Class: SystemOrganizer

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • change & update
  • private accessing

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--SystemOrganizer

Package:

stx:libbasic3

Category:

Kernel-Support

Version:

rev: 1.17 date: 2019/03/03 22:00:03

user: cg

file: SystemOrganizer.st directory: libbasic3

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic3

Description:

In ST80, there is a systemOrganization, which groups classes
to categories.
All of this here is mimicri - ST/X keeps the category in the class.
This class simulates the ST80 behavior.

Class protocol:

 for: aNameSpaceOrNil

create & return a new instance of myself, to organize aNameSpace.
All of this here is mimicri - ST/X keeps the category in the class.

Instance protocol:

 addCategory: aCategory before: someOtherCategory

 categories

return a collection of my classes class-categories.
If my nameSpace is nil, all classes' categories are included;
otherwise, only the categories of that particular namespace.

usage example(s):

(SystemOrganizer for:nil) categories (SystemOrganizer for:Smalltalk) categories (SystemOrganizer for:Demos) categories

 categoryOfElement: aClassName

return a classes category;
the argument is the classes name

 classify: aClassName under: newCategory

change a classes category;
the argument is the classes name

 environment

 listAtCategoryNamed: aCategory

return a collection of classes in aCategory.

usage example(s):

(SystemOrganizer for:nil) listAtCategoryNamed:'Collections-Abstract' (SystemOrganizer for:Smalltalk) listAtCategoryNamed:'Collections-Abstract' (SystemOrganizer for:Demos) listAtCategoryNamed:'Collections-Abstract'

 update: something with: anArgument from: changedObject

flush cached categories ...

 nameSpace: aNameSpace

set the nameSpace - nil is allowed and stands for: any