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22 <p class=
"p1"><b>Class
</b></p>
23 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
24 <p class=
"p3"><b>superclass: Object
</b></p>
25 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
26 <p class=
"p3">A Class describes the structure and implementation of a set objects which are its instances.
</p>
27 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
28 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
29 <p class=
"p4"><b><span class=
"s1">Utilities
</span></b></p>
30 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
31 <p class=
"p3"><b>browse
</b></p>
32 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
33 <p class=
"p3">Open a graphical browser for this Class. (OSX only). Shows methods, arguments, variables, subclasses, and has buttons for navigating to the superclass, source, helpfile, cvs, etc.
</p>
34 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
35 <p class=
"p3"><b>findMethod(methodName)
</b></p>
36 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
37 <p class=
"p3">Find the Method referred to by name. If not found, return nil.
</p>
38 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
39 <p class=
"p3"><b>findRespondingMethodFor(methodName)
</b></p>
40 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
41 <p class=
"p3">As above, but climb the class tree to see if the method is inherited from a superclass. If not found, return nil.
</p>
42 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
43 <p class=
"p3"><b>dumpAllMethods
</b></p>
44 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
45 <p class=
"p3">Post all instance methods which instances of this class responde too, including inherited ones. this.class.dumpAllMethods will post all class methods which this class responds to.
</p>
46 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
47 <p class=
"p3"><b>dumpByteCodes(methodName)
</b></p>
48 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
49 <p class=
"p3">Dump the byte codes of the named method.
</p>
50 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
51 <p class=
"p3"><b>dumpClassSubtree
</b></p>
52 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
53 <p class=
"p3">Post the tree of all Classes that inherit from this class.
</p>
54 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
55 <p class=
"p3"><b>dumpInterface
</b></p>
56 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
57 <p class=
"p3">Post all the methods defined by this Class and their arguments.
</p>
58 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
59 <p class=
"p3"><b>dumpFullInterface
</b></p>
60 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
61 <p class=
"p3">Post all the class and instance methods that this class responds to (i.e. those defined in this class and those inherited by it).
</p>
62 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
63 <p class=
"p3"><b>openHelpFile
</b></p>
64 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
65 <p class=
"p3">Opens the help file for this Class if it exists.
</p>
66 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
67 <p class=
"p3"><b>helpFilePath
</b></p>
68 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
69 <p class=
"p3">Returns the path of this Class's helpfile as a String.
</p>
70 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
71 <p class=
"p3"><b>helpFileForMethod(methodSymbol)
</b></p>
72 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
73 <p class=
"p3">Opens the helpfile for the class in which the responding method is implemented.
</p>
74 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
75 <p class=
"p5"><span class=
"s2">Array
</span><span class=
"s3">.helpFileForMethod(
</span><span class=
"s4">'select'
</span><span class=
"s3">);
</span>// This will open the Collection helpfile
</p>
76 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
77 <p class=
"p4"><b><span class=
"s1">Conversion
</span></b></p>
78 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
79 <p class=
"p3"><b>asClass
</b></p>
80 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
81 <p class=
"p3">Return this.
</p>
82 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
83 <p class=
"p3"><b>asString
</b></p>
84 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
85 <p class=
"p3">Return the name of the class as a String.
</p>
86 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
87 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
88 <p class=
"p4"><b><span class=
"s1">Accessing
</span></b></p>
89 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
90 <p class=
"p3"><b>name
</b></p>
91 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
92 <p class=
"p3">A Symbol that is the name of the class.
</p>
93 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
94 <p class=
"p3"><b>nextclass
</b></p>
95 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
96 <p class=
"p3">The next class in a linked list of all classes.
</p>
97 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
98 <p class=
"p3"><b>superclass
</b></p>
99 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
100 <p class=
"p3">The Class from which this class directly inherits.
</p>
101 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
102 <p class=
"p3"><b>superclasses
</b></p>
103 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
104 <p class=
"p3">An Array of this class's superclasses, going back to Object.
</p>
105 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
106 <p class=
"p3"><b>subclasses
</b></p>
107 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
108 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the direct subclasses of this.
</p>
109 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
110 <p class=
"p3"><b>allSubclasses
</b></p>
111 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
112 <p class=
"p3">An Array of all subclasses of this.
</p>
113 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
114 <p class=
"p3"><b>methods
</b></p>
115 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
116 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the methods of this class.
</p>
117 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
118 <p class=
"p3"><b>instVarNames
</b></p>
119 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
120 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the names of the instance variables for this class.
</p>
121 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
122 <p class=
"p3"><b>classVarNames
</b></p>
123 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
124 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the names of the class variables for this class.
</p>
125 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
126 <p class=
"p3"><b>iprototype
</b></p>
127 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
128 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the initial values of instance variables.
</p>
129 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
130 <p class=
"p3"><b>cprototype
</b></p>
131 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
132 <p class=
"p3">An Array of the initial values of class variables.
</p>
133 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
134 <p class=
"p3"><b>filenameSymbol
</b></p>
135 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
136 <p class=
"p3">A Symbol which is a path to the file which defines the Class.
</p>
137 <p class=
"p2"><br></p>
