A get_method
object defines the mapping from a selector to an implementation for the get
virtual machine operation. For details see class method
and class behaviour.
- See also
- - class type
- host<-call
- class method
- tool ClassBrowser
- class ?
- get_method <-
return_type: type
- Describes the type of the value returned by this method. It is first of
all intended for documentation and consistency checking purposes.
- See also
- - !converted_return_value
- !bad_return_value
- get_method ->initialise: name=name,
return=[type], types=[vector], implementation=function
|host_method,
summary=[string]*, source=[source_location]*, group=[name]* - The get_method
->initialise
of a get_method takes one additional argument with respect to method->initialise:
the return_type. If the actually returned value does not satisfy this
type, type conversion is attempted. If the conversion succeeds, the
error converted_return_value is raised and the converted value is
returned. If the conversion is not successful, the error
bad_return_value is raised and the method fails.
- get_method <-get: receiver=object,
argument=unchecked ... -> value=unchecked
- Invoke get-behaviour on object. Similar to send_method
->send.
After the implementation returns a result, this result is passed to the
get_method<-return_type
for validation.
