5.3.9. The Directory Class

A Directory is a MapCollection using unique character string indexes. The items of the collection can be any valid Rexx object.

Table 5.19. ooRexx Directory Class

Object
↓
Directory
+ MapCollection
new
allIndexes allItems at, [] empty entry hasEntry hasIndex hasItem index isEmpty items	makeArray put, []= remove removeItem setEntry setMethod supplier unknown unSetMethod xor

Note

The Directory class also has available class methods that metaclass, the Class class (Section 5.1.2, “The Class Class”), defines. It also inherits methods from the Map (Section 5.3.3, “The MapCollection Class”) class, although there are not currently any methods defined in that class.

In addition to the standard put() and at() methods defined for Collections, Directories provide access to objects using methods. For example:

mydir = .directory~new
mydir~name = "Mike"   -- same as mydir~put("Mike", "NAME")
say mydir~name        -- same as say mydir['NAME']

Methods inherited from the Object class (Section 5.1.1, “The Object Class”).

Methods inherited from the Collection class (Section 5.3.2, “The Collection Class”).

Methods inherited from the MapCollection (Section 5.3.3, “The MapCollection Class”).