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[vset VERSION 1.0.3]
[comment {-*- tcl -*- doctools manpage}]
[manpage_begin tcl::chan::string n [vset VERSION]]
[keywords {in-memory channel}]
[keywords {reflected channel}]
[keywords {tip 219}]
[keywords {virtual channel}]
[copyright {2009 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>}]
[moddesc   {Reflected/virtual channel support}]
[category  Channels]
[titledesc {Read-only in-memory channel}]
[require Tcl 8.5]
[require TclOO]
[require tcl::chan::events [opt 1]]
[require tcl::chan::string [opt [vset VERSION]]]
[description]
[para]

The [package tcl::chan::string] package provides a command creating
channels which live purely in memory. They provide random-access,
i.e. are seekable.

In contrast to the channels created by [package tcl::chan::memchan]
they are read-only however, their content is provided at the time of
construction and immutable afterward.

[para] Packages related to this are [package tcl::chan::memchan] and
[package tcl::chan::variable].

[para] The internal [package TclOO] class implementing the channel
handler is a sub-class of the [package tcl::chan::events] framework.

[section API]

[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd ::tcl::chan::string] [arg content]]

This command creates a new string channel and returns its handle. The
channel provides random read-only access to the [arg content] string.

[list_end]

[vset CATEGORY virtchannel]
[include ../doctools2base/include/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]