swarm.objectbase
Interface VarProbeC


public abstract interface VarProbeC
extends ProbeS, ProbeC

A class that allows the user to inspect a given variable in any candidate that is an instance of, or inherits from, a given class.. This is a specialized subclass of the abstract class Probe. It completes the specification of a probe that refers to an instance variable element of an object.


Method Summary
 Object createEnd()
           
 Object setProbedVariable(String aVariable)
          The setProbedVariable: sets the variable being probed.
 
Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeS
setSafety, unsetSafety
 
Methods inherited from interface swarm.objectbase.ProbeC
setProbedClass
 

Method Detail

setProbedVariable

public Object setProbedVariable(String aVariable)
The setProbedVariable: sets the variable being probed. The aVariable identifier is simply a character string consisting of the identifier of the variable referent. This method must be called during the create phase.

createEnd

public Object createEnd()