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[Kyung]

In this version of LUA used by GOS, is there a specific API for creating and instantiating classes? By looking at some of the open source code, I see some people using the 'class' keyword, but looking at LUA wikis I generally see using tables as classes.

Any specific way to do this in the GOS api?

[Ryzuki]

you can read: lua metatable

[Deftsu]

class "template"
function template:__init(args) 
  -- put anything that you want to load when initaiting the class here
  -- use this for accessing the class (can be used only when inside class functions, thinks of it as 'this' in C#, would be something like : self.somevar = 5 instead of this.somevar = 5 
end
template(args) -- load the class

btw you don't have to put any args, it's not neccessary.

[Kyung]

class "template"
function template:__init(args) 
  -- put anything that you want to load when initaiting the class here
  -- use this for accessing the class (can be used only when inside class functions, thinks of it as 'this' in C#, would be something like : self.somevar = 5 instead of this.somevar = 5 
end
template(args) -- load the class

btw you don't have to put any args, it's not neccessary.

 

Specifically to this, is there a way to define properties in lua (with getters and setters)?

[jouzuna]

Specifically to this, is there a way to define properties in lua (with getters and setters)?

would need to make use of __index and __newindex metamethods