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<span style="font-size:120%"><b>Specify the objects returned to the master thread.</b></span>
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<var>ReturnObject</var> and <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> specify the output objects to be returned to the master thread. The difference between them is that <var>ReturnObject</var> returns the value of the <var>Output</var> argument of the <var>[[Run (Daemon function)|Run]]</var> function, while <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> returns the value of the <var>Info</var> argument of the <var>Run</var> function.


ReturnObject is a member of the [[Daemon class]]
==Syntax==
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These shared methods specify the output objects to be returned to the master thread. The difference between ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject is that the former returns the value of the (unnamed) third argument of the [[Run Daemon function)]], while the latter returns the value of the named <tt>Info</tt> object of the Run method.  
===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th><var class="nobr">%(Daemon)</var></th>
<td>The class name in parentheses denotes a [[Notation conventions for methods#Shared methods|shared]] method. <var>ReturnObject</var> and <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> can also be invoked via a <var>Daemon</var> object variable, which may be null.</td></tr>


The ReturnInfoObject method was added in ''[[Sirius Mods]]'' Version 6.8.
<tr><th>outputObj</th>
<td>The object returned from the daemon method object in the last <var>Run</var> method invocation. <var class="term">outputObj</var> must be deep copyable, as described in [[Copying objects|"Copying objects"]].</td></tr>
</table>


==ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject Syntax==
==Usage notes==
<pre>
<ul>  
%(Daemon):ReturnObject(%outputObj)
<li><var>ReturnObject</var> and <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> can only be issued on daemon threads.
%(Daemon):ReturnInfoObject(%outputObj)
</pre>


==Syntax Terms==
<li>You can invoke <var>ReturnObject</var> and/or <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> as many times as you want for a single <var>Run</var> call. Each subsequent invocation replaces the object from the previous invocation of the same method.  
<dl>
<dt>%(Daemon)
<dd>The class name in parentheses denotes a shared method. Specifying <tt>%(Daemon):</tt> is not the only way to invoke the method (see :hdref refid=daemeth.).
<dt><i>%outputObj</i>  
<dd>The object returned from the daemon method object in the last Run method invocation. '''%outputObj''' must be deep copyable, as described in [[Copying objects]]. </dl>


==Usage Notes==
<li>You can invoke <var>ReturnObject</var> even if <var>Run</var> has no output parameter, and you can invoke <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> even if <var>Run</var> has no <var>Info</var> parameter.
<ul>
<li>ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject can only be issued on daemon threads.
<li>You can invoke ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject as many times as you want for a single Run call. Each subsequent invocation replaces the object from the previous invocation of the same method.
<li>You can invoke ReturnObject even if Run has no output parameter, and you can invoke ReturninfoObject even if Run has no Info parameter. However, a class mismatch between the ReturnObject argument and the output argument in Run, or between the ReturnInfoObject argument and the Info argument in Run, causes request cancellation in the master thread at the time the daemon finishes and Run is about to return.</ul>


<li>A class mismatch between the <var>ReturnObject</var> argument and the <var>Run</var> output argument, or between the <var>ReturnInfoObject</var> argument and the <var>Run</var> <var>Info</var> argument, causes request cancellation in the master thread at the time the daemon finishes and <var>Run</var> method was about to return.
</ul>


[[Category:Daemon methods|ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject]]
==See also==
[[Category:System methods]]
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 16 February 2014

Specify objects returned to the master thread (Daemon class)

ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject specify the output objects to be returned to the master thread. The difference between them is that ReturnObject returns the value of the Output argument of the Run function, while ReturnInfoObject returns the value of the Info argument of the Run function.

Syntax

%(Daemon):ReturnObject( outputObj)

%(Daemon):ReturnInfoObject( outputObj)

Syntax terms

%(Daemon) The class name in parentheses denotes a shared method. ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject can also be invoked via a Daemon object variable, which may be null.
outputObj The object returned from the daemon method object in the last Run method invocation. outputObj must be deep copyable, as described in "Copying objects".

Usage notes

  • ReturnObject and ReturnInfoObject can only be issued on daemon threads.
  • You can invoke ReturnObject and/or ReturnInfoObject as many times as you want for a single Run call. Each subsequent invocation replaces the object from the previous invocation of the same method.
  • You can invoke ReturnObject even if Run has no output parameter, and you can invoke ReturnInfoObject even if Run has no Info parameter.
  • A class mismatch between the ReturnObject argument and the Run output argument, or between the ReturnInfoObject argument and the Run Info argument, causes request cancellation in the master thread at the time the daemon finishes and Run method was about to return.

See also