10.25.6.15 direct_message/4

Synopsis

direct_message(?Class, ?Op, ?Name, ?Arity)

Arguments

Class

atom

Op

message_operator

Name

atom

Arity

integer

Description

Name/Arity is an Op message directly understood (defined rather than inherited) by instances of Class. This predicate is used to test whether a message is defined for a class.

Op is one of <-, >>, or <<, specifying the kind of message.

This predicate violates the principle of information hiding by telling whether the method for a message is defined within a class or inherited. Hence its use in ordinary programs is discouraged. It may be useful, however, during debugging or in developing programming support tools.

See Also

<-/2, <</2, >>/2, message/4