Object

Supported platforms:
Available since: Gideros 2015.08

Description

Main Object class from which all Gideros classes inherit.

There is no other purpose for this class, rather a neat way to add methods to all Gideros classes.

Examples

local bmp = Bitmap.new("image.png")
print(bmp:getClass()) -- prints Bitmap
print(bmp:getBaseClass()) -- prints Sprite
print(bmp:isInstanceOf("Bitmap")) -- prints true
print(bmp:isInstanceOf("Sprite")) -- prints true
print(bmp:isInstanceOf("EventDispatcher")) -- prints true
print(bmp:isInstanceOf("Object")) -- prints true
print(bmp:isInstanceOf("TileMap")) -- prints false

Methods Object:getBaseClass returns base class Object:getClass returns class name Object:isInstanceOf checks if instance belongs to class

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