No Backsies

DESCRIPTION

NoBackies is a callback layer built on top of Ruby’s built-in callback methods. It makes it possible to add new callbacks very easily, without having to fuss with more nuanced issues of defining and redefining callback methods.

RESOURCES

• home: rubyworks.github.com/nobacksies

• code: github.com/rubyworks/nobacksies

• mail: groups.google.com/group/rubyworks-mailinglist

EXAMPLE

Here is an example take from the Anise project.

class Y
  include Anise
  include NoBacksies

  def self.doc(string)
    callback :method_added, :once=>true do |method|
      self.ann(method, :doc=>string)
    end
  end

  doc "foo is cool"
  def foo
    # ...
  end
end

Y.ann(:foo, :doc) #=> "foo is cool"

See the QED documentation for more examples.

INSTALLATION

Install the RubyGems package in the usual fashion.

$ gem install no_backsies

LEGAL

(Apache 2.0 License)

Copyright © 2011 Thomas Sawyer

Unless otherwise negotiated with the original author, NoBacksies is distributable under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See the APACHE2.txt file for details.