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</ul><div id="page_body"><h1><span class="toc_number">1.2.9</span>Class LateBinding</h1><p class="brief">Metaclass for LateBinding type. </p>
<pre class="prototype">Class LateBinding from \
<a href="core_BOM.html">BOM</a>( )</pre>
<p>Late bindings are special items treated as "symbols", that can receive an associated value at runtime. </p>
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<tbody><tr class="member_type"><td class="member_type" colspan="2">Methods</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#bound">bound</a></td><td>Checks if the late binding is bound. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#symbol">symbol</a></td><td>Returns the symbol name associated with a late binding. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#value">value</a></td><td>Returns the value associated with a late binding. </td></tr>
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<tbody><tr class="member_type"><td class="member_type" colspan="2">Methods inherited from class <a href="core_BOM.html">BOM</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__add">__add</a></td><td>Overrides binary addition operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__call">__call</a></td><td>Overrides call operator "self()". </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__dec">__dec</a></td><td>Overrides decrement unary prefix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__decpost">__decpost</a></td><td>Overrides decrement unary postfix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__div">__div</a></td><td>Overrides binary division operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__getIndex">__getIndex</a></td><td>Overrides array access operator [] </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__inc">__inc</a></td><td>Overrides increment unary prefix operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__incpost">__incpost</a></td><td>Overrides increment unary postifx operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__mod">__mod</a></td><td>Overrides modulo operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__mul">__mul</a></td><td>Overrides binary multiplication operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__pow">__pow</a></td><td>Overrides power operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__setIndex">__setIndex</a></td><td>Overrides array write operator [] </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#__sub">__sub</a></td><td>Overrides binary subtraction operand. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#baseClass">baseClass</a></td><td>Returns the class item from which an object has been instantiated. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#bound">bound</a></td><td>Determines if an item is bound or not. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#className">className</a></td><td>Returns the name of the class an instance is instantiated from. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#clone">clone</a></td><td>Performs a deep copy of the item. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#compare">compare</a></td><td>Performs a lexicographical comparison. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#derivedFrom">derivedFrom</a></td><td>Checks if this item has a given parent. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#describe">describe</a></td><td>Returns the deep contents of an item on a string representation. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#isCallable">isCallable</a></td><td>Determines if an item is callable. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#len">len</a></td><td>Retrieves the length of a collection </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#metaclass">metaclass</a></td><td>Returns the metaclass associated with this item. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#ptr">ptr</a></td><td>Returns a raw memory pointer out of this data (as an integer). </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#serialize">serialize</a></td><td>Serialize the item on a stream for persistent storage. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#toString">toString</a></td><td>Coverts the object to string. </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="core_BOM.html#typeId">typeId</a></td><td>Returns an integer indicating the type of this item. </td></tr>
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<h2>Methods</h2><h3><a name="bound">bound</a></h3><p class="brief">Checks if the late binding is bound. </p>
<pre class="prototype">LateBinding.bound()</pre>
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<tbody><tr class="return"><td class="name">Return</td><td class="content">True if this late binding has a bound value. </td></tr>
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<h3><a name="symbol">symbol</a></h3><p class="brief">Returns the symbol name associated with a late binding. </p>
<pre class="prototype">LateBinding.symbol()</pre>
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<tbody><tr class="return"><td class="name">Return</td><td class="content">The symbol name </td></tr>
</tbody>
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<h3><a name="value">value</a></h3><p class="brief">Returns the value associated with a late binding. </p>
<pre class="prototype">LateBinding.value()</pre>
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<tbody><tr class="return"><td class="name">Return</td><td class="content">A value or nil if no value is associated. </td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>To determine if this binding has a "nil" value associated, use <a href="core_LateBinding.html#bound">LateBinding.bound</a>. </p>
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