Re: typeof

On Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at 07:58  PM, Adam Megacz wrote:
>> We need a function to test if a template has been applied to a box, at
>> the very least.
>
> I'm a bit hesitant about this, because there's no way to fake it (like
> traps)...

That's a good reason against.

I guess I'm still a little bit Object Oriented, and was looking for a 
version of Java's instanceof keyword.

At the moment, I don't have an actual situation in which I have to 
introspect what templates have been applied to a box, but I can imagine 
such situations arising.

I suppose we stick to logical attributes. Like determining if focusable 
has been preapplied by checking if the attribute focusable == true. 
Which can be faked.

Not sure if we need a general attribute 'type' however for the 
different widget as Charlie is suggesting. Perhaps we should have a 
rule however that all adjective templates (-able) have a boolean 
attribute with the same name as the template, and set it to true when 
active. This is almost the case already.

d


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