Chest

Chest allows you to store objects from anywhere to keep them around, check equality...
Store an object with Chest add: anObject and access it with: Chest at: anIndex.
The rest of the commands can be seen in the help panel (click on the ? button).

Open your Chest

Chest is available in the debugging menu of Pharo.

Install Chest

Metacello new
    baseline: 'Chest';
    repository: 'github://dupriezt/Chest';
    load.

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More Details

ID

Each Chest instance has an ID (Integer). These IDs are unique. No two Chest can ever have the same ID (unless of course one re-initialize the Chest class).

Default Chest

This is an instance of Chest that always exists, always has ID = 1, and can be interacted with in the same way as any other Chest by sending the messages to the Chest class.

API

    Chest class
        #new
            Create and return a new Chest
        #newNamed: aString
            Create and return a new Chest, with the provided name
        #withId: anInteger
            Return the Chest whose ID is @anInteger

    Chest instance
        #add: anObject
            Add anObject to this Chest
        #at: anInteger
            Gets the object stored in this Chest at index @anInteger
        #contents
            Gets an OrderedCollection with the content of this Chest. This collection is a copy so editing it directly does not affect this Chest.
        #empty
            Removes all objects from this Chest
        #name
            Gets the name of this Chest
        #id
            Gets the ID of this Chest
        #remove
            Destroy this Chest (it will no longer appear in the Chest UI)
        #remove: anObject
            Remove @anObject from this Chest
        #removeAt: anInteger
            Remove the object ar index @anInteger from this Chest