Command Name:
newclass
Description:
Adds a new class to list of currently recognized GENESIS
element classes.
Usage:
newclass class-name
Example:
newclass NEWCLASS
Notes:
The newclass routine is used to add new element classes to
the working set of GENESIS objects. Objects can be grouped
into named classes. This grouping can be used to facilitate
the specification of operations to be performed on
functionally related elements. See the documentation on
scheduling and the addtask routine for an example of class
use.
This class name can be used in subsequent specification of
new
objects using the object routine or in the modification of
object classes using the class field of the object routine.
Classes are simply used for grouping of related elements and
do not alter the element functionality in any way. Classes
in
GENESIS don't carry the full connotations of classes within a
true object-oriented programming environment. They are
simply
convenient ways of created named groupings to which objects
can be assigned.
This initialization command is used when compiling new
GENESIS libraries, and is not recognized by the SLI when
GENESIS is running.
See also:
listclasses, object, addtask, Schedules