Class: Application

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • Signal constants
  • class initialization
  • creating new apps
  • fileIn support
  • private accessing

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Application
      |
      +--Kernel
      |
      +--SubApplication

Package:

stx:libcompat

Category:

Compatibility-VisualAge

Version:

rev: 1.8 date: 2006/02/03 16:45:56

user: cg

file: Application.st directory: libcompat

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libcompat

Author:

Claus Gittinger

Description:

this class is provided to allow fileIn of V'Age
classes. Except for the required protocol mimicri,
it does not (yet) provide any functionality.

Class protocol:

 missingPrerequisiteSignal

return the signal which is raised when an applications
preRequisite is missing

 initialize

 initializeAfterLoad

invoked after an application has been loaded completely

 loaded

invoked after an application has been loaded and initialized completely

 toBeLoadedCode: aString

 wasRemovedCode: aString

 create: symbolNameOfNewApp with: prerequisiteCollection

create a new application

 createSubApplication: symbolNameOfNewApp in: aString

create a new sub-application

 errorPrerequisite: whichApp missing: missingApp

report an error, that some required application
(a preRequisite) is missing

 becomeDefault

encountered when filing in V'Age classes.
Change the default application for the current fileIn

 preRequisites: aPreRequisiteCollection

set my preRequisites - a collection of required applications