Module tagtraum.japlscript

Package com.tagtraum.japlscript

Interface Reference

All Known Subinterfaces:

LocationReference

All Known Implementing Classes:

Alias, Data, JaplScriptFile, Picture, Record, ReferenceImpl, Tdta, TypeClass

public interface Reference

Reference to an AppleScript object. Each reference instance consists of an object part and an application part.
The object part points to a specific object within an application, e.g. first window. The object part points to the scriptable application itself, e.g. Finder. Together they form a complete Object Specifier, e.g. first window of application "Finder".

As mentioned above, in most cases, a reference is an Object Specifier, and not strictly identical to an AppleScript Reference.

Author:

Hendrik Schreiber

See Also:

Codec, AppleScript Language Guide

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> T	cast(Class<T> klass)	Cast this object to another AppleScript type.
String	getApplicationReference()	Application reference.
String	getObjectReference()	Object reference.
TypeClass	getTypeClass()	Returns the AppleScript runtime class for this object.
boolean	isInstanceOf(TypeClass typeClass)	Indicates whether this object is an instance of the given TypeClass.

Method Detail

getObjectReference

String getObjectReference()

Object reference.

Returns:

object reference

getApplicationReference

String getApplicationReference()

Application reference.

Returns:

application reference

cast

<T> T cast(Class<T> klass)

Cast this object to another AppleScript type.

Type Parameters:

T - target type

Parameters:

klass - type to cast to

Returns:

cast object

getTypeClass

@Type("type")
@Name("class")
@Code("pcls")
@Kind("property")
TypeClass getTypeClass()

Returns the AppleScript runtime class for this object.

Note that the runtime may be different from the class corresponding to the Java interface you are currently using as a proxy, i.e. the Java interface may be less specialized.

Returns:

class

isInstanceOf

boolean isInstanceOf(TypeClass typeClass)

Indicates whether this object is an instance of the given TypeClass.

Parameters:

typeClass - type class

Returns:

true or false