The Be Book
Classes and Methods provides detailed information on the class methods, global functions provided by the kits
Each section details the following information
When you create a instance of a class this method is automatically called to perform the task.
When you delete an instance of a class or the class variable goes out of scope this method is called automatically by the system.
Hook functions are the BeOS version of 'Don't call us, we'll call you.' These methods are called by the system when various events occur. All you need to do is provide your own version of these methods if the standard version does not do what you require.
The normal methods you call in your own code.
Global convenience variables.
Archive fields are added to a
BMessage
before it is archived to store the current state of an object instance so
that it can be rebuilt at a later time.
If a class can be scripted then the suites and properties of the class will be described here.
