Class: RuboCop::Formatter::BaseFormatter

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb

Overview

Abstract base class for formatter, implements all public API methods.

## Creating Custom Formatter

You can create a custom formatter by subclassing ‘RuboCop::Formatter::BaseFormatter` and overriding some methods or by implementing all the methods by duck typing.

## Using Custom Formatter in Command Line

You can tell RuboCop to use your custom formatter with a combination of ‘–format` and `–require` option. For example, when you have defined `MyCustomFormatter` in `./path/to/my_custom_formatter.rb`, you would type this command:

rubocop --require ./path/to/my_custom_formatter --format MyCustomFormatter

Note: The path passed to ‘–require` is directly passed to `Kernel.require`. If your custom formatter file is not in `$LOAD_PATH`, you need to specify the path as relative path prefixed with `./` explicitly or absolute path.

## Method Invocation Order

For example, when RuboCop inspects 2 files, the invocation order should be like this:

  • ‘#initialize`

  • ‘#started`

  • ‘#file_started`

  • ‘#file_finished`

  • ‘#file_started`

  • ‘#file_finished`

  • ‘#finished`

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(output, options = {}) ⇒ BaseFormatter

Returns a new instance of BaseFormatter.

Parameters:

  • output (IO) —

    ‘$stdout` or opened file



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 63

def initialize(output, options = {})
  @output = output
  @options = options
end

Instance Attribute Details

#options ⇒ Hash (readonly)

Returns:

  • (Hash) 


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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 57

def options
  @options
end

#output ⇒ IO (readonly)

Returns the IO object passed to ‘#initialize`.

Returns:

  • (IO) —

    the IO object passed to ‘#initialize`

See Also:



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 50

def output
  @output
end

Instance Method Details

#file_finished(file, offenses) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Invoked at the end of inspecting each files.

Parameters:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 104

def file_finished(file, offenses); end

#file_started(file, options) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Invoked at the beginning of inspecting each files.

Parameters:

  • file (String) —

    the file path

  • options (Hash) —

    file specific information, currently this is always empty.



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 89

def file_started(file, options); end

#finished(inspected_files) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Invoked after all files are inspected or interrupted by user.

Parameters:

  • inspected_files (Array(String)) —

    the inspected file paths. This would be same as ‘target_files` passed to `#started` unless RuboCop is interrupted by user.



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 116

def finished(inspected_files); end

#started(target_files) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Invoked once before any files are inspected.

Parameters:

  • target_files (Array(String)) —

    all target file paths to be inspected



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# File 'lib/rubocop/formatter/base_formatter.rb', line 76

def started(target_files); end