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14.2.2 The Output Record "Database" Protocol

All classes that are subclasses of output-record must implement methods for the following generic functions.

output-record-children [Generic Function]

Arguments: record

Summary: Returns a fresh list of all the children of the output record record .

add-output-record [Generic Function]

Arguments: child record

Summary: Adds the new output record child to the output record record . The bounding rectangle for record and all its ancestors is updated accordingly.

The methods for the add-output-record will typically specialize only the record argument.

delete-output-record [Generic Function]

Arguments: child record &optional (errorp t )

Summary: Removes the output record child from the output record record . The bounding rectangle for record (and all its ancestors) is updated to account for the child having been removed.

If errorp is t (the default) and child is not contained within record , then an error is signaled.

The methods for the delete-output-record will typically specialize only the record argument.

clear-output-record [Generic Function]

Arguments: record

Summary: Removes all of the children from the output record record , and resets the bounding rectangle of record to its initial state.

output-record-count [Generic Function]

Arguments: record

Summary: Returns the number of children contained within the output record record .

map-over-output-records-containing-position[Generic Function]

Arguments: function record x y &optional x-offset y-offset

Summary: Maps over all of the children of the output record record that contain the point at ( x , y ), calling function on each one. function is a function of one argument, the record containing the point; it has dynamic extent.

If there are multiple records that contain the point and that overlap each other, map-over-output-records-containing-position hits the most recently inserted record first and the least recently inserted record last.

map-over-output-records-overlapping-region[Generic Function]

Arguments: function record region &optional x-offset y-offset

Summary: Maps over all of the children of the output record record that overlap the region region , calling function on each one. function is a function of one argument, the record overlapping the region; it has dynamic extent.

If there are multiple records that overlap the region and that overlap each other, map-over-output-records-overlapping-region hits the least recently inserted record first and the most recently inserted record last.


Common Lisp Interface Manager 2.0 User Guide - 14 Dec 2001

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