Class: Weather::Forecast::Conditions

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/weather/forecast.rb

Overview

Abstract class that all Forecast entities are based on.

Direct Known Subclasses

CurrentConditions, FutureConditions

Instance Method Summary collapse

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(symbol) ⇒ Object

For elements in the forecast that we have not defined an explicit accessor, this allows accessing the raw underlying data in the forecast xml.



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# File 'lib/weather/forecast.rb', line 157

def method_missing(symbol)
  begin
    return @xml.elements[symbol.to_s].text
  rescue NoMethodError
    return "N/A"
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#latest_update ⇒ Object

The date and time when the conditions were last measured/forecast. Returned as a Time object.



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# File 'lib/weather/forecast.rb', line 175

def latest_update
  Time.parse(self.lsup)
end

#wind ⇒ Object

The wind conditions as an anonymous object (i.e. wind.d or wind.direction for wind direction, wind.s or wind.speed for wind speed, wind.h or wind.heading for heading, etc.) See the <wind> element in the weather.com XML data spec for more info.



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# File 'lib/weather/forecast.rb', line 169

def wind
  fix_wind(complex_attribute(@xml.elements['wind']))
end