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component

Define components for extendedclass, widget or widgetadaptor Parts of this description are "borrowed" from Tcl extension [snit], as the functionality is mostly identical.

Also documents itcl::component

literal type exactly as shown argument replace with your value ?optional? may be omitted

Warning!#

This is new functionality in [incr Tcl] where the API can still change!!

Synopsis#

public component comp ?-inherit?
protected component comp ?-inherit?
private component comp ?-inherit?

Description#

The component command is used inside an [incr Tcl] extendedclass/widget/widgetadaptor definition to define components.

Explicitly declares a component called comp, and automatically defines the component's instance variable.

If the -inherit option is specified then all unknown methods and options will be delegated to this component. The name -inherit implies that instances of this new type inherit, in a sense, the methods and options of the component. That is, -inherit yes is equivalent to:

component mycomp
delegate option * to mycomp
delegate method * to mycomp

Keywords#

component · widget · widgetadaptor · extendedclass

Copyright#

• Copyright © 2008 Arnulf Wiedemann