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|   Association Method Definitions
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|   $Revision: 1.7.5$
|   $Date: 2000/05/28 16:56:52$
|   $Author: pb$
|
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LookupKey subclass: #Association
	  instanceVariableNames: 'value'
	  classVariableNames: ''
	  poolDictionaries: ''
	  category: 'Language-Data types'
!

Association comment: 
'My instances represent a mapping between two objects.  Typically, my
"key" object is a symbol, but I don''t require this.  My "value" object has 
no conventions associated with it; it can be any object at all.' !
	      


!Association class methodsFor: 'basic'!

key: aKey value: aValue
    "Answer a new association with the given key and value"
    ^self new key: aKey value: aValue
! !



!Association methodsFor: 'accessing'!

value: aValue
    "Set the association's value to aValue"
    value := aValue
!

key: aKey value: aValue
    "Set the association's key to aKey, and its value to aValue"
    key := aKey.
    value := aValue
!

value
    "Answer the association's value"
    ^value
! !



!Association methodsFor: 'testing'!

= anAssociation
    "Answer whether the association's key and value are the same as
     anAssociation's, or false if anAssociation is not an Association"
    ^self class == anAssociation class and: [
	self key = anAssociation key and: [ self value = anAssociation value ] ]
!

hash
    "Answer an hash value for the receiver"
    ^key hash + value hash
! !




!Association methodsFor: 'printing'!

printOn: aStream
    "Put on aStream a representation of the receiver"
    self key printOn: aStream.
    aStream nextPutAll: '->'.
    self value printOn: aStream
! !



!Association methodsFor: 'storing'!

storeOn: aStream
    "Put on aStream some Smalltalk code compiling to the receiver"
    aStream nextPutAll: '(Association key: '.
    self key storeOn: aStream.
    aStream nextPutAll: ' value: '.
    self value storeOn: aStream.
    aStream nextPut: $)
! !

