ist.palcom.base
Class Symbol

java.lang.Object
  extended by ist.palcom.base.Object
      extended by ist.palcom.base.Symbol

public class Symbol
extends Object

Symbol is a system class that represents unique symbol values in the program. A Symbol is a canonical character String. A String can be converted to a Symbol using the asSymbol method, and a Symbol can be converted to a String using the asString method. In the Smalltalk language a special syntax exists for creating a Symbol literal.


Constructor Summary
Symbol()
           
 
Method Summary
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Symbol

public Symbol()