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API reference - Class Method

Notation used in Ruby API documentation

Description: The interface to a method declaration

Public methods

voidcreateEnsures the C++ object is created
voiddestroyExplicitly destroy the object
[const]booldestroyed?Returns a value indicating whether the object was already destroyed
[const]stringdocThe documentation string for this method
[const,iter]ArgTypeeach_argumentIterate over all arguments of this method
[const]boolis_const?True, if this method does not alter the object
[const]boolis_const_object?Returns a value indicating whether the reference is a const reference
[const]boolis_event?True, if this method is an event
[const]boolis_static?True, if this method is static (a class method)
[const]stringnameThe name of the class
[const]ArgTyperet_typeThe return type of this method

Detailed description

void create

Description: Ensures the C++ object is created

Use this method to ensure the C++ object is created, for example to ensure that resources are allocated. Usually C++ objects are created on demand and not necessarily when the script object is created.

void destroy

Description: Explicitly destroy the object

Explicitly destroy the object on C++ side if it was owned by the Ruby interpreter. Subsequent access to this object will throw an exception. If the object is not owned by Ruby, this method will do nothing.

[const] bool destroyed?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the object was already destroyed

This method returns true, if the object was destroyed, either explicitly or by the C++ side. The latter may happen, if the object is owned by a C++ object which got destroyed itself.

[const] string doc

Description: The documentation string for this method

[const,iter] ArgType each_argument

Description: Iterate over all arguments of this method

[const] bool is_const?

Description: True, if this method does not alter the object

[const] bool is_const_object?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the reference is a const reference

This method returns true, if self is a const reference. In that case, only const methods may be called on self.

[const] bool is_event?

Description: True, if this method is an event

[const] bool is_static?

Description: True, if this method is static (a class method)

[const] string name

Description: The name of the class

[const] ArgType ret_type

Description: The return type of this method