Getting the List of Defmethods

12.15.3 Getting the List of Defmethods

The function get-defmethod-list returns a multifield value containing method name/indices pairs for all defmethod constructs that are currently defined. The optional generic-function name parameter restricts the methods return to only those of the specified generic function.

Syntax

(get-defmethod-list [<generic-function-name>])

Example

CLIPS> (clear)
CLIPS> (get-defmethod-list)
()
CLIPS> (defmethod foo ((?x STRING)))
CLIPS> (defmethod foo ((?x INTEGER)))
CLIPS> (defmethod bar ((?x STRING)))
CLIPS> (defmethod bar ((?x INTEGER)))
CLIPS> (get-defmethod-list)
(foo 1 foo 2 bar 1 bar 2)
CLIPS> (get-defmethod-list foo)
(foo 1 foo 2)
CLIPS>