Objects

Instead of static members, Lense has object declarations. An object declaration instructs the compiler to create a singleton object that exists at the package level.

public object Console {

	public println(String text) {
         // implementation goes here ...
    }
}

Objects are then imported normally like a type using the import statement:

import somepackage.Console;

public class OtherClass {

	public doIt() {
	     Console.println("Hello, world");
	}
}

As you can see from this example, calling methods on the object is very much like a static call in other languages.

When declaring an object Lense will really create a single instance of the given anonymous class in the parent scope. Objects can implement interfaces and inherit from other classes but not from other objects.

Nested Objects (Under Consideration)

Objects can be nested in other types and other objects. In this case the object will have access to the private members of the surrounding type. Nested objects calls must be prefixed with the type they are in:

public class OtherClass {

	public object SomeObject {

	      public doItInTheObject () {}
	}

	public doItInTheOtherClass() {}
}

// called like

OtherClass.SomeObject.doItInTheObject()