Lua OOP Inheritance Demo

InheritanceExample.lua

Base = {}

function Base:new()
    local obj = {foo = 'asdf'}
    return setmetatable(obj, { __index = self })
end

function Base:run()
    print(self.foo)
end

Derived1 = setmetatable({}, { __index = Base })

function Derived1:new()
    local obj = {bar = 'bxzcv'}
    return setmetatable(obj, { __index = Base.new(self) })
end

Derived2 = setmetatable({}, { __index = Derived1 })

function Derived2:new()
    local obj = {quz = 'bhsdgfa'}
    return setmetatable(obj, { __index = Derived1.new(self) })
end

thing = Derived2:new()