avail/avail.descriptor.objects/ObjectDescriptor/Companion

Companion

Functions

fun createUninitializedObject(variant: ObjectLayoutVariant): AvailObject

Create a mutable object using the provided ObjectLayoutVariant, but without initializing its fields. The caller is responsible for initializing the fields before use.

getField

fun getField(self: AvailObject, slotIndex: Int): AvailObject

Extract the field value at the specified slot index.

objectFromMap

@JvmStatic

fun objectFromMap(map: A_Map): AvailObject

Construct an object with attribute keys and values taken from the provided A_Map.

objectFromTuple

fun objectFromTuple(tuple: A_Tuple): AvailObject

Construct an object from the specified tuple of field assignments.

setField

@JvmStatic

fun setField( self: AvailObject, slotIndex: Int, value: A_BasicObject): AvailObject

Update the field value at the specified slot index of the mutable object.

staticObjectVariantId

@JvmStatic

fun staticObjectVariantId(anObject: AvailObject): Int

Produce the given object's ObjectLayoutVariant's variantId.

Properties

createUninitializedObjectMethod

var createUninitializedObjectMethod: CheckedMethod

Access the createUninitializedObject static method.

objectFromMapMethod

val objectFromMapMethod: CheckedMethod

The CheckedMethod for objectFromMap.

setFieldMethod

var setFieldMethod: CheckedMethod

Access the setField method.

staticObjectVariantIdMethod

val staticObjectVariantIdMethod: CheckedMethod

The CheckedMethod for staticTypeTagOrdinal.