@:access query

[Laurence Taylor]

Can anyone tell me where you can use @:access?

More specifically, can you add it inline in an expression, or only on a class / member function?

How broad can you set the terms? Is a package level declaration recursive?

regards,

Laurence

[Domagoj Štrekelj]

Hello,

The @:access metadata can be used on a class / field to forcefully allow the class / field access to the package / class / field specified as the metadata value.

To put it bluntly, if encapsulation is preventing you from accessing, say, a field you really need to access but don't want to expose, you can use @:access(package.Class.field) to forcefully allow access to that private field from within to accessing class.

The @:access metadata can be added to classes, static functions, or member functions.

If a package is specified for @:access, the definition is recursive. If a class is specified, all of its private fields are exposed.

There's more information in the Haxe manual.

I hope that cleared things up!

Domagoj