creating classes in Clojure

[fft1976]

Is there a way to create a Java class (not instance) in Clojure
without writing actual Java? e.g.

public class person {
public string name;
public int num_children;
public double weight;
}

[Kyle R. Burton]

Yes, tho perhaps not according to the example you have there. You can
complie a clojure file by using gen-class:

http://clojure.org/compilation

gen-class does support a state declaration, but it doesn't seem to map
cleanly to member variables as in your example. What is probably more
idiomatic on the clojure side is to use a map for such a data object.

I wrote up an example that uses gen-class and ant to create executable
jars here:

http://asymmetrical-view.com/2009/06/22/executable-clojure-jars.html

Regards,

Kyle Burton