/**
    STContext
    Scripting context
  
    Copyright (c) 2002 Free Software Foundation
  
    Written by: Stefan Urbanek 
    Date: 2004
     
    This file is part of the StepTalk project.
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
  
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

    <title>STEnvironment class reference</title>
 
   */

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@class STObjectReference;
@class STEnvironmentDescription;

@interface STContext:NSObject
{
    NSMutableDictionary      *objectDictionary;
    STContext                *parentContext;
    BOOL                      fullScripting;
    BOOL                      createsUnknownObjects;
}

- (void)setParentContext:(STContext *)context;
- (STContext *)parentContext;

/** Full scripting */
- (void)setFullScriptingEnabled:(BOOL)flag;
- (BOOL)fullScriptingEnabled;

-(void)setCreatesUnknownObjects:(BOOL)flag;
-(BOOL)createsUnknownObjects;

- (NSMutableDictionary *)objectDictionary;
- (void)setObject:(id)anObject
          forName:(NSString *)objName;
- (void)removeObjectWithName:(NSString *)objName;
- (void)addNamedObjectsFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dict;
- (id)objectWithName:(NSString *)objName;

- (STObjectReference *)objectReferenceForObjectWithName:(NSString *)name;
- (NSString  *)translateSelector:(NSString *)aString forReceiver:(id)anObject;

- (NSArray *)knownObjectNames;
@end
