1copy(n)                         TclOO Commands                         copy(n)
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NAME

8       oo::copy - create copies of objects and classes
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SYNOPSIS

11       package require TclOO
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13       oo::copy sourceObject ?targetObject? ?targetNamespace?
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DESCRIPTION

17       The oo::copy command creates a copy of an object or class. It takes the
18       name of the object or class to be copied, sourceObject, and  optionally
19       the  name of the object or class to create, targetObject, which will be
20       resolved relative to the current namespace if not an absolute qualified
21       name  and  targetNamespace which is the name of the namespace that will │
22       hold the internal state of the object (my command, etc.); it  must  not │
23       refer to an existing namespace.  If either targetObject or targetNames‐ │
24       pace is omitted or is given as the empty string, a new name is  chosen. │
25       Names, unless specified, are chosen with the same algorithm used by the │
26       new method of oo::class.  The copied object will be of the  same  class
27       as  the source object, and will have all its per-object methods copied.
28       If it is a class, it will also have all the class methods in the  class
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31       After the targetObject has been created and all definitions of its con‐ │
32       figuration (e.g., methods, filters, mixins) copied, the <cloned> method │
33       of targetObject will be invoked, to allow for customization of the cre‐ │
34       ated object such as installing related variable traces. The only  argu‐ │
35       ment  given  will  be  sourceObject. The default implementation of this │
36       method (in oo::object) just copies the procedures and variables in  the │
37       namespace  of  sourceObject  to  the namespace of targetObject. If this │
38       method call does not return a result that is successful (i.e., an error │
39       or  other  kind of exception) then the targetObject will be deleted and │
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42       The result of the oo::copy command will be the fully-qualified name  of
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EXAMPLES

46       This  example creates an object, copies it, modifies the source object,
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49              oo::object create src
50              oo::objdefine src method msg {} {puts foo}
51              oo::copy src dst
52              oo::objdefine src method msg {} {puts bar}
53              src msg              → prints "bar"
54              dst msg              → prints "foo"
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SEE ALSO

57       oo::class(n), oo::define(n), oo::object(n)
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KEYWORDS

60       clone, copy, duplication, object
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64TclOO                                 0.1                              copy(n)
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