find

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The find command is used to find classes and objects that are available in the current context. A class or object is "available" if its access command can be found in the current namespace context or in the global namespace. Therefore, classes and objects created in the global namespace are available to all other namespaces in a program. Classes and objects created in one namespace can also be imported into another using the namespace import command.

The option argument determines what action is carried out by the command. The legal options (which may be abbreviated) are:

find classes ?pattern?

Returns a list of classes found in the current namespace context. If the optional pattern is specified, then the reported names are compared using the rules of the "string match" command, and only matching names are reported.

If a class resides in the current namespace context, this command reports its simple name--without any qualifiers. However, if the pattern contains :: qualifiers, or if the class resides in another context, this command reports its fully-qualified name.

find objects ?pattern? ?-class className? ?-isa className?

Returns a list of objects found in the current namespace context. If the optional pattern is specified, then the reported names are compared using the rules of the "string match" command, and only matching names are reported. If the optional "-class" parameter is specified, this list is restricted to objects whose most-specific class is className. If the optional "-isa" parameter is specified, this list is further restricted to objects having the given className anywhere in their heritage.

If an object resides in the current namespace context, this command reports its simple name--without any qualifiers. However, if the pattern contains :: qualifiers, or if the object resides in another context, this command reports its fully-qualified name.

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