  the  oo::object
       object  itself, or by invoking those methods on any of the subclass objects; see oo::class
       for more  details.  The  configuration  of  individual  objects  (i.e.,  instance-specific
       methods, mixed-in classes, etc.) may be controlled with the oo::objdefine command.

       Each  object  has  a  unique  namespace  associated with it, the instance namespace.  This
       namespace holds all the instance  variables  of  the  object,  and  will  be  the  current
       namespace  whenever  a method of the object is invoked (including a method of the class of
       the object). When the object is destroyed, its instance namespace is deleted. The instance
       namespace  contains  the  object's  my  command,  which may be used to invoke non-exported
       methods of the object or to create a reference to the object for the purpose of invocation
       which persists across renamings of the object.

   CONSTRUCTOR
       The oo::object class does not define an explicit constructor.

   DESTRUCTOR
       The oo::object class does not define an explicit destructor.

   EXPORTED METHODS
       The oo::object class supports the following exported methods:

       obj destroy
              This  method  destroys  the  object,  obj,  that  it  is invoked upon, invoking any
              destructors on the object's class in the process. It is equivalent to using  rename
              to delete the object command. The result of this method is always the empty string.

   NON-EXPORTED METHODS
       The oo::object class supports the following non-exported methods:

       obj eval ?arg ...?
              This  method concatenates the arguments, arg, as if with concat, and then evaluates
              the resulting script in  the  namespace  that  is  uniquely  associated  with  obj,
              returning the result of the evaluation.

       obj unknown ?methodName? ?arg ...?
              This method is called when an attempt to invoke the method methodName on object obj
              fails. The arguments that the  user  supplied  to  the  method  are  given  as  arg
              arguments.   If methodName is absent, the object was invoked with no method name at │
              all (or any other arguments).  The default implementation (i.e., the one defined by
              the oo::object class) generates a suitable error, detailing what methods the object
              supports given whether the object was invoked by its public name or through the  my
              command.

       obj variable ?varName ...?
              This  method arranges for each variable called varName to be linked from the object
              obj's unique namespace into the caller's context.  Thus,  if  it  is  invoked  from
              inside a procedure then the namespace variable in the object is linked to the local
              variable in the procedure. Each  varName  argument  must  not  have  any  namespace
              separators in it. The result is the empty string.

       obj varname varName
              This  method  returns  the  globally  qualified name of the variable varName in the
              unique namespace for the object obj.

       obj <cloned> sourceObjectName
              This method is used by the oo::object command to copy the state of  one  object  to │
              another.  It  is  responsible  for  copying  the  procedures  and  variables of the │
              namespace of the source object (sourceObjectName) to the current  object.  It  does │
              not  copy  any  other types of commands or any traces on the variables; that can be │
              added if desired by overriding this method in a subclass.

EXAMPLES

       This example demonstrates basic use of an object.

              set obj [oo::object new]
              $obj foo             → error "unknown method foo"
              oo::objdefine $obj method foo {} {
                  my variable count
                  puts "bar[incr count]"
              }
              $obj foo             → prints "bar1"
              $obj foo             → prints "bar2"
              $obj variable count  → error "unknown method variable"
              $obj destroy
              $obj foo             → error "unknown command obj"

SEE ALSO

       my(3tcl), oo::class(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       base class, class, object, root class