<i>GOO</i> Manual -- Classes

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## Classes

Classes are types that specify an inheritance relationship and can have associated structured data through properties.

`<class>` | `(<type>)` | `C`
`class-name` | `(x|<class> => (t? <sym>))` | `G`
| returns class name or false otherwise. |
`class-parents` | `(x|<class> => <seq>)` | `G`
| direct superclasses. |
`class-ancestors` | `(x|<class> => <seq>)` | `G`
| class precedence list including this class. See Appendix * for details. |
`class-direct-props` | `(x|<class> => <seq>)` | `G`
| properties defined directly on this class. |
`class-props` | `(x|<class> => <seq>)` | `G`
| properties defined on this class or any superclass. |
`class-children` | `(x|<class> => <seq>)` | `G`
| direct subclasses. |
`DC` | `(DC ,name (,@parents))` | `S`
| defines a class named `,name` with direct parents `,@parents` |
`new` | `(type|<class> prop-inits|...)` | `M`
| creates an instance of type `type` and prop initialized as specified by `prop-inits`. For example, `(new <point> point-x 1 point-y 2)` creates a point with `x=1` and `y=2`. |

### Properties

Properties are named data associated with classes. Their values are accessed exclusively through generic functions, called getters and setters. Descriptions of properties are instances of `<prop>`. Property values can either be specified at creation time with keyword arguments, by calling a property setter, or through a property initialization function called lazily the first time a getter is called if the property is otherwise uninitialized. Property initialization functions are called with a single argument, the object under construction.

`<prop>` | `(<any>)` | `C`
`prop-owner` | `(x|<prop> => <any>)` | `P`
| class on which property was directly defined. |
`prop-getter` | `(x|<prop> => <gen>)` | `P`
| reader accessor generic. |
`prop-setter` | `(x|<prop> => <gen>)` | `P`
| writer accessor generic. |
`prop-type` | `(x|<prop> => <type>)` | `P`
| type constraining property value. |
`prop-init` | `(x|<prop> => <fun>)` | `P`
| lazy initialization function. |
`find-getter` | `(c|<class> getter|<gen> => <met>)` | `G`
| finds getter method defined on given class. |
`find-setter` | `(c|<class> setter|<gen> => <met>)` | `G`
| finds setter method defined on given class. |
`prop-bound?` | `(x g|<gen> => <log>)` | `P`
| returns true if property with getter `g` is bound in instance `x`. |
`add-prop` | `(owner getter|<gen> setter|<gen> type|<type> init|<fun>)` | `M`
| where `init` is a one parameter function that returns the initial value for the prop and gets called lazily with the new instance as the argument. |
`DP` | `(DP ,name (,oname|,owner => ,type) [,@init])` | `S`
| add's an immutable property to `,owner` with getter named `,name`, type `,type`, and optionally initial value `,init`. The initial value function is evaluated lazily when prop's value is first requested. |
`DP!` | `(DP! ,name (,oname|,owner => ,type) [,@init])` | `S`
| same as `DP` but mutable with setter named `,name ## "-setter"` |

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