CfgScript Variable Declaration Statements

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Type declarations introduces new Variable in a Script

VarDecl

VarDecl
: [  TypeName ] VarName [ '='  Expression ] ';'
;

A component type name identifies a enumeration or class name with optional namespace/package name.

Class Name Resolution

The class name resolution works in following steps:

Search in TypeAlias

CfgScript first looks in the TypeAlias tables if there is any alias for given TypeName.
If an alias was found the type name will replaced with the original type name.

See also:

Type Alias.

Search in Usings

Next step is to search in the declared using in the scope.

See also:

Using Statement.

If the type was not found in the further steps the type are searched in the list of loaded classes.

If no namespace name is given it search through all namespaces to find the given class.

If the same namespace exists in different namespaces the first found class will be choosen (no warning, no error!).

If it the class cannot be found it uses the ClassLoader to try to load the class.

For more information about ClassLoader please refer to

Library.

Scoped Variables

The scope of variables are limited by their block:


int i = 42; // is global scope
{ // Block, introduce new scope
  
  int i = 1; // overwrite variable for this scope
  int j = 2; // j is only valid in this scope
  i == 1;
  j == 2;
} // leaving scope 
i == 42; // i is now global scope
j == 2; // invalid because j is not longer valid

Typed Variable Declarations

Typed variables has a defined type


int i; // i is an int
acdk.lang.StringBuffer sb; // sb is StringBuffer
i = 3; // OK
i = 4.3; // OK, convert automatically
i = "A Text"; // throws ClassCastException
sb = new acdk.lang.StringBuffer(""); // OK
sb = new Integer(2); // throws ClassCastException

Untyped Variable Declarations

In the default mode ad hoc variables usage, without a defined type of the variable is also possible:


i = 2; // i is a any-type (DmiObject) containing a byte
i = "Text"; // now i contains a string
Any j = 2; // Explicit Any type

Global variables

The Script Environment contains following global variables.

interpreter: instance of current acdk::cfgscript::Script.
false: Boolean(false)
true: Boolean(true)
Nil, nil, null: Nil object
out: acdk.lang.System.out
err: acdk.lang.System.err
File_separator: acdk.io.File.separator
File_pathSeparator: acdk.io.File.pathSeparator