edu.vub.at.objects
Interface ATContext

All Superinterfaces:

ATConversions, ATObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

NATContext

public interface ATContext

extends ATObject

ATContext describes a triplet of scope pointers used during evaluation, namely one for the lexical scope (where the lookup starts for receiverless messages), one for the late-bound receiver and one for the parent object.

Author:

smostinc

Method Summary

ATObject	base_getLexicalScope() Structural access to the lexical environment of the current context.
ATObject	base_getSelf() Structural access to the receiver (self pseudovariable) in the current context.
ATContext	base_withDynamicReceiver(ATObject self)
ATContext	base_withLexicalEnvironment(ATObject scope)

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject

base__opeql__opeql_, base_init, base_new, meta_addField, meta_addMethod, meta_assignField, meta_assignVariable, meta_clone, meta_defineField, meta_doesNotUnderstand, meta_eval, meta_extend, meta_getDynamicParent, meta_getLexicalParent, meta_getStripes, meta_grabField, meta_grabMethod, meta_invoke, meta_isCloneOf, meta_isRelatedTo, meta_isStripedWith, meta_listFields, meta_listMethods, meta_lookup, meta_newInstance, meta_pass, meta_print, meta_quote, meta_receive, meta_resolve, meta_respondsTo, meta_select, meta_send, meta_share

Methods inherited from interface edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.ATConversions

asAmbientTalkObject, asJavaClassUnderSymbiosis, asJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, asNativeBoolean, asNativeException, asNativeFarReference, asNativeFraction, asNativeNumber, asNativeNumeric, asNativeTable, asNativeText, base_asActorMirror, base_asAsyncMessage, base_asBegin, base_asBoolean, base_asClosure, base_asDefinition, base_asExpression, base_asFarReference, base_asField, base_asHandler, base_asMessage, base_asMessageCreation, base_asMethod, base_asMirror, base_asNumber, base_asSplice, base_asStatement, base_asStripe, base_asSymbol, base_asTable, base_asUnquoteSplice, base_asVariableAssignment, base_isBoolean, base_isCallFrame, base_isClosure, base_isFarReference, base_isMessageCreation, base_isMethod, base_isMirror, base_isSplice, base_isStripe, base_isSymbol, base_isTable, base_isUnquoteSplice, base_isVariableAssignment, isAmbientTalkObject, isJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, isNativeBoolean, isNativeField, isNativeText

Method Detail

base_getLexicalScope

public ATObject base_getLexicalScope()
                              throws InterpreterException

Structural access to the lexical environment of the current context.

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_getSelf

public ATObject base_getSelf()
                      throws InterpreterException

Structural access to the receiver (self pseudovariable) in the current context.

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_withLexicalEnvironment

public ATContext base_withLexicalEnvironment(ATObject scope)
                                      throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_withDynamicReceiver

public ATContext base_withDynamicReceiver(ATObject self)
                                   throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException