edu.vub.at.objects.natives
Class NATByCopy

java.lang.Object
  edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil
      edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATByCopy

All Implemented Interfaces:

ATAbstractGrammar, ATConversions, ATExpression, ATNil, ATObject, ATStatement, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

NATAbstractGrammar, NATBoolean, NATContext, NATException, NATFarReference, NATMethod, NATParser, NATStripe, OBJLexicalRoot, OBJMirrorRoot, OBJNetwork, OBJSystem, PrimitiveMethod

public abstract class NATByCopy

extends NATNil

This class is the abstract superclass of all AT/2 object types which should be passed by copy when passed as a parameter between actors.

Author:

tvcutsem

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil

_INSTANCE_

Constructor Summary

NATByCopy()

Method Summary

ATObject	meta_pass() When a by-copy object is asked which object to serialize in its stead, the by-copy object returns itself, so that it itself will be serialized.
ATObject	meta_resolve() When a by-copy object is asked which object it represents when it is deserialized, the object returns itself.

Methods inherited from class edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATNil

asAmbientTalkObject, asJavaClassUnderSymbiosis, asJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, asNativeBoolean, asNativeException, asNativeFarReference, asNativeFraction, asNativeNumber, asNativeNumeric, asNativeTable, asNativeText, base__opeql__opeql_, 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_init, 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, base_new, createChild, equals, isAmbientTalkObject, isJavaObjectUnderSymbiosis, isNativeBoolean, isNativeField, isNativeText, 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_print, meta_quote, meta_receive, meta_respondsTo, meta_select, meta_send, meta_share, readResolve, toString, writeReplace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NATByCopy

public NATByCopy()

Method Detail

meta_pass

public ATObject meta_pass()
                   throws InterpreterException

When a by-copy object is asked which object to serialize in its stead, the by-copy object returns itself, so that it itself will be serialized.

Specified by:

meta_pass in interface ATObject

Overrides:

meta_pass in class NATNil

Throws:

InterpreterException

meta_resolve

public ATObject meta_resolve()
                      throws InterpreterException

When a by-copy object is asked which object it represents when it is deserialized, the object returns itself.

Specified by:

meta_resolve in interface ATObject

Overrides:

meta_resolve in class NATNil

Throws:

InterpreterException