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Access Modifiers

Morph uses public and private to control visibility of methods and fields.

public​

Members marked public are accessible from outside the class:

Player class {
    GetName public method() as string {
        return "Player One";
    }
}

// External code
p is Player();
Print(p.GetName());   // ✅ accessible

private​

Members marked private are only accessible within the class:

Counter class {
    count is 0 as int;

    Increment private method() {
        count is count + 1;
    }

    GetCount public method() as int {
        Increment();      // ✅ internal access OK
        return count;
    }
}

c is Counter();
c.GetCount();         // ✅ public
c.Increment();        // ❌ compile error — private

On Fields​

Fields can also have visibility modifiers:

Player class {
    name is "" as string;          // default visibility
    health public is 100 as int;   // explicitly public
    secret private is "" as string; // explicitly private
}

When require_class_explicit_visibility = true in .morphsettings, all members must have an explicit modifier.

Placement​

The modifier goes before the method keyword or the field name:

// Method
Run public method() { }

// Class
Player public class { }

Next Steps​