Defining methods

Explains how methods are defined in IBM ILOG Script.

Since a method is really a property which contains a function value, defining a method simply consists in defining a regular function, then assigning it to a property.

For example, the following program adds a method start to the myCar object defined in the previous section:

function start_engine() {
  writeln("vroom vroom")
}
myCar.start = start_engine 

Now, the expression myCar.start() will call the function defined as start_engine. Note that the only reason for using a different name for the function and for the method is to avoid confusion; we could have written:

function start() {
  writeln("vroom vroom")
}

myCar.start = start