NAME

       itcl::find - search for classes and objects

SYNOPSIS

       itcl::find option ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION

       The  find  command  is  used to find classes and objects that are available in the current
       interpreter.  Classes and objects are reported first in the active namespace, then in  all
       other namespaces in the interpreter.

       The  option  argument  determines  what  action  is carried out by the command.  The legal
       options (which may be abbreviated) are:

       find classes ?pattern?
              Returns a list of [incr Tcl] classes.  Classes in the current namespace are  listed
              first,  followed  by  classes  in  all other namespaces in the interpreter.  If the
              optional pattern is specified, then the reported names are compared using the rules
              of the "string match" command, and only matching names are reported.

              If  a  class  resides  in  the  current namespace context, this command reports its
              simple  name--without  any  qualifiers.   However,  if  the  pattern  contains   ::
              qualifiers,  or  if  the class resides in another context, this command reports its
              fully-qualified name.  Therefore, you can use the following  command  to  obtain  a
              list where all names are fully-qualified:

                     itcl::find classes ::*

       find objects ?pattern? ?-class className? ?-isa className?
              Returns  a list of [incr Tcl] objects.  Objects in the current namespace are listed
              first, followed by objects in all other namespaces  in  the  interpreter.   If  the
              optional pattern is specified, then the reported names are compared using the rules
              of the "string match" command, and  only  matching  names  are  reported.   If  the
              optional  "-class" parameter is specified, this list is restricted to objects whose
              most-specific class is className.  If the optional "-isa" parameter  is  specified,
              this  list  is further restricted to objects having the given className anywhere in
              their heritage.

              If an object resides in the current namespace context,  this  command  reports  its
              simple   name--without  any  qualifiers.   However,  if  the  pattern  contains  ::
              qualifiers, or if the object resides in another context, this command  reports  its
              fully-qualified  name.   Therefore,  you  can use the following command to obtain a
              list where all names are fully-qualified:

                     itcl::find objects ::*

KEYWORDS

       class, object, search, import