Association

An instance of association stores key/data pairs. The key and data must both be objects, unless Association is cloned (by sending it the "newClass" message) to provide a class where the key, data, or both are intrinsics.

See method newClass.

Association is mostly used in conjunction with the Dictionary and IdentityDictionary classes. Either Association (or a clone of the Association class) is used as a template for instantiating a dictionary "ofValues", or instances of Association are stored in a dictionary "ofAssociations".

See class dictionary.

See class identitydictionary.

Class-Control Entry

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Association is class "associtn"

Superclass

intrinsic

Class Methods

Instance Methods