Class: JavaPackage

• Inheritance
• Class protocol
  • accessing
  • error handling
  • fileOut
  • initialization
  • instance creation
  • printing & storing
  • queries

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--NameSpace
      |
      +--JavaPackage
         |
         +--JAVA

Package:

stx:libbasic

Category:

Languages-Java-Support

Version:

rev: 1.9 date: 2019/06/05 15:09:21

user: cg

file: JavaPackage.st directory: libbasic

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Class protocol:

 compilerClass

(comment from inherited method)
return the compiler to use for this class -
this can be redefined in special classes, to compile classes with
JavaScript, Ruby, Lisp, Prolog, ASN1, Basic :-) or whatever syntax.

 getJavaClass: fullName

 source

(comment from inherited method)
return the classes full source code

 doesNotUnderstand: aMessage

STX:LIBJAVA not loaded

 fileOutDefinitionOn: aStream

redefined to generate another definition message

 initialize

Create JAVA namespace (for easy class access)

 fullName: fullNameSpaceName

given a possibly nested name of a namespace, create all required
intermediate spaces (if not already existing) and return the
bottom-level space.

 name: aStringOrSymbol

create a new nameSpace, named aStringOrSymbol.
Notice, that the nameSpace is created in the current one -
don't get confused; we recommend, not to nest them too much.

usage example(s):

NameSpace name:'foo' (NameSpace name:'foo') category:'my name space' foo at:#bar put:(Metaclass new new) (NameSpace name:'foo') name:'bar'

usage example(s):

NameSpace name:'an-invalid++name' NameSpace name:'another:invalidName' NameSpace name:'another::invalidName'

 displayString

return a printed representation - here, a reminder is appended,
that this is not a regular class

 isJavaPackage

Answer true if the receiver is a Java package. My subclasses are Java packages

 isNameSpace

return true, if the receiver is a nameSpace.
Unconditionally true here for subclasses - my subclasses are namespaces

 isRealNameSpace

return true, if the receiver is a nameSpace, but not Smalltalk (which is also a class).
Unconditionally true here for subclasses - my subclasses are namespaces