Item Streams

Item Streams are objects that organize typed data into patterns.

  Data Types

Each type of data has its own macro for creating the appropriate class of item stream:

  Pattern Types

Each item stream macro can implement any of the following pattern types:

Once an item stream has been created, successive items can be read from the stream using one of the accessing functions:

A number of macros use item streams to implement specific facilities:

See Also:

Introduction to Item Streams, items.cm


Last Modified: 5-Mar-1998