Module: MoreCoreExtensions::ClassHierarchy

Defined in:
lib/more_core_extensions/core_ext/class/hierarchy.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#descendant_get(desc_name) ⇒ Object

Returns the descendant with a given name

require 'socket'
IO.descendant_get("IO")
# => IO
IO.descendant_get("BasicSocket")
# => BasicSocket
IO.descendant_get("IPSocket")
# => IPSocket

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError) 


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# File 'lib/more_core_extensions/core_ext/class/hierarchy.rb', line 15

def descendant_get(desc_name)
  return self if desc_name == name || desc_name.nil?
  klass = descendants.find { |desc| desc.name == desc_name }
  raise ArgumentError, "#{desc_name} is not a descendant of #{name}" unless klass
  klass
end

#hierarchy ⇒ Object

Returns a tree-like Hash structure of all descendants.

require 'socket'
IO.hierarchy
# => {BasicSocket=>
#      {Socket=>{},
#       IPSocket=>{TCPSocket=>{TCPServer=>{}}, UDPSocket=>{}},
#       UNIXSocket=>{UNIXServer=>{}}},
#     File=>{}}



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# File 'lib/more_core_extensions/core_ext/class/hierarchy.rb', line 31

def hierarchy
  subclasses.each_with_object({}) { |k, h| h[k] = k.hierarchy }
end

#leaf_subclasses ⇒ Object

Returns an Array of all descendants which have no subclasses

require 'socket'
BasicSocket.leaf_subclasses
# => [Socket, TCPServer, UDPSocket, UNIXServer]



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# File 'lib/more_core_extensions/core_ext/class/hierarchy.rb', line 49

def leaf_subclasses
  descendants.select { |d| d.subclasses.empty? }
end

#lineage ⇒ Object

Returns an Array of all superclasses.

require 'socket'
TCPServer.lineage
# => [TCPSocket, IPSocket, BasicSocket, IO, Object, BasicObject]



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# File 'lib/more_core_extensions/core_ext/class/hierarchy.rb', line 40

def lineage
  superclass.nil? ? [] : superclass.lineage.unshift(superclass)
end