accessor

The accessor gem is for giving you easy syntax sugar for getters, setters, and accessors.

usage

Sure, you can use attr_accessor, attr_reader, and attr_writer but the attr gang can't do this!:

  • Chain together setters: person.name("Kurtis").email("[email protected]").age(24)
  • Define new accessors, getters, and setters on instances: person.accessor!(:secret_token)
  • Do both: person.accessor(:api_token, :dashboard_token).api_token(generated_token).dashboard_token

Here's an example:

require 'accessor'

class Person
  accessor :name, :email
  writer :password
  reader :encrypted_password

  def encrypt_password!
    @encrypted_password = Base64::strict_encode64(@password)
  end

end

contact = Person.new
contact.name "Kurtis Rainbolt-Greene"
contact.email "[email protected]"
contact.email

contact.accessor!(:age).age 24

installing

Requirements

  1. Ruby MRI 1.9+
  2. RubyGems 1.6+

Like any other gem, all you have to do is either use:

$ gem install accessor

Or add it to your Gemfile:

source :rubygems

gem "accessor", "1.0.2"

That's all you have to do.

Testing

To make sure you did everything right do the following:

ruby -e "p require 'accessor'"
true

issues & documentation

We welcome any pull requests or commits that improve accessor.

changelog

  • 1.0.2: Adding helpful README and gemspec details
  • 1.0.0: Initial release

contributing

  • Fork the repository
  • Clone the repository locally, or edit via Github
  • Create a new branch using the Git Flow Standard conventions
  • Commit often and when important
  • DO NOT CHANGE ANY OF THESE (without making a new branch for that change):
    • *.gemspec
    • Rakefile
    • .rvmrc
    • .gitignore
    • Any part of the git history
  • Write tests specifically for the changes you've made, if no test exist
  • Push your feature or hotfix branch to Github.
  • Make a Pull Request

Credits

  • Myself!...So far.

License

Copyright (c) 2012 Kurtis Rainbolt-Greene

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.