Class: Comment (private in Scanner

• Inheritance
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • converting
  • printing & storing
  • queries

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Scanner::Comment

Package:

stx:libcomp

Category:

System-Compiler

Owner:

Scanner

Instance protocol:

 commentString

return the value of the instance variable 'commentString' (automatically generated)

 commentString: aString

set the value of the instance variable 'commentString' (automatically generated)

 commentString: commentStringArg commentType: commentTypeArg

 commentType

 commentType: typeSymbol

 endPosition

 endPosition: anInteger

Modified (format): / 14-07-2020 / 10:21:12 / cg

 startPosition

 startPosition: anInteger

Modified (format): / 14-07-2020 / 10:20:59 / cg

 startPosition: startPositionArg endPosition: endPositionArg

 string

 asString

 asStringCollection

 displayOn: aStream

(comment from inherited method)
Compatibility
append a printed desription on some stream (Dolphin, Squeak)
OR:
display the receiver in a graphicsContext at 0@0 (ST80).
This method allows for any object to be displayed in some view
(although the fallBack is to display its printString ...)

Notice: displayString and displayOn: are for developers, debugging and inspectors,
whereas printString and printOn: are for the program to print data.

 isDelimiterComment

a comment of the form "<<TOKEN ... TOKEN

 isEndOfLineComment

a comment of the form "/ ...

 isRegularComment

a regulat smalltalk comment