AM2 Documentation

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Overview

1.1 - Organization of This Document
1.2 - The Structure of an Application
1.3 - Road Map to the ADL
1.4 - AM2 Philosophy

Chapter 2 - Hello, World

Chapter 3 - The Application Description Language

3.1 - Lexical Conventions

3.2 - Identifiers

3.3 - Base Types

3.4 - Base Type Constants

3.5 - Compound Types

3.6 - Variable Definitions

3.7 - Expressions

3.7.1 - Delimiters
3.7.2 - Operators

3.8 - Assignment

3.9 - Complex Data Types

3.10 - Unset Values

3.11 - Type Conversion

3.12 - Built-in Function Calls

3.13 - Messages

3.14 - Stream Operators

3.15 - Control Flow

3.16 - Object Definition

3.17 - Dynamic Objects and Storage Management

3.18 - Object Destruction

3.19 - Object Member Reference

3.20 - Class Definition

3.21 - Method Definition

3.22 - Metaclass Operations

3.23 - Wrapped Classes

3.23.1 - Scope of a Class Name
3.23.2 - Creating an Instance of a Class
3.23.3 - Creating a Subclass
3.23.4 - Member Access
3.23.5 - Method Invocation

3.24 - Inheritance

3.25 - Object Initialization

3.26 - Scope

3.27 - Assets

3.27.1 - Asset File Structure
3.27.2 - Assets and Precedence
3.27.3 - Example of Using Assets

3.28 - Program Structure

Chapter 4 - Using Activities in ADL

4.1 - Using the Pressed Attribute

4.2 - Using Notification Request Objects

4.3 - Using Other Types of System-defined NRO Classes

4.3.1 - Mouse NROs
4.3.2 - Timer NROs

4.4 - NROs Derived from System-defined NROs

4.5 - Creating ADL Classes That Manage Activities

4.5.1 - Inheriting An Existing Activity From a Class That Manages Activities
4.5.2 - Creating a New Activity
4.5.3 - Creating Classes That Inherit From the ActivityManager Class

4.6 - Creating Customized NROs

4.7 - Using Activities for Notification of Subscriptions

Chapter 5 - Example ADL Programs

5.1 - Toggle Button Class

5.1.1 - ADL Implementation of the ToggleButton Class
5.1.2 - An Example of Using the ToggleButton Class
5.1.3 - Implementation Options

5.2 - A Simple Image Viewer Class

5.2.1 - ADL Implementation of the Viewer Class
5.2.2 - Example Use of the Viewer Class

5.3 - A Picture Button Class

5.3.1 - ADL Implementation of the PictureButton Class
5.3.2 - An Example Using the PictureButton Class

5.4 - A Video Viewer Class

5.4.1 - ADL Implementation of the VCR class

Chapter 6 - Wrapped Class Reference

6.1 - Activities and Application Services

6.2 - User Interface

6.3 - Multimedia

6.4 - Input/Output

6.5 - External Processes

6.5.1 - XTcommand
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example
6.5.2 - XTprocFilter (only on UNIX)
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example
6.5.3 - XTprocSink (only on UNIX)
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example
6.5.4 - XTprocSource (only on UNIX)
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example

6.6 - Database

6.7 - Data Structures

6.7.1 - DSqueue
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example
6.7.2 - DSstack
Superclasses
Methods
Attributes
Activities
Example

Appendix A - Built-In Functions for ADL

A.1 - Notation

A.2 - Function Descriptions

A.2.1 - Input/Output
A.2.2 - Time and Date
A.2.3 - Conversion
A.2.4 - Type Query
A.2.5 - Sequences (lists and strings)
Lists
Strings
A.2.6 - Mathematical
A.2.7 - Handles
A.2.8 - Classes and Inheritance
A.2.9 - Networking

Appendix B - Creating Wrapped Classes

B.1 - Wrap Script Model

B.2 - How to Wrap a C++ Class

B.2.1 - Lexical Conventions
B.2.2 - The Wrap File: an Example
B.2.3 - An Explanation of the Parts of a Wrap File
Notice
Foundation or FoundationRO Declaration
The Wrapped Class Name
Module Declaration
Abstract Declaration
Can You Create a Subclass in the ADL?
The Header Section
The Source Section
Code Fragments
constructor and preConstructor
constructorFromFoundation
wrappedIsReady
preDestroy and postDestroy
Members
What methods should the wrapped class have?

B.2 - Inheritance Model of the Wrap Script

B.2.1 - Example without Inheritance
B.2.2 - Example with Inheritance
B.2.3 - An Explanation of the Wrap Inheritance Description
Superclasses
Foundation: and FoundationRO:
Header and Source Sections
Members
Methods
Useful Details

B.3 - The Wrap Script and the Macintosh

B.3.1 - Command Line Interface
+depend
-l
-mac
+Wdirectory

AM2 Documentation - 19 NOV 1996

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