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6.109 PackageLoader

Defined in namespace Smalltalk
Category: Language-Data types
I am not part of a standard Smalltalk system. I provide methods for loading packages into a Smalltalk image, correctly handling dependencies.

6.109.1 PackageLoader class: accessing  (class)
6.109.2 PackageLoader class: loading  (class)
6.109.3 PackageLoader class: testing  (class)


6.109.1 PackageLoader class: accessing

addPackage: package directory: dir fileIn: fileIns needs: prerequisites
Add the given package to the `packages' file, with the given directory (if relative, it is relative to the kernel directory), fileIns and prerequisites. fileIns and prerequisites should be two Collections of Strings. Note that none of this fields are optional. If there are no prere- quisites, just use #('Kernel') as the prerequisites.

directoryFor: package
Answer a complete path to the given package's file-in

fileInsFor: package
Answer a Set of Strings containing the filenames of the given package's file-ins (relative to the directory answered by #directoryFor:)

filesFor: package
Answer a Set of Strings containing the filenames of the given package's files (file-ins are relative to the directory answered by #directoryFor:, shared modules are relative to the ModulePath)

ignoreCallouts
Answer whether unavailable C callouts must generate errors or not.

ignoreCallouts: aBoolean
Set whether unavailable C callouts must generate errors or not.

modulesFor: package
Answer a Set of Strings containing the filenames of the given package's file-ins (relative to the directory answered by #directoryFor:)

prerequisitesFor: package
Answer a Set of Strings containing the prerequisites for the given package

refreshDependencies
Reload the `packages' file in the image directory


6.109.2 PackageLoader class: loading

extractDependenciesFor: packagesList onError: aBlock
Answer an OrderedCollection containing all the packages which you have to load to enable the packages in packagesList, in an appropriate order. For example PackageLoader extractDependenciesFor: #('BloxTestSuite' 'Blox' 'Browser') on a newly built image will evaluate to an OrderedCollection containing 'Kernel', 'C:tclInit', 'Blox', 'BloxTestSuite' and 'Browser'. Note that Blox has been moved before BloxTestSuite. Pass an error message to aBlock if any of the packages needs C call-outs which are not defined.

fileInPackage: package
File in the given package into GNU Smalltalk.

fileInPackages: packagesList
File in all the packages in packagesList into GNU Smalltalk.


6.109.3 PackageLoader class: testing

canLoad: package
Answer whether all the needed C call-outs are registered within GNU Smalltalk




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