Object subclass:#QualifiedName

	instanceVariableNames:'pathString'

	classVariableNames:''

	poolDictionaries:''

	category:'Kernel-Support'

!

!QualifiedName class methodsFor:'instance creation'!

for:aStringOrSymbol

    ^ self new name:aStringOrSymbol

!

makeUnambiguous

    ^ self

!

pathString:aPathString

    ^ self new pathString:aPathString

! !

!QualifiedName methodsFor:'accessing'!

asString

    ^ pathString

!

comment:aString

    "empty for now"

!

name:aStringOrSymbol

    pathString := aStringOrSymbol asSymbol

!

pathString

    "return the value of the instance variable 'pathString' (automatically generated)"

    ^ pathString!

pathString:something

    "set the value of the instance variable 'pathString' (automatically generated)"

    pathString := something.! !

!QualifiedName methodsFor:'conditional execution'!

value

    "return my binding value, if unbound, return nil"

    ^ self valueOrDo:[]

!

valueOrDo:aBlock

    "return my binding value, if unbound, return the result from evaluating aBlock"

    |ns path|

    path := pathString asCollectionOfSubstringsSeparatedBy:$..

    ((path size > 0) and:[path first = 'Core']) ifTrue:[

        path := path copyFrom:2

    ].

    ns := Smalltalk.

    path do:[:component |

        ns := ns at:component asSymbol ifAbsent:[ ^ aBlock value ].

    ].

    ^ ns

! !

!QualifiedName methodsFor:'defining'!

defineClass: name superclass: superclass

                indexedType: indexed

                private: private

                instanceVariableNames: instVars

                classInstanceVariableNames: classInstVars

                imports: imports

                category: category

                attributes: annotations

    |sc|

    sc := superclass value.

    sc isNil ifTrue:[

self halt.

    ].

self halt.

!

defineNameSpace: name private: private imports: imports category: category attributes: annotations

    "klduge for now"

    pathString = 'Smalltalk' ifTrue:[

        NameSpace name:name asSymbol.

    ] ifFalse:[

    self halt.

    ].

! !

!QualifiedName methodsFor:'dummy for now'!

makeUnambiguous

    ^ self

! !

!QualifiedName class methodsFor:'documentation'!

version

    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/QualifiedName.st,v 1.2 2000/04/12 21:38:35 cg Exp $'

! !