Module: RubyExts::Chainable

Defined in:
lib/rubyexts/mixins/chainable.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#chainable(method = nil, &block) ⇒ Object

Allows the definition of methods on a class that will be available via super.

Examples

class Foo
  extend RubyExts::Chainable
  chainable do
    def hello
      "hello"
    end
  end
end

class Foo
  def hello
    super + " Merb!"
  end
end

# Example with mixin: module TestMixin

extend RubyExts::Chainable
chainable do
  def test
    "from mixin!"
  end
end

end

class Test

include TestMixin
def test
  "hello " + super
end

end

puts Test.new.test

Foo.new.hello #=> “hello Merb!”

Parameters

&block

a block containing method definitions that should be marked as chainable

Returns

Module

The anonymous module that was created



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# File 'lib/rubyexts/mixins/chainable.rb', line 54

def chainable(method = nil, &block)
  if method.nil? && block_given?
    mixin = Module.new(&block)
    include mixin
    return mixin
  elsif method && ! block_given?
    # TODO
    # def test
    #   # ...
    # end
    # chainable :test
  end
end