Get the metatable for this {@link LuaValue} <p> For {@link LuaTable} and {@link LuaUserdata} instances, the metatable returned is this instance metata

Set a hashtable value @param key key to set @param value value to set

Throw a {@link LuaError} indicating an illegal operation occurred, typically involved in managing weak references @throws LuaError in all cases

Check that a byte sequence is valid UTF-8 @return true if it is valid UTF-8, otherwise false @see #lengthAsUtf8(char[]) @see #encodeToUtf8(char[], int

Return hash{pow2,mod}( first().key().hashCode(), sizeMask )

Count the number of bytes required to encode the string as UTF-8. @param chars Array of unicode characters to be encoded as UTF-8 @return count of byt

Load from a named file, returning the chunk or nil,error of can't load @param env @param mode @return Varargs containing chunk, or NIL,error-text on e

Load a function prototype from the input stream @param p name of the source @return {@link Prototype} instance that was loaded @throws IOException

Load a long value from the input stream @return the long value laoded.

Load an array of int values from the input stream @return the array of int values laoded.