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<h1 class="faldoc_title">Class Method</h1>
<p class="faldoc_brief">Metaclass of method items. </p>
<p class="faldoc_funcdecl">
<b>class</b> Method \
<b>from</b> <a href="./class_BOM.html">BOM</a>
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<p class="faldoc_brief"><a href="#more">more...</a></p>
<h2 class="faldoc_title">Summary</h2>
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<tr><td><a href="#attributes">attributes()</a></td><td>Returns the attributes associated with the method function. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#base">base()</a></td><td>Returns the function or the array associated with this method. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#source">source()</a></td><td>Returns the object associated with this method. </td></tr>
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<h3 class="faldoc_title">Inherited methods</h3>
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<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__add">__add</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides binary addition operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__call">__call</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides call operator "self()". </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__dec">__dec</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides decrement unary prefix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__decpost">__decpost</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides decrement unary postfix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__div">__div</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides binary division operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__getIndex">__getIndex</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides array access operator [] </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__inc">__inc</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides increment unary prefix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__incpost">__incpost</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides increment unary postifx operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__mod">__mod</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides modulo operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__mul">__mul</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides binary multiplication operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__pow">__pow</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides power operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__setIndex">__setIndex</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides array write operator [] </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#__sub">__sub</a> from BOM </td><td>Overrides binary subtraction operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#baseClass">baseClass</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns the class item from which an object has been instantiated. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#bound">bound</a> from BOM </td><td>Determines if an item is bound or not. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#className">className</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns the name of the class an instance is instantiated from. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#clone">clone</a> from BOM </td><td>Performs a deep copy of the item. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#compare">compare</a> from BOM </td><td>Performs a lexicographical comparison. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#derivedFrom">derivedFrom</a> from BOM </td><td>Checks if this item has a given parent. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#describe">describe</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns the deep contents of an item on a string representation. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#isCallable">isCallable</a> from BOM </td><td>Determines if an item is callable. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#len">len</a> from BOM </td><td>Retrieves the length of a collection </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#metaclass">metaclass</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns the metaclass associated with this item. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#ptr">ptr</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns a raw memory pointer out of this data (as an integer). </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#serialize">serialize</a> from BOM </td><td>Serialize the item on a stream for persistent storage. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#toString">toString</a> from BOM </td><td>Coverts the object to string. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="./class_BOM.html#typeId">typeId</a> from BOM </td><td>Returns an integer indicating the type of this item. </td></tr>
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<a name="more"><h2 class="faldoc_title">Detailed description</h2></a>
<p class="faldoc_funcdecl">
<b>class</b> Method \
<b>from</b> <a href="./class_BOM.html">BOM</a>
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<p class="item_brief">Metaclass of method items. </p>
<p class="faldoc_text">This is the class reflecting falcon method items. A method is a set of an item and a function applied to that. The item can be a method again, as it is possible to apply methods to method items. </p>
<h2 class="faldoc_title">Methods</h2>
<h3 class="faldoc_funcname"><a name="attributes">attributes()</a></h3>
<p class="item_brief">Returns the attributes associated with the method function. </p>
<p class="faldoc_funcdecl">Method.attributes( )</p>
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<tr><td class="faldoc_funcreturn">Returns:</td><td class="faldoc_funcreturndesc">Nil if the function has no attributes, or a string-indexed dictionary. </td></tr>
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<h3 class="faldoc_funcname"><a name="base">base()</a></h3>
<p class="item_brief">Returns the function or the array associated with this method. </p>
<p class="faldoc_funcdecl">Method.base( )</p>
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<tr><td class="faldoc_funcreturn">Returns:</td><td class="faldoc_funcreturndesc">The function or array that is applied on the associated object. </td></tr>
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<p class="faldoc_text"><p class="faldoc_text">Returns a function or a callable array that is associated with the object in this method. </p>
<p class="faldoc_text">This method cannot return external functions; only function generated by Falcon native modules can be returned. This is because externa functions are not suited to be extracted from methods and eventually re-associated with other objects. </p>
<p class="faldoc_text">This method will raise an error in case it refers to an external function. However, it can be safely used to extract base callable arrays. </p>
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<h3 class="faldoc_funcname"><a name="source">source()</a></h3>
<p class="item_brief">Returns the object associated with this method. </p>
<p class="faldoc_funcdecl">Method.source( )</p>
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<tr><td class="faldoc_funcreturn">Returns:</td><td class="faldoc_funcreturndesc">The object from which this method was created. </td></tr>
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<p class="faldoc_text"><p class="faldoc_text">Returns an object (or an item, in case this is a BOM method) that gave birth to this method. </p>
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