tcl::chan::core - Basic reflected/virtual channel support
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Category
Channels
Class Api
::tcl::chan::coreobjectName
This command creates a new channel core object with an associated global Tcl command whose name is
objectName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the object, as described in
the section for the InstanceAPI.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2009 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
tcllib 1.1 tcl::chan::core(3tcl)
Description
The tcl::chan::core package provides a TclOO class implementing common behaviour needed by virtually
every reflected or virtual channel (initialization, finalization).
This class expects to be used as either superclass of a concrete channel class, or to be mixed into such
a class.
Instance Api
The API of channel core instances provides only two methods, both corresponding to channel handler
commands (For reference see TIP219 [http:/tip.tcl.tk/219]). They expect to be called from whichever
object instance the channel core was made a part of.
objectNameinitializethechannelmode
This method implements standard behaviour for the initialize method of channel handlers. Using
introspection it finds the handler methods supported by the instance and returns a list containing
their names, as expected by the support for reflected channels in the Tcl core.
It further remembers the channel handle in an instance variable for access by sub-classes.
objectNamefinalizethechannel
This method implements standard behaviour for the finalize method of channel handlers. It simply
destroys itself.
objectNamedestroy
Destroying the channel core instance closes the channel it was initialized for, see the method
initialize. When destroyed from within a call of finalize this does not happen, under the
assumption that the channel is being destroyed by Tcl.
Keywords
reflected channel, tip 219, virtual channel
Name
tcl::chan::core - Basic reflected/virtual channel support
Synopsis
package require Tcl8.59
package require TclOO
package require tcl::chan::core?1.1?::tcl::chan::coreobjectNameobjectNameinitializethechannelmodeobjectNamefinalizethechannelobjectNamedestroy
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