Class: NilClass

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/gorillib/object/blank.rb,
lib/gorillib/object/try.rb,
lib/gorillib/object/try_dup.rb,
lib/gorillib/serialization/to_wire.rb

Overview

class Numeric

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#blank? ⇒ TrueClass

Nil is always blank

nil.blank? #=> true

Returns:



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# File 'lib/gorillib/object/blank.rb', line 52

def blank?
  true
end

#to_wire(options = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gorillib/serialization/to_wire.rb', line 51

def to_wire(options={})
  nil
end

#try(*args) ⇒ Object

Calling +try+ on +nil+ always returns +nil+. It becomes specially helpful when navigating through associations that may return +nil+.

=== Examples

nil.try(:name) # => nil

Without +try+ @person && [email protected]? && @person.children.first.name

With +try+ @person.try(:children).try(:first).try(:name)



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# File 'lib/gorillib/object/try.rb', line 53

def try(*args)
  nil
end

#try_dup ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/gorillib/object/try_dup.rb', line 29

def try_dup
  self
end