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+# This is a first cut at a ClassHOW for NQP. It doesn't support all the stuff
+# that Perl 6 needs, but it should - when the missing bits are filled out and
+# it's debugged and made to compile/work - be sufficient for NQP. Supports
+# methods, attributes, role composition, inheritance (single and multiple)
+# and introspection.
+
+knowhow NQPClassHOW {
+    ##
+    ## Attributes
+    ##
+
+    # Name of the class.
+    has $!name;
+
+    # Attributes, methods, parents and roles directly added.
+    has %!attributes;
+    has %!methods;
+    has @!parents;
+    has @!roles;
+
+    # Vtable and mapping of method names to slots.
+    has @!vtable;
+    has %!method-vtable-slots;
+
+    # Have we been composed?
+    has $!composed;
+
+    # Cached MRO (list of the type objects).
+    has @!mro;
+
+    # Full list of roles that we do.
+    has @!done;
+
+    ##
+    ## Declarative.
+    ##
+
+    # Creates a new instance of this meta-class.
+    method new() {
+        nqp::instance_of(self)
+    }
+
+    # Create a new meta-class instance, and then a new type object
+    # to go with it, and return that.
+    method new_type(:$repr) {
+        my $metaclass := self.new();
+        nqp::type_object_for($repr, $metaclass);
+    }
+
+    method add_method($obj, $name, $code_obj) {
+        if %!methods{$name} {
+            die("This class already has a method named " ~ $name);
+        }
+        %!methods{$name} := $code_obj;
+    }
+
+    method add_attribute($obj, $meta_attr) {
+        my $name := $meta_attr.name;
+        if %!attributes{$name} {
+            die("This class already has an attribute named " ~ $name);
+        }
+        %!attributes.add($name, $meta_attr);
+    }
+
+    method add_parent($obj, $parent) {
+        if $!composed {
+            die("NQPClassHOW does not support adding parents after being composed.");
+        }
+        # XXX Duplicate parent check.
+        @!parents.push($parent);
+    }
+
+    method compose($obj) {
+        # XXX NYI
+        $obj
+    }
+
+    ##
+    ## Introspecty
+    ##
+
+    method parents($obj, :$local!) {
+        @!parents
+    }
+
+    method roles($obj, :$local!) {
+        @!roles
+    }
+
+    method methods($obj, :$local!) {
+        my @meths;
+        for %!methods {
+            @meths.push($_.value);
+        }
+        @meths
+    }
+
+    method method_table($obj) {
+        %!methods
+    }
+
+    method attributes($obj, :$local!) {
+        my @attrs;
+        for %!attributes {
+            @attrs.push($_.value);
+        }
+        @attrs
+    }
+
+    ##
+    ## Checky
+    ##
+
+    method isa($obj, $check) {
+        my $check-class := $check.WHAT;
+        my $i := +@!mro;
+        while $i > 0 {
+            $i := $i - 1;
+            if @!mro[$i] =:= $check-class {
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    method does($obj, $check) {
+        my $i := +@!done;
+        while $i > 0 {
+            $i := $i - 1;
+            if @!done[$i] =:= $check {
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    method can($obj, $name) {
+        for @!mro {
+            my %meths := $obj.HOW.method_table($obj);
+            my $can := %meths{$name};
+            if nqp::defined($can) {
+                return $can;
+            }
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+}