2.1 Constructor & Deconstructor

Class

Constructor & Deconstructor functions in OOP have a special usage. When you call them, you do it through the class not through the instanciation of an object. It's a bit complicated to understand at the begining but you should just retain that to call them you use the class.

Constructor

Constructor is the first function that is call at the instanciation of your object. Its role is to initialise the variable of the object. Opposite to other language, the name of constructor in OOP is constructor.

To instanciate an object in OOP we call the function new wich is an alias of the declared function constructor

Constructor function must be declare and have visibility PUBLIC

Example

	PUBLIC FUNCTION("string","constructor") {
		MEMBER("name",_this);
	};
	
	_myfooobject = ["new", "Thomas"] call OO_FOO;

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	_myfooobject = NEW(OO_FOO,"Thomas");

will instanciate a _myfooobject, and set its name variable to Thomas and for this you use the class OO_FOO

Deconstructor

Constructor is the last function wich is called at the destruction of the object. Its role is to clean all the object's variables.

To call the deconstructor we call the function delete wich is an alias of the declared function deconstructor

Deonstructor function must be declare and have visibility PUBLIC

Example

	PUBLIC FUNCTION("string","deconstructor") {			
		DELETE_VARIABLE("name");
	};

	["delete", _myfooobject] call OO_FOO;

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	DELETE(_myfooobject);

will destroy the _myfooobject and erase the content of name variable with nil and for this you use the class OO_FOO