Property calls

Syntax

variableName.propertyName

where:

• variableName: the name of the variable to be read.
• propertyName: the name of a property defined on the variable's type.

Description

MQL supports the Java beans convention (http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/javabeans). This means you can access the data model using properties:
myVariable.myProperty

Each non-static public method of the form getFoo() or isFoo() is acccessible through the property foo. So you can write obj.foo to call obj.getFoo() or obj.isFoo().

We recommend to use properties in place of method calls, as it makes the code simpler and more readable:
myClass.namespace.name may sounds nicer than myClass.getNamespace().getName().

Properties can only be used to call public methods. Public fields are never accessible though Java Beans, they must have a corresponding getter method. Note that this statement does not apply to static fields, as you can access static fields and methods.

Examples

// gets the name of the class (calls getName())
myClass.name

// gets the isAbstract value of the class (calls isAbstract())
myClass.isAbstract
myClass.abstract