About This Book

This book accompanies the SOMobjects Base Toolkit, which consists of the base (or core) capabilities in the System Object Model (SOM) of the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit. The base system is a rich subset of the full-capability SOMobjects Developer Toolkit. Because the current manual is a subset of chapters from the full SOMobjects Developer Toolkit Users Guide, references herein to the "SOMobjects Developer Toolkit" should be interpreted as capabilities of the SOMobjects Base Toolkit.

This manual explains how programmers using C, C++, and other languages can:

• Implement class libraries that exploit the SOM library-packaging technology,

• Develop client programs that use class libraries that were built using SOM, and

• Develop applications that use the frameworks supplied with the SOMobjects Toolkit, class libraries that facilitate development of object-oriented applications.

In addition to this book, refer to the System Object Model Programming Reference during application development for specific information about the classes, methods, functions, and macros supplied with the SOMobjects Toolkit.

For purchasers of the full-capability SOMobjects systems, the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit: Emitter Framework Guide and Reference contains documentation of the Emitter Framework of the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit. In addition, the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit: Collection Classes Reference Manual describes the collection classes and methods provided with the SOMobjects Developer Toolkit.