How to build a Magritte form

When a class defines methods with the pragma magritteDescription as exemplified in How to define a Magritte form field, the message Object>>#asGtMagritteViewModel asGtMagritteViewModel ^ GtMagritteViewModel forObject: self will produce a view model that can then be converted into a BlElement Object subclass: #BlElement uses: TBlTransformable + TBlEventTarget + TBlDebug instanceVariableNames: 'spaceReference parent children bounds measuredBounds boundsCache eventDispatcher constraints layout transformation taskQueue errorHandler userData visuals flags' classVariableNames: '' package: 'Bloc-Basic' using GtMagritteViewModel>>#asElement asElement | aFrame | aFrame := BrFrame new. aFrame hFitContentLimited; vFitContent; withAsyncFutureDo: [ :anElementFuture | anElementFuture whenPending: [ :theContainer | theContainer addChild: (BrLabel new fitContent; aptitude: (BrGlamorousLabelAptitude new foreground: BrGlamorousColors disabledButtonTextColor); text: 'Preparing...'); constraintsDo: [ :c | c frame horizontal alignCenter. c frame vertical alignCenter ] ]; whenError: [ :theContainer :anError | theContainer userData at: self class gtMementoSymbol put: anError. theContainer removeChildren; addChild: (anError asDebuggableElement hFitContentLimited; vFitContent); constraintsDo: [ :c | c frame horizontal alignCenter. c frame vertical alignCenter ] ]; whenSuccess: [ :theFrame :aMemento | | aStencil aContainer | theFrame userData at: self class gtMementoSymbol put: aMemento. theFrame removeChildren. aStencil := aMemento magritteDescription blocElementContainerStencil asStencilBuilder: GtMagritteFormStencilBuilder. aContainer := aStencil memento: aMemento; asElement. theFrame addAptitude: (BrLayoutResizerAptitude new inherit: aContainer). theFrame addChild: aContainer. GtMagritteElementBuilder new form: theFrame; memento: aMemento; addButtons: self actions; build. self onElementCreated cull: theFrame ] ]. aFrame asyncFuture executionConfiguration: GtMagritteBuilderUtility executionConfigutation. aFrame asyncFuture future: self mementoFuture. ^ aFrame .

Let’s use this example once again on GtClassCreationForm GtBehaviorCreationForm subclass: #GtClassCreationForm instanceVariableNames: 'superclassName classVars pools' classVariableNames: '' package: 'GToolkit-Pharo-Coder-UI-Forms - Models' .

Putting all that we’ve learned so far together, a form for adding a class can be produced through calling:

GtClassCreationForm new asGtMagritteViewModel asElement
  

This can be used within elements and stencils to cohabitate models and their respective UIs.