Name

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      CATCOLLECTSUPERCLASSNAMES

Purpose

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      The purpose of this utility routine is to collect all the Catalyst object's
      superclass names and return them as the result of the function. The names
      IDL_CONTAINTER and IDLITCOMPONENT are removed from the names array before
      the names array is returned.

Author

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      FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING
      1645 Sheely Drive
      Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
      Phone: 970-221-0438
      E-mail: davidf@dfanning.com

Category

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      Catalyst Documentation.

Calling Sequence

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      superclassNames = CatCollectSuperclassNames(object)

Arguments

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      object: The object reference to check (object reference). (This may also be the object
                        classname.)

Return Value

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      superclassNames: A string array listing the classname of the object (in position 0)
                        and the names of all of the superclasses for that object (in subsequent positions).

Example

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      IDL> theObject = Obj_New('CatImage2d', cgDemoData(7))
      IDL> Print, CatCollectSuperclassNames(theObject)
            CATIMAGE2D CATIMAGEDATA CATDATAATOM CATATOM CATCONTAINER

Modification History

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      Written by: David Fanning, 5 January 2004.