classhelper.ahk

_{^{This library uses AutoHotkey Version 2. (Tested with AHK v2.0-beta.1 x64 Unicode)}}

Misc helper functions for classes

Installation

In a terminal or command line navigate to your project folder and type following command:

npm install AutoHotkey-V2/classhelper.ahk.git

Usage

Include export.ahk from the classhelper.ahk folder into your project using standard AutoHotkey-include methods.

#Include %A_ScriptDir%\node_modules\classhelper.ahk\export.ahk

class a{ 
	class b{ 
		x := 42
		y := 17

		test() {
			return 55
		}
	} 
}
c := a.b()
strJSON := ClassHelper.toJSON(c, indent := 2)
; Serializes to '{"_class": "a.b", "x": 42, "y": 17}'
c := ""

; The property "_class" is used to construct the class, given by value string (here: an instance of class "a.b" is instanciated))
d := ClassHelper.newFromJSON(strJSON)
OutputDebug("New obj <c> is an instance of class <" Type(d) "> with property values (x=" d.x ", y=" d.y ")")
ExitApp

For usage examples have a look at the files in the examples folder.

For more detailed documentation have a look into the full documentation