class->get_method

class ->get_method: get_method

The methods class->get_method, class->send_method and class->instance_variable are used to expand or redefine the behaviour of a class. They are normally used right after the class has been created. The following restrictions apply:

Instance variables cannot be redefined or extended after instances of subclasses of the class have been created.
The name of a instance variable may not already appear as an instance variable in one of the super-classes.
Behaviour of each type (send/get) may be defined both using variables and methods. If a variable has send access there should not be a send_method and if a variable has get access there should not be a get_method with the same name. If both exist, the method is used instead of the variable.
Note that both the Prolog and Lisp language interfaces provide an interface for defining methods. See their resp. manual.

The methods object->slot, object->send_super,‘object object<-get_super’and friends are designed to support the definition of method implementations. See also class code.

See also
- class method
- object<-slot
- object->get_method