Class: MiniInspector

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation
• Instance protocol
  • accessing
  • private

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--MiniInspector

Package:

stx:libbasic

Category:

System-Debugging-Support

Version:

rev: 1.39 date: 2016/11/05 12:28:03

user: cg

file: MiniInspector.st directory: libbasic

module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Author:

Claus Gittinger

Description:

a primitive (non graphical) inspector for use on systems without
graphics or when the real inspector dies (i.e. the UI is locked).
Sometimes useful as a last chance to fix a broken UI / event handling.
Needs a console.

    MiniInspector openOn: Display

Attention:
    all printing is done via lowLevel _errorPrint messages,
    to ensure that output is to stderr, even if a logger is present, 
    or Stderr has been set to some other stream (Transcript).
    Also to avoid the logger's interfering and adding imestamp information.

Class protocol:

 openOn: anObject

 openOn: anObject input: inputStreamOrNil

Instance protocol:

 inputStream: something

 callInspect: anotherObject message: msg

 commandLoop

EOF -> quit

 enter

 getCharacter

globally blocking

 getCommand: prompt

numeric

 initializeFor: anObject

 inspect: anObject

 inspectInstvar: which of: anObject

 interpreterLoopWith: anObject

 printInstVarsOf: anObject