Object::AsString
Section: ET++ method description (n)
Updated: automatically Fri Mar 1 10:54:57 1991
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NAME
Object::AsString - instance method
TEMPLATE
objectString = char *
AsString()
SPECIFIERS
public
virtual
DESCRIPTION
Creates a string representation of this object which is used for
displaying, comparing or sorting etc.
For example, the method VObject::Compare and the method
VObject::IsEqual are based on AsString.
The default implementation returns an empty string.
See also method TextItem::AsString, method
ObjInt::AsString or method Text::AsString.
Method is sometimes overridden.
ARGUMENTS
none
RETURN ARGUMENT
- char * objectString
-
a string representation of this object
CATEGORIES
conversion, client interface, overrider
interface
FIRST DEFINITION
class Object
FILES
- implementation:
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Object.C
KNOWN PROBLEMS
The semantics of this method are ill-defined, and its use is ad-hoc.
The default implementation must not be used for comparisons.
Index
- NAME
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- TEMPLATE
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- SPECIFIERS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- ARGUMENTS
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- RETURN ARGUMENT
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- CATEGORIES
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- FIRST DEFINITION
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- FILES
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS
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