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Andreas Kupries
Description
General interface of an index entry.
Keywords
index entries, general interface to index entry.

Class 'indexBaseEntry'

Description
Interface common to all objects used by indices. Manages the object name, a reference to the index it is part of and location information.
Superclasses
distInterface, formatterInterface
Options
index, name
Membervariables
page, shortDescription
Methods
link, name, page, short

-index
Handle of the index containing this object. Automatically set during addition of this object to its index.
-name
The name of the indexed object. Empty by default.

page
Name of the file containing the page describing this object. Defaults to {}, which is an indicator that the information was never requested before too.
shortDescription
A short description of the object. This text is used by the index to embellish the reference to the page of the object and give a user hints about the purpose of the object

link ()

Returns: a string containing a hyperlink to the page of this object. The name of the object is used for the textual part of the link. Uses the current formatter object to obtain the data.

name ()

Returns: the name of this object.

page ()

Retrieval interface to the location information. Generates a unique page upon the first call and then returns always this information.

short ()

Returns: the short description of the object.


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