[Xotcl] Re: XOTcl 0.83 questions (continued...)

[uwe.zdun at uni-essen.de]

Hi Zoran,

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here, is some example code that shows two ways how to retrieve all
instances, classes, and metaclasses in the system:

--Uwe


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# set up some classes for testing

#
# some meta classes
#
Class Meta -superclass Class
Class Meta2 -superclass Meta
Class Meta3 -superclass Meta2
#
# some classes
#
Class X
Class Y
Meta Z
Meta2 A
Meta2 B
#
# some objs
#
X x
Object o
Y y1
Y y1
A a1
A a2

#
# if you only use the global namespace it is quite simple to retrieve
# the instances, like:
# (you can also traverse the namespaces ... but then the 
#  variant down below is more elegant)
set objects ""
foreach c [info commands] {
  if {[Object isobject $c]} {lappend objects $c}
}
puts "Global Objects are: $objects"



#
# we can also go along the class hierarchy
# 
# we define a separate class that computes the instances (could 
# also be instprocs on Object ... but then we won't have the ability
# to use the code on a subclass)
#

Class InstanceRetrieval

InstanceRetrieval instproc getAllSubClasses cl {
    set result ""
    set sc [$cl info subclass]
    foreach c $sc {
	lappend result $c
	set result [concat $result [[self] getAllSubClasses $c]]
    }
    return $result
}

InstanceRetrieval instproc getAllInstances {} {
    set result ""
    # get all subclasses of this class
    set subclasses [[self] getAllSubClasses [self]]
    # now get the instances of every subclass
    foreach sc $subclasses {
	set result [concat $result [$sc info instances]]
    }
    return $result
}	

# now we register that class on Object as a mixin
# -> we can all instances of the object class (including the 
# nested objects

Object mixinappend InstanceRetrieval
set allObjs [Object getAllInstances]
puts "All objects are: $allObjs"

#
# with isclass and ismetaclass we can additionally sort out the 
# classes and metaclasses
#

foreach o $allObjs {
    if {[Object isclass $o]} {
	lappend classes $o
	if {[Object ismetaclass $o]} {lappend metaclasses $o}
    }
}

puts "All classes are: $classes"
puts "All metaclasses are: $metaclasses"

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>>>>> "ZV" == Zoran Vasiljevic <zoran at munich.com> writes:

ZV> Hi Gustaf and Uwe !
ZV> First of all, many, many thanks for your time and patience.
ZV> I think I'm getting the (XOTcl) picture slowly.

ZV> I could need a helping hand again, though, 'cause I'm stuck
ZV> a little bit.

ZV> -------
ZV> Given an initialized interpreter I would like to generate
ZV> a script to re-make *all* classes/objects found there.
ZV> But how to get them ? I would not like to resort to
ZV> "namespace is a object/class" assumption....

ZV> Consider this:

ZV> % Class TC
ZV> % TC tobj

ZV> Now get all defined classes ...

ZV> % Class info instances
ZV> ::Class::Parameter ::Class ::Object ::Object::CopyHandler ::TC

ZV> Fine. The "TC" is there.

ZV> % Object info instances
ZV> ::@

ZV> Where is my "tobj" ? What am I doing wrong ?
ZV> I cannot find the "tobj" anywhere.

ZV> Also, If I somehow manage to properly collect all classes
ZV> (and objects) I should somehow follow the class graph,
ZV> when recreating classes, right ? Using (super/sub)class info
ZV> and traversing the class tree/graph, right ?
ZV> I think I could use some example, if you have some lying arround.

ZV> Sincerely,
ZV> Zoran Vasiljevic.


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-- 
Uwe Zdun
Specification of Software Systems, University of Essen
Phone: +49 201 81 00 332, Fax: +49 201 81 00 398
zdun at xotcl.org, uwe.zdun at uni-essen.de