swarm.objectbase
Class MessageProbeImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--swarm.BaseImpl
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        +--swarm.objectbase.MessageProbeImpl

public class MessageProbeImpl

extends BaseImpl

implements Probe, ProbeS, MessageProbeS, MessageProbe

A class that allows the user to call a given message on any candidate that is an instance of, or inherits from, a given class.. This is a specialized subclass of the abstract class Probe. It completes the specification of a probe that refers to a message element of an object.

Constructor Summary

MessageProbeImpl()

MessageProbeImpl(Zone aZone)
The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options.

MessageProbeImpl(Zone aZone, Selector aSel)
Convenience factory method for common case.

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.Probe

clone, getProbedClass, getProbedType

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeS

setSafety, unsetSafety

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.MessageProbeS

setHideResult

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.MessageProbe

doubleDynamicCallOn, getArgCount, getArgName, getHideResult, getProbedMessage, isArgumentId, isResultId, longDynamicCallOn, objectDynamicCallOn, setArg$ToString, setArg$ToUnsigned, stringDynamicCallOn

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.SwarmObject

getCompleteProbeMap, getProbeForMessage, getProbeForVariable, getProbeMap

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeConfig

getObjectToNotify, setObjectToNotify

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Drop

drop

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject

compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid

Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.GetName

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MessageProbeImpl

public MessageProbeImpl()

MessageProbeImpl

public MessageProbeImpl(Zone aZone,
                        Selector aSel)

Convenience factory method for common case.

MessageProbeImpl

public MessageProbeImpl(Zone aZone)

The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options. The zone argument specifies the source of storage for the new object. The receiving object of this message is a previously defined type object. The message is declared as a class message (with a + declaration tag) to indicate that the message is accepted only by the type object itself rather than an already created instance of the type (which a - declaration tag otherwise defines). The create: message returns the new object just created. This object is an instance of some class selected to implement the type. The class which a type selects to implement an object may be obtained by the getClass message, but is not otherwise visible to the calling program. A caller never refers to any class name when creating objects using these messages, only to type names, which are automatically published as global constants from any @protocol declaration.