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Package dclass

The macro (define-class) lets you define Java class in Scheme.

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Package dclass Description

The macro (define-class) lets you define Java class in Scheme. To Java, such a class looks just like and other Java class. The only difference is that its behavior is implemented in Scheme.

The classes in this directory are simple metaclasses used by (define-class). These classes are organized more consistantly than the java.lang.reflect classes are. Their behavior is written in JScheme.

Example

For example, to sort a vector of integers, say, #(5 2 1 3 9 6 2 7 1) using Arrays.sort, you need an implementation of java.util.Comparator. This can defined like: 

  (define-class
    (package frog)
    (import java.util.Comparator)
    (public class Compare implements Comparator)
    ;; Design issue, fields must be public for Jscheme code to access.

    (public Procedure predicate)	

    (public Compare (Procedure predicate)
     (.predicate$ this predicate))

    (public boolean predicate (Object a Object b)
     ((.predicate$ this) a b))

    (public int compare (Object a Object b)
     (cond ((.predicate this a b) -1)
	   ((.predicate this b a) 1)
	   (else 0)))

    (public boolean equals (Object that)
     (and (eq? (.getClass this) (.getClass that))
	  (eq? (.predicate$ this) (.predicate$ that))))

    (public int hashCode () 0))

You can then sort the vector with: 

(let ((a #(5 2 1 3 9 6 2 7 1)))
  (Arrays.sort a (frog.Compare. <))
  a)

which produces: 

#(1 1 2 2 3 5 6 7 9)

The (define-class) macro looks similar to the equivalent Java class. It consists of a sequence of clauses. The clauses can occur in any order, though it is convention to follow an order close to Java's.

define-class syntax

define-class = "(" "define-class" head member* ")"

head         = package import* class|interface
package      = "(" "package" PACKAGENAME ")"
import       = "(" "import" FULLCLASSNAME|PACKAGENAME ".*" ")"

class        = "(" modifier* "class" extends? implements? ")"
interface    = "(" modifier* "interface" extends? ")"
extends      = "(" "extends" CLASSNAME+ ")"
implements   = "(" "implements" CLASSNAME+ ")"

member    = constructor|field|method|static
constructor  = "(" modifiers* name "(" arg* ")"
exp* ")"
field        = "(" modifiers* type name (= value)? ")"
method       = "(" modifers* type "(" arg* ")" exp*")"
static       = "(" static exp* ")"

type         = Java type.
value        = exp
arg          = type name
exp          = {Scheme expression}
name         = {Java identifier}

Issues

Scheme files

Scheme files in this directory include:

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