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Metaobject

In computer science, a metaobject is an object that manipulates, creates, describes, or implements objects (including itself). The object that the metaobject pertains to is called the base object. Some information that a metaobject might define includes the base object's type, interface, class, methods, attributes, parse tree, etc. Metaobjects are…

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Metaobject protocol

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Metaobject

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples43
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Metaobject

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related to Usage · 18
Metaobject → Brian, CASE, CLOS, Common Lisp, Gregor Kiczales, In, Integrated Development Environments, Lisp, Metaobject Protocol, Smalltalk, Smalltalk's, Smith's, System, The, The Art, The CLOS, The Common Lisp Object, Xerox PARC
related to External links · 10
Metaobject → GOOPS, Metaobject Protocol, Metaobject ProtocolCommon Lisp Object, Metaobjects, Metaprogramming, Python, System Metaobject Protocol, The Art, The Guile MOP, Tiny CLOS
related to Runtime and compile time · 6
Metaobject → For, OpenC, Semantic Web, Some, The Semantic Web, When
related to Metaobject protocol · 4
Metaobject → Create, Generate, MOP, Typical
is a · 1
Metaobject → object that manipulates

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protocol object system class objects implementation base interface time reflection type systems language example model clos internal structure computer science

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Metaobjectis aobject that manipulates0.90text
software that transforms other software or itself in sophisticated waysinstance ofis usually used sparingly and for specialised purposes0.80text
for example in reverse engineering.Runtimeinstance ofis usually used sparingly and for specialised purposes0.80text
compile timeWhen compilation is not available at run-time there are additional complications for the implementation of metaobject protocolinstance ofis usually used sparingly and for specialised purposes0.80text
resolving the lineage of the class hierarchy on some object instanceinstance ofthis raises additional complexity in issues0.80text
Metaobjectrelated to External linksThe Guile MOP0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksGOOPS0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksTiny CLOS0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksMetaobjects0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksMetaobject ProtocolCommon Lisp Object0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksSystem Metaobject Protocol0.60section
Metaobjectrelated to External linksThe Art0.60section

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