edu.vub.at.objects
Interface ATStripe

All Superinterfaces:

ATConversions, ATObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaClass, NATStripe, NATStripe.OBJRootStripe

public interface ATStripe

extends ATObject

The public interface to a native stripe object. Stripes consist of two properties: - they have a unique name by which they can be identified across the network In other words: the identity of a stripe is its name - they have a list of parent stripes: a stripe is then a 'substripe' of these parents Stripes have one important operation: one stripe can be tested to be a substripe of another stripe. Stripes are very similar to empty Java-like interface types, and their main purpose lies in the *classification* of objects. AmbientTalk Objects can be striped with zero or more stripes.

Author:

tvcutsem

Method Summary

ATTable	base_getParentStripes()
ATSymbol	base_getStripeName()
ATBoolean	base_isSubstripeOf(ATStripe other)

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_getStripeName

public ATSymbol base_getStripeName()
                            throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_getParentStripes

public ATTable base_getParentStripes()
                              throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException

base_isSubstripeOf

public ATBoolean base_isSubstripeOf(ATStripe other)
                             throws InterpreterException

Throws:

InterpreterException