Adding static methods to existing classes

Haxe allows you to add static methods to existing classes (eg. Math) via the static extensions feature. The "secret sauce" is to specify the first parameter of the extension as Class<X> where X is the class you want to add static methods to (eg. Math), and to make the method public.

Here's a class with a static method that adds a randomBetween(a, b) method to Math:

Implementation

class MathExtensions {
  /** Returns a random number between a (inclusive) and b (exclusive). */
  public static function randomBetween(cl:Class<Math>, a:Int, b:Int) {
    var diff:Int = b - a;
    return a + Math.floor(Math.random() * diff);
  }
}

Note that the method is public static, and the first parameter is Class<Math> as this is required for static extensions to work. Also note we used cl and not class as parameter because that is a reserved keyword in Haxe.

Usage

Here's how to consume the code:

using MathExtensions;

class Test {
  static function main() {
    trace("Random value between 10 and 20:" + Math.randomBetween(10, 20));
  }
}

Using this, you can add all kinds of interesting extensions to pre-existing classes (eg. core Haxe classes, or classes from other Haxe libraries).

More on this topic: https://haxe.org/manual/lf-static-extension.html