10.2B - 2009 , OO comes of age in Progress openedge (proper garbage collection etc)
however, reflection is missing. For us poor guys that write tools for other progress developers, this is a problem. Procedures have internal-entries, classes have nada. nothing. bugger all. Ah well. Maybe they will deliver this real soon.
11.3.2. 2014. 5 YEARS LATER. We *still* don't have reflection . Really ? 5 years later ....
so, a little hope creeps in when I see the GetReflectMethods() on a progress.lang.Object class.
fire up the quattro! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYdNwPf-w0)
damnation ...
Please, Progress, please - give us the stuff we need to build the tools and apps that the product deserves.
*frustrated* of England.
10.2B - 2009 , OO comes of age in Progress openedge (proper garbage collection etc)
however, reflection is missing. For us poor guys that write tools for other progress developers, this is a problem. Procedures have internal-entries, classes have nada. nothing. bugger all. Ah well. Maybe they will deliver this real soon.
11.3.2. 2014. 5 YEARS LATER. We *still* don't have reflection . Really ? 5 years later ....
so, a little hope creeps in when I see the GetReflectMethods() on a progress.lang.Object class.
fire up the quattro! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYdNwPf-w0)
damnation ...
Please, Progress, please - give us the stuff we need to build the tools and apps that the product deserves.
*frustrated* of England.
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Create an "Idea" and you have my vote!
Should be covered in large parts by your own idea: https://community.progress.com/businessusers/i/openedge/complete_oo_functionality_in_abl.aspx and the link provided within to http://www.oehive.org/OOWishList
Did you vote for that?
Apropos of which, I think it would also help to identify specifically what properties you want access to and give a business case for why it matters. I suspect we are more likely to get it piece at a time than comprehensively over night.
10.2B - 2009 , OO comes of age in Progress openedge (proper garbage collection etc)
however, reflection is missing. For us poor guys that write tools for other progress developers, this is a problem. Procedures have internal-entries, classes have nada. nothing. bugger all. Ah well. Maybe they will deliver this real soon.
11.3.2. 2014. 5 YEARS LATER. We *still* don't have reflection . Really ? 5 years later ....
so, a little hope creeps in when I see the GetReflectMethods() on a progress.lang.Object class.
fire up the quattro! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYdNwPf-w0)
damnation ...
Please, Progress, please - give us the stuff we need to build the tools and apps that the product deserves.
*frustrated* of England.
Flag this post as spam/abuse.
Problem is, that you can dynamically invoke methods and get/set property values, but you can't query which methods and properties are available at least. Not to speak of parameters and data types etc.
A huge limitation typically for tool builders.