Class: Citation::Author

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Citation::Author

Defined in:

lib/citation.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

• #initials ⇒ Object readonly

  INITIALS should be with NO spaces, all caps.

• #last ⇒ Object readonly

  INITIALS should be with NO spaces, all caps.

Class Method Summary

• .from_s(string) ⇒ Object

  TODO: make this smarter for initials.

Instance Method Summary

• #==(other) ⇒ Object
• #initialize(last, initials) ⇒ Author constructor

  A new instance of Author.

• #inspect ⇒ Object
• #to_s ⇒ Object

Constructor Details

#initialize(last, initials) ⇒ Author

Returns a new instance of Author.

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 168

def initialize(last, initials)
  @last = last
  @initials = initials
end

Instance Attribute Details

#initials ⇒ Object (readonly)

INITIALS should be with NO spaces, all caps

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 167

def initials
  @initials
end

#last ⇒ Object (readonly)

INITIALS should be with NO spaces, all caps

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 167

def last
  @last
end

Class Method Details

.from_s(string) ⇒ Object

TODO: make this smarter for initials

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 181

def self.from_s(string)
  pieces = string.split(', ')
  last = pieces.shift
  initials = pieces.join(', ')
  self.new(last, initials)
end

Instance Method Details

#==(other) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 188

def ==(other)
  [self.last, self.initials] == [other.last, other.initials]
end

#inspect ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 172

def inspect
  "<#{@last}, #{initials}>"
end

#to_s ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/citation.rb', line 176

def to_s
  "#{@last}, #{@initials}"    
end