On 29 February 2016 at 13:48, Gerald Wiltse <jerrywiltse@gmail.com> wrote:
> This looks like an elegant solution. Are you confirming that there's no way
> for a method inside "class Chameleon" to achieve the goal?   Just by moving
> method out to a trait, it becomes aware of all the inherited and implemented
> props?  Not bad...

I think I'd much rather Cédric or Jochen confirm and explain this. I
don't feel I could give you a fully accurate answer here - sorry.

Cheers,
Dinko

>
> THANKS!  this list has been really awesome for learning.
>
> Gerald R. Wiltse
> jerrywiltse@gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:30 AM, Dinko Srkoč <dinko.srkoc@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know this is not exactly what you asked, but would something like
>> this work for you?
>>
>>     class Chameleon{ String color = "green" }
>>
>>     trait ColorChanging {
>>         String lastColor
>>         def changeColor = {newcolor ->
>>             lastColor = this.color
>>             this.color = newcolor
>>         }
>>     }
>>
>>     trait MyProps {
>>         void printAllMyProperties(){
>>             this.properties.each{println it}
>>         }
>>     }
>>
>>     def mylizard = new Chameleon().withTraits(ColorChanging, MyProps)
>>
>>     mylizard.changeColor('blue')
>>
>>     mylizard.printAllMyProperties()
>>     mylizard.properties.each{println it}
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dinko
>>
>> On 29 February 2016 at 03:23, Gerald Wiltse <jerrywiltse@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Is there a way for the Chameleon class to ever see that it has a
>> > "lastColor"
>> > property?
>> >
>> > class Chameleon{
>> >     String color = "green"
>> >
>> >     void printAllMyProperties(){
>> >          this.properties.each{println it}
>> >     }
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> > trait ColorChanging {
>> >     String lastColor
>> >     def changeColor = {newcolor ->
>> >         lastColor = this.color
>> >         this.color = newcolor
>> >     }
>> > }
>> >
>> > def mylizard = new Chameleon().withTraits(ColorChanging)
>> >
>> > mylizard.changeColor(blue)
>> >
>> > mylizard.printAllMyProperties()
>> > mylizard.properties.each{println it}
>> >
>> > The outputs of the two above lines don't match. lastColor isn't
>> > available
>> > from inside the class.
>> >
>> > This seems like it should be possible, but I tried several things
>> > including
>> > the declaredFields property and could not get the desired effect.
>> >
>> > In this script, I'm looking for a way for my instance to reference all
>> > the
>> > properties it's received from the trait. I guess it's same situation
>> > with
>> > inheritance, and properties added by propertymissing.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Gerald R. Wiltse
>> > jerrywiltse@gmail.com
>> >
>
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