STEnvironment class reference

Authors

Stefan Urbanek

Software documentation for the STEnvironment class

STEnvironment : STContext

Declared in:

StepTalk/STEnvironment.h

Description forthcoming.

Instance Variables

Method summary

environmentWithDefaultDescription

+ (STEnvironment*) environmentWithDefaultDescription;

Creates and initialises new scripting environment using default description.

environmentWithDescription:

+ (id) environmentWithDescription: (STEnvironmentDescription*)aDescription;

Creates and initialises scripting environment using environment description description.

sharedEnvironment

+ (id) sharedEnvironment;

Creating environment
Returns an instance of the scripting environment that is shared in the scope of actual application or process.

addClassesWithNames:

- (void) addClassesWithNames: (NSArray*)names;

Add classes specified by the names in the names array. This method is used internally to add classes provided by modules.

includeBundle:

- (BOOL) includeBundle: (NSBundle*)aBundle;

Include scripting capabilities advertised by the bundle

includeFramework:

- (BOOL) includeFramework: (NSString*)frameworkName;

Include scripting capabilities advertised by the framework with name

initWithDefaultDescription

- (id) initWithDefaultDescription;
This is a designated initialiser for the class.

Initialises scripting environment using default description.

initWithDescription:

- (id) initWithDescription: (bycopy STEnvironmentDescription*)aDescription;

Initialises scripting environment using scripting description aDescription.

loadModule:

- (void) loadModule: (NSString*)moduleName;

Modules
Load StepTalk module with the name moduleName. Modules are stored in the Library/StepTalk/Modules directory.

registerObjectFinder: name:

- (void) registerObjectFinder: (id)finder name: (NSString*)name;

Distributed objects
Register object finder finder under the name name

registerObjectFinderNamed:

- (void) registerObjectFinderNamed: (NSString*)name;

Register object finder named name. This method will try to find an object finder bundle in Library/StepTalk/Finders directories.

removeObjectFinderWithName:

- (void) removeObjectFinderWithName: (NSString*)name;

Remove object finder with name name

translateSelector: forReceiver:

- (NSString*) translateSelector: (NSString*)aString forReceiver: (id)anObject;

Selector translation