Module: Ccdk::TDump

Included in:
Object
Defined in:
lib/ccdk/tdump.rb

Overview

Create a templated representation of the object. This module can be useful For debugging objects by dumping them out to a template of your choosing. Similar in use to pp, but more flexible so that you can display only the information that you care about.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#tdump(template) ⇒ Object

Convert the object to a String based on the provided template. Templates can be specified in several ways

  • A String representation of the template.

  • A String path to a template file

  • An Erb object of the template

  • An IO<tt> object that can be read to retrieve a template (Really anything that responds to <tt>#read)

Parameters

  • template - The template to use for formatting the object

Examples

# Output information to a templating string
car.tdump('I have a <%= year %> <%= make %> <%= model %>')

# Use the path to an erb template file
product.tdump('path/to/product_template.erb')



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# File 'lib/ccdk/tdump.rb', line 30

def tdump(template)
  if template.is_a? ERB
    tdump_erb(template)
  elsif template.respond_to?(:read)
    tdump_io(template)
  elsif template.is_a? String
    tdump_string(template)
  end
end