Chapter 8 Methods Menu Enhancements

Filtering

Specify the method filtering setting. When set to “Public/Private”, the view will switch between showing public and private methods. When set to “Public/Private/All”, the view will switch between showing public, private and all methods.

Copy To Clipboard

Copies the selected method(s) to the Clipboard in chunk format. This command short circuits the process of copying methods to a file, opening the file and then copying the text to the Clipboard

Copy Message Pattern

Copies the message pattern of the selected method to the Clipboard.

Browse Senders | In Root Application

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the root application (in which the method is defined) and all of its subapplications.

Browse Senders | In Defining Application

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the application (or subapplication) in which the method is defined.

Browse Senders | In Dependent Applications

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the root application (in which the method is defined) and all of its dependent applications and subapplication.

Browse Senders | In Applications Matching Prefixes

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the applications matching the visibility prefixes established in the Applications Manager.

Browse Senders | In Selected Applications

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the applications chosen from a popup selection dialog.

Browse Senders | In Selected Configurations

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the configurations chosen from a popup selection dialog.

Browse Senders | In User Applications

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the applications managed by the current user.

Browse Senders | In System Applications

Find all senders of the selected method(s) in the applications managed by the Library Supervisor.

Browse Implementors | In Root Application

Find all implementors of the selected method(s) in the root application (in which the method is defined) and all of its subapplications.

Browse Implementors | In Defining Application

Find all implementors of the selected method in the application (or subapplication) in which the method is defined.

Browse Implementors | In Dependent Applications Applications

Find all implementors of the selected method(s) in the root application (in which the method is defined) and all of its dependent applications and subapplication.

Browse Implementors | In Applications Matching Prefixes Prefixes

Find all implementors of the selected method(s) in the applications matching the visibility prefixes established in the Applications Manager.

Browse Implementors | In Selected Applications

Find all implementors of the selected method in the applications chosen from a popup selection dialog.

Browse Implementors | In Selected Configurations

Find all implementors of the selected method in the configurations chosen from a popup selection dialog.

Browse Implementors | In User Applications

Find all implementors of the selected method in the applications managed by the current user.

Browse Implementors | In System Applications Applications

Find all implementors of the selected method in the applications managed by the Library Supervisor.

Browse Messages | Implementors

Opens a Multiple Selector Browser on all of the methods sent by the selected method. Select a method to see its implementors.

Browse Messages | Senders

Opens a Multiple Selector Browser on all of the methods sent by the selected method. Select a method to see its senders.

Categorize | Add to Default Categories

Add the selected methods to the default categories.

Categorize | Change to Default Categories

Change the categories of the selected methods to the default categories.

Browse Methods

Opens the Marked Methods Browser, Recently Modified Methods Browser or the Recently Visited Methods Browser.

Browse Methods | Including String

Opens a method browser on all methods within the system that contain a user specified string. This is a very time consuming process. A progress dialog is displayed which may be cancelled at any time.

VA Assist Pro Tools

Contains several menu items for VA Assist Pro related tools.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Mark

Add the method to the Marked Methods Browser.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Inspect

Opens an inspector on either the CompiledMethod instance itself or on the method's parse tree.

VA Assist Pro Tools | Hide/Show Source

Manage the hide/show export status of method source for each selected method. The "Names | Settings | Remove Source" option must be set true for these status settings to have any effect during export.