// Switch to Mata interpreter/compiler
mata:

// Drops class object if it already exists
// mata drop bdo()

// Definition of HTML Tag bdo Mata Class
// Overrides the current text direction// Information retrieved from http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_bdo.asp
class bdo extends htmlglobal {

    // Define private member variables
    private:

    // Static/final variables
    static       string  scalar  opens, opene, close

    // String scalar attributes
    string               scalar          htmldir

    // Make class args non-static to prevent assignment of class args to all instances of class
    string               scalar          classargs

    // Define public members/methods
    public:

    // Class constructor method
    void         new()

    // Setter methods
    class        bdo     scalar  setClassArgs(), setDir()

    // Getter methods
    string               scalar          getOpens(), getOpene(), getClose(), print(), getClassArgs(), getDir()

} // End of class declaration

// Class constructor method declaration
void bdo::new() {

    // Defines the start of the opening tag for the class
    this.opens = "<bdo"

    // Defines the end of the opening tag for the class
    this.opene = ">"

    // Defines the closing tag for the class
    this.close = "</bdo>"

} // End of class constructor method definition

// Setter method for class arguments (appear between HTML tags)
class bdo scalar bdo::setClassArgs(| string scalar classarguments) {

    // Defines arguments that appear between HTML tags
    this.classargs = classarguments

    // Return a copy of the object
    return(this)

} // End of setter method for class arguments

// Required. Specifies the text direction of the text inside the <bdo> element
class bdo scalar bdo::setDir(| string scalar methodarg) {

    // Validate argument
    if (methodarg == "ltr" | methodarg == "rtl" | methodarg == "auto") {

        // Set the attribute value
        this.htmldir = `" dir=""' + methodarg + `"""'

    } // End IF Block for validated argument value

    // Return a copy of the object
    return(this)

} // End of Method dir declaration for class bdo

// Getter method for opening bracket
string scalar bdo::getOpens() {

    // Returns the opening bracket/tag w/o > character to allow attributes
    return(this.opens)

} // End of getter method for opens member of class bdo

// Getter method for opening bracket closing character
string scalar bdo::getOpene() {

    // Returns the closing character for the opening bracket
    return(this.opene)

} // End of getter method for opene member of class bdo

// Getter method for closing bracket
string scalar bdo::getClose() {

    // Returns the closing bracket/tag
    return(this.close)

} // End of getter method for close member of class bdo

// Getter method for class arguments
string scalar bdo::getClassArgs() {

    // Returns the class arguments that appear between the HTML tags
    return(this.classargs)

} // End of getter method for class arguments member of class bdo

// Getter method for dir member variable
string scalar bdo::getDir() {

    // Returns the dir variable
    return(this.htmldir)

} // End of getter method for dir member of class bdo

// Get the HTML tag w/attributes and arguments
string scalar bdo::print() {

    // Create local variables to piece together return string
    string scalar open, args, close

    // Create opening string
    open = getOpens() + getDir() + globalAttrs() + getOpene()

    // Get class arguments
    args = getClassArgs()

    // Get closing tag
    close = getClose()

    // Return the complete HTML string
    return(char((10)) + subinstr(open, " >", ">") + args + close + char((10)))

} // End of print method for class bdo

// End of Mata session
end