swarm.defobj
Interface DefinedObject

All Known Subinterfaces:

Action, ActionCache, ActionCall, ActionChanged, ActionConcurrent, ActionForEach, ActionForEachHomogeneous, ActionGroup, ActionTo, ActivationOrder, ActiveGraph, ActiveOutFile, Activity, ActivityControl, ArchivedGeometryWidget, Archiver, Arguments, Array, Averager, BasicRandomGenerator, BehaviorPhase, BernoulliDist, BinomialDist, BooleanDistribution, C2TAUS1gen, C2TAUS2gen, C2TAUS3gen, C2TAUSgen, Ca2d, Canvas, CanvasAbstractItem, CanvasItem, Collection, Colormap, CommonProbeDisplay, CompleteProbeDisplay, CompleteProbeMap, CompleteVarMap, CompositeItem, CompoundAction, ConcurrentGroup, ConcurrentSchedule, ControlPanel, ConwayLife2d, Create, CreatedClass, CustomProbeMap, DblBuffer2d, DefaultProbeMap, DefinedClass, Diffuse2d, Discrete2d, DoubleDistribution, EmptyProbeMap, Entropy, Error, EventType, ExponentialDist, EZAverageSequence, EZBin, EZDistribution, EZGraph, EZSequence, FAction, FActionForEach, FActionForEachHeterogeneous, FActionForEachHomogeneous, FArguments, FCall, ForEachActivity, GammaDist, Graph, GraphElement, Grid2d, GUISwarm, HDF5, HDF5Archiver, Histogram, Index, Int2dFiler, IntegerDistribution, KeyedCollection, KeyedCollectionIndex, LinkItem, LispArchiver, List, ListIndex, ListShuffler, LogNormalDist, Map, MapIndex, MessageProbe, MT19937gen, MultiVarProbeDisplay, NodeItem, Normal, NormalDist, NSelect, Object2dDisplay, OvalNodeItem, Permutation, PermutationItem, PermutedIndex, Pixmap, PMMLCG1gen, PMMLCGgen, PoissonDist, ProbabilityDistribution, Probe, ProbeDisplay, ProbeDisplayManager, ProbeLibrary, ProbeMap, PSWBgen, QSort, RandomBitDist, Raster, RectangleNodeItem, Schedule, ScheduleActivity, SimpleProbeDisplay, SimpleRandomGenerator, SingleProbeDisplay, SplitRandomGenerator, String, Swarm, SwarmActivity, SwarmObject, SwarmProcess, Symbol, UName, UniformDoubleDist, UniformIntegerDist, UniformUnsignedDist, UnsignedDistribution, Value2dDisplay, VarProbe, Warning, Widget, Zone, ZoomRaster

public interface DefinedObject

extends GetName, GetNameS

Object with defined type and implementation.. DefinedObject is the top-level supertype for all objects that follow the object programming conventions of the defobj library. The messages defined by this type are the only messages which should be assumed to be automatically available on objects that follow these conventions. In particular, use of messages defined by the Object superclass of the GNU Objective C runtime should not generally be assumed because future implementations of some objects might not give continued access to them. The DefinedObject type defines a minimum of standard messages, and leaves to other types the definition of message that might or might not apply in any general way to particular objects.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object anObject) A local implementation of an Object method.
void	describe(java.lang.Object outputCharStream) The describe: message prints a brief description of the object for debug purposes to the object passed as its argument.
void	describeID(java.lang.Object outputCharStream) Prints a one-line describe string, consisting of the built-in default to outputCharStream.
java.lang.String	getDisplayName() Return a string that identifies an object for external display purposes, either from a previously assigned string or an identification string default
java.lang.String	getTypeName() getTypeName returns the name of the originating type of this object.
Zone	getZone() The getZone message returns the zone in which the object was created.
java.lang.Object	perform(Selector aSel) A local implementation of an Object method.
java.lang.Object	perform$with(Selector aSel, java.lang.Object anObject1) A local implementation of an Object method.
java.lang.Object	perform$with$with(Selector aSel, java.lang.Object anObject1, java.lang.Object anObj2) A local implementation of an Object method.
java.lang.Object	perform$with$with$with(Selector aSel, java.lang.Object anObject1, java.lang.Object anObj2, java.lang.Object anObj3) Perform a selector with three object arguments.
boolean	respondsTo(Selector aSel) The respondsTo: message returns true if the object implements the message identified by the selector argument.
void	setDisplayName(java.lang.String displayName) Assigns a character string as a name that identifies an object for display or debug purposes.
void	xfprint() print description for each member of a collection on debug output stream
void	xfprintid() print id for each member of a collection on debug output stream
void	xprint() Like describe:, but output goes to standard output.
void	xprintid() Like describeID:, but output goes to standard output.

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.GetName

getName

Method Detail

respondsTo

public boolean respondsTo(Selector aSel)

The respondsTo: message returns true if the object implements the message identified by the selector argument. To implement a message means only that some method will receive control if the message is sent to the object. (The method could still raise an error.) The respondsTo: message is implemented by direct lookup in a method dispatch table, so is just as fast as a normal message send. It provides a quick way to test whether the type of an object includes a particular message.

getTypeName

public java.lang.String getTypeName()

getTypeName returns the name of the originating type of this object.

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object anObject)

A local implementation of an Object method.

perform

public java.lang.Object perform(Selector aSel)

A local implementation of an Object method.

perform$with

public java.lang.Object perform$with(Selector aSel,
                                     java.lang.Object anObject1)

A local implementation of an Object method.

perform$with$with

public java.lang.Object perform$with$with(Selector aSel,
                                          java.lang.Object anObject1,
                                          java.lang.Object anObj2)

A local implementation of an Object method.

perform$with$with$with

public java.lang.Object perform$with$with$with(Selector aSel,
                                               java.lang.Object anObject1,
                                               java.lang.Object anObj2,
                                               java.lang.Object anObj3)

Perform a selector with three object arguments.

setDisplayName

public void setDisplayName(java.lang.String displayName)

Assigns a character string as a name that identifies an object for display or debug purposes.

getDisplayName

public java.lang.String getDisplayName()

Return a string that identifies an object for external display purposes, either from a previously assigned string or an identification string default

describe

public void describe(java.lang.Object outputCharStream)

The describe: message prints a brief description of the object for debug purposes to the object passed as its argument. The object passed as the outputCharStream argument must accept a catC: message as defined in String and OutputStream in the collections library. Particular object types may generate object description strings with additional information beyond the built-in default, which is just to print the hex value of the object id pointer along with the name of its class, and the display name of the object, if any.

describeID

public void describeID(java.lang.Object outputCharStream)

Prints a one-line describe string, consisting of the built-in default to outputCharStream.

xprint

public void xprint()

Like describe:, but output goes to standard output.

xprintid

public void xprintid()

Like describeID:, but output goes to standard output.

xfprint

public void xfprint()

print description for each member of a collection on debug output stream

xfprintid

public void xfprintid()

print id for each member of a collection on debug output stream

getZone

public Zone getZone()

The getZone message returns the zone in which the object was created.