net.sandius.rembulan

Class Variable

java.lang.Object

net.sandius.rembulan.Variable

public class Variable
extends Object

A reified variable.

A variable is an object storing a single value of arbitrary type. When used as fields in function class instances, they serve a function equivalent to that of upvalues in PUC-Lua.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Variable(Object initialValue) Creates a new variable instance with the given initial value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	get() Gets the value stored in this variable.
void	set(Object value) Sets the value stored in this variable to value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Variable

public Variable(Object initialValue)

Creates a new variable instance with the given initial value.

Parameters:

initialValue - the initial value of the variable, may be null

Method Detail

get

public Object get()

Gets the value stored in this variable.

Returns:

the value of this variable (possibly null)

set

public void set(Object value)

Sets the value stored in this variable to value.

Parameters:

value - the new value of this variable, may be null