CanBeSearched

SearchForObject SearchSubviews

Attributes

Class CanBeSearched defines no new attributes.

Fields

Define Class CanBeSearched;
    mixes in with Viewable;

    operation SearchForObject(searchCriteria: Object; reportTo: SearchingWindow);
        // calls SearchSubviews on self
        // override often to additionally check whether self or objects other than
        // subviews match search criteria

    intrinsic SearchSubviews(viewable: Viewable; searchCriteria: Object; reportTo: SearchingWindow);
        // for each deep subview of <viewable>, if subview implements CanBeSearched then calls AddSearchCandidate on subview;
        // otherwise calls AddSearchResult if subview matches <searchCriteria>
        // call sometimes from overrides of SearchForObject to include another viewable in search
end class;