Class: Shep::OnDemandTypeBox

Inherits:
TypeBox
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/shep/typeboxes.rb

Overview

Abstract base class for TypeBox subinstances that hold Entities (e.g. the Entity::Account field in a Status).

Direct Known Subclasses

ArrayBox, EntityBox

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from TypeBox

#==, #get, #get_for_json, #initialize, #inspect, #set, #set?, #set_from_json, #to_s, to_yard_s, #unset?

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Shep::TypeBox

Class Method Details

.wrapping(type) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/shep/typeboxes.rb', line 108

def self.wrapping(type)
  @subklasses ||= {}

  tid = type.__id__ # we use __id__ to ensure we're hashing by identity

  unless @subklasses.has_key?(tid)
    klassname = "#{self}[#{type}]"

    sk = Class.new(self)
    sk.define_singleton_method(:element_klass) { return type }
    sk.define_singleton_method(:to_s) { return klassname }
    sk.define_singleton_method(:inspect) { return klassname }
    @subklasses[tid] = sk
  end

  return @subklasses[tid]
end

Instance Method Details

#element_klass ⇒ Object

Raises:



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# File 'lib/shep/typeboxes.rb', line 104

def element_klass() raise Error.new("Used base class!") ; end