"

 COPYRIGHT (c) 1994 by Claus Gittinger

	      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.

"

"{ Package: 'stx:libbasic' }"

Magnitude subclass:#LookupKey

	instanceVariableNames:'key'

	classVariableNames:''

	poolDictionaries:''

	category:'Collections-Support'

!

!LookupKey class methodsFor:'documentation'!

copyright

"

 COPYRIGHT (c) 1994 by Claus Gittinger

	      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.

"

!

documentation

"

    LookupKey has been extracted from Association for ST-80 compatibility.

    This class is currently not used directly.

    [Instance variables:]

        key             <Object>        the key

    [author:]

        Claus Gittinger

"

! !

!LookupKey class methodsFor:'instance creation'!

key:aKey

    "return a new instance."

    ^ self basicNew key:aKey

! !

!LookupKey methodsFor:'accessing'!

key

    "return the key of the receiver"

    ^ key

!

key:anObject

    "set the key of the receiver to be anObject.

     Return the receiver"

    key := anObject

! !

!LookupKey methodsFor:'comparing'!

< aKey

    "return true, if the receivers KEY is less 

     than the arguments key. The argument must be a kind of lookupKey"

    ^ key < aKey key

!

= aLookupKey

    "return true if the receivers key equals the arguments key.

     The argument must be a kind of lookupKey."

    ^ (self species == aLookupKey species) and:[key = aLookupKey key]

!

> aKey

    "return true, if the receivers KEY is greater 

     than the arguments key. The argument must be a kind of lookupKey"

    ^ key > aKey key

!

hash

    "return an integer useful for hashing on the receiver;

     redefined since = is redefined here."

    ^ key hash

! !

!LookupKey methodsFor:'printing & storing'!

displayOn:aGCOrStream

    "Compatibility

     append a printed desription on some stream (Dolphin,  Squeak)

     OR:

     display the receiver in a graphicsContext at 0@0 (ST80).

     This method allows for any object to be displayed in some view

     (although the fallBack is to display its printString ...)"

    "/ what a kludge - Dolphin and Squeak mean: printOn: a stream;

    "/ ST/X (and some old ST80's) mean: draw-yourself on a GC.

    (aGCOrStream isStream) ifFalse:[

        ^ super displayOn:aGCOrStream

    ].

    aGCOrStream 

        nextPutAll:self className; 

        nextPut:$(.

    key displayOn:aGCOrStream.

    aGCOrStream nextPut:$)

!

printOn:aStream

    "append a user printed representation of the receiver to aStream.

     The format is suitable for a human - not meant to be read back."

    key printOn:aStream.

! !

!LookupKey class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version

    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/LookupKey.st,v 1.12 2014-07-10 12:24:01 cg Exp $'

! !