Accessing an object’s header

To access an object’s header, you can use the object specific keywords.

These are read only and should not be changed. They are as follows:

objectFunctionArea

Contains the address of the object’s function area, containing offsets to the object’s methods.

objectInfo

A number containing the object’s info. If this is $8000, then the object is a class. Otherwise, it’s an instance.

objectLocal

Contains a pointer to the object’s property variables.

objectName

Contains a pointer to the object’s name string.

objectSize

A number containing the size of the object structure.

objectSpecies

A pointer to the object in memory.

objectSuperclass

A pointer the the object’s superclass in memory.

objectTotalProperties

A number containing the object’s total number of properties.

objectType

The object’s type. 1 if it’s an instance, 6 if it’s a class.

Examples:

FormatPrint("This object: %s is %d bytes large, has %d properties and $%04x as it's -info-." objectName objectSize objectTotalProperties objectInfo)

FormatPrint(
        "%s\n"+
        "object at $%04x of $%04x\n"+
        "Methods at: $%04x\n"+
        "-info-: $%04x\n"+
        "Properties at: $%04x\n"+
        "Size: %d bytes\n"+
        "Total Properties: %d\n"+
        "Segment Type: %x\n"
        objectName
        objectSpecies
        objectSuperclass
        objectFunctionArea
        objectInfo
        objectLocal
        objectSize
        objectTotalProperties
        objectType
)