Class: BlankSlate

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/grifter/blankslate.rb

Overview

BlankSlate provides an abstract base class with no predefined methods (except for _\send_ and _\id_). BlankSlate is useful as a base class when writing classes that depend upon method_missing (e.g. dynamic proxies).

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(parent) ⇒ BlankSlate

Returns a new instance of BlankSlate.



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# File 'lib/grifter/blankslate.rb', line 56

def initialize(parent)
  @parent = parent
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method_id, *arguments, &block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/grifter/blankslate.rb', line 60

def method_missing(method_id, *arguments, &block)
  @parent.send(method_id, *arguments, &block)
end

Class Method Details

.find_hidden_method(name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/grifter/blankslate.rb', line 40

def find_hidden_method(name)
  @hidden_methods ||= {}
  @hidden_methods[name] || superclass.find_hidden_method(name)
end

.hide(name) ⇒ Object

Hide the method named name in the BlankSlate class. Don’t hide instance_eval or any method beginning with “__”.



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# File 'lib/grifter/blankslate.rb', line 30

def hide(name)
  methods = instance_methods.map(&:to_sym)
  if methods.include?(name.to_sym) and
    name !~ /^(__|instance_eval)/
    @hidden_methods ||= {}
    @hidden_methods[name.to_sym] = instance_method(name)
    undef_method name
  end
end

.reveal(name) ⇒ Object

Redefine a previously hidden method so that it may be called on a blank slate object.



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# File 'lib/grifter/blankslate.rb', line 47

def reveal(name)
  hidden_method = find_hidden_method(name)
  fail "Don't know how to reveal method '#{name}'" unless hidden_method
  define_method(name, hidden_method)
end