Module Methods

Extendable module for modules with instance and class methods. These modules can be included into each other modules and saving all chain, including inherited or included (class) methods.

There are no conflicts with ActiveSupport::Concern.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'module_methods'

And then execute:

bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

gem install module_methods

Usage

require 'module_methods'

module SomeCommonCode
  extend ::ModuleMethods::Extension

  module ClassMethods
    def inherited(klass)
      ## manipulations with klass
    end
  end

  def some_method
    ## this is instance method
  end
end

module MoreSpecificCommonCode
  include SomeCommonCode

  module ClassMethods
    def inherited(klass)
      ## you can control the order of `inherited` execution by `super`
      ## this `super` executes `inherited` in `SomeCommonCode`
      super
    end
  end

  def some_another_method
    ## This is another instance method.
  end
end

class BaseClass
  include MoreSpecificCommonCode

  ## Instance methods from modules are here.
end

class EndPoint < BaseClass
  ## Both `inherited` from `SomeCommonCode` and `MoreSpecificCommonCode`
  ## are executing here; private methods from modules are also here.
end

Development

After checking out the repo, run bundle install to install dependencies. Then, run bundle exec rake spec to run the tests.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.