Description

The IVariableCollection interface defines a list of variables.

Properties

length

Gets the number of variables stored in the collection.

abstract int length

• returns: int - number of stored variables.

Instance methods

add

Adds a new variable to the collection.

void add(IVariable variable)

• variable: IVariable - variable to be added.

clear

Clears the collection.

void clear()

clearValues

Clears all stored variables (assigns null values).

void clearValues()

findByName

Finds a variable in the list by it’s name.

IVariable? findByName(String name)

• name: String - name of the variale to be found.
• returns: IVariable? - variable or null, if function was not found.

findIndexByName

Finds a variable index in the list by the variable’s name.

int findIndexByName(String name)

• name: String - name of the variable to be found.
• returns: int - variable index in the list or -1, if the variable was not found.

get

Gets a variable by its index.

IVariable get(int index)

• index: int - variable index.
• returns: IVariable - retrieved variable.

getAll

Gets all the variables stored in the collection.

List<IVariable> getAll()

• returns: List<IVariable> - list with stored variables.

locate

Finds a variable in the list or creates a new one, if the variable was not found.

IVariable locate(String name)

• name: String - name of the variable to be found.
• returns: IVariable - found or created variable.

remove

Removes a variable by its index.

void remove(int index)

• index: number - index of the variable to be removed.

removeByName

Removes a variable by it’s name.

void removeByName(String name)

• name: String - name of the variable to be removed.