Even now, I just looked at the programmer's reference guide. It states:
The EsiObjects Runtime Module contains all the components of a state-of-the-art object
oriented database system. This module contains support for the Class Development
Environment and all Application Runtime Environments. It implements:
• A robust, comprehensive object model implementation based on the Smalltalk class
model. This model implements all the concepts required of a full object oriented
system, particularly, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphic behavior.
• A compiler that implements the 1995 ANSI standard M language and EsiObjects
language extensions in support of the object model....
So it is a runtime module.... i.e. a separate executable? Separate from M? And it has it's own compiler that "extends" the language? And what is that Smalltalk (I'm not familiar with this) implementation? So would I be writing in Smalltalk?
When I checked before, it seemed that EsiObjects allowed one to access the database in an object oriented way, meaning that globals become objects. But this didn't have application with VistA and fileman.
I think that if I were to develop a separate application from VistA, then EsiObjects would be a very strong tool to have. I would just have to spend some time figuring out how to use it.
But for right now, I am seeing if I can write code in standard M (with no fancy tricks) that lets one store data is globals or arrays that then act like objects from other languages.
Kevin
On 12/1/05, Michael Zacharias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kevin
If you haven't already, check out ESIObjects (http://www.esiobjects.org). It
is an OO extension to M that uses M as the enabling language (i.e. the OO
abstraction is done similarily to what you are doing. Using M data structures,
etc).
Michael
--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Excellent. But I am seeing what can be done without changing the
> language definition. It might get done quicker that way ;-\
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
> On 12/1/05, Chris Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Kevin;
> >
> > Funny you should ask.... WorldVistA was started by those of us who
> were
> > part of the Object Oriented Working Group of a Task Group, of a
> subcommittee
> > of the MUMPS Development Committee. This working group long out lived (or
> > was at least active) the MDC's activity. You might want to take a look at
> > the Object Oriented Check List X3H7. We have lots of plans for this
> > technology.
> >
> > Best wishes; Chris
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Toppenberg" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Hardhats Sourceforge" <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:51 PM
> > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Object Oriented(OO) in Mumps
> >
> >
> > I am still interested if the array structures that are intrinsic to M
> > could be leveraged to achieve object oriented code.
> >
> > Here is some working code have written around a simple OO framework:
> >
> http://openforum.worldvista.org/~forum/index.php?title=Object_Oriented_Progr
> > amming_with_M
> >
> > The sample program doesn't really show much of the OO abilities. I was
> > mostly worknig on getting the execution of member functions to work.
> > But each object has its own variable set and share common methods.
> >
> > Let me know what you all think.
> >
> > ("why?" --> "because!")
> >
> > Kevin
> >
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