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NAME

       Tcl_CreateEnsemble,  Tcl_FindEnsemble,  Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags,  Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict,
       Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace,   Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList,   Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler,
       Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList,            Tcl_IsEnsemble,            Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags,
       Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict,  Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList,  Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList,
       Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler - manipulate ensemble commands

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_Command
       Tcl_CreateEnsemble(interp, name, namespacePtr, ensFlags)

       Tcl_Command
       Tcl_FindEnsemble(interp, cmdNameObj, flags)

       int
       Tcl_IsEnsemble(token)

       int
       Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags(interp, token, ensFlagsPtr)

       int
       Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags(interp, token, ensFlags)

       int
       Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, dictObjPtr)

       int
       Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, dictObj)

       int                                                                                        │
       Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList(interp, token, listObjPtr)                                    │

       int                                                                                        │
       Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList(interp, token, listObj)                                       │

       int
       Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, listObjPtr)

       int
       Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, listObj)

       int
       Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, listObjPtr)

       int
       Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, listObj)

       int
       Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace(interp, token, namespacePtrPtr)

ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp *interp (in/out)                   The  interpreter in which the ensemble is to
                                                     be created or found. Also where error result
                                                     messages  are  written.  The functions whose
                                                     names start with Tcl_GetEnsemble may have  a
                                                     NULL for the interp, but all other functions
                                                     must not.

       const char *name (in)                         The name  of  the  ensemble  command  to  be
                                                     created.

       Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr (in)              The  namespace to which the ensemble command
                                                     is to be bound,  or  NULL  for  the  current
                                                     namespace.

       int ensFlags (in)                             An  OR'ed  set  of  flag bits describing the
                                                     basic   configuration   of   the   ensemble.
                                                     Currently   only   one   bit   has  meaning,
                                                     TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX, which is  present  when
                                                     the   ensemble  command  should  also  match
                                                     unambiguous prefixes of subcommands.

       Tcl_Obj *cmdNameObj (in)                      A value holding the  name  of  the  ensemble
                                                     command to look up.

       int flags (in)                                An  OR'ed  set  of flag bits controlling the
                                                     behavior of Tcl_FindEnsemble. Currently only
                                                     TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG is supported.

       Tcl_Command token (in)                        A  normal  command  token  that refers to an
                                                     ensemble command, or which you wish  to  use
                                                     for   testing  as  an  ensemble  command  in
                                                     Tcl_IsEnsemble.

       int *ensFlagsPtr (out)                        Pointer to a variable into  which  to  write
                                                     the  current  ensemble  flag bits; currently
                                                     only the bit TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX is defined.

       Tcl_Obj *dictObj (in)                         A dictionary value to use for the subcommand
                                                     to  implementation  command  prefix  mapping
                                                     dictionary in the ensemble. May be  NULL  if
                                                     the mapping dictionary is to be removed.

       Tcl_Obj **dictObjPtr (out)                    Pointer  to  a  variable into which to write
                                                     the current ensemble mapping dictionary.

       Tcl_Obj *listObj (in)                         A list value to use for the list  of  formal
                                                     pre-subcommand  parameters, the defined list
                                                     of subcommands  in  the  dictionary  or  the
                                                     unknown  subcommand  handler command prefix.
                                                     May  be  NULL  if  the  subcommand  list  or
                                                     unknown handler are to be removed.

       Tcl_Obj **listObjPtr (out)                    Pointer  to  a  variable into which to write
                                                     the current list  of  formal  pre-subcommand
                                                     parameters,  the defined list of subcommands
                                                     or the current unknown handler prefix.

       Tcl_Namespace **namespacePtrPtr (out)         Pointer to a variable into  which  to  write
                                                     the  handle  of  the  namespace to which the
                                                     ensemble is bound.
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DESCRIPTION

       An ensemble is a command, bound to some namespace,  which  consists  of  a  collection  of
       subcommands  implemented by other Tcl commands. The first argument to the ensemble command
       is always interpreted as a selector that states what subcommand to execute.

       Ensembles  are  created  using  Tcl_CreateEnsemble,  which  takes  four   arguments:   the
       interpreter  to  work within, the name of the ensemble to create, the namespace within the
       interpreter to bind the ensemble to, and the default set of ensemble flags. The result  of
       the function is the command token for the ensemble, which may be used to further configure
       the ensemble using the API described below in ENSEMBLE PROPERTIES.

       Given the name of an ensemble command, the token for that command may be  retrieved  using
       Tcl_FindEnsemble.  If the given command name (in cmdNameObj) does not refer to an ensemble
       command, the result of the function is NULL and (if the TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG bit  is  set  in
       flags) an error message is left in the interpreter result.

       A  command  token  may be checked to see if it refers to an ensemble using Tcl_IsEnsemble.
       This returns 1 if the token refers to an ensemble, or 0 otherwise.

   ENSEMBLE PROPERTIES
       Every ensemble has four read-write properties and a  read-only  property.  The  properties
       are:

       flags (read-write)
              The  set  of  flags for the ensemble, expressed as a bit-field. Currently, the only
              public flag is TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX  which  is  set  when  unambiguous  prefixes  of
              subcommands  are  permitted  to  be  resolved  to  implementations as well as exact
              matches.  The  flags  may  be  read  and  written  using  Tcl_GetEnsembleFlags  and
              Tcl_SetEnsembleFlags  respectively.  The result of both of those functions is a Tcl
              result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble).

       mapping dictionary (read-write)
              A dictionary containing a mapping from subcommand names to lists of words to use as
              a  command  prefix  (replacing  the  first  two  words of the command which are the
              ensemble command itself and the subcommand name), or NULL if every subcommand is to
              be  mapped  to  the  command with the same unqualified name in the ensemble's bound
              namespace.   Defaults   to    NULL.    May    be    read    and    written    using
              Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict  and Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict respectively. The result
              of both of those functions is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the  token
              does   not   refer   to   an   ensemble)   and   the   dictionary   obtained   from
              Tcl_GetEnsembleMappingDict should always be treated as  immutable  even  if  it  is
              unshared.  All command names in prefixes set via Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict must be
              fully qualified.

       formal pre-subcommand parameter list (read-write)
              A list of formal parameter names (the names only being used when  generating  error │
              messages)  that come at invocation of the ensemble between the name of the ensemble │
              and the subcommand argument. NULL (the default) is equivalent to  the  empty  list. │
              May    be    read    and    written    using    Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList    and │
              Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList respectively. The result of both of those functions is │
              a Tcl result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble) │
              and the dictionary obtained  from  Tcl_GetEnsembleParameterList  should  always  be │
              treated as immutable even if it is unshared.

       subcommand list (read-write)
              A  list  of  all  the  subcommand  names for the ensemble, or NULL if this is to be
              derived from either the keys of the mapping dictionary (see above) or (if  that  is
              also  NULL)  from  the set of commands exported by the bound namespace. May be read
              and written using Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList  and  Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList
              respectively.  The  result of both of those functions is a Tcl result code (TCL_OK,
              or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble) and the list obtained from
              Tcl_GetEnsembleSubcommandList  should  always be treated as immutable even if it is
              unshared.

       unknown subcommand handler command prefix (read-write)
              A list of words to prepend on the front of any subcommand when  the  subcommand  is
              unknown  to  the  ensemble (according to the current prefix handling rule); see the
              namespace ensemble command for more  details.  If  NULL,  the  default  behavior  -
              generate  a  suitable  error  message  - will be used when an unknown subcommand is
              encountered. May  be  read  and  written  using  Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler  and
              Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler  respectively.  The result of both functions is a Tcl
              result code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an  ensemble)  and
              the  list  obtained  from Tcl_GetEnsembleUnknownHandler should always be treated as
              immutable even if it is unshared.

       bound namespace (read-only)
              The namespace to which the ensemble is bound; when the namespace is deleted, so too
              will  the ensemble, and this namespace is also the namespace whose list of exported
              commands is used if both the mapping dictionary and the subcommand list  properties
              are  NULL.  May  be  read using Tcl_GetEnsembleNamespace which returns a Tcl result
              code (TCL_OK, or TCL_ERROR if the token does not refer to an ensemble).

SEE ALSO

       namespace(3tcl), Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       command, ensemble