Class: WeakInterestConverter

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

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--InterestConverter
      |
      +--WeakInterestConverter

Package:

stx:libbasic

Category:

Interface-Support-Models

Version:

rev: 1.7 date: 2024/04/23 19:09:02

user: cg

file: WeakInterestConverter.st directory: libbasic

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Description:

these are much like InterestConverters; however, the reference to
the destination is weak, which allows for it to be garbage collected.

copyright
COPYRIGHT (c) 1997 eXept Software AG
             All Rights Reserved

This software is furnished under a license and may be used
only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
hereby transferred.

Class protocol:

 destination: anObject selector: aSelector

create & return an interestConverter, which sends aSelector
to anObject when a change notification arrives

 destination: anObject selector: aSelector aspect: aspect

create & return an interestConverter, which sends aSelector
to anObject when a change notification for aspect arrives

Instance protocol:

 aspect

return my aspect (if any)

 destination

return my destination

 destination: dest selector: sel

set destination and selector

 destination: dest selector: sel aspect: a

set destination, selector and aspect

 update: anAspect with: aParameter from: someObject