opus/sys/modules/opus/class.lua

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-- From http://lua-users.org/wiki/SimpleLuaClasses
-- (with some modifications)
-- class.lua
-- Compatible with Lua 5.1 (not 5.0).
return function(base)
local c = { } -- a new class instance
if type(base) == 'table' then
-- our new class is a shallow copy of the base class!
if base._preload then
base = base._preload(base)
end
for i,v in pairs(base) do
c[i] = v
end
c._base = base
end
-- the class will be the metatable for all its objects,
-- and they will look up their methods in it.
c.__index = c
-- expose a constructor which can be called by <classname>(<args>)
setmetatable(c, {
__call = function(class_tbl, ...)
local obj = { }
setmetatable(obj,c)
if class_tbl.init then
class_tbl.init(obj, ...)
else
-- make sure that any stuff from the base class is initialized!
if base and base.init then
base.init(obj, ...)
end
end
return obj
end
})
c.is_a =
function(self, klass)
local m = getmetatable(self)
while m do
if m == klass then return true end
m = m._base
end
return false
end
return c
end