Node Classes: Implementation - georgejecook/maestro-roku GitHub Wiki

Implementation details

To keep code as testable as possible, yet conform as closely as possible to the brighterscript nodeclass language feature propositions maestro does the following:

• Maintains the original classes in the code (so they can be unit tested)
• Replaces all m.fieldName references to m.top.fieldName references for public fields, so developers can code in a class-centric way, without having to worry about node-var space, vs class var space vs m var space
• Assigns all default values for public fields to m.top in the node's init method
• Instantiates the class inside the node, according to the @lazy annotation (i.e. either instantiation can be deferred for performance wins)
• Appends the node class into the node's m
  • This better conforms with the proposed brighterscript implementation
  • Allows seamless and direct access to the node's m and top