Association

superclass: Magnitude

Associates a key with a value. 

Associations can be created via the -> operator which is defined in class Object.

(

x = 'name' -> 100;

x.postln;

)

Accessing

<>key

the key object.

<>value

the value object.

Creation

*new(key, value)

Create an Association between two objects.

key - any object. 

value - any object.

Testing

== anAssociation

Compare the keys of two Associations.

< anAssociation

Compare the keys of two Associations.

hash

Compute the hash value of the Association.

Streams

printOn(stream)

Write a string representation to the stream.

storeOn(stream)

Write a compileable string representation to the stream.