2 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 SKYRIX Software AG
4 This file is part of SOPE.
6 SOPE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
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13 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
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22 #ifndef __SoObjects_SoClass_H__
23 #define __SoObjects_SoClass_H__
25 #import <Foundation/NSObject.h>
30 Abstract baseclass for SoObject classes. SoClasses collect common keys
31 and security info for sets of objects.
33 See SoObjCClass and SoExtClass for examples of concrete SoClasses.
36 @class NSString, NSMutableDictionary, NSArray, NSClassDescription;
37 @class SoClassSecurityInfo;
39 @interface SoClass : NSObject
41 SoClass *soSuperClass;
42 NSMutableDictionary *slots;
43 SoClassSecurityInfo *security;
46 - (id)initWithSoSuperClass:(SoClass *)_soClass;
50 - (SoClass *)soSuperClass;
52 /* keys (traverse hierarchy) */
54 - (BOOL)hasKey:(NSString *)_key inContext:(id)_ctx;
55 - (id)lookupKey:(NSString *)_key inContext:(id)_ctx;
58 /* slots (only works on the exact class) */
60 - (void)setValue:(id)_value forSlot:(NSString *)_key;
61 - (id)valueForSlot:(NSString *)_key;
62 - (NSArray *)slotNames;
66 - (SoClassSecurityInfo *)soClassSecurityInfo;
70 - (id)instantiateObject;
71 - (NSClassDescription *)soClassDescription;
72 - (NSString *)className;
76 #endif /* __SoObjects_SoClass_H__ */