คลาสผ่านเมทาเทเบิล

รูปแบบตารางคลาส

local Animal = {}
Animal.__index = Animal

function Animal.new(name, sound)
  return setmetatable({name=name, sound=sound}, Animal)
end

function Animal:speak()
  print(self.name .. " says " .. self.sound)
end

local dog = Animal.new("Rex","Woof")
dog:speak()  -- Rex says Woof

__index ชี้ไปยังคลาส

local Point = {}
Point.__index = Point

Point.type = "2D Point"

function Point.new(x,y)
  return setmetatable({x=x,y=y}, Point)
end

function Point:magnitude()
  return math.sqrt(self.x^2 + self.y^2)
end

local p = Point.new(3,4)
print(p:magnitude())   -- 5.0
print(p.type)          -- 2D Point (from class)

รูปแบบตัวสร้าง

local Circle = {}
Circle.__index = Circle

function Circle.new(cx, cy, radius)
  assert(radius > 0, "radius must be positive")
  return setmetatable({cx=cx, cy=cy, r=radius}, Circle)
end

function Circle:area()
  return math.pi * self.r^2
end

function Circle:perimeter()
  return 2 * math.pi * self.r
end

local c = Circle.new(0, 0, 5)
print(string.format("Area: %.2f", c:area()))

ไวยากรณ์เมธอดเทียบกับฟังก์ชัน

local Dog = {}
Dog.__index = Dog

-- Define with colon: self is implicit
function Dog:bark(times)
  for i = 1, (times or 1) do
    print(self.name .. ": Woof!")
  end
end

function Dog.new(name)
  return setmetatable({name=name}, Dog)
end

local d = Dog.new("Buddy")
d:bark(2)        -- Buddy: Woof! (x2)
-- Dog.bark(d,1) -- same thing, explicit self

ฟิลด์ระดับคลาสเทียบกับระดับอินสแตนซ์

local Entity = {}
Entity.__index = Entity
Entity.count = 0    -- class-level counter

function Entity.new(name)
  Entity.count = Entity.count + 1
  return setmetatable({name=name, id=Entity.count}, Entity)
end

local a = Entity.new("alpha")
local b = Entity.new("beta")
local c = Entity.new("gamma")

print(Entity.count)  -- 3
print(a.id, b.id, c.id)  -- 1  2  3

tostring สำหรับคลาส

local Vec2 = {}
Vec2.__index = Vec2
Vec2.__tostring = function(v)
  return string.format("Vec2(%g, %g)", v.x, v.y)
end

function Vec2.new(x,y)
  return setmetatable({x=x,y=y}, Vec2)
end

function Vec2.__add(a, b)
  return Vec2.new(a.x+b.x, a.y+b.y)
end

local v1 = Vec2.new(1,2)
local v2 = Vec2.new(3,4)
print(v1+v2)   -- Vec2(4, 6)

การตรวจสอบประเภทอินสแตนซ์

local Dog = {}
Dog.__index = Dog

function Dog.new(name)
  return setmetatable({name=name}, Dog)
end

local function isDog(obj)
  return getmetatable(obj) == Dog
end

local d = Dog.new("Rex")
local t = {}
print(isDog(d))  -- true
print(isDog(t))  -- false

เมธอดส่วนตัว

local Account = {}
Account.__index = Account

-- Private helper
local function validate(amount)
  return type(amount)=="number" and amount > 0
end

function Account.new(balance)
  return setmetatable({balance=balance or 0}, Account)
end

function Account:deposit(amount)
  assert(validate(amount), "invalid amount")
  self.balance = self.balance + amount
end

function Account:getBalance() return self.balance end

การเปรียบเทียบคลาส

local Temp = {}
Temp.__index = Temp
Temp.__eq = function(a,b) return a.celsius == b.celsius end
Temp.__lt = function(a,b) return a.celsius < b.celsius end
Temp.__tostring = function(t)
  return t.celsius.."°C"
end

function Temp.new(c)
  return setmetatable({celsius=c}, Temp)
end

local t1 = Temp.new(100)
local t2 = Temp.new(0)
print(t1 == Temp.new(100))  -- true
print(t2 < t1)              -- true

หลายคลาส

local Cat = {}
Cat.__index = Cat

function Cat.new(name) return setmetatable({name=name,lives=9},Cat) end
function Cat:loseLife() self.lives=self.lives-1; return self.lives end

local Dog2 = {}
Dog2.__index = Dog2
function Dog2.new(name) return setmetatable({name=name,tricks={}},Dog2) end
function Dog2:learn(t) self.tricks[#self.tricks+1]=t end

local c = Cat.new("Whiskers")
local d = Dog2.new("Buddy")
d:learn("sit"); d:learn("stay")
print(c:loseLife(), #d.tricks)  -- 8  2

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