Module: YARD::Registry

Extended by:: Enumerable
Defined in:: lib/yard/registry.rb

Overview

The Registry is the centralized data store for all CodeObjects created during parsing. The storage is a key value store with the object's path (see CodeObjects::Base#path) as the key and the object itself as the value. Object paths must be unique to be stored in the Registry. All lookups for objects are done on the singleton Registry instance using the Registry.at or Registry.resolve methods.

Saving / Loading a Registry

The registry is saved to a "yardoc file" (actually a directory), which can be loaded back to perform any lookups. See Registry.load! and Registry.save for information on saving and loading of a yardoc file.

Threading Notes

The registry class is a singleton class that is accessed directly in many places across YARD. To mitigate threading issues, YARD (0.6.5+) makes the Registry thread local. This means all access to a registry for a specific object set must occur in the originating thread.

Examples:

Loading a Registry

Registry.load!('/path/to/yardocfile') # loads all objects into memory
Registry.at('YARD::CodeObjects::Base').docstring
# => "+Base+ is the superclass of all code objects ..."

Performing a Search on a Registry

Registry.resolve(P('YARD::CodeObjects::Base'), '#docstring')
# => <

Constant Summary

DEFAULT_YARDOC_FILE =

".yardoc"

LOCAL_YARDOC_INDEX =

File.expand_path('~/.yard/gem_index')