Method: Object#acts_like?

Defined in:
lib/active_support/core_ext/object/acts_like.rb

#acts_like?(duck) ⇒ Boolean

A duck-type assistant method. For example, Active Support extends Date to define an acts_like_date? method, and extends Time to define acts_like_time?. As a result, we can do x.acts_like?(:time) and x.acts_like?(:date) to do duck-type-safe comparisons, since classes that we want to act like Time simply need to define an acts_like_time? method.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/active_support/core_ext/object/acts_like.rb', line 9

def acts_like?(duck)
  case duck
  when :time
    respond_to? :acts_like_time?
  when :date
    respond_to? :acts_like_date?
  when :string
    respond_to? :acts_like_string?
  else
    respond_to? :"acts_like_#{duck}?"
  end
end