Implement -className

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk@13806 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-06-09  Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Source/NSObject.m: Implemented and documented -className
+
 2002-06-06  Adam Fedor  <fedor@gnu.org>
 
 	* Source/cifframe.m (cifframe_from_info): Set value locations

Headers/gnustep/base/NSObject.h

@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
 - (id) mutableCopyWithZone: (NSZone*)zone;
 @end
 
+/**
+ * This protocol must be adopted by any class wishing to support
+ * saving and restoring instances to an archive, or copying them
+ * to remote processes via the Distributed Objects mechanism.
+ */
 @protocol NSCoding
 - (void) encodeWithCoder: (NSCoder*)aCoder;
 - (id) initWithCoder: (NSCoder*)aDecoder;
@@ -120,11 +125,16 @@
 + (BOOL) requiresTypedMemory;
 #endif
 #endif
-+ (void) initialize;
+
+#ifndef	STRICT_OPENSTEP
+- (NSString*) className;
+#endif
+
 + (id) allocWithZone: (NSZone*)z;
 + (id) alloc;
 + (Class) class;
 + (NSString*) description;
++ (void) initialize;
 + (IMP) instanceMethodForSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
 + (NSMethodSignature*) instanceMethodSignatureForSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
 + (BOOL) instancesRespondToSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@
 - (Class) classForArchiver;
 - (Class) classForCoder;
 - (Class) classForPortCoder;
-- (BOOL) conformsToProtocol: (Protocol *)aProtocol;
+- (BOOL) conformsToProtocol: (Protocol*)aProtocol;
 - (id) copy;
 - (void) dealloc;
 - (NSString*) description;
@@ -156,8 +166,11 @@
 - (NSMethodSignature*) methodSignatureForSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
 - (id) mutableCopy;
 - (id) performSelector: (SEL)aSelector;
-- (id) performSelector: (SEL)aSelector withObject: anObject;
-- (id) performSelector: (SEL)aSelector withObject: object1 withObject: object2;
+- (id) performSelector: (SEL)aSelector
+	    withObject: (id)anObject;
+- (id) performSelector: (SEL)aSelector
+	    withObject: (id)object1
+	    withObject: (id)object2;
 - (void) release;
 - (id) replacementObjectForArchiver: (NSArchiver*)anArchiver;
 - (id) replacementObjectForCoder: (NSCoder*)anEncoder;

Source/NSObject.m

@@ -802,6 +802,30 @@ static BOOL double_release_check_enabled = NO;
   return [[self alloc] init];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the class of which the receiver is an instance.<br />
+ * The default implementation returns the private <code>isa</code>
+ * instance variable of NSObject, which is used to store a pointer
+ * to the objects class.<br />
+ * NB.  When NSZombie is enabled (see NSDebug.h) this pointer is
+ * changed upon object deallocation.
+ */
+- (Class) class
+{
+  return object_get_class(self);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the name of the class of the receiving object by using
+ * the NSStringFromClass() function.<br />
+ * This is a MacOS-X addition for apple scripting, which is also
+ * generally useful.
+ */
+- (NSString*) className
+{
+  return NSStringFromClass([self class]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates and returns a copy of the reciever by calling -copyWithZone:
  * passing NSDefaultMallocZone()
@@ -1164,19 +1188,6 @@ static BOOL double_release_check_enabled = NO;
   return self;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns the class of which the receiver is an instance.<br />
- * The default implementation returns the private <code>isa</code>
- * instance variable of NSObject, which is used to store a pointer
- * to the objects class.<br />
- * NB.  When NSZombie is enabled (see NSDebug.h) this pointer is
- * changed upon object deallocation.
- */
-- (Class) class
-{
-  return object_get_class(self);
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the hash of the receiver.  Subclasses should ensure that their
  * implementations of this method obey the rule that if the -isEqual: method