swarm.objectbase
Interface VarProbeC

All Known Implementing Classes:

VarProbeCImpl

public interface VarProbeC

extends ProbeC, ProbeS

A class that allows the user to inspect a given variable in 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 an instance variable element of an object.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

setProbedVariable(java.lang.String aVariable) The setProbedVariable: sets the variable being probed.

Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeC

setProbedClass, setProbedObject

Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeS

setSafety, unsetSafety

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.CreateC

create, createBegin, createEnd

Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.CustomizeC

customizeBegin, customizeCopy, customizeEnd

Method Detail

setProbedVariable

public java.lang.Object setProbedVariable(java.lang.String aVariable)

The setProbedVariable: sets the variable being probed. The aVariable identifier is simply a character string consisting of the identifier of the variable referent. This method must be called during the create phase.