5.5 The Class Browser

Figure 5.5 KnowledgeWorks Class Browser

The KnowledgeWorks Class Browser is obtained by choosing KnowledgeWorks > Classes from the KnowledgeWorks Podium. It is the same as the LispWorks Class Browser except that it comes up with an initial focus on standard-kb-object and when looking at a KnowledgeWorks class the Classes menu contains an Inspect Instances option to look at the instances of the class. This presents an Inspector with a list of all the instances.

Figure 5.6 KnowledgeWorks Instances Inspector

Any of the instances displayed in the lower pane may be inspected by double-clicking on it.

Other options available in the Class Browser include:

• Superclasses and Subclasses tabs to draw a graphs of the subclasses or superclasses of the class being looked at
• Slots and Initargs tabs to show how the instances can be accessed and initialized.
• Functions tab to show the generic functions or methods defined on this class, either directly or by inheritance

Additionally the Classes menu contains a Browse Metaclass option to show the class of this class.

Further details can be found in the LispWorks documentation.