tcl.lang
Class TclIndex

java.lang.Object
  tcl.lang.TclIndex

All Implemented Interfaces:

InternalRep

public class TclIndex
extends java.lang.Object
implements InternalRep

Method Summary

void	dispose() Implement this no-op for the InternalRep interface.
InternalRep	duplicate() Returns a dupilcate of the current object.
static int	get(Interp interp, TclObject tobj, java.lang.String[] table, java.lang.String msg, int flags) Tcl_GetIndexFromObj -> get Gets the index into the table of the object.
java.lang.String	toString() Called to query the string representation of the Tcl object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

duplicate

public InternalRep duplicate()

Returns a dupilcate of the current object.

Specified by:

duplicate in interface InternalRep

Parameters:

obj - the TclObject that contains this internalRep.

dispose

public void dispose()

Implement this no-op for the InternalRep interface.

Specified by:

dispose in interface InternalRep

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Called to query the string representation of the Tcl object. This method is called only by TclObject.toString() when TclObject.stringRep is null.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of the Tcl object.

get

public static int get(Interp interp,
                      TclObject tobj,
                      java.lang.String[] table,
                      java.lang.String msg,
                      int flags)
               throws TclException

Tcl_GetIndexFromObj -> get Gets the index into the table of the object. Generate an error it it doesn't occur. This also converts the object to an index which should catch the lookup for speed improvement.

Parameters:

interp - the interperter or null

tobj - the object to operate on.

Throws:

TclException