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NAME
Tcl_CreateEnsemble, Tcl_FindEnsemble, Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags, Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict,
Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace, Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList, Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler,
Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList, Tcl_IsEnsemble, Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags, Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict,
Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList, Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList, Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler - manipulate
ensemble commands
SYNOPSIS
#include <tcl.h>
Tcl_Command
Tcl_CreateEnsemble(interp, name, namespacePtr, ensFlags)
Tcl_Command
Tcl_FindEnsemble(interp, cmdNameObj, flags)
int
Tcl_IsEnsemble(token)
int
Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags(interp, token, ensFlagsPtr)
int
Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags(interp, token, ensFlags)
int
Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, dictObjPtr)
int
Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, dictObj)
int 2
Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList(interp, token, listObjPtr) 2
int 2
Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList(interp, token, listObj) 2
int
Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, listObjPtr)
int
Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, listObj)
int
Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, listObjPtr)
int
Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, listObj)
int
Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace(interp, token, namespacePtrPtr)
ARGUMENTS
Tcl_Interp *interp (in/out) The interpreter in which the ensemble is to be created or
found. Also where error result messages are written. The
functions whose names start with Tcl_GetEnsemble may have a
NULL for the interp, but all other functions must not.
const char *name (in) The name of the ensemble command to be created.
Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr (in) The namespace to which the ensemble command is to be bound,
or NULL for the current namespace.
int ensFlags (in) An ORed set of flag bits describing the basic configuration
of the ensemble. Currently only one bit has meaning,
TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX, which is present when the ensemble
command should also match unambiguous prefixes of
subcommands.
Tcl_Obj *cmdNameObj (in) A value holding the name of the ensemble command to look
up.
int flags (in) An ORed set of flag bits controlling the behavior of
Tcl_FindEnsemble. Currently only TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG is
supported.
Tcl_Command token (in) A normal command token that refers to an ensemble command,
or which you wish to use for testing as an ensemble command
in Tcl_IsEnsemble.
int *ensFlagsPtr (out) Pointer to a variable into which to write the current
ensemble flag bits; currently only the bit
TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX is defined.
Tcl_Obj *dictObj (in) A dictionary value to use for the subcommand to
implementation command prefix mapping dictionary in the
ensemble. May be NULL if the mapping dictionary is to be
removed.
Tcl_Obj **dictObjPtr (out) Pointer to a variable into which to write the current
ensemble mapping dictionary.
Tcl_Obj *listObj (in) A list value to use for the list of formal pre-subcommand
parameters, the defined list of subcommands in the
dictionary or the unknown subcommand handler command
prefix. May be NULL if the subcommand list or unknown
handler are to be removed.
Tcl_Obj **listObjPtr (out) Pointer to a variable into which to write the current list
of formal pre-subcommand parameters, the defined list of
subcommands or the current unknown handler prefix.
Tcl_Namespace **namespacePtrPtr (out) Pointer to a variable into which to write the handle of the
namespace to which the ensemble is bound.
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DESCRIPTION
An ensemble is a command, bound to some namespace, which consists of a collection of subcommands
implemented by other Tcl commands. The first argument to the ensemble command is always interpreted as a
selector that states what subcommand to execute.
Ensembles are created using Tcl_CreateEnsemble, which takes four arguments: the interpreter to work
within, the name of the ensemble to create, the namespace within the interpreter to bind the ensemble to,
and the default set of ensemble flags. The result of the function is the command token for the ensemble,
which may be used to further configure the ensemble using the API described below in ENSEMBLE PROPERTIES.
Given the name of an ensemble command, the token for that command may be retrieved using
Tcl_FindEnsemble. If the given command name (in cmdNameObj) does not refer to an ensemble command, the
result of the function is NULL and (if the TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG bit is set in flags) an error message is
left in the interpreter result.
A command token may be checked to see if it refers to an ensemble using Tcl_IsEnsemble. This returns 1 if
the token refers to an ensemble, or 0 otherwise.
ENSEMBLE PROPERTIES
Every ensemble has four read-write properties and a read-only property. The properties are:
flags (read-write)
The set of flags for the ensemble, expressed as a bit-field. Currently, the only public flag is
TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX which is set when unambiguous prefixes of subcommands are permitted to be
resolved to implementations as well as exact matches. The flags may be read and written using
Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags and Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags respectively. The result of both of those functions
is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble).
mapping dictionary (read-write)
A dictionary containing a mapping from subcommand names to lists of words to use as a command
prefix (replacing the first two words of the command which are the ensemble command itself and the
subcommand name), or NULL if every subcommand is to be mapped to the command with the same
unqualified name in the ensemble's bound namespace. Defaults to NULL. May be read and written
using Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict and Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict respectively. The result of both
of those functions is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an
ensemble) and the dictionary obtained from Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict should always be treated as
immutable even if it is unshared. All command names in prefixes set via
Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict must be fully qualified.
formal pre-subcommand parameter list (read-write)
A list of formal parameter names (the names only being used when generating error messages) that 2
come at invocation of the ensemble between the name of the ensemble and the subcommand argument. 2
NULL (the default) is equivalent to the empty list. May be read and written using 2
Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList and Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList respectively. The result of both of 2
those functions is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an 2
ensemble) and the dictionary obtained from Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList should always be treated 2
as immutable even if it is unshared.
subcommand list (read-write)
A list of all the subcommand names for the ensemble, or NULL if this is to be derived from either
the keys of the mapping dictionary (see above) or (if that is also NULL) from the set of commands
exported by the bound namespace. May be read and written using Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList and
Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList respectively. The result of both of those functions is a Tcl result
code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble) and the list obtained from
Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList should always be treated as immutable even if it is unshared.
unknown subcommand handler command prefix (read-write)
A list of words to prepend on the front of any subcommand when the subcommand is unknown to the
ensemble (according to the current prefix handling rule); see the namespace ensemble command for
more details. If NULL, the default behavior - generate a suitable error message - will be used
when an unknown subcommand is encountered. May be read and written using
Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler and Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler respectively. The result of both
functions is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble)
and the list obtained from Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler should always be treated as immutable
even if it is unshared.
bound namespace (read-only)
The namespace to which the ensemble is bound; when the namespace is deleted, so too will the
ensemble, and this namespace is also the namespace whose list of exported commands is used if both
the mapping dictionary and the subcommand list properties are NULL. May be read using
Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace which returns a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does
not refer to an ensemble).
SEE ALSO
namespace(3tcl), Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(3tcl)
KEYWORDS
command, ensemble
Tcl 8.5 Tcl_Ensemble(3tcl)