5.3.17. StringTable Class

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

See also Directory Class, a MapCollection similar to StringTable, but with additional methods setMethod and unsetMethod.

Table 5.27. StringTable 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

StringTable

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

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

sTable = .StringTable~new
sTable~name = "Mike"   -- same as sTable~put("Mike", "NAME")
say sTable~name        -- same as say sTable["NAME"]

Note that StringTable does not provide methods setMethod and unsetMethod as the Directory class does.