FTObject Derived Type

public subroutine initFTObject(self)

Generic Name: init()

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public function FTObjectDescription(self)

Returns a character string of length DESCRIPTION_CHARACTER_LENGTH that represents the object. the base class implementation returns an empty string. Note that if the description is too long, the expected string will be truncated. In general, one wants to use printDescription.

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Return Value character(len=DESCRIPTION_CHARACTER_LENGTH)

public subroutine printFTObjectDescription(self, iUnit)

Generic Name: printDescription()

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public function className(self) result(s)

Class name returns a string with the name of the type of the object

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Return Value character(len=CLASS_NAME_CHARACTER_LENGTH)

private function copyFTObject(self) result(copy)

Base class implementation of the assignment function. Call this from within any subclasses copy assignment function. All FTObject's implementation does is set the reference count to one, implying no additional ownership to the caller that is creating the copy.

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Return Value class(FTObject), POINTER

public subroutine retainFTObject(self)

Retain increases the reference count by one and implies ownership to the caller. ### Usage: CALL obj\ % retain()

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public function isUnreferenced(self)

Owners of objects should call isUnreferenced after releasing a pointer object. If true, the object should be deallocated and then set to point to NULL()

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Return Value logical

public function refCount(self)

Returns the reference count for the object. Normally this is done only for debugging purposes.

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Return Value integer