swarm.defobj
Interface Create
- All Known Subinterfaces:
- Action, ActionCache, ActionCall, ActionChanged, ActionConcurrent, ActionForEach, ActionForEachHomogeneous, ActionGroup, ActionTo, ActivationOrder, ActiveGraph, ActiveOutFile, ActivityControl, ArchivedGeometryWidget, Archiver, Arguments, Array, Averager, BasicRandomGenerator, BehaviorPhase, BernoulliDist, BinomialDist, BooleanDistribution, C2TAUS1gen, C2TAUS2gen, C2TAUS3gen, C2TAUSgen, Ca2d, Canvas, CanvasAbstractItem, CanvasItem, Collection, Colormap, CommonProbeDisplay, CompleteProbeDisplay, CompleteProbeMap, CompleteVarMap, CompositeItem, CompoundAction, ConcurrentGroup, ConcurrentSchedule, ControlPanel, ConwayLife2d, CreatedClass, CustomProbeMap, DblBuffer2d, DefaultProbeMap, Diffuse2d, Discrete2d, DoubleDistribution, EmptyProbeMap, Entropy, Error, EventType, ExponentialDist, EZAverageSequence, EZBin, EZDistribution, EZGraph, EZSequence, FAction, FActionForEach, FActionForEachHeterogeneous, FActionForEachHomogeneous, FArguments, FCall, GammaDist, Graph, GraphElement, Grid2d, GUISwarm, HDF5, HDF5Archiver, Histogram, Int2dFiler, IntegerDistribution, KeyedCollection, LinkItem, LispArchiver, List, ListShuffler, LogNormalDist, Map, MessageProbe, MT19937gen, MultiVarProbeDisplay, NodeItem, Normal, NormalDist, NSelect, Object2dDisplay, OvalNodeItem, Permutation, PermutationItem, Pixmap, PMMLCG1gen, PMMLCGgen, PoissonDist, ProbabilityDistribution, Probe, ProbeDisplay, ProbeDisplayManager, ProbeLibrary, ProbeMap, PSWBgen, QSort, RandomBitDist, Raster, RectangleNodeItem, Schedule, SimpleProbeDisplay, SimpleRandomGenerator, SingleProbeDisplay, SplitRandomGenerator, String, Swarm, SwarmObject, SwarmProcess, Symbol, UName, UniformDoubleDist, UniformIntegerDist, UniformUnsignedDist, UnsignedDistribution, Value2dDisplay, VarProbe, Warning, Widget, Zone, ZoomRaster
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- FCallImpl, FArgumentsImpl, ZoneImpl, HDF5Impl, ArgumentsImpl, SymbolImpl, PermutationImpl, ListShufflerImpl, StringImpl, SwarmObjectImpl, ProbeLibraryImpl, GraphElementImpl, PixmapImpl, ColormapImpl
- public interface Create
- extends DefinedObject, DefinedObjectS, Customize, CustomizeS
Create an instance of a type with optional customization..
The Create supertype defines standard messages that provide a general-purpose protocol for creating new objects. These messages may be used either to create a new instance of a type in one message, or to bracket a series of messages that customize available options for an object to be created. The separation of create-time specifications from later behavior of an object gives substantial flexibility to adapt a generic type to particular needs. These create messages may be implemented either by a type that hides its implementing classes, or directly by a class that adopts these messages as a uniform interface for creating objects. If implemented directly by a class, then the class object serves as the type object in all message descriptions that follow. Otherwise, a type object might be implemented in a variety of ways that guarantee only that published messages on a type are accepted. In addition to the create messages defined by Create, an object type may support any other messages of any other names or calling conventions. These messages define only a standard method for creating new objects that other types are free to inherit and implement in conformance with a uniform convention. Further conventions are established elsewhere create combination messages for standard ways in which create messages that combine several steps can be combined. Any interim object returned by either createBegin: or customizeBegin: supports the getZone and drop messages that a finalized instance may also support. These messages are defined by the Drop type, which is normally inherited by a type to declare these messages on a finalized instance. This type is not inherited by the Create type because the messages would then apply to the finalized instance, not to the interim object. Even though not declared, the messages are available on the interim objects nonetheless. The drop message on an interim object may be used if it turns out that a finalized version is no longer required after creation or customization has already begun. The createBegin: and createEnd messages bracket a series of messages that specify options for an object being created. The intermediate messages can set values defined as parameters of the type, or provide other forms of specification using available messages. A particular object type defines the specific messages that are valid for sending during this interim creation phase.
| Methods inherited from interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject |
compare,
describe,
describeID,
getDisplayName,
getTypeName,
getZone,
perform,
perform$with,
perform$with$with,
perform$with$with$with,
respondsTo,
setDisplayName,
xfprint,
xfprintid,
xprint,
xprintid |