SOMObject

File stem: somobj

Base

None.

Metaclass

SOMClass

Ancestor Classes None

Description

SOMObject is the root class for all SOM classes. That is, all SOM classes must be subclasses of SOMObject or of some other class derived from SOMObject. SOMObject introduces no instance data, so objects whose classes inherit from SOMObject incur no size increase. They do inherit a suite of methods that provide the behavior required of all SOM objects. Three of these methods are typically overridden by any subclass that has instance data- somDefaultInit, somDestruct, and somDumpSelfInt. See the descriptions of these methods for further information.

New methods

The following list shows all the SOMObject methods.

Group: Initialization/Termination:

• somFree
  
• somDefaultInit
  
• somDestruct
  
• somInit
  
• somUninit
  
• somDefaultAssign
  
• somDefaultConstAssign
  
• somDefaultConstCopyInit
  
• somDefaultCopyInit

Group: Access:

• somGetClass 
  somGetClassName
  
  somGetSize

  Group: Testing:

  • somIsA 
    somIsInstanceOf
    
    somRespondsTo

    Group: Dynamic:

    • somDispatchA 
      somDispatchD
      
      somDispatchL
      
      somDispatchV
      
      somDispatch
      
      somClassDispatch
      
      somCastObj
      
      somResetObj

      Group: Developer Support:

      • somDumpSelf 
        somDumpSelfInt
        
        somPrintSelf

        Overridden methods

        There are currently no overridden methods defined for the SOMObject class.

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