NAME

src/pmc/packfilesegment.pmc - PackfileSegment PMC

DESCRIPTION

This class implements a PackfileSegment class, an abstract class defining a couple of methods which all Packfile segments will implement. The stub methods found here explode when called.

See packfile.pmc for the toplevel Packfile interface; see PDD13 for the design spec.

Methods

void init()

Initialize PackfileSegment.

void mark()

Marks the object as live.

void destroy()

Destroys the PMC and frees all allocated memory.

void set_pointer(void *ptr)

Initialize PMC internals.

void *get_pointer()

Initialize PMC internals.

STRING *pack()

Serialize the segment.

void unpack(STRING *data)

Unpack a serialized segment string.

void set_directory(PMC *directory)

Set owning directory.

void get_directory(PMC *directory)

Get owning directory.