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- From: gmaughan@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Glenn Maughan)
- Subject: Storable file format for a Store Browser
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.071631.17765@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 07:16:31 GMT
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- I am implementing a Persistent Object Store Browser for a research project
- and was wondering if anyone knows the format/layout of the store files
- created by classes STORABLE and ENVIRONMENT.
-
- If anyone does know the format can you please let me know soon!?
-
- Failing that, is there any way to load an arbitrary store file into memory
- bypassing the error checking performed by STORABLE and ENVIRONMENT, such as:
-
- class does not exist in the system and
- class size differs.
-
- I would then be able to traverse the object structure using class INTERNAL's
- features. Is there a way to create an object of an arbitrary type, such
- as one of the objects in the store file, at run time? E_CLASS comes close
- by being able to create an E_CLASS object representing a particular class.
- I don't think this will be sufficient to _fudge_ the STORABLE classes into
- thinking the class exists in the system.
-
- Any ideas or advice?
- Thankyou,
- Glenn
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- Glenn Maughan
- Software Development Honours
- email: gmaughan@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
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