Class: VORuby::VOTable::Base

Inherits:

XML::Object::Base

• Object
• XML::Object::Base
• VORuby::VOTable::Base

Defined in:

lib/voruby/votable/votable.rb

Overview

The base class that all VOTable domain objects derive from. You’ll never instantiate this directly.

Direct Known Subclasses

V1_0::Binary, V1_0::Coosys, V1_0::Data, V1_0::Definitions, V1_0::Description, V1_0::Field, V1_0::Fits, V1_0::Info, V1_0::Link, V1_0::Max, V1_0::Min, V1_0::Option, V1_0::Param, V1_0::Resource, V1_0::Stream, V1_0::Table, V1_0::TableData, V1_0::Td, V1_0::Tr, V1_0::VOTable, V1_0::Values, V1_1::Binary, V1_1::Coosys, V1_1::Data, V1_1::Definitions, V1_1::Description, V1_1::Field, V1_1::FieldRef, V1_1::Fits, V1_1::Group, V1_1::Info, V1_1::Link, V1_1::Max, V1_1::Min, V1_1::Option, V1_1::Param, V1_1::ParamRef, V1_1::Resource, V1_1::Stream, V1_1::Table, V1_1::TableData, V1_1::Td, V1_1::Tr, V1_1::VOTable, V1_1::Values

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from XML::Object::Base

#node

Class Method Summary

• .element_name ⇒ Object

  Get the name of the element when serialized to XML that the object in question will take on.

Instance Method Summary

• #==(obj) ⇒ Object

  Equality among domain objects.

• #get_element(klass) ⇒ Object

  Retrieve the domain object that corresponds to the specified class.

• #xpath_for(klass) ⇒ Object

  Determine the xpath corresponding to the specified class.

Methods inherited from XML::Object::Base

from_file, #initialize, #to_s

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from XML::Object::Base

Class Method Details

.element_name ⇒ Object

Get the name of the element when serialized to XML that the object in question will take on.

# File 'lib/voruby/votable/votable.rb', line 258

def self.element_name
  const_get('ELEMENT_NAME')
end

Instance Method Details

#==(obj) ⇒ Object

Equality among domain objects. Two objects are considered equal if they’re of the same class and their accessor methods themselves return objects which are equal.

# File 'lib/voruby/votable/votable.rb', line 279

def ==(obj)
  return false if self.class != obj.class
  
  self.methods_to_test_for_equality.each do |method|
    return false if self.send(method) != obj.send(method)
  end
 
  true
end

#get_element(klass) ⇒ Object

Retrieve the domain object that corresponds to the specified class.

# File 'lib/voruby/votable/votable.rb', line 270

def get_element(klass)
  subnode = self.node.find_first("*[local-name()='#{klass.element_name}']")
  subnode ? klass.new(subnode) : nil
end

#xpath_for(klass) ⇒ Object

Determine the xpath corresponding to the specified class.

obj.xpath_for(Field)  # => "*[local-name()='FIELD']"

# File 'lib/voruby/votable/votable.rb', line 264

def xpath_for(klass)
  "*[local-name()='#{klass.element_name}']"
end