Module: Adept::DataFormats::DataFactories

Included in:
Bitstream
Defined in:
lib/adept/data_formats/data_factories.rb

Overview

Mixin which supports creating instances of data-storage containers from files. Classes which extend this mix-in should have a “from_string” class method.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#from_file(file) ⇒ Object

Creates a new instance of the target class from a file or filename.



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# File 'lib/adept/data_formats/data_factories.rb', line 15

def from_file(file)

  #If we have a file object, read it into memory.
  if file.respond_to?(:read)
    file = file.read
  #Otherwise, assume we have a filename.
  else
    file = File::read(file)
  end

  #Create a new instance of the extending class from the given file.
  from_string(file)

end