The is command is used to check if the argument given is a class or an object; depending on the option
given. If the argument if a class or object, then 1 is returned. Otherwise, 0 is returned. The is
command also recognizes the commands wrapped in the itcl code command.
The option argument determines what action is carried out by the command. The legal options (which may
be abbreviated) are:
isclasscommand
Returns 1 if command is a class, and returns 0 otherwise.
The fully qualified name of the class needs to be given as the command argument. So, if a class
resides in a namespace, then the namespace needs to be specified as well. So, if a class C resides
in a namespace N, then the command should be called like:
isN::C
or
is::N::Cis object ?-classclassName? command
Returns 1 if command is an object, and returns 0 otherwise.
If the optional "-class" parameter is specified, then the command will be checked within the
context of the class given. Note that className has to exist. If not, then an error will be given.
So, if className is uncertain to be a class, then the programmer will need to check it's existance
beforehand, or wrap it in a catch statement.
So, if c is an object in the class C, in namespace N then these are the possibilities (all return
1):
set obj [N::C c]
itcl::is object N::c
itcl::is object c
itcl::is object $obj
itcl::is object [itcl::code c]