Dynamic class property creation and access

Haxe
#1

I’m working to create a localization system for my software.

I plan to implement this using simple text files - each line begins with a variable name, then the text it should contain in quotations, e.g.

powerScreen “Make sure your laptop is plugged in”
session "Session Number: "

The plan is to read in these strings, split them to get the variable name and the corresponding text, then store them in a class.

To do this, I need to be able to create new class properties dynamically, and access them dynamically. My current attempt is along the lines of:

		var localeFile = File.read("locale/" + config.language + ".txt", false); 
			lineNum = 0;
			try 
			{
				while ( true )	
				{
					var str = localeFile.readLine();
					var r = ~/["]+/g;
					var ans = r.split(str); //split using | symbol
					trace(ans[0] + " | " + ans[1]);
					
					locale.(ans[0]) = ans[1];
					
					lineNum++; //increment at end (note that first line contains headers)
				}			
			}
			catch (ex:haxe.io.Eof)
			{}

Could I get some assistance in determining how to make this happen (or to let me know if it is even possible?)?

#2

One solution is to store your data in JSON format, and then use haxe.Json.parse to have them in a Dynamic typed object.

#3

It’s perfectly possible with Haxe. :smiley:

You can build & modify class fields on compile-time with macro.

You can also update anonymous structures / String maps on runtime.

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