obliqlibemb/src/ObLoader.i3

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 * For information about this program, contact Blair MacIntyre            
 * (bm@cs.columbia.edu) or Steven Feiner (feiner@cs.columbia.edu)         
 * at the Computer Science Dept., Columbia University,                    
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 * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 by The Trustees of Columbia University in the 
 * City of New York.  Blair MacIntyre, Computer Science Department.       
 * 
 * Author          : Blair MacIntyre
 * Created On      : Wed Mar 12 12:16:45 1997
 * Last Modified By: Blair MacIntyre
 * Last Modified On: Wed Mar 12 12:16:56 1997
 * Update Count    : 1
 * 
 * $Source: /usr/cvs/cm3/doc/help/gen_html/obliqlibemb/src/ObLoader.i3.html,v $
 * $Date: 2009-06-26 16:34:52 $
 * $Author: wagner $
 * $Revision: 1.4 $
 * 
 * $Log: ObLoader.i3.html,v $
 * Revision 1.4  2009-06-26 16:34:52  wagner
 * update from newly generated docs based on birch's packages
 *
 * Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/01/24 21:52:38  wagner
 * import of Critical Mass sources of release 5.1
 *
 * Revision 1.2  1997/03/12 21:34:58  bm
 * Moved sharedobj from coterie
 *
 * 
 * HISTORY
 


INTERFACE ObLoader;

IMPORT Bundle, Obliq, ObCommand, TextSeq;

 The generic Obliq Loader class.  This class allows Obliq source and
   help files to be stored in files and/or bundled and be loaded by
   the various Obliq initialization routines.


   The init routines specify a parent loader from which the base
   environment is obtained.   If your Obliq package depends on another
   obliq package, you should initialize this other package and then
   pass its loader to your packages init routine.


   The init routines also specify an alt (alternate) loader.  If the
   requested file cannot be found in this loader, the alt loader is
   searched for the file.  This allows, for example, a set of
   directories to be searched for files, followed by a compiled in
   Bundle.



TYPE
  T <: Public;
  Public = OBJECT
  METHODS
    load (filename : TEXT);
    get (qualname : TEXT) : Obliq.Val;
    help (cmd: ObCommand.T; arg: TEXT; pkgname: TEXT; m3name: TEXT := NIL);
  END;

TYPE
  BundleT <: BundlePublic;
  BundlePublic = T OBJECT
  METHODS
    init (bundle: Bundle.T; parent: T := NIL; alt: T := NIL) : T;
  END;

TYPE
  DirT <: DirPublic;
  DirPublic = T OBJECT
  METHODS
    init (root: TEXT; parent: T := NIL; alt: T := NIL) : T;
  END;

PROCEDURE NewDirs(roots: TextSeq.T; parent: T := NIL; alt: T := NIL): T;

 A convenience routine to create a sequence of DirT loaders which
   will search the sequence of dirs in roots for the requested
   files. 

END ObLoader.