Class: ArbitraryComponentSpec

• Inheritance
• Description
• Related information
• Class protocol
  • image specs
  • interface specs
  • interface-painter
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • accessing-channels
  • building
  • converting
  • parsing a view
  • queries
  • queries-UIDefiner
  • visiting

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--UISpecification
      |
      +--ComponentSpec
         |
         +--NamedSpec
            |
            +--MenuComponentSpec
               |
               +--ViewWithScrollerSpec
                  |
                  +--ArbitraryComponentSpec
                     |
                     +--NonScrollableArbitraryComponentSpec

Package:

stx:libui

Category:

Interface-Support-UI-Specs

Version:

rev: 1.106 date: 2019/03/01 17:46:54

user: stefan

file: ArbitraryComponentSpec.st directory: libui

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libui

Author:

Claus Gittinger

Claus Atzkern

Description:

Not normally used by applications.

Notice: 
    this class was implemented using protocol information
    from alpha testers, literature and by read public domain code
    - it may not be complete or compatible to
    the corresponding ST-80 class. 
    If you encounter any incompatibilities, please forward a note 
    describing the incompatibility verbal (i.e. no code) to the ST/X team.

Related information:

    UIBuilder
    UIPainter

Class protocol:

 icon

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the ImageEditor of ST/X.

usage example(s):

ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#icon

 basicsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:ArbitraryComponentSpec andSelector:#basicsEditSpec

 channelsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:ArbitraryComponentSpec andSelector:#channelsEditSpec

 detailsEditSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:ArbitraryComponentSpec andSelector:#detailsEditSpec

 idModelWindowBoxSpec

This resource specification was automatically generated
by the UIPainter of ST/X.

usage example(s):

UIPainter new openOnClass:ArbitraryComponentSpec andSelector:#idModelWindowBoxSpec

 addBindingsTo: env for: inst channel: aChannel

add bindings as required to allow the GUI Painter to operate on an instance of me

 commonReplacementClasses

used by the UIPainter's 'replace-by' function

 slices

return the slices for the attribute sections in the GUI Painter

Instance protocol:

 component

 component: something

 hasBorder

 hasBorder: something

 subAspectHolderDataList

 subAspectHolders

 subAspectHolders: aCollection

 viewChannel

 viewChannel: something

 createViewFor: aBuilder in: aView

(comment from inherited method)
low level create - no attributes are set.
Can be redefined for special creation (see arbitraryComponentSpec)

 setAttributesIn: aView with: aBuilder

set my attributes to aView

 setColorAttributesIn: aView with: aBuilder

set my color attributes to aView

 fromLiteralArrayEncoding: aSpecArray

read my attributes from aSpecArray

 skippedInLiteralEncoding

define the inst-slots which are skipped when generating a literalArrayEncoding;
(to skip the ones with default values.)

 fromView: aView callBack: aBlock

extract attributes from aView

 viewClass

return the corresponding view class of the spec

 actionSelectors

add more action selectors (these generate callBack stub methods in the definer)

 aspectSelectors

add more aspect selectors (these can generate aspect methods in the definer)

 valueSelectors

the view is acquired through a value method

 acceptUISpecVisitor: aVisitor

Double dispatch back to the visitor, passing my type encoded in
the selector (visitor pattern)