This macro provides information to the programming environment. It must be used in the declaration file of a class. It tells the programming environment the name of the class, the file in which it is declared, and provides access to the instance variables specified in the list of the \fB...MetaImpl...\fP macros. Every class that supports input/output methods must use the \fBMetaDef macro\fP and one of the \fB...MetaImpl...\fP macros.
macro \fBMetaDef\fP is oftenused.
.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
\fBname className
.br
the name of a class
.SH CATEGORIES
.na
metaclass
.ad b
.SH FILES
.PD 0
.TP 20
declaration:
\fBClass.h
.SH HISTORY
joe@csesbg.at Mon Jun 17 19:47 1991 reworked
.br
joe@csesbg.at Wed Jun 19 18:24 1991 added IsKindOf, Guard