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Re: FW: Some small Q's
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Jon Finanger wrote:
> > class is a reserved word in java. It is used to either:
> >
> > start defining a new class, as in:
> >
> > class MyClass { }
> >
> > or to get the java.lang.Class instance for a class. For example:
> >
> > 'MyClass.class' is a reference to the java.lang.Class instance
> > representing MyClass. I guess you can think of this as a typechecked
> > version of java.lang.Class.forName("MyClass").
> >
> > MyClass.class.getName() will return the String "MyClass" (with package
> > info if it is not in the default package).
> >
> > This is standard java (1.1 or later I believe) and not Ozone specific in
> > any way.
>
> Ahhh...there is always something new :)
>
>
> > I don't believe there is any auto-generation of unique keys. If
> > you create
> > an unnamed object then you must keep a reference to it (technically a
> > reference to a proxy for it). If you don't keep a proxy then you
> > lose all
> > means of accessing (or deleteing!) that object.
>
> But cant you get them using the objectsOfClass()?
Wills explanation was absolutely correct. The objectsOfClass(), as decsribed in
my last mail, is not really needed and not implemented.
> Is there any plans to get autoincremented keys?
To say it in other words: you deal with proxies - not keys! We are in the OO
world!
Falko
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