edu.vub.at.objects.natives
Class SAFWorkingDirectory

java.lang.Object
  edu.vub.at.actors.natives.SharedActorField
      edu.vub.at.objects.natives.SAFWorkingDirectory

public class SAFWorkingDirectory

extends SharedActorField

SAFWorkingDirectory initialises the field "~" to the current directory, allowing a file to refer to its peers using a relative id.

Author:

smostinc

Field Summary

private java.io.File

workingDirectory_

Fields inherited from class edu.vub.at.actors.natives.SharedActorField

Constructor Summary

SAFWorkingDirectory()
Default constructor: when no working directory can be derived, use the directory from which the (java) virtual machine was started.

SAFWorkingDirectory(java.io.File path)

Method Summary

ATObject

initialize() Hook to be overridden in order to initialize the field which should be installed in every actor's lexical root object.

Methods inherited from class edu.vub.at.actors.natives.SharedActorField

getName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

workingDirectory_

private final java.io.File workingDirectory_

Constructor Detail

SAFWorkingDirectory

public SAFWorkingDirectory()

Default constructor: when no working directory can be derived, use the directory from which the (java) virtual machine was started.

SAFWorkingDirectory

public SAFWorkingDirectory(java.io.File path)

Method Detail

initialize

public ATObject initialize()
                    throws InterpreterException

Description copied from class: SharedActorField

Hook to be overridden in order to initialize the field which should be installed in every actor's lexical root object. The method is executed by the thread of the newly created actor, which can thus be accessed using ELActor.currentActor(). NOTE: if the return value is null, the field will not be added to the lexical root.

Specified by:

initialize in class SharedActorField

Returns:

the object to be assigned to the field with the specified name in the current actor's lexical root

Throws:

InterpreterException