[armedbear-cvs] r13657 - trunk/abcl/doc/manual

[ehuelsmann at common-lisp.net]

Author: ehuelsmann
Date: Fri Oct 21 14:07:31 2011
New Revision: 13657

Log:
Change date of transfer of maintainership.
Add description of more JAVA package primitives.

Modified:
   trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex

Modified: trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex
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--- trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex	Fri Oct 21 13:59:01 2011	(r13656)
+++ trunk/abcl/doc/manual/abcl.tex	Fri Oct 21 14:07:31 2011	(r13657)
@@ -297,6 +297,28 @@
 The constructor can't be passed to \code{JAVA:JCALL}, but instead should
 be passed as an argument to \code{JAVA:JNEW}.
 
+\subsubsection{Accessing Java object fields}
+
+Fields in Java objects can be accessed using the getter and setter functions
+\code{JAVA:GETFIELD} and \code{JAVA:PUTFIELD}. This applies to values stored in object
+instances. If you want to access static fields: see the next section.
+
+Like \code{JAVA:JCALL} and friends, values returned from these accessors carry
+an intended class around and values which can be converted to Lisp values will
+be converted.
+
+\subsubsection{Accessing Java static fields}
+
+Static fields in Java objects (class fields) can be accessed using the getter
+and setter functions \code{JAVA:GETSTATIC} and \code{JAVA:PUTSTATIC}. Values
+stored in object instance fields can be accessed as described in the previous
+section.
+
+Like \code{JAVA:JCALL} and friends, values returned from these accessors carry
+an intended class around and values which can be converted to Lisp values will
+be converted.
+
+
 \section{Lisp from Java}
 
 In order to access the Lisp world from Java, one needs to be aware
@@ -941,7 +963,7 @@
 suddenly committed that enabled ABCL to be plausibly termed an ANSI
 Common Lisp implementation.
 
-In 2006, the implementation was transferred to the current
+In 2008, the implementation was transferred to the current
 maintainers, who have strived to improve its usability as a
 contemporary Common Lisp implementation.