DeviceHandle.st
changeset 175 327b4f340cdb
parent 164 87eadeed8776
child 219 9ff0660f447f
--- a/DeviceHandle.st	Sun Aug 27 16:42:30 1995 +0200
+++ b/DeviceHandle.st	Tue Aug 29 18:41:59 1995 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 by Claus Gittinger
-              All Rights Reserved
+	      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
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 copyright
 "
  COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 by Claus Gittinger
-              All Rights Reserved
+	      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
@@ -35,9 +35,21 @@
 "
 !
 
+documentation
+"
+    This is an abstract class for device handles which are responsible
+    for finalization i.e. to destroy underlying system resources, when the GC
+    frees an object which has created some system object.
+    Currently, these are forms and views (streams, cursors, colors and
+    fonts could also make use of this class - however, for historical reasons,
+    they continue to use their own private finalization machanisms. This may
+    change in future versions).
+"
+!
+
 version
 "
-$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/DeviceHandle.st,v 1.2 1995-08-10 18:43:31 claus Exp $
+$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview/DeviceHandle.st,v 1.3 1995-08-29 16:41:22 claus Exp $
 "
 ! !