[Gambas-user] Get the object of a component by name.

[Matias De lellis]

Hi Tobi,
Sorry about the delay.


> OK, then another, more self-contained way. You have a class Firmata which is
> instantiable and you want to keep track of the instances, right? Then modify
> Firmata.class like so:
>
>  Static Private $cObjects As New Collection
>
>  Static Public Sub _get(Name As String) As Firmata
>    ' Search through registered objects
>    Return $cObjects[Name]
>  End
>
>  Public Sub _new(Name As String)
>    ' Register every newly created Firmata object
>    $cObjects[Name] = Me
>  End
>
> There is a static Collection which records every newly created object. You
> must now specify a name for each Firmata object on creation. Given a string
> variable sName which contains a the name of an existing Firmata object you
> can obtain the object simply as
>
>  hMyFirmata = Firmata[sName]
>
> The above code will give you circular reference errors and it does not
> include a way to remove an instance from the Collection so that its refcount
> drops to zero and the Firmata object can be deleted. I have not enough time
> ATM to make a better example, but if you get the idea, I'm sure you can fix
> the remaining issues.


It seems an interesting option, but still did not dedicated enough time to even analyze. 
I have little free time these days.. :(

Next week I will try continue this. ;)


Regards and thanks for all,
Matias