.TH UNIVERSAL 2 "13 May 1991" "Demeter" "Demeter Software"
.SH NAME
Universal \- methods attached to class Universal

.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP 10
virtual char *get_type();
Returns a character string whose value is the name of the class of the
receiving object.
.TP
virtual void set_data_member( int index,Universal* value );
Generically sets the value of the part given by
.I index
in the receiving object.
.TP
virtual int number_of_parts();
Returns a count of both immediate and inherited parts in the receiving
object.
.TP
virtual int num_of_imm_parts();
Returns a count of the immediate parts in the receiving object.
.TP
virtual Universal *get_data_member( int index );
Generically accesses the part given by
.I index
in the receiving object.
.TP
Universal *g_parse( char* filename );
Parses the text in file
.I filename
and fills in the receiving object.
.TP
Universal *g_parse( char* filename,char* cdfile );
Parses the text in file
.I filename
using grammar in file
.I cdfile
and fills in the receiving object.
.TP
virtual int g_equal( Universal* );
Performs deep comparison of the receiving  object with another object
and returns the result.
.TP
virtual Universal* g_copy();
Returns identical deep copy of the receiving object.
.TP
virtual void g_draw();
Displays detailed structure of the receiving object on the screen.
.TP
void g_displayAsTree( ostream& = cout );
Displays the receiving tree object in object graph notation.
.TP
void Universal::g_delete( char* fileName );
Recursively deletes a subgraph, described in
.I fileName ,
of the receiving object graph.
.TP
char* g_code();
Generates C++ code to create an instance of an object identical to the
receiver.
.TP
int g_check( char* className = NULL );
Checks whether the receiver is a legal object of class
.I className.
If
.I className
is not provided, the start symbol of the class dictionary is used.
.TP
void g_print();
Prints receiver object out to screen.
.TP
void g_print( char* outfilename );
Prints receiver object out to file
.I filename.
.TP
void g_print( Universal* grammarobject,char* outfilename );
Prints receiver object out to file
.I filename
interpreting
.I grammarobject.
.LP

.SH SEE ALSO
g_check(2), g_code(2), g_copy(2), g_delete(2), g_displayAsTree(2), g_draw(2), g_equal(2), g_parse(2), g_print(2)