Cerberus X Documentation

Keyword Self

Object's own reference.

Syntax

Self

Description

The Self keyword provides a way for a method to access the object it belongs to.

See also

Super | Method
Language reference

Example

An object which passes a reference to itself to an outside function. In this case, the Speak method passes Self as the first parameter of the DrawSpeechBubble function.

Class Person

Field x:Int, y:Int

Method Speak (text:String)
DrawSpeechBubble (Self, text)
End

End

Function DrawSpeechBubble (p:Person, say:String)
DrawText say, p.x, p.y
End