Module: TypeCollection::Base::BaseClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/typecollection/base.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#all_type_names ⇒ Object

Returns all of the known subclass names for this collection



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# File 'lib/typecollection/base.rb', line 6

def all_type_names(); return __tc_members().keys(); end

#all_types ⇒ Object

Returns all of the known subclasses for this collection



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# File 'lib/typecollection/base.rb', line 8

def all_types(); return __tc_members().values(); end

#get_associated_type(associate) ⇒ Object

Get similar type based on the object passed in which can be a String, Object (using the inferred type), or Class



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# File 'lib/typecollection/base.rb', line 18

def get_associated_type(associate)
  if (!associate.kind_of?(String))
    if (!associate.kind_of?(Class))
      associate = associate.class
    end
    associate = associate.inferred_type()
  end
  return self.get_type(associate)
end

#get_type(type) ⇒ Object

Gets the type associated with the provided value (Class or Otherwise)

Raises:



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# File 'lib/typecollection/base.rb', line 10

def get_type(type)
  type = type.inferred_type() if (type.kind_of?(Class))
  mems = __tc_members()
  raise TypeCollection::UnknownChildType.new() unless (mems.has_key?(type))
  return mems[type]
end