NBExternalEnumeration subclass: #NBTestEnumeration

instanceVariableNames: ''

classVariableNames: ''

poolDictionaries: ''

category: 'NativeBoost-Tests'

NBTestEnumeration�class>>enumDecl

^ {(#AAA -> 1).

(#BBB -> 2).

(#CCC -> 3).

(#DDD -> 2400)} asDictionary�

DO NOT FORGET to call the #initialize method on your class. The rest is automatically done ;)

You can use your new enum in two ways:

add it to a client class poolDictionaries list (see��#NBExternalEnumTests for an example), and then just write CCC in your code -- CCC here is an item of your enum
or you can send the name of an item to your class --- NBTestEnumeration DDD

The NBExternalEnumeration implements��(instance and class)�some more API methods like:

#itemAt: retrieves the item having a specific value �---�NBTestEnumeration itemAt: 2
#includes: checks the existence of a specific item in the enum --- NBTestEnumeration includes: #AAA

Having this already gives us a nice interface to working with enums. Now I plan to improve a little bit on performance and usage scenarios:

the possibility to accept smalltalk integers as valid input/output for functions(or callbacks) that use enums as arguments/return.�
support the different representation types for the enum values (int/uint)

So that will be for now. Feel free to try it out and send me any comments and/or improvement ideas, It will be my pleasure to improve it.�

Cheers,

--
Dr. Ciprian TEODOROV
Ing�nieur�D�veloppement�CAO

t�l : 06 08 54 73 48
mail :�ciprian.teodorov@gmail.com
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