ClassDescr.st
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 COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 by Claus Gittinger
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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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 other person.  No title to or ownership of the software is
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Behavior subclass:#ClassDescription
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       instanceVariableNames:'name category instvars'
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       classVariableNames:''
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       poolDictionaries:''
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       category:'Kernel-Classes'
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ClassDescription comment:'
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COPYRIGHT (c) 1993 by Claus Gittinger
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              All Rights Reserved
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this class has been added for ST-80 compatibility only.
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All class stuff used to be in Behavior and Class - but, to be
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able to file in some PD code, it became nescessary to add it.
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Instance variables:
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name            <String>        the classes name
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category        <String>        the classes category
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instvars        <String>        the names of the instance variables
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%W% %E%
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'!
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!ClassDescription methodsFor:'accessing'!
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instanceVariableString
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    "return a string of the instance variable names"
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    instvars isNil ifTrue:[^ ''].
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    ^ instvars
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instanceVariableString:aString
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    "set the classes instvarnames string - notice, that this
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     should be used only during class creation; the number of
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     instance variables is determined by another instance 
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     (see Behavior)."
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    instvars := aString.
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    self changed
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setName:aString
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    "set the classes name - be careful, it will be still
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     in the Smalltalk dictionary - under another key"
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    name := aString
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name
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    "return the name (aString) of the class"
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    ^ name
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category
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    "return the category (aString) of the class"
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    ^ category
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category:aStringOrSymbol
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    "set the category of the class to be the argument, aString"
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    category := aStringOrSymbol asSymbol
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! !