Class Definitions - Design Documentation for MOZ (Moo in OZ).

5 Class Definitions

General Class Issues: Caveats for class creation, and a list of methods that every class should (re-) define.
The Class Hierarchy: I apologize for the lack of a pretty tree. Deal.
class MozBase: The bottom-level class.
class Storage: The persistent storage class.
class Server: The incoming TCP/IP handling class.
class Described: The basic described object. Has no location. Normally not instantiated.
class Located: Basic located object (i.e. has an intrinsic location).
class Mobile: Basic mobile object (i.e. has an intrinsic location that can be changed).
class Location: Basic location object (i.e. has contents).
class Player: Takes parsed input and calls commands.
class Wizard: Just like Player, but with more capabilities, and hence some extra commands.
class Puppet: An automaton version of Player.
class Container: Combination of the features of Mobile and Location; a thing that can have things in it.
class Exit: A connector between Locations. Has no location itself.
class Gate: Like Exit, but connects locations between two MOZs.
class Terminus: Like Location, but provides a connecting point for a Gate.
class Connection: Handles TCP/IP connections.
class Parser: Parses user input and deals with finding the right verbs to pass the user's input to.
class Control: Used to generate objects used to control other objects.
class ClassControl: Used to generate objects used to create and control new classes.