Class: JavaScriptMetaclass

• Inheritance
• Class protocol
  • class creation
  • creating classes
• Instance protocol
  • compiler interface
  • fileOut
  • queries
  • source management
  • ui support

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Behavior
      |
      +--ClassDescription
         |
         +--Metaclass
            |
            +--JavaScriptMetaclass

Package:

stx:libjavascript

Category:

Languages-JavaScript-Framework

Version:

rev: 1.24 date: 2019/06/27 10:42:22

user: cg

file: JavaScriptMetaclass.st directory: libjavascript

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libjavascript

Class protocol:

 classTemplateFor: aSuperClass in: categoryString asNamespace: asNameSpace private: isPrivateWanted

(comment from inherited method)
returning nil here, will let the browser generate a template.
However, special metaclasses (other languages)
may redefine this

 new

creating a new metaclass - have to set the new classes
flags correctly to have it behave like a metaclass ...
Not for normal applications - creating new metaclasses is a very
tricky thing; should be left to the gurus ;-)

Instance protocol:

 programmingLanguage

me myself, I am written in Smalltalk !

 realSubclassDefinerClass

 subclassDefinerClass

 basicFileOutDefinitionOf: aClass on: aStream withNameSpace: forceNameSpace withPackage: showPackage

append an expression on aStream, which defines myself.

 fileOutAllDefinitionsOn: aStream

append expressions on aStream, which defines myself and all of my private classes.

 fileOutClassInstVarDefinitionOn: aStream withNameSpace: withNameSpace

 fileOutOn: outStreamArg withTimeStamp: stampIt withInitialize: initIt withDefinition: withDefinition methodFilter: methodFilter encoder: encoderOrNil

file out my definition and all methods onto aStream.
If stampIt is true, a timeStamp comment is prepended.
If initIt is true, and the class implements a class-initialize method,
append a corresponding doIt expression for initialization.
The order by which the fileOut is done is used to put the version string at the end.
Thus, if the version string is expanded (by CVS), the characterPositions of methods should not move

 isJavaScriptMetaclass

 nameInBrowser

return a nameString as shown in browsers

 sourceFileSuffix

Answers a default suffix for source files, i.e.
'st' for Smalltalk, 'js' for JavaScript or 'rb' for Ruby', etc.

 iconInBrowserSymbol

(comment from inherited method)
can be redefined for a private icon in the browser.
The returned symbol must be a selector of the ToolbarIconLibrary.