System.Object
WTSupported in traditional Synergy on Windows
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WNSupported in Synergy .NET on Windows
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USupported on UNIX
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VSupported on OpenVMS
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namespace System public class Object
System.Object is the base class of all classes. It’s the same as @*.
public Object()
Initializes a new instance of the Object class.
public static Equals(object), boolean
Returns true if object (@*) is equal to the instance object; otherwise returns false. Note that a derived type might override the Equals() method to implement value equality.
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public static Equals(object1, object2), boolean
Returns true if object1 (@*) is the same instance as object2 (@*), or if both are ^NULL, or if object1.Equals(object2) returns true; otherwise returns false.
protected virtual MemberwiseClone(), @*
Returns a shallow copy of the current object.
public static ReferenceEquals(object1, object2), boolean
Returns true if object1 (@*) is the same instance as object2 (@*) or if both are ^NULL; otherwise returns false.
public virtual ToString(), string
Returns the string representation of the current instance, unless a derived type overrides ToString().
The default implementation for System.Object.ToString() gives the name of the class, so if you create another class (for example, class1) and don’t override ToString(), calling ToString() will give a string that contains the fully qualified name of the class (for example, ns1.class1).
Creating a dynamic array of classes using the Object class
When you use the Object class (@*), the compiler doesn’t know what type of object the variable is at compile time. Therefore, you must use casting when accessing a class in an array declared with the @* type. For example,
namespace nsTheNameSpace public class clTheClass public file ,a15 public method clTheClass proc file = "ABC DEF GHI JKL" endmethod endclass endnamespace .define NUM_OBJS 10 main record named chn ,i4 counter ,i4 clss ,[#]@* ;Declare a dynamic array of any type classes proc open(chn=0,O,"TT:") clss = new clTheClass[NUM_OBJS] for counter from 1 thru NUM_OBJS begin clss[counter] = new clTheClass() ;Line below compiles when object is cast writes(chn,((clTheClass)clss[counter]).file) ;Line below does not compile, because clss declared with * ;writes(chn,clss[counter].file) end end