12. Slots

Overview

Types are composed of uniquely named slots. Slots define the state and behavior of the object oriented type. There are two types of slots:

Fields define state
Methods define behavior

Slot Modifiers

Slots may be annotated with one of the following modifiers:

abstract: see fields and methods
const: see fields
new: see methods
internal: see protection
native: see fields and methods
override: see fields and methods
private: see protection
protected: see protection
public: see protection
static: see fields and methods
virtual: see fields and methods

Protection

A slot can be annotated with one of the following modifiers to define its visibility:

public: everyone can access the slot
protected: only subclasses and types within declaring pod can access the slot
internal: only types within the declaring pod can access the slot
private: only declaring type can access the slot

If no protection keyword is specified, the slot defaults to public.