SomLocateClassFile

This method determines the file that holds a class to be dynamically loaded.

For backward compatibility, this method does not take an Environment parameter.

Original Class

SOMClassMgr

Syntax

string somLocateClassFile (SOMClassMgr receiver, somId classId,
                           long majorVersion, long minorVersion)

Parameters

receiver (SOMClassMgr)

Usually SOMClassMgrObject (or a pointer to an instance of a user-supplied subclass of SOMClassMgr).

classId (somId)

The somId representing the name of the class to locate.

majorVersion (long)

The major version number used to check the compatibility of the class's implementation with the caller's expectations.

minorVersion (long)

The minor version number used to check the compatibility of the class's implementation with the caller's expectations.

Return Code

rc (string)

Returns the name of the file containing the class.

Remarks

The SOMClassMgr object uses the somLocateClassFile method when executing somFindclass to obtain the name of a file to use when dynamically loading a class. The default implementation consults the Interface Repository for the value of the dllname modifier of the class; if no dllname modifier was specified, the method simply returns the class name as the expected filename.

If you override the somLocateClassFile method in a user-supplied subclass of SOMClassMgr, the name you return can be either a simple, unqualified name without any extension or a fully-qualified file name. Generally speaking, you would not invoke this method directly. It is provided to permit customization of subclasses of SOMClassMgr through overriding.

Related

Methods

• somFindClass
• somFindClsInFile
• somGetInitFunction
• somLoadClassFile
• somUnloadClassFile