Class: File (private in DropObject

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • image specs
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • printing
  • queries
  • testing

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--DropObject
      |
      +--DropObject::File
         |
         +--DropObject::FileInArchive

Package:

stx:libview2

Category:

Interface-DragAndDrop

Owner:

DropObject

Description:

I represent a file being dragged (from a file browser)

Class protocol:

 displayImage

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

Usage example(s):

self displayImage inspect ImageEditor openOnClass:self andSelector:#displayImage Icon flushCachedIcons

Instance protocol:

 fetchFileInfo

 theObject: aPathname

info := f info.

 printOn: aStream

(comment from inherited method)
append a user printed representation of the receiver to aStream.
The format is suitable for a human - not meant to be read back.

The default here is to output the receiver's class name.
BUT: this method is heavily redefined for objects which
can print prettier.

 asFilename

 exists

returns true if the file or directory exists

 isDirectory

checks whether file is a directory

 isHtmlFile

checks whether file is an html file

Usage example(s):

isHtmlFile := self exists

 isImageFile

returns true if file is an image file

 isPrintable

return true if file contains only printable characters (in the first 300 bytes)

 isRegularFile

checks whether file is a directory

 isFileObject

return true, if the dropObject represents a file- or directory