Extension:NetlabsClassTree

This extension adds a -ClassTree- tag that formts a simple list with information about classes and their methods into a Class Tree.

Usage

Syntax

Object Class definitions can be written in a simple list format, contained by the custom -ClassTree- tag. Here is a sample:

<ClassTree title="API Title">
* class1:baseclass:This class implements base functionality for all classes implemented here.
** setValue(char * newvalue):This method sets the value.
** queryValue( char* value, int maxsize):This method queries the value.
* class2:class1:this is a subclass.
** setValue(char * newvalue):this override modifies how the new value is being set.
-/ClassTree-

Sample Output

Te above sample results in the following class tree:

<ClassTree title="API Title">

• class1:baseclass:This class implements base functionality for all classes implemented here.
  • setValue(char * newvalue):This method sets the value.
  • queryValue( char* value, int maxsize):This method queries the value.
• class2:class1:this is a subclass.
  • setValue(char * newvalue):this override modifies how the new value is being set.

</ClassTree>

List Features

The ClassTree output implements the following features:

• the output consists of a
  • class hierarchy list
    • the hierarchy starts with the top parent classes, where the list of these top parents is not sorted
    • the title of the class links display the class description 8move the mouse pointer over a class link to view it)
  • a class description list, containing the class description and a method list per class
    • the classes are ordered like they appear in the class hierarchy list
    • the methods are sorted alphabetically
• classes in the hierarchy list provide a link to its class description section within the class description list
• methods that override the same method of a parent class
  • link to the same method of the parent class
  • list all parent implementors of the same mthod

List Format

The following rules apply to the ClassTree definition:

• The title of the desribed API is specified with the attribute title of the ClassTree element
• Within the classTree definition, classes are specified on a line starting with a single * character, with the following syntax

* thisclass:parentclass:classdescription

• Within the classTree definition, methods are specfied below the class definition on a line starting with two * characters, with the following syntax

** method(type parm, type parm,...):methoddescription

• when defining overrides (specifying the same method for a subclass)
  • the parameter list must be the same (spaces don't matter, but all other must match case-sensitive). This is a restriction to classes being implemented with the Netlabs Object Model (NOM),as polymorphism is not supported by NOM. If a method override specifies a different parameter list, an error is being prepended to the ClassTree output
  • the description for that method is inherited from the parent class to the subclass, if no description is given for that method within the subclass