5.3.9. Directory Class

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

See also StringTable Class, a MapCollection similar to Directory, but without methods setMethod and unsetMethod.

Table 5.19. Directory Class

Object

Methods inherited from the Object class

Class (Metaclass)

Methods inherited from the Class class

+ Collection (Mixin Class)

Methods inherited from the Collection class

[] (Abstract Method)	equivalent	put (Abstract Method)
[]= (Abstract Method)	hasIndex	subset
allIndexes (Abstract Method)	hasItem	supplier
allItems (Abstract Method)	index (Abstract Method)	union
at (Abstract Method)	intersection	xor
difference	items
disjoint	makeArray

+ MapCollection (Mixin Class)

Methods inherited from the MapCollection class

Directory

[]	hasIndex	removeEntry
[]=	hasItem	removeItem
allIndexes	index	setEntry
allItems	isEmpty	setMethod
at	items	supplier
empty	makeArray	unknown
entry	put	unsetMethod
hasEntry	remove

In addition to the standard put, []=, at, and [] methods defined for Collections, Directory provides access to items using methods. For example:

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