AutoloadMetaclass.st
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 COPYRIGHT (c) 1999 by eXept Software AG
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              All Rights Reserved
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 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
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 only in accordance with the terms of that license and with the
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 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
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 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
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 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
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 hereby transferred.
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Metaclass subclass:#AutoloadMetaclass
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	instanceVariableNames:''
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	classVariableNames:''
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	poolDictionaries:''
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	category:'Kernel-Classes'
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!AutoloadMetaclass class methodsFor:'documentation'!
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copyright
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 COPYRIGHT (c) 1999 by eXept Software AG
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              All Rights Reserved
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 This software is furnished under a license and may be used
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 inclusion of the above copyright notice.   This software may not
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 be provided or otherwise made available to, or used by, any
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 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
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 hereby transferred.
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    AutoloadMetaclass catches unhandled class methods, files in 
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    the corresponding code when first used and resends the catched
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    message to the now existing class.
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    Autoload installs AutoloadMetaclass as its metaclass in #initialize. 
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    [author:]
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        Stefan Vogel
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    [see also:]
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        Autoload
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! !
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!AutoloadMetaclass methodsFor:'message catching'!
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doesNotUnderstand:aMessage
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    "caught a message; load the class and retry the message"
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    |newClass|
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    self ~~ AutoloadMetaclass ifTrue:[
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        newClass := myClass autoload.
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        newClass notNil ifTrue:[
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            ^ aMessage sendTo:newClass class 
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        ]
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    ].
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    ^ super doesNotUnderstand:aMessage
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    "
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     Autoload xxx
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     VisualPart unload.
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     VisualPart xxx
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     VisualPart unload.
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     VisualPart defaultFont
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    "Modified: / 3.8.1999 / 13:57:05 / stefan"
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!AutoloadMetaclass class methodsFor:'documentation'!
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    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/AutoloadMetaclass.st,v 1.3 2000-02-18 14:30:29 cg Exp $'
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! !