Class: AutoloadMetaclass

• Inheritance
• Description
• Related information
• Instance protocol
  • message catching

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Behavior
      |
      +--ClassDescription
         |
         +--Metaclass
            |
            +--AutoloadMetaclass

Package:

stx:libbasic

Category:

Kernel-Classes

Version:

rev: 1.9 date: 2014/11/26 09:10:20

user: cg

file: AutoloadMetaclass.st directory: libbasic

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Author:

Stefan Vogel

Description:

AutoloadMetaclass catches unhandled class methods, files in 
the corresponding code when first used and resends the catched
message to the now existing class.

Autoload installs AutoloadMetaclass as its metaclass in #initialize. 

See details of the why and how of autoloading in the Autoload class.

Related information:

    Autoload

Instance protocol:

 doesNotUnderstand: aMessage

caught a message; load the class and retry the message

 new

catch - load the class and send it to the real one

 newClassBuilder

catch - load the class and send it to the real one