<function name="Get" parent="baseclass" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Gets the base class of an an object. ⤶ This is used not just by entities, but also by widgets, panels, drive modes, weapons and gamemodes (with "gamemode_" prefix). ⤶ The keyword **DEFINE_BASECLASS** translates into a call to this function. In the engine, it is replaced with: ⤶ ```⤶ local BaseClass = baseclass.Get ``` ⤶ <note>You should prefer using this instead of `self.BaseClass` to avoid infinite recursion.</note> Gets the base class of an an object. ⤶ This is used not just by entities, but also by widgets, panels, drive modes, weapons and gamemodes (with "gamemode_" prefix). ⤶ The keyword **DEFINE_BASECLASS** translates into a call to this function. In the engine, it is replaced with: ⤶ ```lua⤶ local BaseClass = baseclass.Get ``` ⤶ <note>You should prefer using this instead of `self.BaseClass` to avoid infinite recursion.</note> ⤶ For more information, including usage examples, see the <page>BaseClasses</page> reference page.⤶ </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="32-L41">lua/includes/modules/baseclass.lua</file> <args> <arg name="name" type="string">The child class.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">The base class's meta table.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Inherits the weapon from weapon_csbasegun and calls its base functions</description> <code> AddCSLuaFile() DEFINE_BASECLASS( "weapon_csbasegun" ) //this is equivalent to local BaseClass = baseclass.Get( "weapon_csbasegun" ) //omitted generic swep definitions function SWEP:Initialize() BaseClass.Initialize( self ) //calls SWEP:Initialize() from weapon_csbasegun self:SetHoldType( "pistol" ) end function SWEP:Deploy() self:SetAccuracy( 0.9 ) return BaseClass.Deploy( self ) //calls SWEP:Deploy() from weapon_csbasegun and returns its result end function SWEP:SetupDataTables() BaseClass.SetupDataTables( self ) //calls SWEP:SetupDataTables() from weapon_csbasegun and inits its dtvars end </code> </example>